Prospectus

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The school has a very clear policy on how it supports children and their families with special educational needs and is available to read from the school offices.

The main objectives are:

To ensure the SEN and Disability Act and relevant Codes of Practice and guidance are implemented effectively across the school.

To ensure equality of opportunity for, and to eliminate prejudice and discrimination against, children labelled as having special educational needs.
To continually monitor the progress of all children, to identify needs as they arise and to provide support as early as possible.
To provide full access to the curriculum through differentiated planning by class teachers, SENCO and support staff as appropriate.
To provide specific input, matched to individual needs, in addition to differentiated classroom practitioner, for those children recoded as having SEN at Schools Action or Schools Action Plus.
To ensure that children with SEN are perceived positively by all members of the school community, and that SEN and inclusive provision is positively valued and accessed by staff and parents/carers

To ensure we are able to meet the needs of as wide a range as possible of children who live in our catchment area.
To enable children to move on from us well equipped in the basic skills of literacy, mathematics and social independence to meet the demands of secondary school life and learning.
To involve parents and carers at every stage in plans to meet their child’s additional needs.

 

 

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Admissions to the nursery school are regulated by the governing body.

If the number of applications exceeds the number of places available the following criteria will apply:

 

Priority admissions – children with recognised medical, physical, social or special educational needs will be considered for priority. Other professionals will know these children and will be consulted.

 

Oldest child on the waiting list

 

Sibling connections

 

Child registered at 2 years old.

 

Registration for places in the school are dealt with centrally at the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead on 01628 798888.

Admissions in year are dealt with by the school office on 01344 622118.

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The early years practice at our school has been recognised by OFSTED as outstanding and is used as a model of good practice for other practitioners both in and out of the borough.

The early years curriculum in the school is totally child centred where the understanding of holistic child development is central to all learning and teaching.
All children are encouraged to plan, experience and review their learning. They assess and record their work alongside teachers using IT technology.
In the primary school the core subjects of literacy and numeracy and science are taught as discreet subjects. However these can also be incorporated into our themes where appropriate.

All foundation subjects are taught through topics and projects that have been initiated and developed by the children and staff in all classes All children and staff begin a learning journey which is closely linked to the National Curriculum. Children are set individual learning targets and staff continually assess their progress.

Creativity and innovation are encouraged in both schools for all learners. Process is seen as key to learning and individual learning styles are recognised by teachers and accommodated into planning. Deep level thinking and questioning are encouraged and exploration and planning are given development time. Flexibility is build into the planning so that individual learning paths can be explored for all children.

Our children are confident, well behaved, responsible and are excited by learning.

 

 

 

 

South Ascot Village Primary School offers extended services to parents, the local community and to the Ascot cluster of schools. The school site is open from 7.30am till 6.00pm Monday to Friday and for 48 weeks per year.

After School Clubs and a variety of Study Support are offered to all children from 3.20pm till 4.30pm.

The extensive school grounds enable the school to take part in a variety of sporting activities and competitions.

 

South Ascot Village Nursery School had designated Children’s Centre status awarded in 2007. The centre offers a multitude of services for young children and their families ranging from childcare, health, speech and language, job centre plus, family support, guidance and learning plus adult education. The centre is based at the primary school site, but extends out into the community.

 

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We Value …
listening, dialogue and discussion, collaboration, challenge, flexibility, innovation, high attainment and change.

loyalty, respect, tolerance, understanding and empathy.

 

opportunity, nurture, autonomy, fun and positive well being.

 

risk takers, open-minded learners, inspirational leaders and creative thinkers.

 

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To raise awareness of all staff and identify responsibility in reporting possible cause of abuse

 

To ensure effective communication between staff when dealing with child protection issues

 

To lay down the correct procedures for those who encounter an issue of child protection

The Designated co-ordinator in school is the Headteacher.

 

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1. Charges

 

South Ascot Village School will apply any charges levied by the Local Authority for services that it provides and also the remission arrangements that the authority considers appropriate. The school reserves the right to levy a charge in any circumstances permissible under current legislation.

 

2. Extended Schools

 

The school will apply charges for the provision of Pupil Focused extended schools services at a level sufficient to cover costs and ensure that the Pupil Focused extended school activities are funded at an affordable level to allow all parents to use the service. They must also be sustainable without support from the DSG, other than where this is permitted using appropriate SSG and Personalised learning funding as recommended by the DfES.

In the case of Community Focused extended schools, these services cannot be supported from the revenue funds other than the elements of SSG specifically directed to Community Focused extended schools. VAT will be chargeable on Community activities.

 

3. Voluntary Contributions

Parents may be asked to make voluntary contributions for any visit, journey or other activity organised by the school and approved by governors Although the matter of a voluntary contribution will not be a factor in deciding whether a pupil is allowed to participate in any activity to be financed by voluntary contributions, the school reserves the absolute right to determine whether the level of voluntary contributions is sufficient to enable the activity to take place.

 

4 Remissions

 

The governors will apply the statutory minimum remissions to any charges that they make; that is in respect of pupils whose parents are in receipt of income support or income support, income based jobseekers allowance, Guaranteed element of State Pension Credit or Child Tax Credit, and have an annual income as assessed by the Inland Revenue that does not exceed £15,575, (provided they do not also receive Working Tax Credit). Any further remission of charges will be at the absolute discretion of the governors.

5. Breakages

 

The governors reserve the right to ask parents to contribute towards the cost of replacement items incurred as a result of breakage, loss or damage to books, equipment and any materials other than that resulting from normal fair wear and tear.

 

6. Charging in Kind

Where parents indicate in advance that they may wish to own the finished product of a practical activity, they may be asked to pay for the ingredients, materials, equipment, etc. used in an activity.

No child will be at a disadvantage because of a parent's unwillingness or inability to contribute in this way.