Dear Parents and Carers, Well done to our children for another wonderful sports day, team work and showing our values of courage and aspiration! A special mention to Yellow House - Beecroft - our overall winners! Thank you to our families for supporting us by coming to watch, cheering the children on, joining parent and toddler races, visiting the PCA refreshment stall and lending us gazebos. Thank you to the PCA volunteers for running the refreshment stall and tuck shop too.

Dear Parents and Carers, This week we have been practising for Sports Day next Friday – the children are very excited to support their house teams (and we hope the parents are looking forward to their parent & child races too!) If you have a spare gazebo we can borrow for the day, we’d be very grateful! Please see the letter sent earlier this week for kit and timings. Year 5/6 children took part in a football tournament at Montsaye on Monday with our local schools and had a v

Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome back to our final term of 2025-2026! The children have had an exceptional start to the term and have been working hard all week. Today, Red House filled their reward jar and will be given their reward next week - I will email to confirm their prize at the start of the week after meeting the school council reps. Year 4 have completed their Multiplication Tables Check and whizzed through their 25 questions! Thank you for your support in practisi

Dear Parents and Carers, I can’t believe we’ve already reached the end of our penultimate term of the year. Thank you for your support and warm welcome over the last year, I am thoroughly enjoying working here at Rushton. We’ve had a super week in school with lots of activities happening – on Monday several of our Key Stage Two children attended the Swimming Gala, and Rushton came 3rd overall! We had many medal winners in our team, and a special mention goes to those children

Dear Parents and Carers, Our Year 6 pupils have been absolute superstars this week while completing their SATS. They have showed tenacity, resilience and perseverance and worked hard throughout the year to achieve their potential. We’re very proud of them, and today Kestrels class were treated to a visit to the park, followed by a hot chocolate and film! Well done to the rest of the school for supporting their peers through sharing adults, classrooms and managing different br

Dear Parents and Carers, This week Hedgehogs have been learning about their self-care and how to clean their teeth independently in PSHE. Badgers have been using similes in their writing, inspired by their text 'Kassim and the Dragon'. They've really enjoyed being creative and thinking of exciting comparisons. Squirrels have completed a fantastic hot write in English, they've been writing their very own defeat the monster stories. Kestrels have really impressed us this week w

Dear Parents and Carers, This week Squirrels enjoyed a visit to the pocket park to study seasonal changes, and to inspire their artwork based on plants. Kestrels have been creating large-scale artwork using PE equipment on the field. Year 1 & 3 attended a Tri-Golf event at Rothwell on Tuesday, and Badgers have been showing us their creative skills when making relief maps! Please can we ask that all pupils come to school with a sun hat, sun cream and water bottle every day. Su

Dear Parents and Carers, We’ve enjoyed a busy week in school! Yesterday, our Kestrels Girls attended a Cricket T20 day at Northamptonshire's County Ground and had a fantastic day developing their cricket skills and competing against other schools. They did not stop moving all day and had a thoroughly enjoyable day with smiles all round! Next week, Year 1 & 3 have a Tri-Golf event. Our Badgers visited Mini Meadows farm today to learn about animal diet, care produce and develop

Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome back to school for our final term of the academic year! This year has flown by and we're looking forward to a busy summer term together. Thursday was National Primary School Offer Day and we're delighted to welcome 15 new Hedgehogs to Rushton in September. We will shortly be sending a welcome pack with our transition arrangements and next steps - please ensure you have accepted your place via the portal. Yesterday saw our first Rushton's Got T

Message from the Headteacher Dear Parents and Carers, We have thoroughly enjoyed our Spring Term together at Rushton. This week we loved our Easter bonnet parade around the village, waving at so many of our parents and families as we passed! Thank you for your creative hands to make such a wonderful array of spring-themed bonnets! We had a lovely service together at the church where we remembered the meaning of Easter and shared songs and poems. Yesterday we celebrated our Ch