Children in Bishopthorpe

Education in Bishopthorpe

For Bishopthorpe Babies, and Mums... and little and BIG kids!

The village has its own Playgroup, Infant School and Junior School. The Junior School and Playgroup both have a website - And now so does the Infant School. You can also find out more about them from the City of York Schools web site, or the City Council's Education website. Remember to click 'back' to return here! But there's lots going on as well for new mothers and younger children:

TINY

MEET A MUM:

This is the first step for anyone who's just moved into the village, just left work, got a new baby or just wants to meet someone different. Meetings are normally on the first and third Wednesday of every month in St Andrew's Church Hall at 10.15. Don't be shy of just coming along. We've all been there!

A MOTHER AND BABY GROUP...

... meets in the Methodist Church Hall on Monday mornings in term-time, from 10:30 to 11:30. New Mums are always welcome, so just turn up.

BISHOTHORPE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP:

A member of the Pre-School Learning Alliance, the playgroup meets for 8 sessions a week. There is a mother and baby group (with paint!), a session for toddlers aged 2 and a half to three (without mums) and a choice of mainstream sessions for children over 3 until they move into the infant school. The professional staff are employed by a voluntary committee of parents who run lots of fundraising and social events to ease us back into the real world.

PRIMARY

The Infant and Junior schools are on separate sites but this doesn't seem to bother the children at all, both schools work very closely together. They are both housed in modern(ish) buildings with lots of green space. They are friendly places and produce confident outgoing kids. The children seem to learn quite a lot there too. Click here to visit the Archbishop of Yorks Junior School Website.

SECONDARY

Once they reach eleven most children have always gone to Tadcaster Grammer School. HOWEVER this may not always be so (there's a long story here to do with county boundaries moving!). The latest information from the City Council is that Bishopthorpe Jumior School will feed into Fulford School in York - starting in September 2001. This is not confirmed and may yet be changed, so if you are thinking of moving to Bishopthorpe and have secondary school-aged children, speak to the York Education Office first (tel: (0)1904 613161 and ask for the " 'Educational Services Customer Advice Centre' in George Hudson Street" - honest!).

TERTIARY

At 16 there are lots of choices... Tadcaster School has a Sixth Form (so does Fulford I think) but a lot of children choose to go to York College which is within easy walking distance (FREEDOM) and offers a huge range of courses. York College is a new amalgamation of the York Sixth Form College and the York College of Further and Higher Education (aka 'the tech'). Once out of there - the sky's the limit.

Written (after a fashion) by Romy Dunn, updated 8th October 2000