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Kindness and Joy

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Wisdom and Honesty

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Welcome to Marshwood Church of England Primary Academy

We are a small school in rural West Dorset. We nurture all members of our school family to be happy, self-confident and supportive of one another. We want each person to flourish in their lives within school, the local community and beyond.

Peter Beare Head of Marshwood CE Primary Academy

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Feb 3, 2026

Prout Bridge Project would like to extend a huge thank you for the supporting during their Blue Monday non school uniform event. With your help, we raised a fantastic £102.85, which was the highest amount raised across the primary schools that support this event. Prout Bridge have and continue to offer support to children in our school when needed.

Jan 30, 2026

Well done to our Marshwood Stars this week who have demonstrated wonderful learning and followed our school values. Congratulations to you all!

Jan 30, 2026

Congratulations to our pupils of the week. Well done to you both!

Jan 29, 2026

In Geography, Coneys have been focusing on the UK four major capital cities (London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast) and which country they are in. They have explored the landmarks of each of these cities, such as the Royal Mile in Edinburgh and the River Thames in London. They have looked at events that take place in each city and have talked about the population of cities too. They have worked so well in small groups and independently to find out exciting facts about each city and the children are really enjoying this topic of learning.

Jan 27, 2026

Reception class have been practicing how to read CVC words. The children are learning to blend individual sounds to read words and to segment words into sounds to help them spell. The children really enjoyed working independently reading CVC words on a worksheet and then colouring in the picture that matched the word they had read. Well done Reception! Great work.

Jan 27, 2026

We are open today. Please be careful on your journey to school, take your time and travel safely.

Jan 23, 2026

Well done to our pupils of the week this week. Celebration Worship will take place at 3pm in the church today. Please do come along and join us if you can make it.

Jan 19, 2026

In RE, Coneys are learning about Judaism. The class learned about and then made a mezuzah which is a small, decorative case put on doorframes, holding a scroll with the Shema prayer, reminding Jewish people of God's presence and commandments, often touched or kissed as they enter/leave a home.

Jan 16, 2026

Congratulations to our pupils of the week this week. Well done to you both!

Jan 16, 2026

Congratulations to our bi-weekly stars of the week. Well done for so working hard demonstrating our school values and excellent learning.

Jan 12, 2026

In Science, Coneys are starting their new topic on objects and materials. We talked about how an object is something that you can touch, and a material is what the object is made from. We explored a variety of objects in a tray on each table, writing down what material we thought each item was made from.

Jan 9, 2026

Congratulations to our pupils of the week this week, we will be celebrated during our celebration worship in the church at 9am. Well done to you both!

Jan 6, 2026

Is your child due to start primary school in September? The deadline for applying for your child's space through your local authority is 15th January. Please do get in touch if you would like to visit our primary school ahead of this deadline. We warmly welcome you to come and visit us here in Marshwood.

Dec 19, 2025

Congratulations to our pupils of the week this week. They will be celebrated during our celebration worship in the church today at 9am. Well done to you both!

Dec 19, 2025

Well done to our Marshwood Stars this week who have demonstrated excellent learning and values. Well done to you all.

Dec 19, 2025

We wish all our families a Christmas filled with joy and precious time spent with friends and family and we look forward with hope to the coming new year. Thank you for all of your support throughout this year.

Dec 17, 2025

We are incredibly grateful to @Marshwood Primary PFA @palmersbrewery Axminster Tesco in the Community @axminstertescocommunity Marshwood Community Land Trust for all of their hard work securing funding for phase 3 of our playground redevelopment. This additional apparatus is being hugely enjoyed by all of the children here in school. @playtimebyfawns have helped us to design and revamp the areas within our playground, working with the children to provide equipment that they wanted to play on. With artificial turf underneath, this makes for a fantastic all year round breakout space. Thank you to Becci Garner for her incredible hard work on this project. We are so very grateful for all that you have done for the children here at Marshwood.

Dec 16, 2025

Last week we were visited by Bethany Hunt who is part of the @stemlearninguk programme. Bethany spent the afternoon talking about weather linking to our learning in science. We spent time creating snow globes which aids with learning about density, states of water matter and also light reflection. The whole school enjoyed creating these and linking their to their level of learning so far on weather. This was a fantastic creative activity allowing the children to be hands on with their learning. Thank you Bethany for visiting us.

Dec 15, 2025

Thank you to Marshwood Primary PFA for organising the Santa Dash last week. This event is so much fun and enjoyed by all of the children. A fantastically festive obstacle course is set up by the PFA in the field for the children to complete as many laps as possible. The children are encouraged to be sponsored per lap raising vital funds for school to use. Hot chocolate and cakes were enjoyed by the children and spectators and we are extremely grateful for the money raised from this event. Thank you to our PFA team for all of the hard work that goes into the many events that you do for our school.

Dec 12, 2025

Congratulations to our pupils of the week this week. They will be celebrated during our celebration worship in the church this morning. Well done to you both.

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Welcome to Marshwood Church of England Primary Academy

Our Vision and Values

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Extra-Curricular

School Newsletter

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What's On

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Year 6 SATs After School Clubs

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