Reception Starters 2025-26
We hope that you and your child will be very happy during your time here.
This page is your online "Welcome Pack", which includes general information about the school, guidance on our uniform policy as well an academic year calendar.
Please work through the steps below to ensure that you have read key information and have completed the necessary administration required as part of your child's enrolment. Please ensure that this has been completed no later than Wednesday 2nd July.
Normal school opening and closing times are 8.50am until 3.15pm. Your child’s first day will be Thursday 4th September. For their first two days, they will stay until 12pm. From Monday 8th September, they will attend full-time, staying for lunch as well.
Most other information on school life can be found on our website. If you have any queries about anything you receive or have read, please do not hesitate to contact us via email or telephone.
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Data Collection Form
- Please click here to complete the data collection form.
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Please ensure that you provide us with at least three contacts (including yourselves) for safeguarding reasons. These should be contacts you would be happy for us to call in case of an emergency (e.g. a close family friend or extended family member).
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Free School Meal Application
- All pupils are entitled to free school meals until they enter Year 3. By completing this application, your child may continue to be eligible for free school meals. In addition, the school will receive additional funding to support your child from Reception, so please do complete this form as a part of your child's enrolment if any of the following apply to you.
- Income Support (IS)
- Employment and Support Allowance (Income Related)
- Universal Credit with an annual household income of less than £7400 after tax
- Income-based Job Seekers Allowance (IBJSA)
- Guaranteed Element of State Pension Credit
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Child Tax Credit provided they are not entitled to Working Tax Credit, with an annual taxable income (as assessed by HMRC) of less than £16,190
- For more information, click here.
- All pupils are entitled to free school meals until they enter Year 3. By completing this application, your child may continue to be eligible for free school meals. In addition, the school will receive additional funding to support your child from Reception, so please do complete this form as a part of your child's enrolment if any of the following apply to you.
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School Meals
- Menus are released termly on a three-week cycle and have a main, vegetarian and alternative option. Click here to see the menu for the Autumn Term. Although all children in Reception are entitled to a free meal, these still must be ordered in advance. School meals are usually ordered via the Arbor Parent App (a welcome link will be sent to your email address) and must be done no less than ten days prior.
- Whilst we are in the process of setting up your Arbor accounts, please complete this form to select your choices for the first three weeks of term. Please complete this by Wednesday 2nd July.
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School Milk and Snacks
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Uniform
- Please view our school uniform expectations here.
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Wraparound Care
- Please see information about wraparound care here.
- Bookings are made via the Arbor app. We will notify parents when bookings for September open in July.
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Absence Notification
- Please click here to find out about how to notify us if your child is unable to attend school.
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Medicines and Medical Conditions
- Any medicine that you wish to be administered during the school day must be kept in a clearly-labelled container and brought to the School Office where you will be asked to complete an “Administration of Medicines” form.
- Asthma inhalers and Epipens must be named and are kept in the classroom.
- For any medical conditions you consider life-threatening, a Medical Care Plan must be completed. Please speak to the School Office if this applies to you.