Rayaan
Year 2
The PE teachers really help me to get better at different skills.
The STEP Community
East Sussex
South London
Committed to improving the life chances of all children
Where we have the capacity to make a difference we are morally bound to do so.
We are a school that prides ourselves on both academic excellence and strong personal development of the whole child. Gonville is a diverse, nurturing and inclusive school that constantly strives to provide every child with the very best opportunities during their time with us.
Making a difference and shaping the future
Emerald
Reception
I love the playground and running with my friends. I love learning labs. There are always lots of fun activities like painting butterflies, making a rocket and lots of maths and numbers. I love school!
Zion
Year 1
Even though there are some things that are different in religions, there are some things that are the same like praying.
Elianna, Amariah, Osman, Yusra, Josiah
Years 4 & 5
Positivity Urgency Passion Aspiration Commitment to Anti-Racism
Nimeshika
Year 5
The Wellbeing board is a way for us to give positive messages to everyone like ‘Believe in your dreams’ and ‘You can achieve anything.’
Stories from our community
Children and parents had an eggcellent time today at our our exciting Easter event. Children completed lots of fun puzzles and collected clues to win a delicious Easter egg. #eastereggs @thesteptrust pic.twitter.com/en5mqSnTeR— Gonville Academy (@gonvilleacademy) March 27, 2024
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Year 5 have been learning about still life sketches. They’ve been working hard at practicing different elements of art to help them create their very own still-life charcoal sketches of fruit which they will finish later this week! How good do they look? ✏️ 🍇 🍈 🍉 #creativity pic.twitter.com/UtvYz0zbJs— Gonville Academy (@gonvilleacademy) March 25, 2024
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Miss Hadwick, Mr West, Mrs Mukhtar, Mrs Arnold, Mr Shaw and Miss Effendi we’re our brilliant talent show judges yesterday and Miss Carlon hosted the talent show. They all said how impressed they were by the children’s talents! @thesteptrust pic.twitter.com/XZCHvGSAoX— Gonville Academy (@gonvilleacademy) December 22, 2023
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The children absolutely loved their visit from @NSPCC today who came in to talk to them about how to speak out and stay safe! 🗣️ they also loved meeting Buddy the mascot and had a great time discussing people, places and things that make them feel safe. #NSPCC @thesteptrust pic.twitter.com/qUNmJ8ENPF— Gonville Academy (@gonvilleacademy) November 27, 2023
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Year 6 got off to a fantastic start learning about our new topic, lines of latitude and longitude in Geography. They learnt why the lines are important and built upon their continents knowledge now in relation to the lines of latitude and longitude #geography @thesteptrust pic.twitter.com/QBZ2wMJ4B1— Gonville Academy (@gonvilleacademy) November 24, 2023
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In PSHE this term Year 4 have thought about how their actions can effect other people like a domino effect. Kestrels made resolutions to do something on Wednesday night after school to spread happiness! #PSHE #kindness @thesteptrust pic.twitter.com/eBqRXbmWrJ— Gonville Academy (@gonvilleacademy) November 23, 2023
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Gonville had the most roar-some time watching Safari Pete’s assembly! We learnt all about crocodiles 🐊, meerkats, owls 🦉 and many more amazing creatures! Some brave people even got a go at meeting some of Pete’s guests! 🤩 #wildlife #STEPWay @thesteptrust pic.twitter.com/YFGQuwsKhW— Gonville Academy (@gonvilleacademy) November 22, 2023
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Children in Nursery explored the outdoor environment to see the changes. They used magnifying glassesto see and collect variety of leaves 🍁 and looked for conkers, pine cones, wild mushrooms 🍄 , apples 🍎 and bare trees 🌳 #discovery #outdoorplay @thesteptrust pic.twitter.com/8VQ4KBttig— Gonville Academy (@gonvilleacademy) November 20, 2023
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Year 6 created some ravishing Rangoli designs for Diwali 🪔 They focused on trying to create symmetry and filled in their design using colourful rice, a traditional medium used in Rangoli Art. #STEPUp #STEPFirst #CelebrationDay #Diwali #ReligiousEducation @thesteptrust pic.twitter.com/qDMHHMUhy0— Gonville Academy (@gonvilleacademy) November 13, 2023
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Year 5 had a fantastic time classifying and grouping animals based on their characteristics! They learnt all about Carl Linnaeus before working together to organise the animals into groups 🐾 🦎 🐜 #collaboration #STEPWay @thesteptrust pic.twitter.com/cbyU62s8Es— Gonville Academy (@gonvilleacademy) November 13, 2023
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Lest we forget ❤️ Last week, the children learnt about Remembrance Day. Ducklings created this beautiful image using coloured rice and tissue paper. We continue to remember all those who have fought for and those who continue to fight for us @thesteptrust #RemembranceDay pic.twitter.com/Vlgowmc6fn— Gonville Academy (@gonvilleacademy) November 11, 2023
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This week, in RE, Kingfishers have been learning about one of the six major religions of the world: Judaism ✡️. We have been talking about the major features of Judaism and focusing on some Jewish celebrations. #equality #unity #STEPWay #respect #RE #Judaism @thesteptrust pic.twitter.com/yfUvxpgSKq— Gonville Academy (@gonvilleacademy) October 19, 2023
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Look at Kestrels comparing the nutritional information on bread labels in DT this week. They’ll be baking delicious bread of their own on Friday. Yum! #DT #STEPFirst #collaboration @thesteptrust pic.twitter.com/BCdMewURfi— Gonville Academy (@gonvilleacademy) October 13, 2023
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Robins have been learning how to make prints in Art. With a focus on pointillism, the children used ear buds to create flowers! 🌺 How amazing do these look? 🤩 #Art #STEPFirst @thesteptrust pic.twitter.com/dnuZVSUTDv— Gonville Academy (@gonvilleacademy) October 5, 2023
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Celebrating success
86%
Phonics
75% National (2023)
TBC
out of 25
20.4 National (2023)
82%
Maths
71% National (2022)
84%
Reading
75% National (2022)
78%
Writing
69% National (2022)
77%
Combined
59% National (2022)
92%
Maths
73% National (2023)
93%
Reading
73% National (2023)
81%
Writing
71% National (2023)
81%
Combined
59% National (2023)
Good
Ofsted Rating
2023
