News Ecclesbourne Primary School

Every year, it is always a joy to see so many of our children and staff embracing World Book Day with a variety of creative costumes, and 2025 has been no exception.

Today, Ecclesbourne was joined by award-winning author, Andrew Clover. Andrew writes the ‘Rory Branagan: Detective’ series which now has seven books published.

We were thrilled to welcome author James Sellick to Ecclesbourne on Tuesday as part of our Book Week celebrations. 

Today, Ecclesbourne kicked off Book Week with an action-packed ‘speed read’!

Saturn class spent their “We Love Reading” session today dipping into the four Sparks Award shortlisted books.

Ecclesbourne were delighted to host Sarah Jones, Labour MP for West Croydon and Minister of Industry.

Last week, all the children at Ecclesbourne Primary School participated in the NSPCC’s Speak Out, Stay Safe programme.

Today, a cold, rainy morning was soon forgotten as Ecclesbourne opened its doors to the annual Museum Day exhibition, delighting the visiting crowds with a treasure trove of wonders created by our very own pupils.

Today, the Tudor children of Ecclesbourne Court received a very special visit from King Henry VIII.

A couple of weeks ago, Olympic Bronze medallist Victoria Ohuruogu visited Ecclesbourne for an inspiring assembly and a fun-filled morning of athletics. 

Last week, the children at EPS had the chance to rock out when KS2 held a times table competition hosted by our times tables app, Times Tables Rock Stars.

Year 2 and Year 3 enjoyed a monstrous poetry workshop in school today. 

This term Little Ecclesbourne is learning all about traditional tales by acting out stories and learning accompanying songs.

We were so excited and honoured to meet Olympic bronze medallist, Victoria Ohuruogu, when she came to visit Ecclesbourne on Wednesday. 

This year, we are working with the charity RedSTART to deliver financial education workshops to all children from Reception to Year 6.