Our History
Our school was originally called Priory Infants School and was situated in the grounds of Bridlington Priory Church. We still have the Priory on our school badge and we maintain strong links with it.
Every Christmas we hold a Carol Concert there and we ask the Reverend to take part in our Harvest Festivals and lead regular whole school assemblies. We also try to have a Community Governor from the Priory Church whenever possible.
In 1910, Burlington Council Infants School was opened on Marton Road, with Burlington Council Junior School on the same site, close to the heart of Bridlington Old Town. In the 1980’s, the Local Authority decided to build a separate new building for the Infants. The present school building was opened in December 1995 and the old Infant building was taken over by the Junior School.
The old Infant School, now part of Burlington Junior School
The current school building is attractive, practical and consists of three pairs of semi-open plan classrooms with two additional classrooms in opposite corners of the building. The school was given a generous setting up allowance and we are still benefiting from this as the school is very well resourced.
We have continued to move forward and the school site has seen many changes and developments.
In 2010, we received joint funding with Burlington Pre-school for the building of a large extension at the front of the school. This provided us with a nurture room, called the Jigsaw Room, and a permanent home for Burlington Pre-school, which leases the space from us. In 2017, we had another smaller extension built to provide additional meeting rooms/office space and a Servery to help us with our busy lunchtimes.
Our Courtyard also has been re-designed and landscaped, using ideas by the children, to create an exciting ‘outdoor’ classroom and we have developed a fantastic outdoor learning area on our school field, which we share with the Juniors.
Outdoor Learning
Happy Birthday
In May 2010, we celebrated our Centenary and 100 years of successful education at Burlington. Our school has always had a family atmosphere and many parents and grandparents of our present pupils attended Burlington when they were young. We hold a Family Assembly every Friday to celebrate birthdays and good work and behaviour.
We are also more than pleased to see family and friends at the various traditional events we hold.
‘Had fab support – thanks’
‘Excellent school – really happy with the progress my child is making. Staff are lovely and welcoming and always have a smile on their faces.’
‘My child’s improvements are so great. He has come a long way in the last year and you can really tell. Very happy with his progress.’
‘My child has really enjoyed his time in Year One.’
‘My child has really enjoyed her time at this school, thank you for making her experience enjoyable.’
‘I’d like to thank the staff for making my son’s first year at school lovely. He’s come on so much. I feel they have supported his needs so well. Thank you!’
‘Fabulous journey through Infants as usual!’
‘Our son is very happy at this school and has thrived since coming into Reception, he loves coming to school.’
‘Absolutely over the moon with this school!’
‘Lovely school, end of an era, highly recommend!’
‘The support we have received this year has been above and beyond and I cannot thank my child’s teacher enough for her caring and loving nature with my daughter with her emotional well-being during Reception.’
‘Thank you so much for being so brilliant! We will miss you’
‘So happy with Burlington Infants. Been a lovely few years.’
‘The girls have loved their time at Burlington Infants, such a well run and excellent school. Thank you for the last 3 years especially in the extraordinary circumstances.’