Here are some quotes from parents and visitors to our school.

February 2026:

You’re a fantastic teacher — your energy and enthusiasm for creating such a positive learning environment truly shines through. We’re so proud of how far Xxx has come. Thank you for your dedication and commitment to the children.

Good Afternoon :) We've been so pleased with how settled she has been and how she always comes home happy from school. We're very proud of her and how far she's come this year and thankful to yourself and Xxx for all the work you've put in and support you've given Xxx to get her to where she is now. She’s been writing stories at home all last weekend and reading them to us so I imagine achieving that in school has really helped her confidence! It's lovely to hear that she managed that in class :) Thank you for for all the effort you put in for Xxx.

Xxx's confidence has hugely improved since Christmas. She loved all the work on the rainforest and we loved seeing her passion at home.  I’m so thrilled.  Thank you so much for yours and Xxx continued support.

As always thank you so much for all you do and the feedback you give. 

Also wanted to say that it’s wonderful that the whole school learnt first aid today.

January 2026

Xxx has really loved  learning about the Rainforest.

Wow! Their work is amazing, they loved the class jeep.

It's amazing how much work they have achieved in such a short amount of time. The pastel artwork is outstanding. Thank you.

Thank you for making so much effort to support/engage him!

December 2025 

The production was amazing, the children had so much fun.

The production was fantastic, the children did so well. Thank you for all your hard work.

We just wanted to write to say what a wonderful time the boys had yesterday at the Polar Express day. They couldn’t stop talking about it all evening, even once they were in bed. I really appreciate how much time and effort must have gone into organising something like this for them, so I just wanted to say thank you to everyone involved.

Having heard from other parents, they felt exactly the same. It was clear the children had the most amazing day.

Wishing you all the most wonderful Christmas and new year. 

As we come to the end of another term, I just wanted to say thank you all for the fantastic work and dedication you all show each and every day.

Friday was truly lovely. Both the performance and singing were heart-warming, and yes there were a few happy tears. The boys really enjoyed the Christmas fayre, and I was especially touched to see how patient and kind some of the older pupils were with both boys. It genuinely warmed my heart.

It’s clear that such wonderful values are being nurtured within the school. Thank you again for everything you do.

Here's to the last week!

Comment from parent.

November 2025

I felt the general atmosphere around the school was really positive, and we immediately felt at ease – sometimes I have been to schools and never even met the head, and certainly not all teachers join in activities in the positive way that you all did.

Comment from local sports coach.

 

I just wanted to say a big thank you to you and all your team at St Andrews. We thank our lucky stars that *** got placed in your school. You show her such fantastic support, and I don't think we'd be anywhere near this progress with her if we were anywhere else. How she's come on these last few weeks is testament to all of your hard work, kindness and compassion. It shows how much she trusts you all and the smile that is now on her face. It's absolutely fantastic and credit to you all.

Parent comment.

July 2025 

Thank you for giving me the best start in life. 

Thank you for the love and support you show to our son. He loves Stanley school.

My son was a tiny, slightly feral tot when he arrived, and he is now leaving a wonderful, polite, sweet, not so tiny boy ready for secondary school. Thank you for teaching him, helping him, nurturing him and contributing to the amazing person he is today. 
 

I will always remember sitting in the spinney chair and excitedly choosing new books. 

Thank you for being the wonderful, kind and supportive human that you are. My family and I will never forget you. Please reach out anytime as we still wish to support Stanley St Andrew's school.  

We just wanted to say a big thank you to you all. I don't know how 3 years have gone by so quickly. It's been so special to see how *** has grown over the years and we wanted to thank you all for your time, patience, hard work and support which has played a huge part in her development.

Both *** and *** love coming to school and that's down to you all.