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EDUCATION IN
BREWOOD
Bishops Wood
Coven
Staffordshire County
Council is the local education authority and their offices are based at
Stafford. The following schools serve Brewood:
Brewood CE (C) Middle
School, School Road, Brewood, Stafford, ST19
9DS Tel: 01902 850266
Website: www.brewood.staffs.sch.uk E-mail: office@brewood.staffs.sch.uk
A medium sized school housed in the original
Brewood Grammar School which was founded in 1553. The school now caters for
pupils in the age range 9 to 13 years. It won a Schools Curriculum Award in
1997 and was praised by Ofsted in 1999 as having ‘a very good ethos for
learning with a strong emphasis on high expectations and high standards’
St Mary & St
Chad’s CE First School, Newport Street, Brewood Tel: 01902 850373
Website: www.st-mary-st-chad.staffs.sch.uk E-mail:
office@st-mary-st-chad.staffs.sch.uk
A small modern school
for pupils ranging from rising 5 to 9 years. Our mission statement states “St Mary and St
Chad C.E. (VC) First School seeks, within a caring and supportive Christian
environment, to develop the full potential of all its pupils whilst nurturing
strong links between the school, home and wider community.”
“The
pupils and parents hold this school in high regard. The school is inclusive
and, through effective teaching, a good curriculum and strong leadership and
management, provides well for its pupils.” Ofsted Report 2004.
St Mary’s RC (A)
Primary School Wharf Lane,
Brewood Tel: 01902 805261
Website: www.stmarys-brewood.staffs.sch.uk E-mail: office@stmarys-brewood.staffs.sch.uk
A small school mostly comprising modern
buildings but extended to include the modernisation of the old school building.
The school caters for children ranging from rising 5 to 11 years from the
villages of Wheaton Aston, Coven, Penkridge and Bishop’s Wood as well as
Brewood.
St Dominic's School, Bargate Street, Brewood,
Staffordshire Tel: 01902
850248
St Dominic’s School is the leading independent girls’
school in Staffordshire, and provides superior education to girls aged 2-16 and
boys aged 2-7.
Situated in an extensive campus within a beautiful
rural setting, the school is conveniently located for access from Stafford,
Telford and Wolverhampton areas, and has its own fleet of mini buses providing
a comprehensive bus service with a number of flexible routes.
St Dominic’s mission statement is “Growth in mind,
body and spirit” and this belief in the development of the ‘whole person’,
including each child’s spiritual, physical and moral well-being as well as
academic progress, is at the heart of the school. The school achieves
consistent GCSE success and has a record 100% pass rates at GCSE for six
consecutive years, despite the non-academic selective admissions policy.
Scholarships are offered each year at Key Stages
3 and 4 in Music, Drama, Sport and Academic Excellence.
St Dominic’s also provides an all-inclusive extended
day facility for all pupils of all abilities, to enable students to extend and
enhance the curriculum in a challenging, exciting and fun way. The programme is
changed every half term and includes activities such as Duke of Edinburgh
Award, Spanish, Fencing, Gymnastics, Tennis Coaching, Japanese, Freestyle
Dance, Music, Computer Club, Chess and Table Tennis, to name but a few.
Website: http://www.st-dominics-brewood.co.uk/ E-mail:
Vernon Lodge, School
Lane, Stretton, Nr Brewood, Stafford, ST19
9LJ Tel: 01902 850568
Kindergarten and Preparatory School for boys and
girls aged 2 years to 11 years.
Website: www.vernonlodge.co.uk E-mail: mailto:info@vernonlodge.co.uk
Secondary education
Children are transported by coach to:
Wolgarston High School, Cannock Road,
Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5RX Tel: 01785
355500
Website: www.wolgarston.staffs.sch.uk E-mail: headteacher@wolgarston.staffs.sch.uk
Blessed William Howard RC (A) High
School, Rowley Avenue, Stafford, ST17
9AB Tel:
01785 244236
Website: www.blessedwilliamhoward.staffs.sch.uk
Adult classes
Adult evening classes are held in Brewood,
covering a variety of educational and vocational subjects. A prospectus is
published each year and this is normally available from the local post office.
Rodbaston College Penkridge, Staffordshire, ST19 5PH Tel: 01785 712209
Situated between Brewood and Penkridge,
Rodbaston offers a wide variety of both full-time and short courses, Most
courses are in agriculture or related subjects but some are aimed at
non-agricultural students.
Website: www.rodbaston.ac.uk E-mail: rodenquiries@rodbaston.ac.uk
Pre-school
Noah’s Ark
Nursery The Old School, Wharf Lane,
Brewood Tel: 01902 851243
Manager: Stephanie Burns Home Tel: 01902 850571
The nursery opened in 2003 and takes children
from 2 years old up to school age from Brewood and a number of neighbouring
villages. It is a small, friendly and caring nursery run by fully qualified
staff and is subject to regular Ofsted inspections.
Morning and/or afternoon sessions are provided
from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm and from 12.30 pm to 3.15 pm. The nursery is in the
grounds of the St Mary’s RC Primary School but is not exclusively linked to the
school. Outside play facilities are available in a safe environment. As well as
traditional activities and learning aids, an early introduction to languages is
provided through teaching simple words and phrases in French and Spanish.
Playgroups
Several pre-school playgroups are run in the
Parish and details of these, together with information on other organisations
and activities operating in the Parish, are available from the Clerk or
the Assistant (Tel: 01902 850809)