Sherburn Hungate Community Primary School
PROSPECTUS
2004/2005

Introduction

This prospectus provides information concerning the school, as required by the 1980 Education Act, for parents of pupils who will enter the school from within the catchment area and also for other parents who wish to know about the opportunities available.

Hungate was built in 1970 on a semi-open plan design. A new extension was opened in 1993. The buildings include a large, fully-equipped hall, twelve classrooms, two shared areas. Resource areas and a large library/study area. An ICT suite with 16 computers was opened in 2001. There is a fully equipped kitchen in which school meals are prepared to a very high standard. The school has its own outdoor heated swimming pool which the children use during the summer months and a changing room which serves the pool and the hall for PE.

There is also a nursery unit, offering 39 part-time places. The nursery unit operates daily sessions from 9.00 am to 11.30 a.m. and 12.35 pm to 3.05 pm. Places are allocated according to the criteria laid down by the local education authority. They are initially offered to children for the year during which they have their fourth birthday.

Hungate school is situated in large, open grounds which contain an extensive playing field, three playgrounds and a pleasant wildlife area. The life of the school is actively supported by the work of its Governing Body and through the numerous and varied activities of the 'Friends of Hungate Association.'