St Matthew’s
We are very proud of our long standing links with the local community. We work well together with the local Church, with regular visits to the school to take part in various events and to lead assemblies.
Little Pippins Preschool
Many of our children attended our local PreSchool, Little Pippins, who visit the school for various activities, especially Forest School as part of the transition process. Our Reception Class staff liaise with them about children who will be joining us.
PCSO
We are pleased that we often see Tim Deane, our local PCSO in school, with the children getting to know him as another member of the community they can safely turn to if they have a problem out of school.
Road Safety
We run Bikeability (Cycling Proficiency) Courses for Year 6 children and try to ensure that there are sufficient places for all children to be able to attend a course should they wish to do so – please contact the office for further details
Harwell School Association
The Harwell School Association (HSA) is our parent-teacher association.
The elected officers for the academic year 2025/26 are:
President: Bryn Gibson (Headteacher)
Co-chairs: Jo Wyatt (mum of Freddie, Reception & Olivia, Year 2) and Janna Rous (mum of Elodie, Year 3 & Reuben, Year 1)
Secretary: Vacant – could this be you?
Treasurer: Alice Macdonald (mum of Elsie, Year 3)
Staff representative: Lauren Paton
Get in touch
If you’d like to know more about the HSA, get involved, or have any questions, you can reach us in the following ways:
Email us: hsachair@harwellprimaryschool.
Join our WhatsApp group: Scan the QR code below to join our parent WhatsApp group and stay up to date with HSA news and events.
Meetings & Events
We’re always looking for volunteers to help at events throughout the year. If you can help, even if only for a single event, we’d be very grateful. Get in touch via email or our WhatsApp group above.
Raise money by shopping online
As well as supporting HSA events, you can also raise money for the school when you shop online – at no cost to you!
EasyFundraising Raise money at a range of retailers like Argos, Sainsbury’s, M&S, John Lewis, Vodafone, The Body Shop, Interflora and many more. Visit https://www.easyfundraising.
Stamptastic Use a stamp instead of name tapes! Buy a personalised name stamp from Stamptastic and enter the code OX110HX (the school’s postcode, without spaces) at the checkout. Stamptastic will then donate up to 30% of your order value to the HSA. For more information, visit www.stamptastic.co.uk or see the Stamptastic leaflet.
Many thanks!