Hillside Primary School Stoke-on-Trent

29/09/2026

21/09/2026

🌟 Stanley Head 2026 – What a Week! 🌟

We have had the most incredible week away at Stanley Head with our amazing Year 6 children! ❤️

From canoeing, archery, r***e shooting and axe throwing, to orienteering, nightline, the high ropes course, weasling in the Roaches and exploring Luds Church — our children have thrown themselves into every challenge with enthusiasm, determination and courage. And that’s before we mention the campfires, the laughter, the adventures and everything in between! 🔥🌲🛶

One of the most special parts of the week has been watching our children grow. They have shown determination, resilience and independence, tackling challenges that were often well outside their comfort zones, overcoming fears, supporting one another and discovering just how much they are capable of.

They have also had lots of time simply being children — exploring the grounds, entertaining themselves, laughing together, making memories and enjoying the experience of sleeping together in their dorms and tents. 🏕️❤️

🌟 Year 6, you were an absolute pleasure to take away. You should be incredibly proud of the challenges you tackled, the fears you overcame, the new skills you developed and the way you looked after and supported each other.
You have made us incredibly proud!☺️

And finally, a huge thank you to our wonderful Hillside staff. 💙
Staff gave up precious time away from their own families — including nights away — to make sure our children had the very best experience possible. The memories created this week simply have been made possible with their time, energy, patience, encouragement and dedication.
We have experienced so many successes, incredible teamwork, lots of fun and plenty of laughter — and we even received the most perfect ‘Shout Out’ this morning recognising exactly that. 🌟

What an amazing week with a truly fantastic group of children.

21/09/2026

Hillside Alumni 🌟

Introducing Isabella Gibbs...

A Hillsider who has pursued her passion for football and sport and now works at her beloved football club making a real difference in the community ❤️

Well done Isabella, it's lovely to see how you've grown and progressed into a career which is just 'so you'! ☺️

16/09/2026

🌟 Meet our first Hillside Alumni: Jason Timmis! 🌟

A step-uncle to one of our current Hillsiders, Jason has taken his passion for sport 🏆 to incredible heights, and we couldn't be more thrilled to share his success!

Stories like Jason's remind us that the seeds we plant at Hillside can grow into something truly remarkable.

We hope that this is the first of many. If you or someone you know is a Hillsider and want to inspire the future generation- whatever job/ career or path you chose please get in touch.

Your journey could be exactly the inspiration our current students need to dream big. 💫

16/09/2026

03/09/2026

🌟 HILLSIDE ALUMNI – WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! 🌟

As part of our work to enhance our CAREERS EDUCATION at Hillside, we’re building our very own Hillside Alumni network – and we need your help!

Are you a former Hillside pupil? Perhaps you have a relative, friend or know someone who was once a Hillsider?

We’d love to hear from you! 👋

We want to inspire our children by sharing the real-life stories and career journeys of our former pupils.

✨ What do you do now?
✨ Which career or job are you in?
✨ What path did you take to get there?
✨ Did you go to college, university or take another route?
✨ Which skills, qualities and values have helped you along the way?
✨ What advice would you give to the next generation of Hillsiders?

There are so many different pathways to a successful and fulfilling job or career, and we want our children to see that their future really is full of possibilities! 🌈

We would love to share your stories with our pupils through Dojo and if you are a little braver, via talks, visits, videos, interviews and other careers activities.

❤️ Could you help inspire the next generation of Hillsiders?

If you, a relative or someone you know is a former pupil and would like to share their story, please get in touch with school.

We can’t wait to hear where our Hillsiders have gone! 🌟

Once a Hillsider, always a Hillsider!

If you are interested in helping to inspire the children at Hillside, please reach out to us in person, drop us an email:[email protected] or call us:01782 235350

Thank you

15/07/2026

Like the rest of the nation, we are buzzing with anticipation here at Hillside Primary School Stoke-on-Trent as we look forward to tonight's England vs Argentina World Cup semi-final ⚽

To show their support, our fantastic Year 5 and 6 children have recorded a special rendition of Wonderwall. We hope it gets everyone in the spirit and cheering on the Three Lions!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Good luck, England – we'll all be watching and supporting you every step of the way.
COME ON ENGLAND!
🦁🦁🦁⚽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

14/07/2026

Last night we wrapped up an amazing year of sport with our third annual sports awards at Norton Central Social Club. 🏅

A packed-out room joined us to celebrate the children’s incredible successes across a wide range of sporting fields, from cross country and dance to swimming and football. ⚽️ 🏏🏐🏊‍♀️🏃🏼💃🏼👟

We have seen the large majority of our Key Stage Two represent Hillside across inter-school, town, city and county events this year. On each occasion they have demonstrated outstanding determination, teamwork and resilience, always being fantastic ambassadors for the school. ✨ Their dedication to improving and preparing has been relentless, with many hours being committed towards being able to thrive. 👏🏻

The evening was closed with our Tony Green Award, which recognises Year 6 pupils for their sporting excellence and contribution. We were delighted to welcome back the fabulous Mrs Green and last year’s winners to hand out this special accolade. ❤️

A massive congratulations to our five recipients, who are all thoroughly deserving winners of this award! 🏆💫🎉

It has been another memorable year, with so many achievements that will live with the children for the rest of their lives. We look forward to making more memories next year! 😀

09/07/2026

Today saw Team Hillside head to Northwood Stadium to take part in the Stoke-on-Trent city athletics finals. 🏃🏼🏃🏼‍♀️

A whopping 34 children qualified from the town event to represent the Hanley team - the highest representation of all the schools in the city! 🤩

The children rose to the challenge of the extremely high-quality competition, putting everything into trying to be successful. The results show just how successful they were…

🥇14 gold medals
🥈10 silver medals
🥉11 bronze medals

An absolutely staggering performance! 🎉👏🏻❤️

That wasn’t all - their results helped the Hanley team to the podium too:
🥈boys team runners-up
🥈girls team runners-up
🥇OVERALL CITY TEAM CHAMPIONS!! For the first time ever!🏆

What an incredible way to finish the sporting year! We are so proud of each and every one of you! ✨

07/07/2026

Yesterday afternoon, a number of our Key Stage Two children headed to Fenton Manor to compete in the Stoke-on-Trent city finals for swimming. 🏊‍♂️ 🏊‍♀️

The children were selected for their performances at the town gala, competing in Team Hanley with children from other schools in the town.

The standard of the competition was exceptional, with all of our children pushing themselves to the limit, showing great levels of determination in every race. 👏🏻 A special well done to those who stepped into some races at the last minute and to three children for competing in races in an older year group! ✨

We’re delighted to share a number of sensational successes, with nine children achieving bronze medals for third place finishes 🥉and one of our children achieving a GOLD medal, becoming CITY CHAMPION in the backstroke!! 🥇🎉

Well done to all who participated, you were phenomenal!