Croft Community School – our local community

Our geographical catchment area is wide and includes Chester-le-Street, Consett, Stanley, Sacriston, with a few families even further afield than this.

The local community of Greencroft is a small village in North Durham.  We are close to the villages of Catchgate and Annfield Plain and our nearest town is Stanley.

We have shops in the nearby villages, a supermarket at Annfield Plain, and there is a council depot nearby with a plant nursery, and recycling facility.

Where possible we try to promote our links with the local community – some of our KS4 pupils have work experience placements nearby, and we have good links with the local church whose Vicar is a regular visitor to school.

Our local Sport Centre is the Louisa in Stanley where we use the sports facilities and swimming pool regularly.

http://www.leisureworks.net/events/1/louisa-centre

We have good partnerships with local schools, in particular with the Tanfield cluster of schools, and often work together to improve and develop local facilities for our pupils.

http://www.tanfieldschool.co.uk/

The local Children’s Centre and Sure Start is along the road at Catchgate Primary school.

http://www.catchgate.durham.sch.uk/

http://www.surestartcountydurham.org/Catchgate/Pages/welcome.aspx