{"id":8,"date":"2026-01-26T10:57:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cavendishclosei.leaditservices.co.uk\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:51:48","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cavclosei.derby.sch.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section class=\"hero-carousel\">\n        <div class=\"carousel-container\">\n            <div class=\"carousel-slides\">\n                                    <div class=\"carousel-slide active\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/cavclosei.derby.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2024-10-15-140422-1024x567-1.png');\">\n                        <div class=\"carousel-overlay\"><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"carousel-content\">\n                            <div class=\"container\">\n                                                                    <h2 class=\"carousel-title\">Cavendish 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They have big hearts and great energy.<br \/>All our children are stars and we find and nurture their strengths.<br \/>Our children have fun loving personalities and they like to talk about their experiences. They thrive with<br \/>our routines and expectations.<br \/>Our children deserve the best and we are committed to enabling them to be the best that they can be<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/cavclosei.derby.sch.uk\/?page_id=42\" class=\"btn btn-secondary image-feature-btn\">Learn more<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">    <section class=\"featured-sections\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"featured-grid\">\n                                    <div class=\"featured-card featured-card-blue\">\n                        <div class=\"card-icon\">\n                                                            <svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\"><path d=\"M4 19.5A2.5 2.5 0 0 1 6.5 17H20\"><\/path><path d=\"M6.5 2H20v20H6.5A2.5 2.5 0 0 1 4 19.5v-15A2.5 2.5 0 0 1 6.5 2z\"><\/path><\/svg>                                                    <\/div>\n                                                    <h3>Newsletters<\/h3>\n                                                                            <p>Click below to view our Newsletters:<\/p>\n                                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/cavclosei.derby.sch.uk\/?page_id=195\" class=\"btn btn-secondary\" style=\"text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom: none !important;\">Read More<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"featured-card featured-card-coral\">\n                        <div class=\"card-icon\">\n                                                            <svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\"><rect x=\"3\" y=\"4\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" rx=\"2\" ry=\"2\"><\/rect><line x1=\"16\" y1=\"2\" x2=\"16\" y2=\"6\"><\/line><line x1=\"8\" y1=\"2\" x2=\"8\" y2=\"6\"><\/line><line x1=\"3\" y1=\"10\" x2=\"21\" y2=\"10\"><\/line><\/svg>                                                    <\/div>\n                                                    <h3>Term Dates<\/h3>\n                                                                            <p>Click below to view all of our Term Dates:<\/p>\n                                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/cavclosei.derby.sch.uk\/?page_id=115\" class=\"btn btn-secondary\" style=\"text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom: none !important;\">View<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n    <section class=\"cta-banner cta-banner-light-blue\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"cta-banner-content\">\n                <p class=\"cta-banner-text\">Need to speak to a member of the School Team?<\/p>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/cavclosei.derby.sch.uk\/?page_id=4216\" class=\"btn btn-white\"><span>Click Here!<\/span><\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">    <section class=\"welcome-section\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"welcome-content\">\n                <div class=\"welcome-text\">\n                    <h2>Headteacher&#039;s Welcome<\/h2>\n                                            <div class=\"welcome-content-text\">\n                            <p>It is a great privilege for me to proudly welcome you to Cavendish Close Infant and Nursery School. My name is Christina Diffin, and I am incredibly lucky to be the Headteacher of this truly amazing school. I hope that this introduction gives you an insight into why I believe that our school is such a special place for children to grow and learn.<br \/>I am extremely proud of our school community here at Cavendish Close Infant School. We have an incredibly dedicated team of staff, supportive parents and carers, a strong governing board, and wonderful children.<br \/>The children who come to our school are all unique.\u00a0 They have big hearts and great energy.<br \/>Every child at our school is a star, and we find and nurture their strengths.<br \/>Our children have fun loving personalities, and they like to talk about their experiences.\u00a0 They thrive with our routines and expectations.<br \/>Cavendish Close children deserve the best and we are committed to enabling them to be the best that they can be.<br \/>We are committed to developing high aspirations within our school community.\u00a0 We offer an exciting and rich learning experience for our children. We bring learning to life with inspiring topics, fantastic books, interesting learning challenges, and well-resourced areas of provision.<br \/>We ensure that our children become the best Readers, Writers and Mathematicians that they can be. We offer a broad and balanced curriculum so that our children have the opportunity to excel in a wide range of subjects. In school, we have keen Historians, creative Artists, inquisitive Scientists, and lots of budding Sports Stars.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>We create indoor and outdoor environments that are welcoming and positive, happy, and safe, calm and orderly, inviting, stimulating, and engaging.<br \/>We are committed to developing high quality continuous provision with accessible, relevant, and open-ended resources that promote enquiry-based learning.<br \/>To enable our children to succeed in life, we have STAR\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavclosei.derby.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/star.png\">Expectations,<\/a>\u00a0and every day we work towards our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavclosei.derby.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Our-8-Behaviour-Values.pdf\">8 Behaviour Values<\/a>\u00a0and our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavclosei.derby.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Our-10-Learning-Values.pdf\">10 Learning Values<\/a>.<br \/>We want our children to achieve our STAR Expectations and succeed in life within an ever-changing world.<br \/>Our vision is built on a desire for Cavendish Close children to be ready for the next stage of their education personally and academically.<br \/>When our children move on from us, we want them to be Cavendish Close infant School Stars.<br \/>Our Virtual Open Day is coming soon, and we are excited to share it with you.<br \/>Thank you for your interest in our school.<br \/>Mrs Diffin<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <section class=\"video-section video-section-sky-blue\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"video-section-grid\">\n                <div class=\"video-section-content\">\n                                            <h2 class=\"video-section-title\">Take Our Virtual Tour!<\/h2>\n                                                                            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