About

John Clare is a Primary day school for boys and girls from the age of four to eleven years, within the City of Peterborough Local Education Authority. Our school is named after the local village Poet, John Clare, who lived from 1793-1864. Opened on July 13 1965 in commemoration of the poet’s birthday, our school is continuing to gain in popularity following its recent excellent ofsted report.

Our School is housed in a pleasant, light airy building with its own playing field. It also has a swimming pool and changing facilities. The School field is dual-use and is used by the village after school hours and during weekends and holidays.

The main building comprises a large hall equipped for gymnastics, drama and music, which is also used as a dining area with meals cooked by our school cook. There are 4 classrooms, a music room, a library and small group rooms. In September 2010, we opened our new, eco-friendly extension to the school. This accomodates our foundation/year 1 class and Helpston Under 5′s preschool.

School starts at: 8:55 am until 12.00pm

Restarts at: 1.00pm until 3.30pm (3:25pm for Key Stage 1)

Finish on Fridays at 2.30pm for all.