Our Parents

Emergency School Closures

Emergency school closures will be communicated to parents and carers via the school text system as soon as possible, information on school closures due to snow and severe weather can be found on the Hertfordshire County Council website via the following link:

http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/edlearn/schlife/schoolclose/

The School Day

We operate a 'soft start' to the day. All entrances are opened 08.40 enabling children to arrive and move independently into their classroom over a staggered ten minute period. We expect all children to be 'ready for learning' by 08.55 am

Late Arrivals

Please ensure pupils are in their class rooms by 8.50am for registration.
Any late children must be signed in at the school office, persistent lateness will result in unauthorised absences.

Child Collection Changes

Please write a note for your child to bring in to school detailing pick-up arrangements. You can also ring the school office before by 2.30pm to inform us of pick-up arrangements. If you have a regular arrangement, you may wish to notify the school in writing to save having to ring up on every occasion.

Absence Information

If your child needs to be absent for school during term time, you will need to complete an Application for Leave of Absence from School during Term Time form which is available via the link below or from the school office.  All absences must be requested in advance and unless there are exceptional circumstances, absence requests will not be authorised. Good attendance supports a good education and we would urge you to consider the impact of missed curriculum before requesting a term time leave of absence from school. You will be at risk of a penalty notice fine if your child has 10 sessions (usually equivalent to 5 school days) of unauthorised absence within a rolling 10 week period.

Illness

If your child is ill and unable to attend school, please telephone the school office before 8.30am and leave a message on the school absence line.  If your child has sickness and/or diarrhoea, your child must not return to school until 48 hours after the last bout of sickness and/or diarrhoea.

Medicine

If your child has been prescribed antibiotics by a doctor we are happy to administer this during the school day. You will need to fill in a Consent to Administer Medicine form which can be downloaded below or collected from the school office.

Arbor

We use Arbor to send information home via text and email.

Parent Consultations

Parent consultations are held twice a year, in October and March.