Welcome to Abacus Primary School
We are a community focused Primary School located in Wickford (Essex), accommodating 420 pupils, aged 4-11 years. We have been rated as a 'Good' school by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted).
We hope you enjoy looking at our website, and sharing in our daily learning journeys.
Our Mission Statement & Aims
Aspire Believe Achieve Create United Success
To be welcoming, friendly and caring, so that pupils feel secure, safe, happy and purposefully employed.
To provide a stimulating and varied curriculum.
To achieve high standards and expectations.
To provide access to an ICT rich environment.
To ensure children develop confidence, independence, self motivation,
concentration and high self esteem thus achieving their potential.
To inspire all who contribute to the life of the school to be successful.
Parents to be treated as partners in education, to be courteously received, listened to, fully informed and asked to use a similar code of conduct as that employed by the school.
To involve the community to participate in the life of the school.
To value one another in an ever changing world.
The Pupil Premium at Abacus
The Pupil Premium was introduced by the Government in 2011 to allow schools to provide additional support for eligible children, to help them narrow the attainment gap between them and their peers.
The eligibility criteria are currently:
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Pupils from low-income families who were known to be eligible for free school meals,
(or have been at any point in the last 6 years)
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Children who had been looked after continuously for more than six months,
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Children of service personnel.
Here is a selection of what the funding has allowed us to put in place:
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LSA support – ensuring that classes have support from extra adults to provide pupils with booster groups, guided reading groups, nurture and enrichment groups.
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Employment of Wellbeing Mentor - Increased participation in learning. Barriers to learning removed.
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Employment of Tier 2 Mental Health school counsellor - Pupils’ emotional and social wellbeing is supported.
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School Trips/School Visitors – Increased accessibility for pupil premium eligible pupils for these activities.
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Increase in parental engagement with family workshops, e.g. Science & Maths - Opportunities for families to learn together.
For full details on our Pupil Premium spending and the impact to our Pupils, please click on the files below:
Pupil Premium strategy 2022-23
Parent guide to the Wonde booking system
