{"id":13,"date":"2014-08-27T13:27:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T13:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orkney.co\/papdale\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-12-10T12:30:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T12:30:56","slug":"about-papdale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/papdale\/about-papdale","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Papdale Primary School<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A very warm welcome to Papdale Primary School, here in the heart of Kirkwall, Orkney. With around 420 pupils from Primary 1 to Primary 7, we are proud to be a large and vibrant school community where every child is known, valued, and supported to thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Papdale, our vision \u2014 <em>Together, we can inspire, achieve and grow<\/em> \u2014 is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to creating a nurturing, inclusive, and stimulating environment where children feel safe, respected and encouraged to reach their full potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our dedicated and caring staff team work closely with families to ensure a strong partnership between home and school. We believe that when we work together, we can give every child the best possible start to their learning journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With warmest regards,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Emma Billington<\/strong> \u2013 Headteacher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our Core Values<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Respect<\/strong> \u2013 We understand that what we say and do affects others<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kindness<\/strong> \u2013 We will be friendly and think about others and do kind things<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Growth<\/strong> \u2013 We will make the most of all the chances that are offered to us<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Community<\/strong> \u2013 We will build and be part of a supportive team<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Creativity<\/strong> \u2013 We will try new things and solve problems in different ways<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Papdale Primary School A very warm welcome to Papdale Primary School, here in the heart of Kirkwall, Orkney. With around 420 pupils from Primary 1 to Primary 7, we are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2822,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/papdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/papdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/papdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/papdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/papdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/papdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3003,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/papdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/3003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/papdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/papdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}