PUPILS at Crockerton School in Warminster are taught responsibility and resilience during their time at school as well as being pushed to succeed in their work.

The school in Potters Hill, Warminster, has 101 pupils split across its four classes, from reception to Year 6. A key emphasis is on teaching the pupils togetherness and respect for one another.

Claire Clough, head of the school for nine years, said: “Our mission is to live and work under the guidance of God and together we live, learn and celebrate for each other and ourselves. We are very much a big family. We are very supportive of each other and push our pupils to learn and take part in sports and music.

“We have a variety of after school clubs for the children from choir to football. They are very well used by the pupils.”

As well as the open school grounds, Crockerton also backs onto Longleat Forest.

“We have a lot of outdoors activities. We don’t have a school hall so the pupils spend a lot of time outside, which is wonderful. We do orienteering through the woods and really make the most of the open spaces around us,” added Mrs Clough.

As well as the outdoor facilities, the pupils have the chance to spend time on iPads and use them in the majority of their lessons when possible.

“I think we are a very helpful and caring team. We like to think outside of the box at Crockerton. As well as the curriculum, we teach the pupils life skills during their time here. We focus on teaching responsibility and resilience to prepare them for later life. We teach them these things in all of the lessons. We also have a very active school council and green team which works around Crockerton to make it a better place to be,” added Mrs Clough.

“Each house also fundraises for a different charity each year. Everyone helps out as we have a social and community responsibility.”