Following the proposal by Surrey County Council, in conjunction with the Governing Body of Stepgates Community School, to expand our Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) designated SEN Unit by eight places, from 21 places to 29 places in total, I am delighted to announce that, apart from one or two final touches, the building work has been completed.

All pupils placed by Surrey County Council in the SEN Unit will have a diagnosis of SLCN and will have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) specifying the specialist provision within the school as an appropriate placement to meet their individual needs.

All the pupils were excited to create their own individual masterpieces for the Stepgates Community School art exhibition entitled 'Multicoloured Modernism’'.

Using a range of art skills, each class followed a theme of their choice to create their art works. The exhibition coincided with our Family Picnic/Afternoon Tea, and pupils were enthusiastic to show their families around the exhibition.  Mrs. White, who organised the exhibition, was thrilled to see the pupils and families reactions when seeing their art on display. Families were able to purchase individual art, raising funds for art resources. The exhibition was a great success.

Thank you to all those who supported the event.

What an exciting time the children at Stepgates have had this week - they have enjoyed a Themed Week celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee! 

Each day, the children have taken part in many different activities, including: Drama workshops, tile painting, portrait painting, themed computing, Music and various arts and crafts to commemorate this event. On Monday, the whole school entered via the playground to the sound of the National Anthem, and walked the red carpet into assembly where the Queen was waiting for them! We all watched the Queen’s Coronation and talked about how significant being the longest reigning Monarch was; this was followed by an introduction to the week of celebrations.

The week finished with a community picnic, symbolic of the coming together of our school and families once again after a turbulent two years. The children all looked wonderful in their red, white and blue outfits and have all had a fantastic afternoon. Thank you to all our families who came along! It was wonderful to be back together again and to welcome you all to Stepgates Community School to commemorate this poignant time for our country. We have had a fantastic week, the school has looked wonderful, decorated with bunting, flags and portraits of the Queen. 

Finally, we would like to extend our thanks to FOSS, who bought every child a special bookmark to remember this event – thank you!

After many months waiting for COVID-19 to release its grip on our ability to mix with people, we were delighted to finally organise an official ceremony to celebrate the opening of our school swimming pool and changing rooms.

The Mayoress, Cllr Gill and her Deputy, Cllr Harnden (who will become the new Mayoress in the next few weeks) joined us, along with many of the wonderful people, past and present, who have helped us to achieve our goal after many, many years of fundraising.

With the pool looking sparkling in the sunshine and a welcome tea on offer courtesy of ‘Megan’s Cakes’ and the local Southern Co-op, along with the beautiful vintage crockery very kindly loaned to us free of charge from ‘All About The Taste’ in Chertsey, a lovely time was had by all.

It was particularly pleasing to welcome back staff, governors and FOSS members who have been instrumental in keeping this project alive over the past 10 years since our old pool was condemned and demolished.

The children at Stepgates are swimming once again as part of their curriculum, and we are gradually opening our doors to others in the local community.

THANK YOU to everyone who has supported us, every donation and every minute you have given up to help, is very gratefully received by us all.

The final step in this journey is to build an enclosure around the existing pool to create an all year round facility for the children of Stepgates and the local community to enjoy for generations to come.

If you would like to help us in any way, no matter how small, we would be delighted to hear from you. 

As part of Feeling Good Week (20-24th May 2024) Stepgates Community School organised our very popular Great Coin Trail and Sponsored Splash, followed by Sports Day. What an exciting time the children at Stepgates have had! Each day, the children have taken part in many different activities, including ‘Feeling Good Week’ dance sessions on the playground before school; Years 3-6 took part in a sponsored swim, where we had some amazing results and, of course, the big challenge of the week was our Coin Trail!   

The week finished with our very popular Sports Day, which was a huge success. Thank you so much to parents/carers and our whole school community for supporting this event and various activities throughout the week, including your kind donations of coins for the Coin Trail and for sponsoring children in their ‘Sponsored Swim’.  We have had a wonderful week where we were able to join together across the school, as well as raising money for our swimming pool roof.

We have raised £950.68 for our swimming pool roof.  This is a fantastic achievement!