Principal: Mrs Claire Clarke BA Hons PGCE NPQH
Chair of the Local Advisory Council (LAC): Mrs Jenny Rowley
SENCO: Miss N Firth
John Wheeldon Primary Academy is a proud member of the Staffordshire University Academy Trust.
Our Academy has a long and proud history spanning over 125 years. Being the largest primary school in Stafford, we pride ourselves on being an integral part of the community and ensure that children understand how to be responsible, respectful and active citizens within this. We are committed to providing a purposeful and engaging curriculum which is planned and delivered to ensure a clear sequence and progression of both knowledge and skills. Our carefully planned opportunities go beyond the classroom as we value the importance of children’s wider experiences and consider their spiritual, moral, social and emotional development in order to fully prepare them for the responsibilities and experiences of later life.
We are confident that our planned curriculum and personal development opportunities equip children with the skills, knowledge and personal values to succeed later in life. Our PROUD values are central to all that we do ensuring that there is a secure understanding of how children can demonstrate, recognise, celebrate and support these values in all that they do.
Perseverance
Respect
Outstanding
Dynamic
Our staff team, Academy Trust (SUAT) and Local Academy Governors are committed to ensuring the best possible outcome for all of our children. We have a culture of high expectations regardless of starting points. Your children deserve the very best and will leave us feeling PROUD of all they have achieved.
We also actively encourage members of the wider community to be involved with, and use, our building, drawing on the knowledge and interests of those within the community and providing a base for community resources and facilities.
We know that you know your children better than anyone else and they are incredibly precious to you! When you bring them to school and place them in our trust, we take that responsibility incredibly seriously. Thus for us, the partnership between home and school is highly valued. Whenever possible, we operate an open door policy for accessing senior staff and will work hard to accommodate all communication between home and school, responding as rapidly as we can.
Please be assured that your issues, concerns and problems are never too small to be heard and responded to when they relate to your children.
Through our shared partnership, we will aim to ensure that your child receives the best possible education in a caring, safe community which provides them with the best possible chances to be happy and successful in our demanding world. Most importantly, although we will ask your child to work hard, we want to make sure that school is both fun and, for all the best reasons, memorable!
If you would like to find out more information, please contact our school office.
John Wheeldon first came to Stafford in 1880 as Headmaster of the British School in Earl Street.
In 1895 he became the first Headmaster of Corporation Street Board School and in 1909 when Corporation Street School was reorganised, he became the Headmaster of the boys department.
In his spare time, Mr Wheeldon taught Science classes at the Mechanics institute. He was also the founder and first president of the Stafford and District Association of the National Union of Teachers (N.U.T) and, in 1918, he was made Justice of the Peace.
In 1923 John Wheeldon became the Mayor of Stafford and in 1925, a member of the Education Committee, later serving on the Governing body of Stafford Girls High School.
John Wheeldon was married and had five children, Percy, Eveline, Annie, Dora and Thomas Victor. Sadly, Eveline died in 1899 during an outbreak of scarlet fever. She was nine years old. Thomas Victor was reported missing, presumed killed, in 1917 aged 20, his name is also on the Stafford War Memorial. Percy and Annie went on to win scholarships and to bring him and his school much honour.
SUAT supports and leads in the set-up of new academies joining the partnership. The services provided by the central support function cover both educational and non-educational support. In terms of educational support, SUAT is linked to the School of Education of Staffordshire University, which is an outstanding ITT provider.