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Children in Need day! ☀️🌈Today every class took part in Children in Need by completing a personal challenge. The school council representatives asked the class what challenge should be completed and each class did something a bit different! Ducklings🐥and Rabbits🐰did a dance challenge!Squirrels🐿did a maths and dance challenge!Otters🦦did a skipping challenge!Woodpeckers 🪶did a jumping and skipping challenge!Foxes🦊challenged themselves to bounce a ball for 10 minutes!Badgers🦡 challenged themselves to run a mile non-stop!Owls🦉challenged themselves to do a fun run obstacle challenge!Well done Charing! A fantastic day supporting a fantastic cause! #childreninneed2024Aquila, The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust See MoreSee Less
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Ducklings preschool have TWO spaces left for the academic year September 2025- July 2026🦆 if you would like a space with us, or know anyone who is interested, please email us today to book a show around or enquire for an application form. Email pre-school@charing.kent.sch.uk or call the school office on 01233 712277 See MoreSee Less
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Lest We Forget♥️ Today we gathered on the playground for the two minute silence to remember and honour our heroes. Yesterday we joined in the Remembrance Sunday Service at the church. Thank you to the children of Charing School and the choir who were able to come and be a part of the service, you made us all very proud.“When you go home, tell them of us and say, for their tomorrow we gave our today” See MoreSee Less
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A HUGE thank you to everyone who came to support Charing CE Primary School and Charing CE Primary PTFA tonight at our first quiz night of the year. We raised an incredible £766 with the reigning champions Lyn’s Lovelies taking home the trophy🏆🥳 look forward to doing it all again in the new year, watch this space for a date!Also a big thank you to everyone for supporting our squishy fun this week, winners will be notified on Monday. Have a great weekend everyone⭐️ See MoreSee Less
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MP visits local school as it sees results rocket into top 20% of England Primary Schools

Parents, staff, governors and local MP Damian Green join the pupils of Charing Church of England Primary School in celebrating their extraordinary performance and improvement in their end of Key Stages assessment and dramatic rise in the Real Schools Guide 2020.  

Following a year of accelerated progress and hard work, the school has leapfrogged over 300 places in the county rankings and has rocketed an astounding 11,500 places in the national rankings. The end of Key Stage 2 data rose from 24% to 73%.  

Charing Primary is now ranked 94th in Kent and 2,992nd in England, placing it in the top 20% of all primary schools in the country. Charing Primary is also now the highest ranked school within a 5-mile radius of the village.  The main reason for this turnaround is the school’s impressive Key Stage 2 results and progress scores, with the children’s progress in Reading ranked in the top 1% of the country.

Damian Green took the time to talk to and congratulate the leaders and governors of the school about the turnaround. Soon after he was given a tour of the school by pupils before being quizzed by the school’s student council with the environment being a key topic. 

Head of School Tom Bird commented, “Everyone in our school family is immensely proud of our students’ accomplishments.  The dramatic rise in our rank is a testament to the hard work put in by our staff, pupils, governors and parents.  We are truly living our school’s motto: Unlocking every child’s ability to achieve through faith and inspired learning. We are delighted Damian Green saw the pleasing results and improvement and grateful for him taking the time to come in and congratulate us.” 

Charing Primary is in the top 20% of all primary schools in the country

Parents, staff, and governors join the pupils of Charing Church of England Primary School in celebrating their extraordinary performance and improvement in The Real Schools Guide 2020. 

Following a year of accelerated progress and hard graft, the school has leapfrogged over 300 places in the county rankings and has rocketed an astounding 11,500 places in the national rankings. 

Charing Primary is now ranked 94th in Kent and 2,992nd in England, placing it in the top 20% of all primary schools in the country. 

Charing Primary is also now the highest ranked school within a 5-mile radius of the village. 

The main reason for this turnaround is the school’s impressive Key Stage 2 results and progress scores, with the children’s progress in Reading ranked in the top 1% of the country. 

To explore these results in more details please go to https://www.kentlive.news/news/charing-church-england-primary-school-2413423.

CHARING PRIMARY SCHOOL SUPPORTS TWINKLING STARS SUITE

On 16th December the families of Charing Church of England Primary School made a donation to the Twinkling Stars Suite at William Harvey Hospital.  

From mid-November, the school ran an appeal for items to help and to comfort the families using the suite and the midwives who look after them.  

Items raised included boxes of tissues, notebooks and pens, mobile phone charging cables, refreshments, travel sized toiletries, maternity pads, warm socks, and newborn baby keepsakes.  

The Twinkling Stars Suite opened in the summer of 2018.  It is a dedicated bereavement room at the William Harvey Hospital, separate from the maternity ward.  It is a haven for those who have lost their baby, a place where a family can spend time together to say goodbye.  This special part of the hospital is run entirely on charitable donations.

Head Teacher Tom Bird commented, “I am so proud and humbled by the generosity of our school.  The Twinkling Stars suite is very special to us, as one of our families has personally benefitted from its support.  We are all so pleased to give to this worthy cause.”For more information about the suite and the East Kent Hospital Charity’s bereavement appeal please visit www.ekhcharity.org.uk/about-us/heart-in-hand/bereavement-suite-appeals/