Welcome to Appledore School
Appledore School is located in the heart of an ancient fishing village, rich in maritime history, where the River Torridge meets the River Taw in beautiful North Devon.
We have approximately two hundred and fifty children, aged 3-11, taught in single age classes with names linked to the sea. Many are named after famous ships built in Appledore Shipyard and reflect our pupils’ pride in their local heritage and community.
Through a rich and rigorous curriculum, our pupils play an active part in their local community and prepare for life’s opportunities, responsibilities and experiences, now and in the future. The creative arts are of huge importance to us and our art studio, woodland and polytunnel are the creative hubs of the school and our main corridor is our art gallery! We are part of a cooperative trust of schools and a training school for student teachers.
We hope you can find the information you are looking for, but if you can’t please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do all we can to help. And as for the quotes, they are real!
From all the staff and pupils at Appledore School
Please note, we are a nut-free school.
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Parentkind offers a curated series of free webinars designed to empower parents and carers with knowledge on education, child development, and well-being that can be accessed here. The 2026 schedule includes interactive sessions on Zoom. Note that these sessions are not recorded for later viewing to encourage live participation. Upcoming topics in 2026 include:
- An Introduction to Autism.
- Socialising in Reception: Guidance on helping children navigate friendships and independence in primary school.
- Parenting Styles that Shape Children’s Future: Explores how different styles impact emotional well-being and boundary setting.
- Coping Tools for Your Child’s Big Emotions: Practical strategies for managing emotional moments through mindfulness.
- Keeping Your Child Safe Online: A behavioural approach to digital resilience for primary-aged children.
- Helping Your Child Develop a Love of Reading: Tips for making reading an enjoyable part of family life.
- From Meltdowns to Mindfulness
Also, Autism and Us is a programme offered to parents and carers of children and young people who are currently on the neurodiversity assessment pathway, as well as to families of those who have received an autism diagnosis. It is delivered by members of the Inclusion and Learning Service at Devon County Council and more information can be found here
For information about a netball camp at half term see here and for entering your child in a triathlon aimed at children of all abilities aged 7-13 please see here
Have a great weekend
From Jeremy Cooper and all the children and staff (more…)
Welcome back and a happy new year to you all. We hope you had a really enjoyable Christmas.
Congratulations to those pupils who have achieved 100% attendance for the autumn term. A postcard recognising this was sent home with those children on the last day of the autumn term. Across the school a total of 56 postcards were sent home. Let’s see if we can have more this term! Please see here for December’s attendance newsletter.
For details of holiday rugby camps for all abilities please see here and here.
Please remember to park and drive responsibly on the streets around school and that Kingsley Avenue is a private road and parking is not permitted there. Thank you.
Have a lovely weekend everybody
From Jeremy Cooper and all of the children and staff
As always, the last week before we break up for Christmas is full of fun and excitement and this week has been no exception!
Last week it was Key Stage 1 and our Foundation Stage Unit children putting on their Christmas celebrations for you. This week it was the turn of our Key Stage 2 children to share with you a performance of the origins of Silent Night at St Mary’s church and such a lovely way to end the term as we break up for Christmas. A huge thank you to everybody who has been involved in the organisation of all the Christmas celebrations, including the school Christmas Fair last week, the Christmas discos a couple of weeks ago and the school Christmas lunch on Wednesday. You are all very much appreciated.
Not content with organising last week’s school fair, Our PTFA crewed the Bideford Round Table Santa’s sleigh around Northam last night clocking up around 25,000 steps each and raising over £1000 for local causes. For our PTFA newsletter please see here.
Thank you for all your support this term and we would all like to wish you a very merry Christmas and we look forward to welcoming you back in the New Year on Monday 5th January.
From Jeremy Cooper and all the children and staff
