Swallows' class
20 Nov 2020
Mrs Ethelston's offers a high standard of education within a caring and Christian setting. It is important to us that our children leave us as well-rounded, reflective and confident individuals, who achieve their full potential. Children should enjoy school, feeling safe to take on new challenges and experience learning in a variety of ways. We are all very proud of our unique school and welcome you to visit us. Please browse our website or contact us if you would like further information.
Miss Lyons
Head of School
Mrs Ethelston’s Church of England Primary Academy is situated in the lovely village of Uplyme, which adjoins Lyme Regis. We have close links with other schools in both Dorset and Devon, and we are a feeder school to The Woodroffe School. We make the most of our rural location with visits around the local area, and are also proud to be part of the Jurassic Coast and the many unique learning opportunities this provides.
Mrs Ethelston’s has close and happy links with St Peter and St Pauls Church and is very much a community school and although the children come from a fairly wide area, they are encouraged to feel involved in village life. There are many links with the village of Uplyme creating a real partnership with the local community.
The School is named after Mrs Anne Ethelston, who was born in 1799, and was the wife of the Reverend Charles Wicksted Ethelston.
After her death in 1854, Reverend Ethelston decided to erect a building in his wife's memory to house the already existing school. Sadly, the main building was not opened until 1873, a year after Reverend Ethelston's death.
Mrs Ethelston's CE Primary and St Andrew's CE Primary were part of the Acorn Federation until 31/10/14. Both schools converted to Academy status on 1/11/14 as part of the Acorn Multi Academy Trust, along with Marshwood CE Primary and Axminster Community Primary.
Deep Christian roots,
Nurturing strong growth,
Flourishing children.
We are a Christian school, at the heart of our community, working to enable children to grow creatively and to achieve their best in a happy and secure environment.
As Christian schools, our core Christian values lie at the heart of all we do. They are;
Each school has its own distinctive ethos. Our ethos statement has been developed with our ethos committee made up of staff, children, governors and parents.
The Trust Board of Acorn Multi Academy Trust has agreed to submit a request for a variation to be made to the Admissions arrangements for Mrs Ethelston's CE Primary Academy for 2021-22, in respect of the over-subscription criteria relating to church attendance.
The variation requested is that " In the event that during the period specified for attendance at worship the church has been closed for public worship and has not provided alternative premises for that worship, the requirements of these [admissions] arrangements in relation to attendance will only apply to the period when the church or alternative premises have been available for public worship".
If you need to contact the school please use the main email address, the phone will not always be monitored. uplymeoffice@acornacademy.org