School Manual

Why Choose Northwood Primary School? Because we try hard to create an atmosphere in which every parent and child feels happy...

Who Can Come? Children are welcome to attend the School as long as they have applied for a place through the Local Education Authority...

When Can My Child Start School? Children reaching the age of 5 between the 1st September and the following 31st August are admitted in September...

Are Parents Involved In The School? We are delighted when parents offer to join in school activities. In the past parents have helped with reading, sewing...

Who Else Is Involved In The School? We are proud of our reputation as a community school...

Who Runs The Playgroup? We are delighted that Northwood Playgroup is on our site and able to share our beautiful grounds...

Staff Who’s Who Who’s Who of all staff in the school.

Who’s Who - Governors All governors can be contacted in confidence through the school...

What Do I Need To Know? School Hours Morning Session 9:00 – 12:00 noon Afternoon Session 1:00 – 3:10 p.m. ...

What Should My Child Wear? Girls Winter You may select from: Navy or grey pinafore dress, skirt or trousers...

How Is The School Organised? School Organisation...

What Will My Child Learn? All schools are required to follow the National Curriculum in English, Maths, Science, ICT, Geography, History, Music, Art, Technology, Citizenship, PE & RE...

Learning At Home We want to promote the many different learning opportunities that happen out of school with the support of a patient adult...

What If My Child Has Special Needs? Children with Special Educational Needs, be they physical, intellectual or emotional, are welcome here...

Will I Be Informed Of My Child’s Progress? You are invited to discuss your child with the class teacher during the Autumn and Spring terms...

Will There Be Any Extra Expenses? Puppeteers, painters, poets, storytellers, writers and musicians are employed in school to enrich the children’s educational experiences...

What Are The School Rules? We put a lot of thought and care into how we treat each other. We have high expectations of the children’s behaviour...

Are There Any Clubs? We provide a range of activities after school and during the mid-day break thanks to the generous support of staff, parents and volunteers...

Other Information Transfer Arrangements Children normally transfer from their Primary to Middle school in the September...

Northwood Primary School - SATs Results These are the Year 2 SATs results for 2005 showing the percentage of pupils at each level...

Northwood Primary School - Attendance Figures Authorised and unauthorised absences...

Guidelines For Volunteers We thought it would be helpful to offer some tips for all the new and old supporters who make our School so much more effective...

Home/School Agreement Thank you for taking the time to read our school manual...