Headteacher’s Welcome

Welcome to our school! We are so pleased that you have stopped by our welcome page for a visit, we are delighted to have you! St George’s Beneficial is a thriving mainstream primary school in the heart of Portsea. We provide exceptional teaching, excellent pastoral care and are incredibly proud of our relationship with the community, Harbour Church Gunwharf and Portsmouth Diocese.

We offer a safe and secure environment in which every child is nurtured and encouraged to be ambitious and courageous in making choices to achieve their full potential. Our staff are experienced in providing both challenge and support to meet each child’s individual needs. With class sinces of around 25, we ensure that children get the time they need to be the best version of themselves.

We are delighted to share that we host pupils from over 30 countries, speaking more than 40 languages and with a broad range of religions and lifestyles in school; we want all pupils and staff to respect each other’s differences and to celebrate the similarities.

Our vision is for our children, our staff and our community. We want them to have every opportunity, every chance and every happiness and we use of three values of Courage, Hope and Respect to help pupils live out this vision and our distinctive Christian foundation underpins our aspirations.  Relational Practice is at the core of what we do at St George’s. We dedicate time in our week, every week, checking in and out with pupils and staff, knowing that respect and relationships are crucial for success.

We see enrichment as principal to the development of children and vow to continue with our extensive offer, despite the financial hardship of many. We host productions in school and attend cultural events including the D’Day 80 celebrations and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra concerts. We welcome visitors, provide a wide range of trips, offer regular cooking sessions, take part in sporting events, offer challenge days, build Focus Days into our year that broaden our curriculum offer and work in partnership with higher education providers to help our children aspire to be the best they can be. We recognise the need to connect and at times, support, our families – so we offer Stay and Play Sessions twice weekly with a pastoral lead, where families can engage in play and structured activity together.

As a church school, we join together weekly for collective worship as well as for Christian celebrations, sharing in many of these with our school families.

We are proud to be at the core of our wider community as for many families, St George’s is a generational pillar of the past and a beacon of their futures and we could not be prouder of this. You have found yourself in an amazing little corner of Portsea… welcome. 

Miss Lewis and the StGBS team