We may be a small school but we are a great big family taking an active role in our local community and the wider world.
Our school is a place where all are welcomed and invited to build a community where God’s love is shared to enable positive engagement, action and education; allowing children, staff and pupils to be inspired to raise their eyes, open their minds and explore the world God created. Participating in God’s mission of love to both the local community and the wider world, we live fully as global neighbours.
Our school is part of The Melrose Learning Trust.
We are located on the outskirts of Darlington in the village of High Coniscliffe. We have four mixed aged classes and can accommodate up to 105 children in school. As a faith school, we have a wide catchment and we take children from all around the surrounding area. We feed into all the local secondary schools.
If you would like to visit us or would like more information about the school, please get in touch with the school office.
VE Day 80 Celebration 🇬🇧
Today we held a special VE Day assembly where we celebrated the 80th anniversary of the END of the second world war, Victory in Europe (or VE) Day.
On 8th May 1945, VE day marked a new beginning - a day where people could hope for a future without fear.
We thought about the question - why does peace matter? Peace means laughter instead of fear and dreams instead of danger. Peace gives everyone the chance to grow and learn.
The children took part in a moment of silence before tucking into a traditional roast dinner followed by celebration cupcakes.
Wearing their red, white and blue, the children enjoyed joining in with the day.
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What a wonderful day the Adventurers have had at Saltburn!
The morning began by completing some field work tasks - finding out about why people travel to Saltburn and what facilities they enjoy whilst exploring the area. They engaged confidently with members of the public and some workers during this task. We spoke to people who were visiting from as far afield as Australia!
Some children got to see inside a beach hut, find out about the working of the cliff lift whilst others explored the arcades and the pier.
The children discovered what the buildings were used for before walking along to the Valley Gardens. Playing on the various equipment in the play area was enjoyed by all of the children before exploring the Italian gardens.
Feeling excited at seeing the Saltburn Miniature Railway, all the children and adults got on board the train and enjoyed the ride to Cat Nab station. After disembarking the train, the children enjoyed a picnic lunch at the platform as so other people had booked the train this day.
After arriving at the beach, the children were quick to make the most of this special time building sandcastles with friends, rock sculptures, collecting shells and treasures and a few ball games.
The behaviour of our children was exemplary and we were very proud of how they represented our school.
A big thank you to all our volunteers who supported the children on this trip, we are very grateful to them for their continued support.
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It was a fantastic day with the most amazing children, fully engaged, happy and interested. Despite it being a little cold we all had the best time! Proud of the children.
Looks like they had a fantastic day Darcy enjoyed it 💗
Anna had a brilliant time !
Today some children from our Adventurers class went to the Dolphin Centre to showcase the trains they had made in Design and Technology as part of the primary engineering programme. 🚂
We are pleased to announce that two children won ‘The Best Communicator’ award and came back to school with hats, medals and a trophy!
We are so proud of the skills the children have learnt in making these trains. Their perseverance, determination and problem solving skills have been outstanding! 🚂⭐️
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Aww well done everyone ! Jack has loved this project so much , it’s all he’s spoken about since they started doing it 😂
Wonderful 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Nancy has been so excited about this.
As part of their learning in Geography, the Adventures recently enjoyed a local walk around the village of High Coniscliffe to take part in some map skills tasks.
They used an aerial photograph of the village and an ordnance survey map. The children were asked to locate where they were on the map using identifiable features.
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Our Pioneers have been on a mission to research recipes around chosen food products.
Peppers, salmon and pineapple have been key ingredients to design a menu around.
Learning the journey these food items take from farm to fork, has also been a key focus.
Tasty prepared griddled peppers and paneer skewers enriched in a lightly spiced olive rub were devoured.
Rich creamy sauce was prepared for pan fried salmon, as well as a lemon infused sauce for a salmon pasta dish.
Perfectly baked upside-down pineapple cake, unbaked pineapple squares and some lemon iced biscuits were the deserts of choice.
Learning so many new skills including whisking, beating, grating, melting, frying, chilling and grinding were to name but a few.
Now we just need to find out which dish was each Pioneer's favourite.
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What a brilliant opportunity for them. It really got Angus talking!
The salmon was delicious. Well done Year 6!
Yummy 🤤
💫 GLOW DAY 2025 💫
What a great way to brighten up a dark January day! Another fantastic event in school ran by Go Well! The children took part in a range of games and activities throughout the day which was followed by an after school Glow Disco! The smiles on the children’s faces show how much enjoyment and fun was had by all - including the staff! Thanks to all involved and to our wonderful parents for supporting the event! We raised over £350 from the disco! 🤩
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Today we held our first Girl’s after school football session. ⚽️
The focus this week was control of the ball and movements with the ball. The girls also practised keeping the ball away from others. The session ended with a bit of target practice. 🥅
A super effort on this cold day in January!
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Well done all of you!
Well done everyone 👏
🏃♂️ 🏃♀️ Today pupils from Year 3 and 4 attended the Sportshall Athletics event at the Dolphin centre. 🏃🏻
They have been working hard over a lunch time to improve their technique and scores in preparation for the event.
Pupils showed great determination when faced in competition against 7 other local schools.
They demonstrated perseverance when competing in their activities and pushed themselves to get our school more points.
🥉 We are pleased to share that High Coniscliffe school received 3rd place at the event! 🥉
Pupils all got a medal as a lasting memory and to showcase how fantastic they all were.
We are all very proud of you and the brilliant job you did at representing High Coniscliffe school.
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Well Done to all… A great achievement, you were all brilliant 🌟
Awesome work everyone you did fantastic I'm super proud ... now I am going for a lie down too much excitement for 1 day ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Well done everyone! 👏 👏👏👏
A cold, icy but beautiful start to 2025! We have had a great first week back and are looking forward to seeing what the children accomplish this term and beyond.
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