Welcome to our website!

We have tried our best to give you a flavour of what our school is like and what we feel are the important values that make our school special. St Philips is both a happy place to be and a place of great achievement. We trust that you will enjoy it whether you are a child, a parent or a member of the wider community.

St Philip’s is a one form entry Church of England School situated less than a mile from the centre of the popular seaside resort of Southport.

We were thrilled when in our recent OFSTED inspection we achieved 16 outstanding judgements. (March 2009)

The first line of our Vision Statement states that ‘St Philip’s is a place where ‘Happiness, love and security abound’: we feel that this is certainly true and the OFSTED inspectors who  visited our school agreed by stating that 'The school's commitment to developing the whole child is demonstrated by pupils' outstanding attitudes and atributes in: being safe, adopting healthy lifestyles, contribution to the school and the wider community;development of workplace and other skills; and spiritual, social, moral and cultural development.'

The well being of our children is at the heart of our mission and we feel that if the pupils’ personal development and care, guidance and support are good then all will achieve. Our school is certainly a place where adults guide the pupils and pupils help each other.

Our school is supported by many people including governors and parents. The St Philip’s Association works tirelessly to raise money so that the children can enjoy a curriculum that is enriched by visits from theatre groups, musicians and many other special visitors. Over the past twoyears  they have raised over £20,000 towards our new Yr 5 & 6 extension which was opened in September 2007. During Spring 2009 Yr 3 & Yr 4 have also had new classrooms built. Following this a new school entrance, admin and head teacher's offices will be built together with a new staff room. All these building improvements will help us to provide a curriculum that is vibrant, meaningful and full of memorable experiences. This is certainly an exciting time to be at St Philip's.

All our children are encouraged to achieve their very best and we have a very strong commitment to inclusion with provision of opportunities for every child to be able to achieve their potential both academically and in other areas.

Staying safe and being healthy are both important for our children. We have just been awarded the Princess Diana Anti-Bullying Award, Active Mark and also recognised as offering 'core' services as an extended school. Last year we were accredited as a healthy school.

Caring for others has a high priority at St Philip’s and as a school family we are continually seeking to reach out into both the local and international community. Through such activities are children develop into responsible, caring global citizens.

Although a church school we welcome children into our school family from the wider community as well as Christian and other faith backgrounds.

We welcome visitors. Why not come along and experience what our school is all about? We look forward to seeing you.

Brian Johnson, Head Teacher

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Mr Johnson, Head Teacher (28KB)

The Playground (53KB)

Our Friendship Bench (59KB)