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Welcome to Red Rose
Primary School

Aim High
Be Proud!

A message from our Head Teacher

On behalf of the children, staff and governing body, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to Red Rose Primary School, Chester-le-Street.

Our school motto is ‘Aim High, Be Proud’ and we have a long and established reputation of providing a rich and stimulating education for our pupils.  Our values of Respect – Excellence – Determination – Responsibility – Opportunity – Support for Others – Equality. Everything we do aims to encapsulate those aims and values.

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Learn about Red Rose

Values & Ethos

Find out more about our motto and our seven values. 

Key Information

Look through our key information in this section.

Ofsted Report

Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills.

Curriculum

At Red Rose Primary School, our broad curriculum can be viewed here.

New Nursery Provision: From September 2026, we are offering nursery provision.
Please contact the school office to request a place.

School News

Bikeability at a Chester-le-Street school

Bikeability – Year One getting active.

Some of our Year One pupils had a fantastic time on Monday as they took part in their Bikeability session, delivered by the School Sports Partnership. The children showed great determination and balance while learning essential cycling skills and safety tips on the...
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Quiditch at a Chester-le-Street school

Quiditch come to Red Rose

This week our year 5 and 6 pupils took part in a Quiditch session at school. A really active and fun session was enjoyed in lovely weather. Just like magic!
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Textile Workshop at Chester-le-Street School

Textiles Workshop

Today, our year 3 and 4 pupils invited their adults in to take part in a textiles workshop to make a pencil case. The ability to sew is a really important skill to be able to make costumes, clothes or the mend things. A lovely atmosphere of focussed sewing was...
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Art Workshop at our Chester-le-Street school

Key Stage 1 Art Workshop

Our school hall was filled with creativity this week as we put our Spring Term learning about collages into action during our Key Stage One  Art Workshops. It was wonderful to see so many parents and carers working alongside the children to layer textures and colors...
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Year 2 Geographers at work.

Our Year Two geographers headed out into the local community this morning for an exciting fieldwork walk. The children put their observation skills to the test as they identified various human and physical features in Chester-le-Street. Equipped with clipboards, they...
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School Calendar