​Bantock Primary School has achieved Millie’s Mark accreditation for the Early Years setting. This means that all staff working with Early Years pupils are Paediatric First Aid trained and know what to do in a paediatric first aid situation. It acknowledge that children’s safety is at the forefront of the staff’s mind when they are in the school’s care. The mark ensures that staff in the Early Years setting keep their knowledge up to date to enable them to be confident, ready and capable.
 
Paediatric first aid is what is given to young people who have been hurt or suddenly taken ill. It is the steps that staff can take before the injured or ill person gets expert medical help. First aid can save a person’s life, but more often it is help given in an everyday accident or illness.
 
To achieve this the school have gained training to meet the needs that 100% of staff are Paediatric First Aid trained. The school created an action plan and risk assessment, specific to Early Years health and safety and a member of the Millie’s Mark team came into school to assess against the evidence.
 

​At Bantock, we provide a broad range of whole-school approaches and targeted interventions, with the understanding that the best learning can only occur when our children are happy and healthy.
In order to evaluate our current mental health practice and work towards building an emotionally healthier environment, we have completed the School Mental Health Award, provided by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools. Through this process, we have committed to making mental health a priority and developing a positive culture that promotes mental well-being for everyone.
We are thrilled to announce that we received a silver award for our mental health provision, and that we were only the 12th school nationally to do so!

We are delighted to announce that we, have achieved the School Games GOLD Mark Award for the 2017/18 academic year. The School Games Mark is a Government led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success. Our sporting achievements this year include: Unified Football Winners and Unified Cricket. With a total of young people competing in local inter-school competitions this year, we are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our competitions possible. As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas of participation, competition, workforce and clubs, and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded this year. A special thanks to: The Wolves Coaches who have helped over the year and the Royal School for the use of their swimming pool, as well as all teachers who have ran sporting clubs.

We look forward to applying once again in 2019!