Thank you for visiting the website for St. Mary's C.E. Middle School. We are a 9-13 middle school situated on the outskirts of Puddletown, a small village in the beautiful Dorset countryside. We are a church school with an ethos built on the core Christian values of respect, forgiveness, justice, uniqueness, equality, acceptance and kindness.
We look to inspire our school community and give them the tools to thrive in the modern world, summed up by our school aim of 'Inspire today to shape tomorrow'. We are proud to have been assessed as an outstanding church school in our last two Church of England inspections. We expect the highest standards in both academic work and behaviour and we place our children at the centre of everything we do.
The pupils, staff and governors are very proud of our school and we hope that this website will allow you to see why. We look forward to having the opportunity to meet you in person.
The School has six INSET (training) days per year. These dates have been agreed by all of the schools in the Greenwood Tree Academy Trust (GTAT). These dates for this academic year are as follows:-
Wednesday 1st September 2021, Wednesday 20th October 2021, Thursday 21st October 2021, Friday 22nd October 2021, Monday 28th February 2022, Friday 8th April 2022. The school will also be closed for an additional bank holiday to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee on Friday 22nd July.
| School Terms | Date |
| INSET DAY | Wednesday 1st September |
| Autumn Term begins for Years 5 and 8 | Thursday 2nd September 2021 |
| Autumn Term begins for Years 6 and 7 | Friday 3rd September 2021 |
| Autumn Half Term begins at 3.25pm | Tuesday 19th October 2021 |
| Autumn Half Term ends | Friday 29th October 2021 |
| Autumn Term Begins | Monday 1st November 2021 |
| Autumn Term ends | Friday 17th December 2021 |
Spring Term begins | Tuesday 4th January 2022 |
| Spring Half Term begins | Monday 21st February 2022 |
| Spring Half Term ends | Tuesday 1st March 2022 |
| Spring Term ends | Thursday 7th April 2022 |
| Summer Term begins | Monday 25th April 2022 |
| May Day Bank Holiday | Monday 2nd May 2022 |
| Summer Half Term begins | Monday 30th May 2022 |
| Summer Half Term ends | Friday 3rd June 2022 |
| Summer Term ends | Thursday 21st July 2022 |
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| Inset day - School Closed | Bank Holiday - School Closed | School Holiday - School Closed | ||||||
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