Marston Moreteyne VC School is a large four form entry Church of England lower school, with just over 615 pupils on roll aged from 3 to 9 years.

There has been a school in the village since 1847 and both geographically and in terms of community the school lies at the heart of Marston. The past seven years has seen MMVCS grow physically and numerically as the school has been expanded to meet the needs of a growing and vibrant village. Our Church End site sits beside St. Mary's Church and in October 2014, the school assumed responsibility for a second site; Forest End, which is located on the Marston Park development within the village. Forest End was expanded further in 2018.

Our School is a member of the Diocese of Saint Albans and as a Church of England School we align our ethos and aims with that of the Church of England's Vision for Education. This can be viewed by clicking here:

https://www.churchofengland.org/about/education-and-schools/vision-education

The school is spilt across two sites and organised into three Key Stages; Early Years Foundation Stage, Key Stage One and Lower Key Stage Two. Both school sites accommodate two forms of entry from Pre-School to Year 4.

Marston Moreteyne VC School is a ‘Values School’. We advocate Christian values  because we believe that this best promotes high self-esteem and high standards of behaviour resulting in the highest possible achievement Please see our values cycle below.

Our aims for these values are develop:

Wisdom, Knowledge and Skills:

enabling discipline, confidence and delight in seeking wisdom and knowledge, and developing talents in all areas of life.

Hope and Aspiration: enabling healing, repair and renewal, coping wisely when things go wrong, opening horizons and guiding people into ways of fulfilling them.

Community and Living Well Together: a core focus on relationships, participation in communities and the qualities of character that enable people to flourish together.

Dignity and Respect: the basic principle of respect for the value and preciousness of each person, treating each person as a unique individual of inherent worth.

Mutual Respect

Staff, children and parents have high expectations of each other and good manners are promoted throughout the school.

We are actively involved in the community.  The children are proud of their village and recognise the value of their contributions to the people in it.

Fundraising events for the school and other charities are very well supported.

All children are given key responsibilities around the school.

Tolerance of Those of Different Faiths and Beliefs

Our RE and PSHE curriculum provides pupils with the knowledge and understanding of different faiths, religions and cultures.

We celebrate Christian festivals and festivals from other religions throughout the year.

We have links with schools in Ghana and Uganda w►here we sponsor a child called Evasta.

We promote children’s understanding of the global community though learning about and donating to charities in third world countries.

Democracy

We have an active school council who are democratically elected and play an important part in everyday school life.

We regularly seek the opinions of pupils and parents through questionnaires, informal discussions and parent consultations.

Rule of Law

We have a clear behaviour policy that has high expectations for the whole school community.

Each class have their own set of specific rules that have been created together.

We have clear internet safety rules and pupils are regularly encouraged about being safe when using technology both at school and at home.

We have clear safeguarding procedures that follow current regulations.