We have two exciting opportunities for you to potentially come and join our team.

Extra information is in the vacancies section of our website. CLICK HERE. 

Closing dates are both Sunday 31st March 2019. 

The water leak that is affecting Belper Secondary School is not affecting us at St. John's. 

Unfortunately Belper school have announced that they will be closed for some of Wednesday 6th February. CLICK HERE for the latest news from Belper Secondary School. 

St. John's will be open as normal on Wednesday 6th February. 

Our twitter page has some exciting new dates for future events. CLICK HERE for disco and quiz night information. 

All events are available on our school calendar CLICK HERE. 

Mr. Averis and Mrs. Hodgson travel to India on the 11th January. You can find out what they are doing on the daily blog that they'll write whilst away. CLICK HERE. 

You may have noticed yesterday we are able to use the new carpark at the front of the school.

With the work completed we are now going to be able to return to children and families coming into school at 9am and leaving school at 3.30pm through the normal gate at the side of school near the year 1 classrooms. We will use this side gate again from Tuesday 4th December. The only families that will use the nursery gates now are families with nursery children.

At the beginning of the day, infant parents are now invited to drop off on the playground and junior parents at the front of the school - as we did before the car park was built. All parents and families are welcome to come onto the school playground to pick up children at the end of the school day. When picking up at the end of the day please find a suitable location away from classroom windows and doors so that children that are in classes can continue to work without getting disturbed, thank you. Parents of older children are welcome to continue to have their child walk to meet them outside of school as we help children to get ready for secondary school. For safety reasons, please do not use the new carpark as a meeting point or use the vehicle gates onto this carpark as a pedestrian access.

We have been given over 500 chocolate advent calendars by Vaillant, a local company in Belper. The design on the front of the calendar is by children that entered a Vaillant advent competition.

All children will be bringing home an advent calendar on Monday. Today we have contacted all the families that have let us know their children have food allergies letting them know their child will be bringing home a chocolate calendar. 

Please ensure that you check the contents before your child enjoys the chocolates inside. 

Staff will be using the new car park at the front of the school from Monday 3rd December.

On Monday 3rd December, children and parents will continue to use the nursery gate to come to and leave school at 9am and 3.30pm. Children will be bringing home a letter on Monday with information about how children will enter and leave school from Tuesday 4th December. 

Please be aware that the new car park is not to be used by parents as a pick up or drop off point. The gates for the new car park are vehicle gates are are not to be used by pedestrians. We appreciate your help in supporting us with this safety procedure.