Welcome to Holbeach St Marks Church of England Primary School

‘By working well together as a community pupils flourish.’ (SIAMS Inspection 2025). At the heart of our school is a strong Christian ethos which is reflected through school life and our ‘small, rural school fosters a strong sense of community.’ (Ofsted 2025). 

Our goal is to develop independent, considerate and confident learners, who can persevere and embrace challenges. We are a school which ‘has high aspirations for all its pupils and we have created a ‘close-knit environment’, in which our pupils ‘feel safe and happy.’ (Ofsted 2025) 

We are committed to working in partnership with parents to ensure every child achieves his or her full potential. Therefore, we welcome our parents’ and carers’ views and suggestions and are happy to respond to questions and concerns.  

Please call into the office or speak to a member of our team who will be available before and after school or email. We rely on your support and encouragement, for it is by our partnership as parents and staff that your child will have the greatest opportunity to progress. 

Sarah Wells 

Head of School 

The Vision of our school 

Our school vision is deeply rooted and underpinned by Mark 4, The Parable of the Sower. Mark 4 3:9 

Rooted in faith, we nurture the seeds, in the hope that all can flourish. 

Faith – to be the good soil through our faith in God
Hope – to be inclusive and aspiration for all.
Flourish – to be a community where all can flourish. 

In the Parable of the Sower Mark taught us when the Farmer sowed his seed, some fell on the path and the birds ate them, some fell on the rocky and thorny soil and they didn’t grow well. Those planted on the good soil flourished. We are the good soil, we understand that sometimes we experience the rocks, birds and thorns, but we have faith in God that we are the ‘good soil’. 

We feel that working in partnership with the whole community will lead towards a society of hope, where we raise aspirations for our school family and allow them to become the very best members of the community they can be. We will endeavour to ensure that Saint Mark’s lessons of compassion, forgiveness and justice are lived out by all. 

Every member of our community is valued, and valuable, as they were created in the image of God. We will pursue excellence for all, including our most vulnerable, by providing the support and challenge they require to reach their full potential. We take inspiration here from St Mark’s winged Lion and provide the support to enable our most vulnerable to have the courage to flourish. We will do this in an inclusive environment, where the well-being of everyone is nurtured with dignity and compassion, so that any difficulties experienced can be overcome.