There are so many things that make our school a very special place, not least of which are our wonderful children, parents and staff who all work closely together to create a very supportive community. Below is just a small taste of school life. If you would like to visit us to find out more, please contact the office for an appointment. 

​Inspectors think our school is a wonderful place and so do we!

"Pupils are happy at school. Staff have created a nurturing, calm school. Pupils enjoy coming to school and behave well in lessons. In lessons, pupils are keen to discuss their learning and talk enthusiastically about the school's curriculum... Lessons are focused and purposeful."

Ofsted December 2019

We are a Forest School​. The philosophy of Forest Schools is to encourage and inspire children of all ages through positive outdoor experiences.

By participating in engaging, motivating and achievable tasks and activities in a woodland environment, each child has an opportunity to develop intrinsic motivation, sound emotional and social skills. These, through self awareness, can be developed to reach personal potential.

Whole school walks take place every term with the support of the Gore Farm Educational Trust

Walking Club featured in Radio 4's "Ramblings." Parents, siblings and dogs are welcome to join this popular club.

Music Is An Important Part Of School Life

We have a number of opportunities to learn about music and play instruments at Trent. Children also have the opportunity to join the school choir and all children in Year 4 learn to play an instrument. Our choir formed in 2010 and has now performed to the local community on several occasions, including at Cheap Street Church as part of their Christmas Tree Festival and at a summer concert at the Digby Hall in Sherborne.

There are also opportunities to learn other instruments taught by specialist teachers: drums; brass; guitar; and violin.

A Close Partnership Between School and Parents

Friends of Trent School 

Our active PTA known as the Friends of Trent School is a major fundraising source for the school. Please have a look at the Friends of Trent School  page for further details and news! 

Support for Armed Forces Families 

The school has an increasing number of service families. We have a dedicated member of staff responsible for liaison with service families - Mrs Alyson Bevan - who ensures new families are welcomed and children are supported. Each term there is a service families network meeting for parents and children where they meet over refreshments, often working on craft activities or similar.  The school has a number of systems in place to support families where service personnel have been deployed including; a support booklet for all service parents,  pastoral support time for pupils (and parents if required), a dedicated email address for children to use to send scanned work and messages to absent parents and a growing library of reading material for parents and children specifically written for service families. The support provided for service families at Trent has been praised by numerous visitors including Ofsted during their visit in 2014.

 "Pupils in receipt of pupil premium funding, the majority of whom come from service families, achieve exceptionally well because of the high-quality support for their academic and emotional needs".    

The school’s Christian values permeate the life of the school, have a significant effect on children’s achievement, personal development and on their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

There are areas for reflection in each classroom and children say that this “gives me time to think” and “gives time to realise how you feel”.  Our gardening club is currently creating a spiritual garden in the school grounds; they are very proud of this and it is increasing their spiritual awareness.

Collective worship is distinctively Christian and is a key part of the school day.  Children value prayer and sometimes write their own prayers in response to a theme or sometimes pray aloud spontaneously in response to worship. Children’s spiritual development and their understanding of Christianity is enhanced by the variety of collective worship leaders including staff, the local vicars and a range of visitors from other Christian denominations such as a local Pastor from the Elim Pentecostal Church; and Daniel England from the Vine Youth Ministry.  Celebration Assembly is held on Friday afternoons. 

Children’s understanding of Christianity is enhanced by links with the Village Church, St Andrew's. Services are also held at St Andrews and Reverend David has recently taught a series of lessons to about Communion to Year 5 and Year 6 children and prepared them for Communion.