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Friendship Respect Perseverance

‘Encourage one another and build each other up’

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome to our wonderful school

Beverley Minster Church of England Primary School is a happy and welcoming community

which provides a safe and stimulating environment where children can enjoy learning and

thrive.

The Church plays an important role in the life of our school. We have a close relationship

with Beverley Minster and our school ethos reflects this connection. Our Christian values of

Friendship, Respect and Perseverance were chosen by the school community and are

extremely important to us.

We want our school to be a place where everyone is given the opportunity to achieve their

full potential in a caring and supportive learning environment. We believe that learning

should be exciting. We also recognise that learning may be hard work that needs

persistence and determination but should always be satisfying. Beverley Minster Church of

England School’s vision is that we give our children firm ’Encourage one another and build

each other up. 1 Thessalonians 5:11’

Throughout your child's time at this school there will be opportunities for you to share in

your child's education. We are available to talk to you about any aspect of your child's

development, welfare and progress. We believe that we can best support your child

through developing effective partnerships between home and school.

Information about the curriculum and the wider life of the school can be found on our

website. Please do come and visit us and find out more about what makes Beverley Minster

Church of England Primary School so special!

Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome to our wonderful school

mary School is a happy and welcoming community which provides a safe and stimulating

environment where children can enjoy learning and Dear Parents and Carers Welcome to our wonderful school

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Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome to our wonderful school

Beverley Minster Church of England Primary School is a happy and welcoming community

which provides a safe and stimulating environment where children can enjoy learning and

thrive.

The Church plays an important role in the life of our school. We have a close relationship

with Beverley Minster and our school ethos reflects this connection. Our Christian values of

Friendship, Respect and Perseverance were chosen by the school community and are

extremely important to us.

We want our school to be a place where everyone is given the opportunity to achieve their

full potential in a caring and supportive learning environment. We believe that learning

should be exciting. We also recognise that learning may be hard work that needs

persistence and determination but should always be satisfying. Beverley Minster Church of

England School’s vision is that we ’Encourage one another and build each other up. 1

Thessalonians 5:11’

Throughout your child's time at this school there will be opportunities for you to share in

your child's education. We are available to talk to you about any aspect of your child's

development, welfare and progress. We believe that we can best support your child

through developing effective partnerships between home and school.

Information about the curriculum and the wider life of the school can be found on our

website. Please do come and visit us and find out more about what makes Beverley Minster

Church of England Primary School so special!

Mrs Rachel Hatter

Head Teacher

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Content

Page 1. Our Vision and Values 4

2. Key Information 5

Catchment Information 6

Admissions 6

Visiting Arrangements 6

3. Concerns and Keeping Informed 7

4. School Systems and Communication 7

5. School Dress Code 9

Uniform 9

P.E. Kit 9

Jewellery, Hair Styles/Make Up 10

6. Minster School Grounds 10

Grounds and Parking 10

7. Our Staff 11

8. The School Day 12

9. School Meals 13

10. Attendance and Absence 14

11. Safeguarding your Children 16

Child Protection 16

Policy on medicines in school 17

Bringing items from home 17

12. Our Curriculum 17

Children with Special Educational Needs 19

P.E. 19

Sex, Relationships and Education 20

R.E. 20

Home Study 21

13. Collective Worship 21

14. Behaviour 22

Rewards and Sanctions 22

15. Parental Involvement 22

PTFA and Volunteering 22

Parent Consultations and Reporting to Parents 23

16. School Council 23

17. Pupil Premium Grant and Free School Meals 23

18. Educational Visits 24

19. Key Reminders 24

20. GDPR 24

21. 2020/21 Term Dates 31

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1. Our Vision and Values

We are a welcoming community. Our distinctive Christian ethos promotes a safe, happy, healthy and nurturing environment. We strive for excellence to develop the potential of all. Together, we empower children with the confidence, independence and resilience to become life-long learners and to play a positive role in their community. The school’s core Christian values of Friendship, Respect and Perseverance flow from this vision. Our Christian vision is underpinned by 1 Thessalonians 5:11 “Encourage one another and build each other up” and summarised in our strapline ‘Be your best at Beverley Minster’.

Aims

Our pupils will be encouraged to

• Be confident and independent. • Be curious and creative learners. • Aim for excellence and enjoy learning. • Be respectful, honest and care for each other. • Value diversity and become responsible members of a community. • Know that with hard work and determination they will succeed.

Core Values

Our school strongly believes that it has a duty to enrich and develop its pupils through a

wider curriculum which focuses on the development of values and moral standards that

support and form character, spiritual awareness and self-esteem.

We aim to develop three key values which were chosen by the pupils, parents, governors

and staff. We believe that the development of these values form a firm foundation on which

our children can flourish. We strive to ensure that these values underpin the decisions that

we make when planning and teaching the curriculum. Our values help to provide guidance

for all on how to treat each other and become responsible members of the community.

When our pupils leave, we hope that they will take with them our key values of Friendship,

Respect and Perseverance and that they will, ‘Encourage one another and build each other

up’. 1Thessalonians 5.11

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2. Key Information

School Address:

Beverley Minster Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School

St. Giles Croft

Beverley

HU17 8LA

Telephone:

01482 869947 School website address: www.beverleyminsterprimary.co.uk

School Office Email: office@beverleyminsterprimary.co.uk

Twitter account: @bminsterprimary

Senior Leadership Team

Head Teacher Mrs R Hatter

Assistant Head Teacher Mrs Sirohia

SENCO Mrs N Rhodes

Business Manager Mrs L Bell

Designated Safeguarding Lead Mrs R Smalley

Deputy Designated

Safeguarding Lead Mrs R Hatter

Chair of Governors Mr Tim Walker

Business Administrative Team

Business Manager Mrs L Bell

Admin Officer Mrs N Barnard

Admin Officer Mrs K Finlay

Admin Assistant Mrs K King

School Classification

Beverley Minster Primary School is a Voluntary Controlled Church of England

Primary School which is inclusive and welcoming to all pupils.

Number of Pupils on roll

283

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School Day School begins at 8.45am for all children. The bell rings at 8.40am and the Foundation Stage

and KS1 line up.

KS2 children should come into the building at 8.40am to hang up their outdoor clothes and

get ready for the day ahead. Parents are respectfully asked to have left the school site by

8.50am.

The school closes at 3.30pm. All parents should collect their children from the appropriate

playground.

Access to School Access to school is via the main gate on Ellerker Road which will open at 8.30am and will be

locked at 8.50am. In the afternoon the gate will be opened at 3.25pm. The outer doors are

opened at 8.40am so that pupils can be in the school building by 8.45am and learning can

begin immediately. Access to the school grounds after 8.50am will be via St Giles Croft.

Please may I remind you that this is only a pedestrian access and that parents/carers must

not use the school car park.

Admissions All admissions to school are handled by East Riding County Council and an admission form is

available from the Admissions Team. The Council’s policy governs all admissions to the

school Please contact 01482 392100 or www.eastriding.gov.uk.

Once a place at our school has been offered you are invited to come for a visit. A tour of the

school, meeting class teachers and seeing classrooms all help to support children and

parents to make a smooth transition to school.

Visiting Arrangements Parents and Carers are welcome to visit the school, please contact the school to make an

appointment.

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3. Concerns and Keeping Informed

We value parents as partners in the education process and invite parents to get in touch if

they need to discuss anything. In the first instance parents/carers should talk to their

child’s class teacher.

All teaching staff will make every effort to see parents/carers on request. Appointments

should be made through the school office. Appointments are preferable after 3.30pm as

teachers have to prepare for classes before the start of the school day.

Each year children in KS2 are given a Home/School Diary and we see this as a very

important channel of communication.

A newsletter is published fortnightly on Fridays and emailed to parents and carers detailing

information about school events, notices and achievements.

Parents’ views are sought by means of regular surveys and questionnaires.

4. School Systems and Communication

Website On our school website you will find additional information, guidance and news of our

latest events. Curriculum information, school policies and calendar dates are also

available to view on the website. Please take a look at our website at

www.beverleyminsterprimary.co.uk

Text Messaging and Email – Teachers to Parents In order for us to communicate with you efficiently we also use a text messaging service

and email facility provided by Teachers to Parents (T2P).

Twitter

You can also keep up to date with what is happening in school through our Twitter feed

at https://twitter.com/bminsterprimary.

SIMS Pay Our school is a cashless school; we no longer accept cash or cheque payments. All

payments are processed using a system provided by SIMS Pay. This online payment

facility enables the school to run an efficient cashless system. Please contact the school

for further support or guidance on using this system.

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Marvellous Me Find out about your child’s activities, celebrations and achievements within school

though the Marvellous Me App. All parents will receive a login for Marvellous Me when

they start school.

School Governors The governors of the school are responsible for ensuring the school is providing the best

possible education and that it is properly maintained. Should you wish to contact the

Chairman of Governors or any other member of the body you can write to them via the

school office or leave a telephone message asking them to contact you.

As a church voluntary controlled school, we have four Foundation governors appointed

by the parish and diocese. One governor is appointed by the Local Authority and five are

co-opted as Community Governors. Five governors are parents elected by you, the

parents, and one is elected by the staff of the school. The Head Teacher has the option

of being a voting member of the governing body.

All members of the governing body are appointed for a period of four years except the

Vicar of the parish and Head Teacher who are ex-officio. Further information about our

school governing body can be found on the school website.

Charging and Remission Policy In order for some activities to take place parents and carers will be asked for a voluntary

contribution to cover the cost. There is no obligation to contribute, but the activity may

not be able to take place unless all parents and carers who can contribute do so. Anyone

experiencing financial difficulties should contact the Head Teacher or School Business

Manager in confidence, so that suitable arrangements can be made to cover the cost for

those pupils. Children who are eligible for the Pupil Premium grant will receive extra-

curricular activities free of charge. The governors may charge parents/carers for losses

and breakages to school equipment

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5. School Dress Code

Uniform The parents and governors of the school are strongly in favour of school uniform. Parents

are requested to send their children to school in the recommended uniform. The uniform is

an important part of our school identity and can be purchased via our school website or

direct from our uniform supplier: Betta Embroidery, tel: 01262 401090 or

info@bettaembroidery.com.

• Burgundy sweatshirt or cardigan embroidered with the school logo

• White polo shirt (preferably with an embroidered school logo)

• White/grey roll neck jumper under the sweatshirt in cold weather

• Grey trousers or knee length skirt

• Black shoes with white or grey socks (not trainers please)

• In the summer girls may wear blue or red gingham dresses

• Tailored knee length black or grey shorts

• Plain hair band, slides or bobble

P.E. Kit Indoor P.E. Kit

• White T-shirt

• Black or burgundy shorts

• White socks

• Plimsolls/trainers

Outdoor P.E. Kit

• Trainers

• Tracksuit bottoms/jogging pants

• Sweatshirt

• Gloves (in cold weather)

All items of clothing must be clearly named.

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Jewellery/Make Up/Hair Styles Children are not allowed to wear any kind of jewellery in school other than a wristwatch

or/and stud earrings.

The Local Authority’s health and safety regulations require earrings and all jewellery to be

removed for P.E. If younger pupils cannot remove and replace their earrings, parents may be

requested to come into school to undertake this. Newly pierced ears may be covered with

tape until the earrings can be safely removed (please provide this from home). Make-up and

nail varnish must not be worn.

We request that your child does not attend school with extreme hair styles that could be a

distraction to other children and learning.

6. Minster School Grounds

Grounds and Parking

At the beginning of the day, the entrance to school for parents/carers and children is

through the gate on Ellerker Road. This gate is locked between the hours of 8.50am and

3.25pm. During these hours all visitors must use the pedestrian entrance via St Giles Croft.

Cars must not use the St Giles Croft entrance except by staff, visitors and trades people.

Parents of children with physical problems who have to be transported onto the school site

will be given an access permit at the school office on request.

Owing to serious levels of congestion around the school at the beginning and end of the day,

we recommend that, wherever possible, children should be accompanied to school on foot.

We strongly recommend that parents who have no alternative than to come to the school by

car should treat Ellerker Road as a one-way system, entering the road from The Leases and

exiting at Central Avenue.

We have worked hard to be amongst the first schools in the East Riding to be awarded the

Modeshift Gold Award and have achieved this award since 2018. We offer children in Year 5

the opportunity to undertake a course in safe cycling, upon completion of which they may

use their bicycle to travel to and from school if parents so wish. Lessons in pedestrian safety

are offered to children in Year 4 classes. Lessons in the safe use of scooters are also offered

to younger children. One of the targets of our School Travel Plan is to reduce the number of

journeys to and from school by car in order to improve health and lessen the impact on the

environment.

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7. Our Staff

Head Teacher

Mrs Hatter

Assistant Head Teacher

Mrs Sirohia

SENCO

Mrs Rhodes

Teaching Staff

Miss Coppinger Foundation

Mrs Hogg Year 1

Miss Birdsall Year 1/2

Mrs Ashby Year 1/2

Mrs Smalley Year 2

Miss Barnes Year 3/4

Mrs Coupland Year 3/4

Miss Walker Year 3/4

Miss Frankland Year 5

Miss Thompson Year 5

Mr Fuller Year 6

Miss Donnison Year 6

Higher Level Teaching Assistants (HLTAs)

Miss Marshall

Nursery Nurses

Mrs Docherty

Miss Strawhorn

Teaching Assistants

Mrs Brough

Mrs Cook

Mrs Corlyon

Mrs Green

Mrs Kelly

Mrs March

Mrs Newlove

Mrs Norton

Mrs Rich

Mrs Roberts

Mrs Smith

Mrs Vladu

Business Manager

Mrs Bell

Administrative Staff

Mrs Barnard

Mrs Finlay

Mrs King

Building Maintenance Staff

Mrs Elvin

Mr Harvey

Mrs Harvey

Mr Newby Site Manager

Mrs Russell

Senior Midday Supervisor

Mrs Brough

Midday Supervisors

Mrs Baker

Mrs Chilton

Mrs Harvey

Mrs Long

Mrs Leaning

Mrs March

Mrs Marr

Miss Oxtoby

Mrs Sims

Mrs Woolston

Cook

Mrs Russell

Catering Assistant

Mrs Coneyworth

Mrs Elvin

Mr Harvey

Miss Scaife

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8. The School Day

Arrival Whilst the school grounds are open from 8.30am, children should not normally arrive at

school before 8.35am. A bell is rung at 8.40am, teaching staff commence duties and children

should enter the school building to start the school day at 8.45am. For safeguarding reasons,

parents/carers should not enter the school building without having first registered as a

visitor at the school office, and must let children enter the building with staff.

Children arriving after the bell need to enter the school through the main office entrance

and parents must sign their child/children into school. Registers are marked by 9am and

your child will receive a late mark if they are not in school by that time. At 9.15am the

register will close. If your child arrives after this time they will receive a mark which shows

they are in school but in accordance with regulations it will be recorded as an unauthorised

absence. This means that if lateness persists you may face the possibility of receiving a

penalty notice.

All children should return to school for 1.00pm for the afternoon session. The afternoon

session begins with a staggered start from 1.00pm and the register is called immediately at

the start of the session.

EYFS pupils start their afternoon session at 1.00pm. KS1 and KS2 start their afternoon

session at 1.10pm. Pupils arriving between 1.10pm and 1.20pm will be marked as late. Any

pupil arriving after the close of register at 1.20pm will be marked as unauthorised absence.

Access to school is via the main gate which will open at 8.30am and will be locked at 8.50am.

In the afternoon the gate will be opened at 3.25pm. The outer doors are opened at 8.40am

so that pupils can be in the school building by 8.45am and learning can begin immediately.

Access to the school grounds after 8.50am will be via St Giles Croft. Please may I remind you

that this is only a pedestrian access and that parents/carers must not use the school carpark.

Breaks

Children in Years 1-6 have a 15 minute break in the morning. KS1 children have a 10 minute

break in the afternoon.

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Snacks

Key Stage 1 pupils receive a piece of fruit or vegetable, provided by the local authority. Key

Stage 2 pupils may bring a healthy snack, consisting of a piece of fruit or vegetable. There is

also an option to buy a healthy biscuit during morning break for 20p.

Home Time

Lessons end at 3.30pm. All parents should collect their children from the appropriate

playground. Each teacher supervises their class out of the school building at the end of the

day. Prompt arrival to collect your child is essential as staff are not always available for

supervision beyond 3.30pm. If your child is to be collected by anyone not normally

scheduled for a particular day or to be collected by an after school club, please advise the

teacher or school office of the details prior to 3.30pm.

9. School Meals

Beverley Minster School operates its own school meals service and provides healthy meals

to a very high standard of catering. All foods served are free of artificial colours, additives

and nuts. Menus conform with regulations relating to a balanced diet. We offer a daily

choice of a hot meal or a packed lunch.

We encourage good table manners in a pleasant environment. School meals for children in

Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 are free in line with the Government’s Universal Free School

Meals programme. The cost of a school meal for children in KS2 is £2.40 a day. Payment

should be made using the online payment system. Please obtain details from the school

office.

It may be that your child is entitled to free school meals. Please see section 17 of this

booklet for further information about how to apply for the possible additional benefits

during the early years at Beverley Minster CE Primary School.

Packed Lunches

If children choose to bring a packed lunch to school, we request that they bring the

necessary cutlery to eat it with. Water is provided but children can bring an alternative

healthy drink in a carton or plastic bottle. Minster School promotes a healthy approach to

eating and does not allow fizzy drinks, drinks in glass bottles, chocolate bars, sweets and

energy drinks. For health and safety reasons, hot meals in vacuum flasks are not permitted.

Nut Free School

Our school is a NUT FREE ENVIRONMENT due to children and staff suffering from life

threatening allergies. Please ensure that your children do not bring peanut butter, Nutella or

other food products containing nuts in their packed lunch.

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Access to Water

We encourage children to drink plenty of water throughout the day: this aids concentration

and is a healthy way of staying alert. Children may bring a named water bottle for this

purpose and use it throughout the day in class. Fresh, filtered water is available throughout

school from our cooled water fountains. Please ensure that your child brings a named

reusable water bottle every day. Please ensure that your child only comes to school with

still water in their bottle.

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10. Attendance and Absence

If learners are to get the greatest benefit from their education in school, it is important that

they have good attendance and arrive punctually. As learners grow and prepare for their

next stages of education and employment, they need to see good attendance and

punctuality as important qualities that are valued by others and employers.

We will do all that we can to encourage good attendance and punctuality within a

supportive Christian ethos. As a school, we will strive to ensure that learners come happily,

willingly and punctually to school to gain the greatest possible value from their education.

As a parent/carer, you have legal responsibility for ensuring that your child attends school

regularly. It is an offence in law to allow your child to be absent from school without good

reason.

Emergency Parent/Carer Contact Details

It is important that the school has accurate information on home addresses and daytime

telephone numbers, in case parents/carers need to be contacted urgently.

All parents/carers are asked to provide a telephone number where either they or a relative/

friend can be contacted in the event of illness or accident.

It is essential that the school office is informed immediately of any change of address or

contact number.

Absence Procedures:

If your child is going to be absent:

Ring the school before 9.00am on the first day of absence.

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If your child is absent we will:

Telephone you if your child has not arrived in school and no reason has been

provided by 10.00am. The School Office will call the emergency contact list to

ascertain why your child is absent.

Complete a home visit on the first day of absence to verify where your child is if the

parent/carer has failed to contact the school.

Record the absence as unauthorised if the reason is unknown.

If the absence persists, we will invite you in to discuss the situation.

Refer the matter to the Educational Welfare Office (EWO) if the attendance falls

below 85%

Punctuality and Lateness

It is really important that your child is at school for the start of the school day. Late arrival

means that your child misses work and important information about the school day ahead.

Late arrival in school disrupts lessons and your child’s learning.

Children arriving after the bell need to enter the school via St Giles Croft, through the main

office entrance and parents will be required to sign their children into school. Registers are

marked by 9.00am and your child will receive a late mark if they are not in school by that

time. At 9.15am the register will close. If your child arrives after this time, they will receive a

mark which shows they are in school but in accordance with regulations it will be recorded

as an unauthorised absence. This means that if lateness persists you may face the possibility

of receiving a penalty notice.

Medical Appointments

Where possible, we ask that medical appointments are made outside of the school day. If a

child has to attend a medical appointment in school time, we ask that they attend school

before and after their appointment. Children should not take a whole day off school to

attend such an appointment. Evidence for these appointments must be provided to the

school office prior to the appointment time. If a medical appointment is necessary during

term time, please can you make appointments after 2.00pm.

Sickness Absence

If your child is unwell, please keep him/her at home. If your child has had vomiting or

diarrhoea they must not return to school for at least 48 hours after the symptoms

disappear.

Term Time Leave of Absence

You are required under the Education Act (1996) to ensure your child attends school

regularly. There is, however, a discretionary power held by Head Teachers to authorise

absence in extenuating circumstances for up to 10 days in an academic year between

September and July.

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Please note that this is not an entitlement and absence purely for the purpose of a family

holiday is not an exceptional circumstance.

The Head Teacher will only authorise absence during term time in accordance with the East

Riding Behaviour and Attendance Partnership ‘Absence from School for Exceptional

Circumstances’ Policy. In order for consideration to be given, requests for absence must be

for exceptional circumstances only.

Supporting documents to aid decision making must be submitted at the time of the request

for absence.

If your request is approved, you are required to ensure your child catches up on any missed school work. This is your responsibility and school are not obliged to provide work for your child to complete. Any excessive family holiday or any unauthorised leave of absence will be recorded as unauthorised by the school on your child’s records. This may result in legal proceedings against you, either through a Penalty Notice or the Magistrates’ Court.

Times When Term Time Absence Will Not Be Approved

The Partnership has agreed that holidays will not, under any circumstances (including those mentioned above), be authorised at the following times

1. The first six weeks of any academic year (for all pupils). 2. Year 6 transition day (for pupils in that year group). 3. Year 6 SATs week (for pupils in that year group). 4. Year 9 options time (for pupils in that year group). 5. At any time during Years 10 & 11 (for pupils in these year groups). 6. At any time specified by the school (this will be communicated to parents by each school). Education Welfare Service

If you experience difficulties with your child attending school, please contact the school for

advice and support. We are keen to work with parents/carers to resolve any difficulties. In

some cases, the school may need to refer to the Education Welfare Service who will offer

further guidance and support.

11. Safeguarding your Children

Child Protection

We recognise that your child is our responsibility and concern. Our Child Protection Policy

details the aims and procedures that are followed at Beverley Minster CE Primary School.

We want to work in partnership with you to discuss any concerns we may have or that you

may have. Parents should be aware of the fact that referrals may be made by the school in

cases where concerns warrant this. It is a priority to inform and involve you at every stage in

your child’s time at the school.

Parents and carers need to be aware that our first priority is your child’s welfare. There may

be occasions when we may need to consult with other agencies before we contact you. The

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East Riding Safeguarding Children Board has laid down the procedures we follow, and the

school has adopted a Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy in line with this for the safety

of all.

If you require further information, please talk to the Designated Safeguarding Lead,

Mrs Smalley or the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead, Mrs Hatter.

Security

All visitors must report to the School Office and sign in using our online system. Pupils who

are late or attending appointments must sign in or/and out at the school reception.

Policy on Medicines in School Parents/carers are encouraged to administer medicines to their children outside of the

school day where possible. A nominated member of staff will administer prescription

medication when failure to do so would be detrimental to a child’s health, providing

relevant training and guidance is available.

A register is maintained for our pupils’ special medical needs. Please complete a medical

needs form, available from the school office, if your child suffers from any medical condition

or allergy that requires specific treatment.

If your child has any kind of illness or allergy which could lead to a medical emergency in the

school, we must be informed.

Bringing Items from Home

Parents and carers are encouraged to purchase a Beverley Minster CE Primary School book

bag in which they can take home their reading book, homework and letters. A drawstring

shoe bag is recommended for P.E./Games kit. These bags and book bags are available to

purchase from our school website from our uniform supplier. Owing to lack of storage

space, children should not bring large unnecessary fashion bags to school.

Toys and sweets must not be brought to school. Sometimes children will be asked to bring a

toy as part of their project work but you will always receive a letter should they be needed.

If your child needs to bring money to school, please send it in an envelope with your child’s

name, class and activity.

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12. Curriculum

At Beverley Minster CE Primary School, we aim to provide every pupil with the broadest

possible range of learning opportunities within every subject. We strive for excellence and

enjoyment of learning in every area of the curriculum as well as through a variety of extra-

curricular activities.

Our curriculum is cross-curricular and long term plans are available on our school website.

Curriculum information is published termly and emailed to parents.

We aim to provide pupils with a wide variety of creative, high quality, real life experiences,

to enrich both our curriculum and the children’s learning.

The National Curriculum lies at the heart of what is taught at Beverley Minster CE Primary

School. It sets out a clear, full and statutory entitlement to learning for all children aged five

to eleven.

It determines the subject and the knowledge skills required in each subject. It also sets out

the end of year expectations for each subject used by teachers to measure your child’s

progress and plan their future learning.

It is preceded by the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum which is taught to children

aged three to five.

Both are designed to:

• be broad and balanced

• promote the spiritual, moral, cultural, intellectual and physical development of children

• prepare children for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.

We have designed our curriculum around the Learning Challenge Curriculum approach,

which is based on securing greater learner involvement in their work that requires deep

thinking and encourages independent enquiry. In designing our curriculum, teachers and

learners use learning challenges, expressed as a question, as the starting point.

This approach allows for enquiry based learning which promotes curiosity, embeds the application of basic skills across the curriculum, and allows writing to be meaningfully embedded. At Beverley Minster CE Primary School, we endeavour to provide a creative curriculum that has sufficient breadth, balance and relevance for each child and excites, challenges and motivates all learners. As well as providing pupils with opportunities to explore and understand what it means to celebrate British Values.

Our curriculum is responsive to the needs of our children, the environment and world that

we live in. We actively seek to continually enhance and develop our curriculum to enable

our children to be fully prepared for the next stage of their education and adulthood.

Early Years Foundation Stage

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is the stage in your child’s life between birth and

the age of five. Our Foundation Stage Handbook is available to download from our website.

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This document provides helpful information about the Foundation Stages, our curriculum

and how you can support your child as they start school.

Children with Special Educational Needs

Our school recognises that all children are special and individual and, as such, have different

requirements. Our aim is to help every child to reach his or her potential and, in doing so,

feel confident and happy in the learning environment.

Children work at different levels and some may require extra support in order to ensure

progress. We have achieved external accreditation as an Inclusive School. A parent/school

partnership is essential when supporting our pupils. Concerns must be shared and, by

working together at home and at school, we can help our children to achieve their potential.

When an expression of concern is made, the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator

(SENCO) ensures that support is provided at the appropriate level. There are Special

Educational Needs procedures which provide children with individualised programmes of

work to help them to make progress at their own level.

Parents and carers are kept informed through consultation meetings and termly reviews at

which targets set out in the child’s Personal Education Plan (PEP) are assessed and new

outcomes set to enable progress to continue.

Children are involved in reviewing their own progress against agreed targets on a regular

basis.

We value parents’ support and cooperation in building effective partnerships. Parents’

booklets are written and provided by the school for parents of all children placed on the SEN

Register.

A copy of the Special Educational Needs Policy setting out the school’s procedures under the

revised SEND Code of Practice is available from the School Office.

P.E. and Sport

We pride ourselves on the importance that we place on sport within our school. Beverley

Minster CE Primary School receives a Sports Premium Grant and works in partnership with

Bridlington SportsPartnership to deliver a range of sporting activities for children within the

curriculum and at the end of the school day.

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We are proud that our school has been accredited with the Gold Sports Award for the past

three years, in recognition of its commitment to sport in school and through our extra-

curricular provision.

As well as lessons in school our children benefit from taking part in a range of sporting clubs

and competitions. We have sports play leaders who work with the children to encourage

pupils to participate in sporting activities during the lunch breaks. Our Junior Sports Leaders

(Year 5 and 6 pupils) support the work of our Play Leaders and help to facilitate a wide range

of sporting and dance activities during break and lunchtimes.

Sex, Relationships and Education

Sex education is taught within the context of PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Education),

following local authority guidelines, and the National Curriculum for Science. This part of the

curriculum is generally taught by the class teacher, who will have built a relationship of trust

and respect with the class. In upper Key Stage 2, the teaching of certain aspects of sex

education will be supported by health professionals. Parents and carers have the right to

withdraw their children from these lessons. As with all areas of the curriculum, parents and

carers are welcome to come and talk to staff about the content of the sex education

curriculum.

R.E.

All children are given access to nondenominational Religious Education through the East

Riding of Yorkshire Agreed Syllabus. It is taught as a discrete subject and aims to contribute

to the development of young people’s beliefs and values, and to develop their knowledge

and understanding of Christianity and other principal world religions.

Parents may exercise their right to withdraw their children from R.E. lessons and Collective

Worship. Please contact the Head Teacher for further information. If parents and carers do

not wish their child to be taught the agreed syllabus or take part in short acts of collective

worship, they should inform us in writing. Their child can be excused and suitable alternative

arrangements made.

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Home Study

We believe that, if Home Study is to be effective, it should involve teachers, parents and

pupils working in partnership to support learning across the curriculum, and should offer

opportunities for enhancing study and research skills through visits to libraries, museums

and exhibitions.

All homework tasks set are age and ability-appropriate and are consistent with the school’s

learning and teaching policy. Home Study activities are set as required and increase in

duration and frequency as children progress through the school.

Home Study involves a range of activities that:

● support class work and reinforce learning

● prepare for future learning

● develop study and research skills

● build confidence and a sense of pride in achievement

● have clearly defined outcomes.

Our homework policy is available on the school website and is age appropriate. Home Study

tasks may include:

● Reading – reinforcing and practising skills taught in the classroom

● Spelling – learning for tests, individual target words or word work arising from special

teaching groups

● Writing – drafting pieces of writing, writing up results of investigations or finishing off

work begun in class

● Mathematics – number facts, tables, investigations and reinforcement tasks

● Project-related research

● Creative activities: these may have an art or literature focus

● Key Instant Recall Facts (K.I.R.F).

13. Collective Worship

As a Church school, we see Collective worship as an integral part of the educational

provision of the school and something that underpins all aspects of school life.

Pupils have both the need and a right to develop spiritually, morally and culturally as well as

mentally, physically and socially. It is entitlement for all pupils (except for children of parents

and carers who exercise the right of withdrawal).

Collective worship in all Church schools must be in accordance with the tenets and practices

of the Church of England. Beverley Minster CE Primary School has a planned programme for

Collective Acts of Worship based around values, all of which are explored from a Christian

viewpoint, and sometimes from the perspective of another faith. Collective Acts of Worship

can be whole-school, Key Stage or class based, and may be led by the Head Teacher, staff

members, our school vicar (Revd Baker), Minster clergy (Revd Kelly) or visitors including

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other members of the church community. Our 'Young Collective Worship Leaders’ also plan,

organise and lead class worship themselves, so that staff can take a more reflective part in

the worship themselves.

14. Behaviour

Rewards and Sanctions

We operate a positive approach to behaviour management within our school. Detailed

information of our approach to behaviour, rewards and sanctions can be found within our

Care and Control Policy which is accessible via our school website.

We believe that every child has the right to

protection from all forms of bullying and the

school operates an effective Anti-Bullying

Policy. It is essential that all incidences of

bullying are reported immediately to the

child’s class teacher. All bullying incidents are

referred to the Head Teacher or Assistant

Head Teacher and are always regarded as a

priority.

We have high expectations of behaviour and

will not accept inappropriate behaviour. We

will not tolerate any racist, sexist or other

unacceptable behaviour which is targeted at

an individual or group of pupils. In the case of

a serious breach of our behaviour code, the Head Teacher will contact parents to discuss the

matter.

The Head Teacher has the authority to exclude a child from school, either permanently or

for a fixed period, if the child’s behaviour causes disruption to the learning and safety of

others.

15. Parental Involvement

PTFA and Volunteering

Every parent/carer is a member of our school’s Parent

Teacher and Friends Association.

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The PTFA work hard to organise a programme of events and activities to raise funds for the

school and to further promote the life of the school community.

Parents are involved in many ways in the work of the PTFA. Meetings are informal and

welcoming: please look out for information about our PTFA in our school newsletters or ask

at the School Office if you would like to be put in touch with the PTFA committee.

We appreciate all offers of help, for example, listening to readers, creating displays,

mounting pictures, supporting project work and assisting with school visits. It is, however,

important for the safeguarding of our children that all volunteers are DBS checked, please

contact Mrs Bell, School Business Manager for more information about how to get involved

in school life.

Parent Consultations and Reporting to Parents

Regular assessments are made of each child's progress and these are used by teachers to

plan the next steps in learning. Formal termly assessments are also conducted in English and

Maths and the next steps in learning are shared with parents at parent/teacher consultation

meetings in the Autumn and Spring Terms. In addition, parents receive a written Annual

Report in the Summer Term which summarises their child's overall progress and attainment.

Standard Assessment Tasks (SATs) in English and Maths are completed at the end of each

Key Stage and these results are reported to parents.

16. School Council

Each year group elects its own representatives on our School Council which meets regularly

to discuss ways of improving our school. Members of the Governing Body and the PTFA also

attend School Council meetings.

6. Pupil Premium Grant and Free School Meals

Universal Free School Meals

All government-funded schools must offer Universal Free School Meals (UFSM)to every pupil

in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2.

Free School Meals

All parents and carers claiming certain benefits are entitled to free school meals and specific

funding for their child’s education through the Pupil Premium Grant (PPG). If you think that

your child may be entitled to free school meals please contact ERYC, Housing and Benefit

Office. An individual request must be made for each of your children. Please contact the

School Office if you wish further support or guidance.

Pupil Premium Grant

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The Pupil Premium Grant also provides additional funding for looked after children, children

with parents in the armed forces and those from low income families. The extra funding is

carefully spent by the school on the pupils that it is intended to support.

In order to ensure the school receives any funding your child would be eligible to, we urge

you to let us know if you are;

● Eligible for free school meals

● Parents who are currently serving armed forces personnel or were until recently

● Parents/carers of looked after children.

18. Educational Visits

Educational Visits are an important part of the education offered at this school. When visits

are scheduled, Parents/Carers are always informed well in advance of the date of the visit.

Specific consent for your child to be involved in the visit will be requested at the time. On

occasions, children are taken into the local area for brief visits in connection with their work.

This may be a visit to Beverley Minster or the library etc. To comply with General Data

Protection Regulations and also to facilitate the efficiency of the visits we request that you

give permission for these local visits in advance by completing our consent form booklet.

This permission will be in place until your child leaves school or you notify the school of a

change of decision.

19. Key Reminders

● All school clothing and belongings MUST be clearly named

● School information will be emailed, texted or tweeted. Please ensure that you are

familiar with our forms of communication

● All payments must be made using our online system, SIMS Pay. Please contact the

office if you have any questions about this system

● To avoid congestion and to ensure the safety of our pupils, please avoid parking near

to the school entrance or on the double yellow lines

● P.E kits should be in school all week and taken home on Friday to be washed

● Consider your child’s eligibility for the Pupil Premium Grant to ensure that your child

receives any funding they are entitled to. Contact the school office for support and

guidance

20. General Data Protection Regulations

Privacy Notice (How we use pupil information)

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How we use pupil information

Under data protection law, individuals have a right to be informed about how we use any personal data that we hold about them. We comply with this right by providing ‘privacy notices’ to individuals where we are processing their personal data, and by having a Data Protection Policy. This notice explains how we collect, store and use personal data about our pupils. We, Beverley Minster C.E. Primary School are the data controller for the purposes of data protection law. Our school has an appointed Data Protection Officer, whose role is to oversee and monitor the school’s data protection procedures, and to ensure that the school is complaint with data protection laws (Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The categories of pupil information that we collect, hold and share include:

Personal information (such as name, unique pupil number and address)

Characteristics (such as ethnicity, language and free school meal eligibility)

Safeguarding information (such as court orders and professional involvement)

Attendance information (such as sessions attended, number of absences and

absence reasons and any previous schools attended)

Assessment and attainment information (such as phonics, Key Stage 1 and 2 results)

Medical and administration information (such as doctor’s information, child health,

dental health, allergies, medication and dietary requirements, free school meals

eligibility and data). We also hold data on any significant accidents you may have on

the school premises and the injuries you sustain

Photographs of you

We hold details of pupils registered at the out of school club (JFK)

Special Educational Needs information (including the needs and ranking)

Behavioural/Exclusions information (any relevant alternative provision put in place)

Episodes of being looked after (such as important dates, information on placements)

Financial data (such as bank account or credit card details, eligibility for free school

meals or other financial assistance)

Grant information (such as eligibility for pupil premium service)

Visual imagery (such as video and photography images used by the school to

promote the school and any school activities e.g. school sports day)

CCTV imagery (to be used in order to provide security for the school site, keep

people safe, evidence in investigations)

This list is not exhaustive, to access the current list of categories of information we process

please see current privacy notice.

Why we collect and use this information

We collect and use pupil information, for the following purposes:

to support pupil learning

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to monitor and report on pupil progress

to provide appropriate pastoral care

to assess the quality of our services

get in touch with you and your parents when we need to

to keep children safe (food allergies or emergency contact details)

to meet the statutory duties placed upon us for DfE data collections

support Children in Need and Looked After Children and monitor their progress

evaluate and improve our policies

Under data protection laws, the main lawful bases we rely on for processing pupil

information are:

the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for

one or more specific purposes;

processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller

is subject; and

processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public

interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

In addition, the legal basis for processing any special categories information is:

processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest,

the data subject has given explicit consent to the processing of those personal data

for one or more specified purposes,

Collecting pupil information

We collect pupil information via admission forms upon pupil’s admission to Beverley Minster Primary School, annual data collection updates, when we are informed of any changes by parents or carers and via Common Transfer Files (CTF) or secure file transfer from previous school/nursery settings. Pupil data is essential for the schools’ operational use. Whilst the majority of pupil information you provide to us is mandatory, some of it requested on a voluntary basis. In order to comply with data protection laws, we will inform you at the point of collection, whether you are required to provide certain pupil information to us or if you have a choice in this and we will tell you what you need to do if you do not want to share this information with us.

Storing pupil data

We hold pupil data securely for the set amount of time shown in our data retention

schedule. For more information on our data retention schedule and how we keep your data

safe, please visit http://www.beverleyminsterprimary.co.uk/ or contact our Data Protection

Officer.

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Who we share pupil information with

We routinely share pupil information with:

Schools that the pupil’s attend after leaving us

Our local authority

The Department for Education (DfE)

External support agencies

NHS including the School Nurse

Our regulator Ofsted (the organisation or “watchdog” that supervises us)

Police forces, courts and tribunals

Your named family and representatives

Suppliers of services we use in school, e.g. SIMS Pay, Teachers2Parents,Easimaths,

Evolve, Lexia, Marvellous Me, Beverley High School (this list is not exhaustive)

The Parent Teacher Friends Association – charity supporting the school

Educators and examining bodies

Financial organisations

Our auditors

Survey and research organisations

Health and and social welfare organisations

Professional advisers and consultants

Charities and voluntary organisations

Professional bodies

School clubs

York Diocese

These firms are also GDPR compliant and have issued us with copies of their data protection policies and statements. They will not share your data with other parties. Department of Education The Department for Education (DfE) collects personal data from educational settings and

local authorities via various statutory data collections. We are required to share information

about our pupils with the Department for Education (DfE) either directly or via our local

authority for the purpose of those data collections, under:

Section 537A of the Education Act 1996 and Regulation 6 (d) of the Education (Individual

Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) (England) Registrations 2009.

Section 47 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and the Statistics and

Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Pupil Information) (England) Regulations 2009.

School census

Provision of information by schools maintained by local authorities to their local authorities or to the Secretary of State

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(1) For the purposes of section 537A(2)(b) of the 1996 Act, the local authority by which a

school is maintained is prescribed as a relevant person.

(2) Within fourteen days of receiving a request from the local authority by which a school

is maintained, or from the Secretary of State, the governing body of that school shall provide

to the authority or, where so requested, to the Secretary of State, such of the information

referred to in Schedule 1, and (where the request stipulates) in respect of such categories of

pupils, or former pupils, as is so requested.

We share children in need and children looked after data with the Department on a

statutory basis, under Section 83 of 1989 Children’s Act, Section 7 of the Young People’s Act

2008 and also under section 3 of The Education (Information About Individual Pupils)

(England) Regulations 2013.

All data is transferred securely and held by DfE under a combination of software and

hardware controls which meet the current government security policy framework.

For more information, please see ‘How Government uses your data’ section.

Local Authorities

We may be required to share information about our pupils with the local authority to ensure

that they can conduct their statutory duties under

the Schools Admission Code, including conducting Fair Access Panels.

Requesting access to your personal data Parents and pupils have the right to request access to information about them that we hold. To make a request for your personal information, or be given access to your child’s educational record, contact the School’s Data Protection Officer.

Depending on the lawful basis above, you may also have the right to:

object to processing of personal data that is likely to cause, or is causing, damage or

distress

prevent processing for the purpose of direct marketing

object to decisions being taken by automated means

in certain circumstances, have inaccurate personal data rectified, blocked, erased or

destroyed; and

a right to seek redress, either through the ICO, or through the courts

If you have a concern about the way we are collecting or using your personal data, you

should raise your concern with us in the first instance or directly to the Information

Commissioner’s Office at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

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For further information on how to request access to personal information held centrally by DfE, please see the ‘How Government uses your data’ section of this notice.

Withdrawal of consent and the right to lodge a complaint

Where we are processing your personal data with your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent. If you change your mind, or you are unhappy with our use of your personal data, please let us know by contacting the School’s Data Protection Officer at http://www.beverleyminsterprimary.co.uk/

Last updated

We may need to update this privacy notice periodically so we recommend that you revisit this information from time to time. This version was last updated January 2020. Contact If you would like to discuss anything in this privacy notice, please contact: Data Collection Officer: Mrs L Bell

Beverley Minster Primary School, St Giles Croft, Beverley, HU17 8LA

Telephone: 01482 869947 How Government uses your data The pupil data that we lawfully share with the DfE through data collections:

underpins school funding, which is calculated based upon the numbers of children and their characteristics in each school.

Informs ‘short term’ education policy monitoring and school accountability and intervention (for example, school GCSE results or Pupil Progress measures).

Supports ‘longer term’ research and monitoring of educational policy (for example how certain subject choices go on to affect education or earnings beyond school) Data collection requirements: To find out more about the data collection requirements place on us by the Department for Education (for example; via the school census) go to https://www.gove.uk/education/data-collection-and-censuses-for-schools. The National Pupil Database (NPD)

Much of the data about pupils in England goes on to be held in the National Pupil Database

(NPD).

The NPD is owned and managed by the Department for Education and contains information

about pupils in schools in England. It provides invaluable evidence on educational

performance to inform independent research, as well as studies commissioned by the

department.

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It is held in electronic format for statistical purposes. This information is securely collected

from a range of sources including schools, local authorities and awarding bodies.

To find out more about the NPD, go to https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationalpupil-database-user-guide-and-supporting-information.

Sharing by the Department The law allows the department to share pupil’s personal data with certain third parties, including:

schools

local authority

conducting research or analysis

organisations connected with promoting the education or well-being of children in England

other government departments and agencies

organisations fighting or identifying crime

For more information about the department’s data sharing process, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/data-protection-how-we-collect-and-share-research-data Organisations fighting or identifying crime may use their legal powers to contact DfE to request access to individual level information relevant to detecting that crime. Whilst numbers fluctuate slightly over time, DfE typically supplies data on around 600 pupils per year to the Home Office and roughly 1 per year to the Police. For information about which organisations the department has provided pupil information, (and for which project), or to access a monthly breakdown of data share volumes with Home Office and Police, please visit the following website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfe-external-data-shares How to find out what personal information DfE hold about you Under the terms of the Data Protection Act 2018, you are entitled to ask the Department:

if they are processing your personal data

for a description of the data they hold about you

the reasons they’re holding it and any recipient it may be disclosed to

for a copy of your personal data and any details of its source If you want to see the personal data held about you by the Department, you should make a ‘subject access request’. Further information on how to do this can be found within the Department personal information charter that is published at the address below:

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https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/personal-information-charter To contact DfE: https://www.govuk/contact-dfe

21. Term Dates

Term Dates: 2020/21

AUTUMN TERM 2020 School re-opens Tuesday 8th September 2020

Autumn Half-Term 2020 School closes Friday 23rd October 2020 School re-opens Monday 2nd November 2020

Christmas 2020 School closes Thursday 17th December 2020

SPRING TERM 2021 School re-opens Tuesday 5th January 2021

Spring Half Term 2021 School closes Friday 12th February 2021 School re-opens Monday 22nd February 2021

Easter 2021 School closes Friday 26th March 2021

SUMMER TERM 2021 School re-opens Monday 12th April 2021

May Day Bank Holiday School closed Monday 3rd May 2021

Summer Half-Term 2021 School closes Friday 28th May 2021

School re-opens Monday 7th June 2021

SUMMER 2021 School closes Friday 23rd July 2021

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We hope that our prospectus has provided you with some helpful information about Beverley

Minster Church of England Primary School. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like

any further information about our school.