Thomas Eaton School
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The Thomas Eaton School at Wimblington is a community primary school providing co-educational opportunities for children who reside in Wimblington and the hamlet of Stonea, although children from outside the catchment area are admitted if places are available. Attached to the school is a free authority playgroup which children may join after their third birthday. The children start their full-time education in September of the year in which they become five. Pupils transfer into the secondary sector at the end of year six - that is eleven years of age. There is also an active parent and toddler group which meets twice a week in a designated mobile on the school site. At present the school may admit up to its physical capacity of 158 children. Priority for admission is given to children from the catchment area and those who have elder siblings who are pupils at the school. The school has seven classrooms, a playgroup mobile and a parent and toddler mobile. All classrooms and corridors are carpeted to give quiet but industrious and homely atmosphere. Following a significant building program,
completed in April 1999, the school has a purpose-built
computer suite. This suite is used extensively
by the pupils and also members of the community who
subscribe to courses being held there. As the
suite also possesses internet access it is anticipated
that individuals will wish to use it for independent
research. ***** |
