St Benet's R.C.V.A. Primary School

If your child is diagnosed with COVID-19 during the school holidays it is very important that you provide information about who they have had contact with, both in school and out of school, with the NHS Test and Trace Service. Your child should not return to school following the holidays if they develop symptoms or are in the self-isolation period. Find out more at www.durham.gov.uk/article/23337/Staying-safe-at-school-coronavirus-

Hello, I am Catherine Harper and I am honoured to be the head teacher of this vibrant and outstanding school. St Benet’s is a very special school- special because of our staff, our families, our parish, our community and of course, our wonderful children!

Our school is a small family Catholic primary which serves the parish of St. Joseph’s, Birtley in the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. We see it as our mission to spread the Gospel through our aspirations and care for the children in our school. Further to this, we believe that we have a mission to our families and the wider community and we sum this up in our mission statement, which describes our aim to be “ a happy and holy place of learning and the centre of a thriving community.”

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