

“The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future ”
Theodore Roosevelt
Our Intent
At St John’s we are historians!
Our history curriculum is ambitious and has been carefully crafted to ensure our pupils develop a sense of who they are locally, nationally and globally. We want our pupils to go out into the world with a sense of pride in their own identity and an appreciation of their place and time.
Our pupils have a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. We encourage our pupils to be curious and ask questions about the process of change, the complexity of people’s lives, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups.
We believe that our pupils need to be actively involved in making sense of their learning and therefore an enquiry approach has been implemented, encouraging higher-order thinking and allowing our children to explore in a way that is meaningful to them. Within each year group, history learning is revisited in a progressive manner, to ensure knowledge, skills and concepts are firmly embedded and subject specific vocabulary is used in context.
Our history curriculum enables our pupils to develop their understanding of the key historical concepts of chronology, change and development, cause and effect and significance and interpretation. In every year group, our pupils visit a local museum or have an in-school visitor to bring their history learning to life. We want our children to remember their history fieldtrips, to cherish these memories and embrace the opportunities they are presented with!
By the time they leave us, we want our children to love history, to have no limits to what their ambitions are and grow up wanting to be archivists, museum curators, archaeologists or research analysts!
We believe that: “We are guided by God to be the best we can be”.




Contact Information
Headteacher: Mr M Ramsay
Fenby Avenue
Darlington
County Durham
DL1 4UB
01325 380725 | admin@stjohnsceacademy.co.uk
Our School
In our most recent Ofsted inspection, the school was graded as ‘Outstanding.’ We provide high-quality teaching from caring, conscientious staff who are committed to ensuring that every child reaches their full potential.
Christian values are fostered within our friendly school and we were rated ‘Outstanding’ in our most recent Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS). We have links with Darlington Deanery and the Durham Diocese.
We are part of DNDLT

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There will not be a school crossing patroller on the Geneva Road/Harris Street site tomorrow afternoon (Friday 18th July).
We had a visit today from Darlington Libraries. The lady talked us through LOADS of FREE activities that are happening over the summer holidays. Your child will bring home a leaflet this week, explaining the range of events taking place.
Please could we ask that parents/carers of children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 check at home for any reading books that have not yet been returned as we are missing books. If you are unsure of the book titles, then please ask your child's class teacher as they will have a record.
Thank you.