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Welcome to Widcombe Church of England Junior School, a member of the Palladian Academy Trust. The school is situated in the centre of Bath, within walking distance of all the sports facilities, museums, art galleries and parks the city has to offer.

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5 May 2025

Latest Ofsted Report

We are delighted to announce that following our recent inspection, we were graded Outstanding in all areas. As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single-word overall effectiveness grade (e.g., "Outstanding",...

2 March 2025

Book Week Poetry Workshops and Poetry Grand Slam

Jonny Fluffypunk hosted our first ever Widcombe Junior School Poetry Slam during Book Week, it was an energetic and brilliant event! Jonny led performance poetry workshops throughout the school today - covering warm ups, voc...

2 March 2025

Book Week Dressing Up Day

On the last day of Book Week, our teaching staff was composed of a merry bunch of Mr Men and Little Misses - Mr Muddle, Mr Tall, Mr Sneeze and Mr Man(n), to name just a few. Thank you to everyone for making Book Week really specia...

27 January 2025

Car Free Day on February 14th

We're running our next Car Free Day on Valentine's Day this year (the last Friday of term). Organised by our Green Team, this aims to cut pollution and make our school-run safer. We are asking parents to leave their&n...

27 January 2025

Royal Society of Science Book Awards 2025

Our librarians have been working as a judging panel for the Royal Society of Science Book Awards – we are busy reviewing the six shortlisted books, and we will be submitting our decision to the Royal Society judging panel at...

25 December 2024

PTA Christmas Events Thank you

We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our amazing PTA for their tireless efforts over the past two weeks. From organising a fantastic Christmas Market to supporting the Year 5 shows, and facilitating a Film and Popcor...

19 December 2024

Year 5 Nativity Play

We have also really enjoyed watching the Year 5 Christmas show this week. Supernova and Nebula did an amazing job in performing ‘Straw and Order’ – a modern spin on the traditional Christmas story...

21 November 2024

Author Isabella Harcourt Visit to Year 3

On Thursday, Year 3 were treated to a visit from author Isabella Harcourt, a finalist in the Penguin Random House First Novel Competition in 2018. Isabella has Tourette’s Syndrome and talked to the children about how this pr...

15 November 2024

Anti-Bullying Week 'Odd Socks' Day

We have been raising awareness of anti-bullying this week. Tuesday was ‘Odd Socks’ day. This is an initiative which encourages everyone to celebrate differences and to stand up against bullying and discrimination. As p...

25 October 2024

Sports Week

Sports Week 2024 has been a roaring success! A huge thank you must go to Mr D for organising. The children have had the opportunity to try out different sports alongside hearing from a range of speakers who work in the sports indu...

18 October 2024

Year 6 Camp

It has been lovely to speak to some of the Year 6 children about their camp experiences last week. They really did have the best time. Below, are some quotes from the children: ‘Year 6 camp was a really good opportunity to...

3 October 2024

Bath Literature Festival

We have been lucky enough to go to four brilliant events at the Bath Children’s Literature Festival this week! On Monday, 30 children went to The Assembly Rooms to see Onjali Q Rauf talking about her latest book, The Le...

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19September

Author Visit to School - Jed Greenleaf

26September

International Languages Day

29September

Year 3 Trip to Bath Literature Festival

30September

Stars Class Trip to Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution

02October

Year 4 Trip to Bath Literature Festival

03October

06October

Open Morning for Prospective Year 2 2026 Parents

09:00 - 11:30

09October

Harvest Festival Celebration at St Matthew's Church

13October

Year 6 Camp Dartmoor

14October

Year 6 Camp Dartmoor

15October

Year 6 Camp Dartmoor

16October

Year 6 Camp Dartmoor

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Book Week Poetry Workshops and Poetry Grand Slam

Book Week Dressing Up Day

Car Free Day on February 14th

Royal Society of Science Book Awards 2025

PTA Christmas Events Thank you

Year 5 Nativity Play

Author Isabella Harcourt Visit to Year 3

Anti-Bullying Week 'Odd Socks' Day

Sports Week

Year 6 Camp

Bath Literature Festival

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