All Saints’ School

‘Aiming for excellence, through working together in a Christian Environment’

General Information: –

Headteacher – Mrs. Angela Filsell.

Contact Details:-
3-19 Hanover Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1EB | Tel: 020 8540 3004 | Email: office@allsaints.merton.sch.uk

School Website: – https://www.allsaints.merton.sch.uk/

All Saints’ School is a voluntary aided Church of England School which has a strong link with the local parish of All Saints’ and has a committment to Christian worship and religious education.

All Saints’ Church, the Diocese of Southwark, parents, school staff and the L.E.A are all represented on the Governing Body which has oversight of the organisation, budget and curriculum of the school.

The Parent Teacher Association holds various fund-raising events during the year and welcomes help from any quarter.

The school values highly it’s links with All Saints’ Church and the children are welcomed into the church to celebrate the Christian Festivals and for end-of-term services.  Parents and friends are always welcome at these services.

All the current school information can be found on the dedicated school website, but if you would like to know a little of the early history of our school visit our ‘School History’ page. You might also like to take a look at some of the pictures on our ‘Past in Pictures’ page.’

The Latest News from our School

“Growing Stronger Together in God’s Love.”

News  from  All  Saints’  School.     

Growing stronger together in God’s Love.

On Friday 7th November Mrs. Filsell wrote:

‘Welcome back to a new half term! I hope that you had a restful break and were able to spend some quality time together. The children have come back full of life and energy and it is a good job, we have had to a lot on!

The first celebratory event was of course, our annual All Saints’ Day event – the perfect way to kick off our Community Fortnight! The children had discussed plans in their classes and asked to wear their house team colours this year, which was of course allowed! The children also  enjoyed some class-based activities and were even treated to a yummy treat in their story time.

Extra play was also allowed at the Haydon’s campus, much to the children’s delight. The Faith Group team were also very proud to speak in church alongside Father Christopher.

The PTFA’s hard work has also come into fruition over the holidays too! The new Clamber Stack Frame at Haydon’s Road was also  installed over the half term and the children were very enthusiastic about taking their turn and the excitement was tangible!

The Tesco funded Storytelling Area was also installed in the Early Years Outdoor Classroom – the children have really enjoyed the addition to their literacy area.

The long-awaited Hanover Road library was formally opened by the Merton Mayor this week, with the Fred Squad, Mrs Stagg (co-chair of the PTFA), Mr Wenham (representing Eddison White who have     supported the PTFA), Miss Reed, Miss Kirby and Pat Stewart in attendance, alongside myself. It was a lovely occasion, ribbon cutting included, and the children were treated to a story read by the Mayor himself. What a memory! Huge thanks also to Miss Reed and Pat who has spent many, many hours setting the library up and making it the beautiful place it is! Thank you so much to all of our families who have contributed over the years to support these much needed and wanted improvements – we are so very lucky to have you and the PTFA supporting us.

We are very excited for Week 2 of our Community Fortnight – don’t forget children need to wear their odd socks on Monday and all families are invited to the Koinonia Café at Haydon’s Road next Friday after school!

Friday 14th November.

What a couple of amazing weeks we have had here at All Saints’! There is so much to talk about, I am not even sure we have enough room on my usual one page!

St Richard enjoyed their swimming lessons. School offers a two-week block of lessons to children; we aim for all children to be able to swim at least 25m by the end of Year 6. There are some ‘catch up’ lessons, but I would encourage families to enrol children in private lessons if they can be afforded and to take up Merton’s offer of free swims during school holidays to increase confidence and develop this   important life skill.

Year 3 Year 3 enjoyed making muffins inspired by Paul Hollywood

The absolute highlight was of course our Community Fortnight crushendo – Koinonia Kafe! Thank you to all families to who prepared and brought food to this epic event. The event brings together so many strands of our school life that tie in with Celebrating Community Fortnight like Anti-Bullying Week, English units, Art as well as other aspects of our curriculum. The event really is a true celebration of the rich diversity within our school family who we hold dear!

By the time you read this, the end of term will be fast approaching, and the whole school will be busy working towards Christmas.

Next week (1st – 5th December) will see the back of  the church set up as the All Saints’ Christmas Shop, and the children will come in, one class at a time, with their lists, money and shopping bags.

Members of the PTFA and other adults will be on hand to help them, making sure that the children don’t spend too much money and that they have something for everyone on their list. The Christmas Shop is a learning experience, as it teaches the children to think of others, community spirit, interacting with adults and maths.

Using the church has meant the PTFA could have more helpers, and  as well as helping with the shopping there are adults to help children to wrap and label their gifts

Before long, rehearsals for the Nativity Plays (Early Years and Key Stage One)  and for the Key Stage Two Carol Service will be in full swing.

The school Toy Service will be held in the hall at Hanover Road on Monday 1st December, in the morning.

After this come the Christmas performances:

Early Years Nativity    Monday 15th December in the afternoon and Tuesday 16th December in the morning

KS1 Nativity Tuesday 9th December in the morning and Thursday 11th December in the afternoon

The Nativity plays take place in the hall at Hanover Road.

KS2 Carol Service  Friday 12th December in the afternoon

The Carol Service takes place in church.

To complete the Christmas celebrations, a Christmas Lunch will be served on both sites, and the term will be rounded off with Christmas parties, and the whole school (plus, no doubt, a number of parents)  will be coming into church for an end of term service on Friday 19th December at 1.00 pm.

The school re-opens after their Christmas break on Monday 5th January 2026, so their Christmas celebrations will hopefully be  reported in our January Parish News

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You may have already seen the new noticeboard on the wall at the back of the church, near the font.

The ‘News from All Saints’ School’ in the parish magazine includes extracts from the School weekly newsletter to parents, together with one or two photographs.

Each week a school newsletter is produced it is printed out and displayed on this board  – hopefully before the Sunday morning  service –  and it will remain up for at least seven days before being changed, so everyone who is interested should have the opportunity to read it.

Year 5 children also visited the OdeonWimbledon cinema – they were so lucky to be selected to attend an educational viewing of ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’. The film linked well with their English unit ‘River Pollution’ and taught the importance of keeping our oceans healthy.

Other trips and visits include, Year 2 visiting the Wandle Industrial Museum, Year 5 visit to Morden Hall Park, Year 1 have visited All Saints’ Church as well as Kooth visiting Year 6! So busy!

On the lead up to 11th November, children had also been very busy in their preparations for Remembrance Day. The Year 5 House Captains and Faith Group members led with some really beautiful reading and supported Father Christopher in the laying of the wreaths.

The children produced some lovely art work which was proudly displayed in the hall.

You may have noticed that we have finally had our ivy planted at our Hanover Road campus! This is very exciting development that will offer protection to our fence lines. We have had some wonderful helpers looking after them and are keeping them well watered and safe from ant damage. Well done team! Huge thanks to cnx-therapeutics who donated the money to us to support this project – we are so very blessed!