--- title: "Welcome back" url: "https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2023-09-04-welcome-back" school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy" --- We are holding a number of open days for children due to start primary school in September 2027. Please see our admissions page for further details. Everyone welcome! # Welcome back ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/2F8AA51C-81B5-4A11-A75F-02AA41266EDC.jpeg) 4 September 2023 It was an absolute pleasure to welcome your amazing children back to school today. It’s been lovely to see them playing with their friends in the sun. They’ve had a brilliant day and I’m so proud of the ‘wonderful walking’ and ‘legendary lining up’ I’ve seen around school. This morning in worship we went through our new behaviour routines and we expect to see all of our children following our four golden rules: Be ready, be kind, be safe and be respectful’. We have already had lots of children shining from the inside out so they have got themselves on our ‘time to shine’ recognition board. Well done everyone! We are so proud of our new Reception children as they all settled so well and we know they are going to be fantastic additions to our school family. We also welcomed Mr Norris, our new Year 2 teacher, Mrs Stanton, our new office administration assistant and Mrs Reynolds, our new Reception special support assistant into our school family. We are sure you will all make them feel welcome. As the weather is predicted to be hot all week, please ensure you apply suncream to your child before school. They may also bring their own named suncream to apply themselves and it would be great if they had a sun hat too please. For further information about our first day back at school, please click here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news Don’t forget we also have a Facebook page and Twitter/ X that also has our latest news on. [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/3F7A4201-7215-4D26-B814-DAFE7EC25471.jpeg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2023-09-04-back-with-our-friends) Previous ### [Back with our friends ](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2023-09-04-back-with-our-friends) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_2801.JPG)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2023-09-04-first-day-in-year-3) Next ### [First day in Year 3](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2023-09-04-first-day-in-year-3) ### Personal Development - [News](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/events) - [Photo Gallery](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-gallery-category/our-gallery) - [Calendar](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/calendar) - [School Council](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Fundraising](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/fundraising) - [Extra Curricular Clubs](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/clubs) - [Little Leaders](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/little-leaders) - [Visits and Visitors](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/visits-and-visitors) - [British Values](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/british-values) - [Protected Characteristics](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/protected-characteristics) ##### Location Knowlesly Road Darwen Lancashire BB3 2JA ##### Contact Us 01254 702996 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stbarnabasce/) - [X](https://twitter.com/stbarnabasce) © Copyright 2021–2026 St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/) ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/events/Open_Days_2026-27_(3).png)