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Stanwell NurserySchool
Handbook
A Foreword from the Executive Director of Communities and Families
Dear Parents
This brochure contains a range of information about your child’s nursery school which will be of interest to you and your child. It offers an insight into the life and ethos of the nursery and also offers advice and assistance which you may find helpful in supporting and getting involved in your child’s education.
We are committed to working closely with parents as equal partners in your child's education, in the life of your child's school and in city - wide developments in education.
Parental involvement in the decision making process and in performance monitoring are now, more than ever, an integral part of nursery and school life. We look forward to developing that partnership with your support.
I am pleased to introduce this brochure and hope that it will provide you with all the relevant information you may need concerning your child’s nursery school. If you have any queries regarding the contents of the brochure please contact the Head Teacher of your child’s nursery in the first instance who will be happy to offer any clarification you may need.
Executive Director of Communities and Families
Communities and Families Vision
Our vision is for all children and young people in Edinburgh to enjoy their childhood and fulfil their potential.
We believe that children and young people do best when:
they are able to live safely and happily within their own families with the right kind of support as needed
they attend first class, inclusive schools and early years settings which meet their needs
We will do all we can to strengthen support for families, schools and communities to meet their children's needs.
Our mission is to place children, young people and families at the heart of our service and provide support when it is needed throughout childhood and the transition to adulthood.
Welcome from the Head Teacher
Dear Parents & Carers
Welcome to the Stanwell Nursery Handbook.
This handbook offers an introduction to our school and a general overview of the education your child will be getting here.
If you have any questions, or would like any further information on any aspect of this handbook or the education of your child, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Best wishes,
Alison SmithHead Teacher
Staff
Our nursery has an enthusiastic staff team, who all work together to ensure you and your child enjoy your time with us.
These are:
Alison Smith Head Teacher
Claire Jackson Teacher, Room 1
Rona Banks Senior Early Years Officer
Dionne Henderson Early Years Practitioners
Judy Philip
Audrey Lamb
Helen McKinnes
Lynda Winton
Caron Campbell Pupil Support Assistant
Pam Rendle Secretaries
Ailsa Cameron
Contact Details
Name of Head Teacher : Alison Smith
Name of School : Stanwell Nursery School
Address : Junction Place, Edinburgh, EH6 5JA
Telephone Number : 0131 554 1309
Website : https://stanwellnurseryschool.com
E-mail Address : [email protected]
About the school
Stages of Education provided for : Preschool children from 3 years and over
Present Roll : 120 children
Organisation of the School Day
Morning session : 8.30am to 11.40am
Afternoon session : 12.20pm to 3.30pm
Agreed Term Dates for Session 2017 – 2018
AutumnTerm starts Wednesday 16 August 2017
Mid-term holidays Monday 18 September 2017, Autumn holiday Monday 16 October - Monday 24 October 2017, mid term break
Term ends Friday 22 December 2017
Christmas holidaysMonday 25 December 2017 - Tuesday 9 January 2018
SpringTerm starts Tuesday 9 January 2018
Mid-term holidays Monday 12 February - Friday 16 February 2018, mid term break
Term ends Thursday 29 March 2018
Easter holidaysMonday 2 April 2018 - Monday 16 April 2018
SummerTerm starts Tuesday 17 April 2018
Mid-term holidays Monday 7 May 2018, May Day Monday 21 May 2018, Victoria Day
Term ends Friday 29 June 2018
Section One – Practical Information about the School
Our Nursery
Stanwell Nursery is situated in the historic Dr Bell’s school in the heart of old Leith. It dates from 1936 and was only the second nursery school opened by Edinburgh Council. Then, as now, it has focused on providing a child-centred, play-based curriculum, where children have the opportunity to develop their interests and talents in a warm, happy, secure environment.
Our nursery consists of two large, airy playrooms and a third multi-purpose space used for parents’ groups and special events. We have an extensive garden area and value opportunities for children to enjoy the outdoors. We work extensively with parents, offering a range of groups and courses, and have well-established links with the wider community.
Registration and enrolment
A child is eligible for a nursery place from the term after their third birthday. Their name can be placed on the waiting list when they are 2 years old. To do this parents should complete an admissions form and hand it in to the nursery. Please bring along your child’s birth certificate and proof of your address.
Attendance and absence Although nursery attendance is not mandatory, it is expected that parents, once they accept a nursery place, use it well.
If your child is not going to be present for a session we need you to let us know as soon as possible i.e. before 9.00am or 1.00pm. If you do not contact us we will try to reach you and record that we have done so.
If we are unable to contact you, and have any cause for concern in respect of your child’s non-appearance, the head teacher will follow up the absence.
Health
If your child is ill, he/she will be much happier at home. Often a child will express the wish to come to nursery even when unwell, but it is always best to keep him/her at home in those circumstances. Please telephone the nursery on 0131 554 1309 if your child is ill.
The council requires that, if your child has sickness and/or diarrhoea, he/she must not return to nursery for 48 hours after symptoms cease. This is important to prevent the spread of infection.
Clothing
Nursery sweatshirts (£9) and t-shirts (£4.00) are available for sale in the classrooms.
It is best to choose clothes which allow a child to feel relaxed and free to explore paint, clay, sand, water and the outdoors. Please do not expect your child to remain clean and tidy at nursery – clothes which can be washed easily, and have easy to manage fastenings, are best.
Snack
A healthy snack is provided for all children daily. This includes a choice of fruit plus a healthy carbohydrate, such as toast. Milk (provided by CEC) and water are offered as drinks. We charge £2 per week for snack.
If your child requires a special diet for cultural or health reasons, please inform a member of staff.
General Supervision
Parents often choose to let their child play in the nursery garden before or after nursery sessions. We welcome this, but parents must be aware that they are responsible for their child’s safety at these times.
At the start of a session, please bring your child into the playroom and record their presence on the tick sheet. Tick again when you collect them at the end of the session. Please be prompt in picking up your child – children can become distressed if they are left in nursery when their classmates have gone.
School security
Please ensure you close and latch the nursery gate when entering and leaving the playground. This is important, even when children are inside the nursery.
Unexpected Closures In the event of an emergency, such as a power cut or severe weather, that prevents schools from opening in the morning or results in an early closure a range of communications channels are used to let parents know.
We will send you a text message, so please ensure we have your up-to-date mobile number.
In addition, announcements will be made on Radio Forth (Forth 1 and Forth 2) and via the Council's corporate Twitter account www.twitter.com/ Edinburgh_CC and Facebook page www.facebook.com/edinburghcouncil. If many schools are affected, or the situation is likely to be prolonged, then the Council's website www.edinburgh.gov.uk will also be used.
Equality
Council has published an Equality Scheme, which can be viewed on the council’s website. This outlines the duties which the Council is required to undertake to tackle discrimination, prevent harassment and ensure our work promotes equality. The Council is committed to eliminating discrimination on the grounds of race, gender, disability, sexual orientation,
religion/belief, age, marriage or civil partnership, transgender status or pregnancy/maternity.
English as an Additional Language
We have a number of children from a wide range of cultures in the nursery. We appreciate the benefits bilingualism brings and actively encourage the use of home languages where possible. We encourage parents/carers to read stories in their own language, and currently are supported by weekly sessions from a Polish speaking early years practitioner from the EAL service.
Complaints, Comments and Suggestions Procedure –
We all hope that you will be completely satisfied with the service offered by the nursery. If a problem arises, please don’t hesitate to discuss it with me. Please contact the nursery on 0131 554 1309. You can also use the Education Advice Helpline on 0131 469 3233.
If your complaint is not resolved locally, you can seek advice or make a complaint to the Children and Families Department. You can write, or email – your complaint will be acknowledged and an Investigating Officer will contact you directly to discuss the complaint you raise.
Following an investigation, a full reply will be sent, telling you:
- the outcome of the investigation
- the conclusions drawn
- the reasons behind the conclusions
- any action taken or proposed
- any further action you may take.
You can also make a complaint directly to the Care Inspectorate. The complaints procedure and online form can be found at www.sciswis.com, you can contact them by telephone on 0345 600 9527, or write to them at Care Inspectorate, Stuart House, Musselburgh, EH21 7PB.
Medicine administrationIf you require staff to administer medicine (e.g. asthma inhaler) to your child during nursery sessions, please ensure you complete the appropriate permission form, and provide the medicine in an appropriate labelled container for safe storage in the office.
Section Two – Parental Involvement in the School
Parental involvement is very important as we know it helps children do better in school.
This section contains information about how parents can be involved in supporting learning at home as part of a home – school partnership.
Parents are their children’s first and most important educator, and we value our partnership with you. We welcome opportunities to share information about your child, or answer any questions or worries.
We encourage parents to volunteer in the playrooms, or on outings. We particularly welcome parents willing to read stories to the children in their home language.
If you volunteer regularly, you will be asked to complete the paperwork required by the City of Edinburgh Council, in line with current legislation.
Promoting Positive BehaviourWe operate a positive behaviour policy in nursery, where we focus on desired behaviours, and deal sensitively with inappropriate actions. Any behaviour management issues will be discussed fully with parents, so that improvement strategies can be identified and followed together.
Parental Consultation We encourage consultation with parents throughout the year. As well as this, we offer opportunities for you to discuss your child’s progress with his/her key worker through arranged meetings. You will be advised when these meetings are due to take place.
Parent Councils
Parent Councils are the formal representative body for parents / carers with children attending the nursery. Parent Councils are different in each school to enable them to meet the needs of parents / carers locally.
Stanwell Nursery has a lively and active Parent Council who, as well as organising fund raising events such as the Christmas Fair, advise the Head Teacher on educational and policy issues. Parent Council meetings will be advertised in nursery, and you will be welcome to attend.
For more information on parental involvement or to find out about parents as partners in their children’s learning, please contact the nursery or visit the Parentzone website at www.parentzonescotland.gov.uk .
Family Learning and Parenting Support
The nursery supports a number of events and courses for parents throughout the year. Many of these are in partnership with the local CLD Family Learning Worker. These include Stay and Play sessions, Raising Children with Confidence course, Triple P parenting course, cooking classes and a gardening club. We have extensive links with a number of local organisations such as Dr Bell’s Family Centre, Multicultural Family Base and Leith Community Crops in Pots.
Section Three – School Curriculum
Each child is a unique being who has learnt an amazing range of skills by the time he/she arrives in nursery. Our aim is to create an environment where he/she can use and develop his/her knowledge and learn new skills through play, supported by interaction with peers and interested adults.
To be successful, our nursery must make each child feel secure and valued as an individual, must stimulate interest and offer freedom and encouragement to investigate familiar and new experiences.
The nursery follows the national curriculum “A Curriculum for Excellence”, offering a range of stimulating and challenging activities to develop learning in the following curricular areas:
Health and Wellbeing
Language and Literacy
Numeracy and Mathematics
Science and Technologies
Expressive Arts
Social Studies and RME
Forward plans are displayed in both playrooms, along with other information on learning and evidence of achievement (e.g. photographs).
Active Learning Curriculum for Excellence emphasises the value of an active learning approach. In the early years, children will have a range of learning experiences that include planned and purposeful play and stimulating learning which engages and challenges children’s thinking using real life and imaginary situations. As children progress through school they continue to be involved in active learning experiences which are engaging and give them ownership of their own learning.
Assessment Children’s progress is recorded through ejournals. Parents have access to these online documents, which include photographs and observations of children’s learning in nursery, and have the opportunity to add their comments or describe learning experiences at home.
Staff also complete profiles and transition records for each child.
Section Four – Support for Pupils
This section gives information about how pupils’ additional support needs will be identified and addressed and the types of specialist services provided within our school.
Getting It Right for Every Child
Taking care of our children's well-being and making sure they are all right - even before they are born - helps us ensure the most positive outcomes for them later in life. It gives them the potential to grow up ready to succeed and play their part in society. Our nursery adopts the Getting it right for every child in Edinburgh approach to give the right help to children, young people and families, when they need it from a joined up multi agency team.
Getting it right for every child aims to improve outcomes for all children and young people. It promotes a shared approach that:
builds solutions with and around children and families enables children to get the help they need when they need it supports a positive shift in culture, systems and practice involves working together to make things better
Getting it right for every child is the foundation for work with all children and young people, including adult services where parents are involved. It builds on universal health and education services, and is embedded in the developing early years and youth frameworks. Developments in the universal services of health and education, such as Better Health Better Care and Curriculum for Excellence, are identifying what needs to be done in those particular areas to improve outcomes for children.
Protecting Children and Young People We place a high priority on the well-being and safety of our pupils. The nursery has in place Child Protection Guidelines, which all staff must follow where there are concerns about a child. Please ask a member of staff if you wish to see these guidelines.
Additional Support Needs
As with all local authority schools in Scotland, this school operates under the terms of the Additional Support for Learning Act (2009) and its accompanying Code of Practice. Further details of the policies and procedures can be found on Edinburgh
We work with other agencies and professionals – for example, Social Work Services, Educational Psychology Service, National Health Service and you the parent to make decisions with regards to the best possible education to meet the needs of your child within the resources available.
Parents, carers and children with additional support needs can also seek independent advice and support through:Enquire: www.enquire.org.uk, 0845 123 2303Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance, www.siaa.org.uk, 0131 260 5380 Take Note: National Advocacy Service for Additional Support Needs (Barnados in association with the Scottish Child Law Centre) www.sclc.org.uk, 0131 667 6633
School Privacy Notice To provide transparency about why schools and ELC settings collect and process personal data, they should publish privacy information to manage both pupil and parent expectations. It is suggested that this information is published on your establishment’s website, and in school/ELC setting handbooks if you have them. You may also wish to consider whether you would like to produce leaflets or posters to help convey the information effectively. It is ultimately for the service and/or individual schools to decide how this information is best delivered within their own environment.
Information about how we manage pupil data in schools/ELC settingsStanwell Nursery School has a legal responsibility to deliver an effective educational programme to its pupils. In order to do this, we need to collect personal data about our pupils/children and their families so that we can help them learn, and keep them safe. The type of personal data we will collect include:
Data about our pupils/children and their families
This will include the name, address and contact details of the pupil/child and relevant family members. It will also include information about relevant medical conditions, any additional supports which are needed, and their family situation. We need this information to ensure we know our pupils/children and their families, and to ensure we are able to educate them appropriately, and keep them safe.
We will also collect personal data relating to personal characteristics, such as ethnic group to enable statistics to be reported. We need this information so the Council can ensure it is delivering education appropriately to all its citizens.
Data about pupils/children at school/within ELC setting
This will include data about progress, assessments, and exam results. It will also include records of attendance, absence, and any exclusions. We need this information to understand how our pupils/children are progressing, and to assess how we can help them to achieve their best.
Data about when and where they go after they leave us
This will include information about their next setting/school, career paths or intended destinations. We need this information to ensure we support our pupils/children in all their transitions and do all that we can to help their future be a success.
There will be times where we also receive information about them from other organisations, such as a pupils’ previous school, the previous local authority where that school or ELC setting was based, NHS Lothian, Police Scotland, Social work, Additional Support Services, and sometimes other organisations or groups connected to a pupil’s education. We use this data similarly to the above: to support our pupils’ learning, monitor and report on their progress, provide appropriate pastoral care; and assess the quality of our services
When we collect and use personal data within school/ELC setting, and for the reasons detailed above, we will normally be acting in accordance with our public task. Occasionally we are also required to process personal data because the law requires us to do so, or because it is necessary to protect someone’s life.
We will also take photographs in school/ELC setting and display them on our walls, and in newsletters and other communications. We do this in order to celebrate and share what we have done, including individual achievements and successes. We consider this use of images to be part of our public task as it helps us build an effective community, which supports learning. We will not, however, publish these photographs on social media or in newspapers without permission. Consent for this use will be sought when a pupil/child joins Stanwell Nursery School and will be kept on record while they are with us. Consent can be withdrawn at any time, please just let us know.
Sometimes we need to share pupil information with other organisations. We are required, by law, to pass certain information about our pupils to the Scottish Government and the Council. This data is for statistical purposes, and will normally be anonymised. It is normally required to enable the Council, and the Government, to understand how education is being delivered and to help them plan for future provision.
If a pupil/child moves schools/ELC settings, we have a legal obligation to pass on information to their new school/education authority about their education at Stanwell Nursery School.
When we record and use personal data, we will only collect and use what we need. We will keep it securely, and it will only be accessed by those that need to. We will not keep personal data for longer than is necessary and follow the Council’s Record Retention Schedule and archival procedures when records are identified to be of historical value and require to be retained in the Edinburgh City Archives.
For more information on how the Council uses personal data, and to know more about your information rights including who to contact if you have a concern, see the City Of Edinburgh’s Privacy Notice .
Sharing personal data to support WellbeingIn addition to the above, Stanwell Nursery School has a legal duty to promote, support and safeguard the wellbeing of children in our care.
Wellbeing concerns can cover a range of issues depending on the needs of the child.
Staff are trained to identify when children and families can be supported and records are kept when it is thought that a child could benefit from help available in the school/ELC setting, community or another professional. You can expect that we will tell you if we are concerned about your child’s wellbeing, and talk to you about what supports might help in the circumstances. Supports are optional and you will not be required to take them up.
If it would be helpful to share information with someone else, we will discuss this with you and seek your consent before we share it so that you know what is happening and why. The only time we will not seek consent to share information with another organisation is if we believe that a child may be at risk of harm. In these situations, we have a duty to protect children, which means we do not need consent. On these occasions, we will normally tell you that information is being shared, with whom, and why – unless we believe that doing so may put the child at risk of harm.
We will not give information about our pupils to anyone without your consent unless the law and our policies allow us to do so.
Section Five – School Improvement
School Improvement Plan
Summary of Standards, Quality and Improvement Plan
Nursery self-evaluation
1.1 Improvements in performance
Almost all children are making very good progress across all areas of the curriculum. Children’s experiences improved significantly across most of the targeted priority areas of literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing. The nursery’s work towards our third green flag continues, supported by our partnership with Crops in Pots. Staff continue to innovate in their use of planning formats and trackers – they have become confident in the use of Ipads to record children’s learning and continue to use a floorbook planning format to increase children’s involvement.
We had an unusually high number of children with very significant additional support this session – all made very good progress, and the nursery worked successfully with other agencies to support their development.
Next steps
Changes to planning system – fortnightly curriculum plan, regular discussion of children’s progress.
Further develop staff use of Up, Up and Away resource
Use of Building the Ambition for CPD
Streamline Trackers
Work with Multicultural Family Base on supporting bilingual families in the transition to nursery
2.1 Children’s experiences
The quality of children’s experiences is very good. Staff judge that almost all children are highly motivated and actively involved in high quality learning experiences. Almost all parents/carers report that their child enjoys coming to nursery and makes good progress and visitors regularly comment on the happy, positive atmosphere. Staff at Stanwell are very skilled in developing warm, positive relationships with the children. The nursery has several ways of ensuring children’s views are sought and acted upon (circle time, PLPs, floorbooks, planning process, questionnaires, daily group discussions) and we are confident they are effective. The nursery is well known in the local community for its positive and inclusive ethos.
Next steps
EAL as development priority – refresh staff training, pilot project with MCFB, Family Learning sessions
Continue to work with Crops in Pots to develop garden area and croft plot
Increase staff time for discussion of children’s progress
Introduce learning board for children to further develop children’s voice.
5.1 The Curriculum
We continue to offer a very good curriculum for our children. It is clearly grounded in the values and purposes of CfE and in the shared values of integrated working outlined in the Early Years Strategy and the purposes and objectives of the Children and Young People’s Act. It is firmly child-centred and designed to enable all children to achieve to the best of their ability, in ways that match their needs and interests. It is underpinned by an educational philosophy based on play and active learning and offers appropriate levels of breadth and challenge. It has an appropriate focus on literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing across all learning, and makes good use of interdisciplinary learning to allow children to make progress, make links in learning or apply learning in new contexts. Transition work is given a high priority. Home to nursery transition is supported by PEEP, and nursery to school transition by a range of events and visits.
Next steps
Transition to nursery project with MCFB for BME and bilingual families
HT to continue to take lead role in Forum and EY cluster work
Expressive Arts focus – staff already attended CPD on Starcatchers work and Magic of Music
English as an Additional Language CPD for staff
Possible baby PEEP in term 2
Share information about the curriculum more effectively with parents/carers – more learning walls.
5.3 Meeting Learning Needs
Meeting the learning needs of our children is at the heart of our work at Stanwell. The nursery is very well equipped and staff make effective and imaginative use of resources to develop appropriate, challenging and creative learning opportunities.
Children are encouraged to make their own choices in their learning, and to influence provision through curricular plans. This year, staff have made very good use of the wider environment in providing a number of learning experiences for the children.
Many of our children have an additional support need (including 47% who are bilingual)– all staff are experienced in identifying needs and are proactive in consulting with all partners to identify any supports required. The nursery embraces the GIRFEC procedures and is well known in the community for its multi-agency working.
Next steps
Implement Language Boost programme
Partnership projects with MCFB and Family Learning
Continue to use Teaching Talking assessment and develop staff confidence in Up, Up and Away.
Staff to learn some basic Polish vocabulary
5.9 Self-evaluation
The nursery is committed to continuous improvement through its self-evaluation process. There are effective, rigorous systems in place to gather the views of all stakeholders. The HT has a collegiate style which encourages suggestion and comment, and values the sense of common purpose, respect and mutual support which exists within the Stanwell community.
The views of staff, children, parents/carers and he wider community are all integral to nursery improvement.
Next steps
Revise self-evaluation calendar
Re-introduce weekly drop-in coffee mornings for parents/carers
Share online journals more fully with children and use IPads to consult with children
Set up a curriculum notice board in both classrooms for parents/carers
Increased monitoring and evaluation by HT
Introduce regular staff swaps between rooms
Priorities
EAL
Curriculum for Excellence (focus on Literacy, Numeracy and Expressive Arts)
Staff Development and Wellbeing
Environment Ecology and Outdoor Play
Transferring Educational Data about Pupils
The Scottish Government – Education and Training has asked that the undernoted advice be included in our school brochures.
Education authorities and the Scottish Government collected data about pupils on paper forms for many years. We now work together with schools to transfer data electronically through the ScotXed programme. Thus the Scottish Government has two functions: acting as a ‘hub’ for supporting data exchange within the education system in Scotland and the analysis of data for statistical purposes within the Scottish Government itself.
What pupil data is collected and transferred?
Data on each pupil is collected by schools, local authorities and the Scottish Government.
The data collected and transferred covers areas such as date of birth, Scottish Candidate Number (SCN), postcode, registration for free-school meals, whether a pupil is looked after by his/her local authority, additional support needs including disability and English as an Additional Language (EAL), and attendance, absence and exclusions from school. The SCN acts as the unique pupil identifier. Pupil names and addresses are not passed to the Scottish Government. Your postcode is the only part of your address that is transferred for statistical purposes, and postcodes are grouped to identify ‘localities’ rather than specific addresses. Data is held securely and no information on individual pupils can or would be published by the Scottish Government.
Providing national identity and ethnic background data is entirely voluntary. You can choose the ‘not disclosed’ option if you do not want to provide this data. However, we hope that the explanations contained in this message and on the ScotXed website will help you understand the importance of providing the data.
Why do we need your data?
In order to make the best decisions about how to improve our education service, the Scottish Government, education authorities and other partners such as the Scottish Qualifications Authority and Skills Development Scotland need accurate, up-to-date data about our pupils. We are keen to help all our pupils do well in all aspects of school life and achieve better examination results. Accurate and up-to-date data allows us to:
plan and deliver better policies for the benefit of all pupils plan and deliver better policies for the benefit of specific groups of pupils better understand some of the factors which influence pupil attainment and
achievement share good practice target resources better.
Your data protection rights
The collection, transfer, processing and sharing of ScotXed data is done in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). We also comply with the National Statistics Code of Practice requirements and other legislation related to safeguarding the confidentiality of data. The Data Protection Act gives you the right to know how we will use your data. This message can give only a brief description of how we use data. Fuller details of the use of pupil data can be found on the ScotXed website (www.scotxed.net).
The Scottish Government works with a range of partners including Education Scotland and the SQA. On occasion, we will make individual data available to partners and also academic institutions to carry out research and statistical analysis. In addition, we will provide our partners with information they need in order to fulfil their official responsibilities. Any sharing of data will be done under the strict control of the Scottish Government, which will ensure that no individual level data will be made public as a result of the data sharing and that these data will not be used to take any actions in respect of an individual. Decisions on the sharing of data will be taken in consultation with colleagues within and outwith the Scottish Government.
Concerns
If you have any concerns about the ScotXed data collections you can email the Senior Statistician, [email protected] or write to The ScotXed Support Office, Area 1B, Victoria Quay, Leith, EH6 6QQ. Alternative versions of this page are available, on request from the ScotXed Support Office, in other languages, audio tape, braille and large print.
Websites
You may find the following websites useful.
www.edinburgh.gov.uk - contains information for parents and information on Edinburgh schools.
http://www.parentzonescotland.gov.uk - parents can find out about everything from school term dates to exam results. This site also offers information for pre-5 and post school. It also lists relevant publications for parents and provides hyper-links to other useful organisations.
www.hmie.gov.uk - parents can access school and local authority inspection reports and find out more about the work of Education Scotland.
http://www.scottishschoolsonline.gov.uk - parents can find out about individual schools. They can choose a school and select what type of information they need such as Education Scotland reports, exam results, stay on rates and free school meal entitlement.
http://www.childline.org.uk/Explore/Bullying/Pages/Bullyinginfo.aspx - contains information for parents and children on varying forms of bullying and provides help for parents and children who are affected by bullying.
http://www.respectme.org.uk/ - Scotland’s anti-bullying service. Contains information for parents and children on varying forms of bullying and provides help for parents and children who are affected by bullying
http://www.educationscotland.org.uk/ - provides information and advice for parents as well as support and resources for education in Scotland
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/ - contains information for everyone on equality laws within the government and local authorities.
Parent feedback
Please take a few minutes to fill in and return the questionnaire on this page. Your feedback will help us improve the hand book next year.
Tell us what you think
Your feedback will help us to improve our handbook.
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Please tell us how we can improve the handbook next year.
Name of school:______________________________________
Thank you for filling in the questionnaire. Your views are appreciated. Please return this questionnaire to: Stanwell Nursery School, Junction Place, Edinburgh, EH6 5JA
Throughout this handbook the term ‘parent’ has the meaning attributed in the Standards in Scotland's Schools Act 2000 and the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006. This includes grandparents, carer or anyone else who has parental responsibility for the child.
I hope you find all of the above information helpful and self-explanatory. If you have any queries about any of the information contained in this handbook, or indeed about any aspect of our school, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Alison SmithHead Teacher
Stanwell Nursery School
The information in this school handbook is considered to be correct at the time of publication however, it is possible that there may be some inaccuracy by the start of the school term in August 2017
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