Phone: 01740 651599
E-mail: clevescross@durhamlearning.net
Cleves Cross Primary School Ferryhill County Durham DL17 8QY
Together we can...
WELCOME TO
Cleves Cross Primary School.
‘Education should develop children’s personality and talents to the full’ (UNCRC Article 29)
On behalf of the staff, governors and children, I would like to welcome you to Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School. I feel very privileged and proud to be the Head Teacher of this wonderful school, especially after starting my career here as a newly qualified teacher.
Our school nurtured me on my journey throughout my teaching career and allowed me to flourish, thrive and succeed. This is exactly what we want for all of our children.
Our aim is to provide children with a nurturing and supportive environment that allows all learners to thrive and to become responsible and respectful members of our school, our local community and the wider world.
We strive for all of our children to become lifelong learners, to be aspirational and to be the very best version of themselves that they can be. We actively promote our Rights Respecting ethos and our values of Care, Ambition, Respect, Resilience and Teamwork through everything we do in school.
We really value the role that parents and carers play in their children’s learning and encourage them to participate in school life. Our motto of ‘Together we can…’ rightly tells us all that the strong partnerships we develop help children in their educational journey.
Our website aims to give you a taster of school life, as well as providing regular updated information. If you would like to find out more about our school, then please do not hesitate to contact us to arrange a visit.
Christine Brentnall
Head Teacher
Reception class have had a fantastic morning at Ferryhill Library! 📚 We enjoyed listening to a story all about looking after our oceans and completing a book hunt. 🌊 ... See MoreSee Less
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With less than 2 weeks left until our summer fair, please share wide and far to spread the message. It isn’t too late to send any donations into school too. Please help us make our summer fair one of our best yet! ... See MoreSee Less
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Reception class have had a fantastic first week back at school! We have been exploring the story of ‘Tiddler’ in Drawing Club and have enjoyed diving into our topic of ‘seas and oceans’. 🌊🐠 ... See MoreSee Less
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As part of Empathy Festival 2026, our Year 2 children enjoyed reading ‘Gordon the Meanest Goose on Earth.’ The story sparked thoughtful discussions about kindness, understanding others’ feelings, and the impact our words and actions can have. Teaching empathy is such an important part of helping children grow into compassionate, respectful individuals. Through stories like Gordon’s, children learn to see situations from different perspectives and develop skills to build positive relationships with others. 💙📚 #EmpathyFestival2026 #Year2 #TeachingEmpathy #ReadingForEmpathy ... See MoreSee Less
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Year 1 have had a lovely afternoon learning more about empathy and good friendships as part of our Empathy festival celebrations. Everyone had some great conversations and created their own friendship promise, well done ✨☺️ ... See MoreSee Less
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Thank you to the grown ups who joined us in Year 4 for our open afternoon 😊 The children loved showing off their fantastic guitar skills and then enjoyed making their adobe presentations in Computing 🎸💻 ... See MoreSee Less
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A Year 5 rendition of a rock classic 🎸 ... See MoreSee Less
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Year 5 did a fabulous job in their class assembly, sharing about the learning they have completed this year. They spoke about their favourite books, subjects and finished with a classic song! 🎵 ⭐ ... See MoreSee Less
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Thankyou to the adults who joined us in Year 3 this afternoon for an exciting open afternoon. We thoroughly enjoyed sculpting in art with modroc! There were some fantastic examples of artwork created. After that, we opened our Spanish ice cream parlour and showed off our fantastic Spanish speaking skills 🇪🇸 🍦. ... See MoreSee Less
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