{"id":45,"date":"2024-04-20T12:11:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T11:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.andrewhuggett.co.uk\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2025-10-18T13:52:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T12:52:05","slug":"welcome-from-the-head","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thewealdfederation.org\/markcross\/our-church-school\/welcome-from-the-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome from the Head"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"45\" class=\"elementor elementor-45\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfbe587 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dfbe587\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daedb27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"daedb27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome to Mark Cross Church of England Primary School, a place where learning is joyful, community is strong, and every child is known and valued.<\/p>\n<p>I am extremely proud to be the Head of such a caring, happy and vibrant school. Visitors often comment on the warmth that radiates from every corner of our building \u2013 from the cheerful classrooms to the very caring staff who go above and beyond to support every child.<\/p>\n<p>As a Church Aided school, our Christian vision guides all we do. We aim to serve our community by offering an education that sparks curiosity, fosters independence and equips children with the tools they will need to succeed at every stage of their learning journey. This is underpinned by our values of respect, compassion and service and by our deep commitment to nurturing each child\u2019s potential.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or would like to know more, please don\u2019t hesitate to get in touch \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b06a6c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b06a6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9493816 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9493816\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20ebd38 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"20ebd38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/thewealdfederation.org\/markcross\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Louisa-Hillman.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3780\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewealdfederation.org\/markcross\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Louisa-Hillman.png 512w, https:\/\/thewealdfederation.org\/markcross\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Louisa-Hillman-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thewealdfederation.org\/markcross\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Louisa-Hillman-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Mrs Louisa Hillman<br>\nHead of School<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-164e15f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"164e15f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb759d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb759d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cNurturing Relationships&#8230; Inspiring Excellence&#8230; Achieving Potential.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Mark Cross Church of England Primary School, a place where learning is joyful, community is strong, and every child is known and valued. 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