Mrs Nikki Rayner
Head of School
As Head of School, it is my pleasure to share with you our beautiful, unique school set in the heart of North Yorkshire. We have between 90 - 100 children on roll, taught across 4 classes.
Our school vision is at the heart of everything we do, it is the foundation to our curriculum, development and wellbeing. We believe in nurturing all children by supporting and encouraging them to become the best versions of themselves.
We are growing together to:
We look forward to welcoming you and your children into our Crakehall family.
As part of the Synergy Schools Federation, we embrace Synergy School's vision of "Learn, Grow & Shine together" whilst we live life in its fulness.
To learn more about The Synergy Schools Federation, please view our Annual Report below:
17th April 2026
Class 4 has had an amazing first week back. We have started our brand new topic of Ancient Greece. The children were tasked with investigating a terrifying monster rumoured to be turning people to stone! Amazing work Class 4!
17th April 2026
✨ Spotlight on Class 1 ✨ What a fantastic first week back we’ve had in Class 1! At Forest School, our Reception children have been exploring life cycles. They were fascinated to discover a toad and had great fun creating their own ‘frogspawn’ using chia seeds. A real highlight of the week was watching some local construction work in action - there was plenty of excitement and curiosity! In phonics, Reception have made a brilliant start to Phase 4, learning to read longer words with consonant blends, while our Year 1 children have been working hard on those tricky split digraphs. In maths, Reception have been developing their counting skills by exploring things that can’t be moved, such as sounds. Meanwhile, Year 1 have begun their multiplication unit, practising counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. Our book of the week has been ‘Sam Plants a Sunflower’ which inspired us all to plant our own sunflowers. Our cloakroom has now been transformed into a mini greenhouse - we can’t wait to see whose sunflower will grow the tallest! Continuing our growing theme, we visited St Gregory’s Church, where Rev Chris shared the Parable of the Talents teaching us about growth through hard work and enterprise. What a wonderful start to the summer term! 🌼
We feel that it is essential to form a strong partnership between parents and carers and the school itself.
Providing a high quality service which meets the needs of both parents/carers and children.
We have a thorough system in place to make sure that each child settles quickly.
Synergy Schools is a federation of primary schools in the north of North Yorkshire. The federation was formed in September 2018 and has grown to include 6 North Yorkshire primary schools.
Crakehall Church of England Primary School
The Green, Crakehall,
Bedale, North Yorkshire
DL8 1HP
Synergy Schools is a federation of primary schools in the north of North Yorkshire. The federation was formed in September 2018 and has grown to include 6 North Yorkshire primary schools.
