There is a purposeful atmosphere across the

school that enables (pupils) to focus on

their learning. Ofsted 2019

Belmont Primary School

Headteacher: Judith Peel.

Ryecroft Lane Belmont BOLTON

Lancashire BL7 8AH

Telephone 01204 811226

e-mail: office@turtonbelmont.blackburn.sch.uk

www.belmontprimarybolton.co.uk

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A message from Mrs Peel: Welcome to the Belmont School prospectus. It should give you a taste of our family ethos at Belmont Primary. In our small, school community we know our children well; and can provide a caring learning environment which caters for individual needs and interests. Situated on the edge of the West Pennine Moors, we are able to use our beautiful surroundings to the full in our Creative Curriculum. If there is anything you cannot find in the prospectus and would like to ask, please ring or email the school. You are also very welcome to visit us at Belmont. Please ring us for an appointment, and come and see for yourself what we have to offer your child. Parents who are considering sending their child to our school are welcome to arrange a visit to look round the school by telephoning Mrs. Bell the school Business Manager on 01204 811226. Covid 19 Arrangements Under Covid 19 arrangements we have strict safety measures in place, which means that our school does not look or operate in quite the same way as usual. However, our essential ethos of a fostering a love of learning and working for the education of the “Whole Child” remains unchanged. We are finding ways to continue to promote excellence and enjoyment through participation in the arts and outdoor learning.

Belmont Primary School Mission Statement

We aim to ensure that all children realise their maximum

potential in all areas of schoolwork and character

development. Creating a happy school environment where

children may enjoy their work and establish good attitudes

towards work and leisure.

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To ensure that all children realise their maximum potential in

all areas of schoolwork and character development.

To create a happy school environment, where children may enjoy their work and establish good attitudes towards work and leisure activities.

To help children acquire the skills of responsibility and self-

respect.

To encourage children to develop the important qualities of courtesy, tolerance and consideration for others and their property.

To foster links with home and other agencies so that

individual needs are met and guidance given, thereby supporting learning within the school.

The School will provide children with access to the National

Curriculum.

To offer a broad based curriculum in order to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge, promote enjoyment in learning, and to provide knowledge and skills to equip students for work and leisure as active, confident and responsible members of a rapidly developing society.

We aim to establish an environment within which teachers

and non-teaching staff; advisory colleagues, school governors and parents can work together for the successful achievement of these aims.

“Pupils enjoy their learning. They are attentive, polite and well mannered. They are a delight to talk to and are a credit to staff and parents and carers alike.” Ofsted 2019

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What is special about Belmont Primary School?

We are a small school, so know our children well; this means we can really cater for your child’s individual needs. High staff / child ratio in the Reception Year. We have a single year group Reception class, with an intake of 14. They are taught by a teacher and teaching assistant, so we can give our children the very best start to their schooling.

High standards in Literacy and Mathematics

We take a whole school approach in Literacy and Numeracy to ensure that there is continuity in learning and high standards are maintained. Work is well differentiated to meet the needs of all learners, creating an ethos of challenge.

The school places a high priority on the teaching of reading, using a combination of synthetic phonics and whole word approaches; these are adapted to meet the needs of individual children, as children learn in different ways. The children in our small Reception class receive individual reading programmes in their first year to ensure that they gain a good start in reading. A whole school spelling scheme feeds through the school, which meets the requirements to the New National Curriculum. Literacy is taught both as a lesson in its own right for skills such as Grammar, Punctuation and Handwriting; and also through our Creative Curriculum to develop a wide range of writing skills.

At Belmont Primary School, Mathematics is taught as an independent lesson on a daily basis. We place a real emphasis on gaining the basic skills, such as mental maths and times tables. Each week we have “Challenge Friday” which helps our children learn to apply the skills they have learnt that week.

Maths is also implemented into our ‘Creative Curriculum’ when appropriate. The Year 5 and 6 children regularly take part in baking activities, to allow children to experience the weights and measures objectives. On another occasion they planned and drew

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up a mini golf course on the Moss. Our younger children integrated the learning of points of the compass and directions with the drawing of pirate treasure maps for their topic on Pirates.

Active Learning We have a focus on active learning throughout the school, and particularly in Key Stage One. Using the outdoors is also an important aspect of our learning provision throughout all age-groups, both in the school grounds and in the wider country environment close to the school. This helps us to ensure children are fully engaged with learning in ways which are most appropriate for individual needs.

The Arts The School has an excellent reputation for the Arts. We use an inclusive approach to performance through drama, art, dance and music to develop confidence and self-esteem in all areas of learning. All children act, sing and dance in our school productions and concerts. Our KS2 children compete in singing and instrumental classes at the Blackburn Music Festival every year and at the Blackburn Dance Festival. Many children in upper KS2 choose to take instrumental and vocal exams with Trinity College or London College Music boards. We regularly lead arts activities across local schools in drama, music and the visual arts. In 2008, 2012 and 2018 the school has been awarded the Gold Artsmark for our creative approach and high standard of Arts at Belmont. We are currently working towards an application to renew this award, in the hope that we may achieve the highest award of platinum this time. Here is what the Arts Council said about our Arts provision: The panel was deeply impressed by your school’s use of its

pupil Arts Council to inform your development of arts

provision. Your range of offer, particularly given your

setting, your engagement of the parental and wider

community, your implementation of Arts Award and your

use of the arts to inspire learning across the curriculum are

just some of your outstanding achievements.

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Healthy Lifestyles

We place a high value on developing healthy lifestyles at Belmont. We hold the Local Authority Recipe for Health Gold Award and follow the Dimensions Personal Social and Health Education programme to help our children develop essential life skills. We have a school garden where we grow our own produce, which is harvested by the children and

prepared by them as part of our school dinners from time to time. We promote online safety and keeping ourselves safe when using the internet throughout the curriculum; we have been awarded the Safe Award for our work. We are currently working towards the 360 Mark for online safety.

Looking after our environment At Belmont we pride ourselves on how we look after our school, local area and play our part in looking after planet Earth. In our school garden we grow vegetables to be used in our school kitchen or at home, and flowers to enhance our school environment.

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Sports & Physical Education

We offer a range of sports and physical activities both in curriculum time and in extra-curricular clubs. The emphasis in physical activities at Belmont is mainly placed on enjoyment and team building skills but some of our children are given the opportunity to play competitive sport when representing school at football, cricket, netball, rounders, swimming and athletics.

Over the last few years we have used some of our schools Sports Grant to provide lunchtime school sports activities with a company called ‘Sportscool’. This is enabling our children to become more active and experience a wider range of activities. They also who run two after-school clubs per term alternating between the key stages. We are currently also developing our provision in outdoor pursuits; we use the local rural area for orienteering and staff are have been trained to deliver Outdoor Trails and Challenges.

Money Matters

DebtAware (Money Mentors as we call it in school) is a financial education programme aimed primarily at 9-13 year olds; We use it with our year 5&6 class.

DebtAware is part of Debt Advice Foundation, a registered national debt advice and education charity.

The Foundation has a series of core teaching resources based around ‘The Money Diaries’, all of which were written and illustrated by school students and which form the heart of DebtAware’s money management lessons. The sessions are delivered to pupils by selected classmates known as Money Mentors with teacher support. One of the most successful aspects of the programme is this peer-to-peer delivery model.

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Admissions to the School

The Education Committee determines the age at which children can be admitted to school. At present children whose 5th birthday falls between September 1st and August 31st are admitted fulltime at the start of the Autumn Term. For children whose birthday falls during August, deferring admission for a year may be an option if it is felt the child is not ready to start school. The policy for admissions is the Blackburn with Darwen Admissions Policy. In past years children have been allocated places using paragraph d) "Geographical Criterion". You can find more information at Blackburn Admissions or to apply online please visit Parent Portal within the Blackburn with Darwen Council website. www.blackburn.gov.uk, or see the Admissions section of our school website at www.turtonbelmont.co.uk.

Many of our children live outside Blackburn with Darwen, in the Bolton, Horwich and Darwen areas. If you live in a different authority you may still apply, and should list Belmont Primary School as your school of choice on the Admissions Form from the authority in which you reside. Your authority will then pass your choice to the Blackburn with Darwen Admissions team.

The number of children in the school is currently 93.

“Safeguarding practice at the

school is based on the excellent

relationships that staff have with

pupils. Staff know pupils well.”

OFSTED 2019

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Teaching staff Head teacher Mrs. J. Peel Teaching Staff Mr. G. Lane – Deputy Head and Year 5 and 6 Mr. L. Ainsworth – Year 3 and 4 Miss. J. Lofthouse– Year 1 and 2 Mrs. M. Davis - Reception Mrs. R. Lomax – Part-time Senco- Mrs. K. Smith

Support Staff Mrs. H. Bowden – TA Mrs. J. Evans- SSA Mr. C. Rollé – TA / HLTA Mrs. E. Valentine – SSA Mrs. J. Wesson – SSA Ms. A. Byrne - SSA Other Staff Mrs. E. Bell- Business Manager Mrs. A. Morley- Site Supervisor and Catering Manager Mrs. A. Herd- Welfare Assistant Mrs. B. Derbyshire- Welfare assistant Mrs. A Biggar- Assistant Cook

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Governing Body

The role of the school Governors is ever increasing, both in involvement and importance. They meet at least once during every school term, but in practice far more. If you wish to raise any matters at the Governors' meeting, please contact the Headteacher in the first instance, and then the Chair of Governors, care of the school.

Staff Governors

Teaching staff Staff Governor

Mrs. J. Peel Miss. J. Lofthouse

Parent Governor Mrs. D. Lauder Authority Governor Mrs. L. Cumbo

Co-opted Mrs. C. Ramwell (Chair) Mr. G. Skinner Mr. G. Lane Mr. P. Ingham Mr. C. Legood Associate Governor Mrs. E. Bell (full voting rights)

Parent Teacher Association

The School has a very active and supportive Parent-Teacher Association (P.T.A.), which organises various activities during the year. The involvement of new parents in the work of the association is always most welcome. The P.T.A. has assisted significantly with the redevelopment of our playground and with the purchase of a canopy for outdoor learning outside the KS1 class. During the last year they have raised money to buy laptops and iPads which are regularly in use by all classes. The chair of the PTA is currently Miss. Nicola Toole.

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The School Site

Belmont Primary School offers a primary education to children aged 5 -11 in the village of Belmont and the surrounding rural area. The school offers a broadly based school programme, which incorporates the National Curriculum. The school has a playground and a garden, and the use of the village playing field known as “The Moss”. The Garden has a growing area for our Gardening club. This also includes a pond and a wild flower garden, which supplement the science curriculum.

Classroom Arrangements

There are four classroom bases, one for the reception, one for year 1 & 2, one for the lower juniors and one for the upper juniors.

Times of School Sessions

Our session times are as follows: -

9.00 am. to 12.00 noon 1.00 pm. to 3.15 pm.

School doors open at 8.50am. The playground is supervised from 8.30 a.m. to enable a staggered morning drop off. There is a fifteen minute break in the morning for the whole school and one again in the afternoon for the infant children.

Teaching Hours

Key Stage 1 and Reception 22hrs teaching per week

Key Stage 2 23hrs 15mins teaching per week

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What is a Creative Curriculum? Our curriculum is broad and balanced as well as meeting the requirements of the National Curriculum. Modern foreign languages is taught throughout Key Stage 2 with Spanish as our chosen language. Through assemblies and in-class teaching, children also learn about the fundamental British values as part of our social, moral, spiritual and cultural curriculum. The creative curriculum is a carefully planned, thematic and skills based approach to teaching and learning to support children’s natural curiosity and stimulate their creativity.

What are the advantages of a Creative Curriculum for Belmont Children? “Hands on” active learning is placed at the centre of the curriculum so that teachers can develop children’s thinking in meaningful and relevant contexts. It gives greater scope for incorporating children’s interests, which generates enjoyment and enthusiasm for learning.

It means we can use time flexibly; offering children the opportunity to work in depth on particular knowledge of skills, giving them the time they need to reflect and consolidate on learning. Children are more willing to take risks and so take on greater challenges, due to increased confidence. It gives greater scope for inclusion; allowing children of a wide range of needs to study the same theme at different levels. We can build in a greater use of outdoor learning in our wonderful moorland environment.

Outcomes include raising standards and improving behaviour. Children build on skills year on year using an investigative approach to extend thinking. Each week we have “Problem Solving Friday” where children apply knowledge and skills acquired through different curriculum areas to independent and group tasks.

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“You have ensured that there are rich opportunities for

pupils to learn through an exciting and dynamic

curriculum.” Ofsted 2019

Children’s comments on learning through our new

Creative Curriculum 2019 “Learning Means the

World”...

I love the topic homework

because you can use your

imagination and get creative.

Amelia

I really enjoyed

building Totem Poles

and making flags.

Samuel

Creative curriculum is

one of my favourite

subjects- the homework

is so much fun! Danni

I don’t know if this term’s

creative curriculum topic

could have been funnier

or more interesting.

Elliot.

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Homework

The class teachers set regular literacy and maths homework, appropriate to the children’s age and ability (please see Homework Policy on the School Information section of our website). There does seem to be a direct link between the children who complete their homework and the attainment they achieve at the end of year 6. At Belmont we aim to work as a team with parents to give children the individual provision they need, both with curriculum learning and pastoral support.

Children are asked to take home their reading books and Infant parents are requested to listen to their children read daily. Juniors are expected to do some reading and maths practice every day.

School Assembly

Each morning there is a collective act of worship. This is broadly Christian based, but at appropriate times includes experiences of religious festivals from other cultures. In addition to this an appreciation of the "Arts" is also considered. Once a week, there is an opportunity to reflect on "World Affairs". Guest speakers are regularly invited to talk to the children during our assembly. We aim to extend the children's moral and spiritual development during these sessions.

Your child will normally attend and participate on these occasions, but if it is your wish that he/she does not, he/she can only be excused if a written request is made to the Headteacher, and the matter discussed with the Governors.

Every Friday we have a celebratory assembly in which staff and children celebrate the achievements of individual children and classes through the week, both in and out of school. Parents are invited to join these assemblies each half term at the end of our Creative Curriculum themes.

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Special Educational Needs & Gifted & Talented

“From very different starting points, pupils with SEND

make at least good progress in all aspects of their

learning.” OFSTED 2019

At Belmont we believe that all children should have access to the National Curriculum via a programme of study, which caters for their individual needs. Work is tailored for children’s ability and where necessary their learning will be extended. It is our aim that any child not making age- related progress should have extra support in learning. This may be in-class support or through booster or SEN group work. For a more detailed overview of our SEN provision, please see our SEN Information Report on our school website.

Disabled Access at Belmont Primary School

The school has disabled access via the incline at the main entrance. We now have two disabled toilet facilities. All classrooms are wheelchair accessible.

Assessment and Reporting

The Reception children are required to follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum; the children are informally assessed on

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entry then at each half term during their first year. This allows the school to plan children’s next steps on an individual basis.

At the end of Key Stage 1 the Numeracy, Literacy and Science SATs judgement will be a teacher assessment but supported by a formal assessment in Numeracy and Literacy. In Key stage 2, Maths and English are formally assessed and Science will be a teacher assessment.

A system of assessment has been implemented in school to match the National Curriculum Objectives; this information is used to inform teachers, children and parents from Year One upwards throughout the year. This enables us to put in place provision for individual needs as appropriate.

We have a Parents’ Hour once every term, where parents can make an appointment to discuss progress with the class teacher if they wish. We hold an annual Parents’ Evening in November and in July parents receive their child’s annual report.

Sex Education

Formal Sex Education has always been included in the curriculum at Belmont School. In 1993 the Education Act required a policy to be introduced (Please see our website). PSHEE covers many of these areas. Each Year the Darwen Rotary Life Bus visits school to deliver learning on Drugs Education.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Although the staff numbers are limited we try to give the children opportunities of a wide range of extra-curricular activities. These include:

Multisports

Football Club

Recorder Clubs

Drama Club

Instrumental Group

Outdoor Pursuits Club

Arts/Props Club

Netball Club

Gardening Club

Sewing Club

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Tortoise Care Club

In an effort to further extend the range of activities an outside agency provides a range of sporting activities. A small charge is made for these activities. The variety of clubs varies during the school year, and from year to year depending on staff commitments.

(Children) appreciate the wealth of opportunities that they have – which includes a range of extra-curricular activities as diverse as street dance, computing and gardening. This contributes to the vibrant learning culture in the school. Ofsted 2019

Wrap-around Childcare

We currently offer a high standard of provision in partnership with High Lawn for before and after school care through an on-site breakfast club and daily link to an off-site After School Club. Breakfast club hours are 8:00am – 9:00am After School Club hours are 3:15pm – 6:00pm.

Charging for School activities

The Governors of the school have adopted the former Lancashire policy on charging for school activities. This means that during school hours there would not normally be a charge made to parents. There are, however, times that the school may ask for a voluntary donation. These are usually to help cover the cost of transport for the numerous trips that we take the children on to enrich the curriculum. Some charges may be made for additional out of school activities.

Absence from school

If a child is ill and cannot attend school a written explanation is required. In September 2013 new government regulations came into operation regarding absence for reasons other than illness during term time. They state as follows:

Headteachers will be expected not to grant any pupil leave of absence during term time unless they are satisfied that there are exceptional circumstances warranting this.

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For example:

A trip to visit extended family abroad following a crisis

Religious Pilgrimage

Armed service personnel who are prevented from taking holidays outside of term-time

Emergency services personnel who are unable to take leave at certain times of year.

Other employees who are prevented from taking family holidays outside term time e.g. a parent working abroad on a fixed term contract

The death of an immediate family member e.g. parent, sibling, or grandparent

An extended family that wishes to spend time together for support during a time of acute crisis.

A child or parent’ care receiving medical treatment abroad

Families who can evidence that they have experience genuine disruption to their original agreed travel plans, e.g. severe weather conditions or civil unrest.

Parents are not entitled to withdraw children whilst school is in session.

Any absence requested from school must be applied for at least one month beforehand and an appointment made with the Headteacher. Any request of absence of 10 sessions or more that is not agreed will result in a request to the Education Welfare Service for an Education Penalty Notice of £60 per child, per parent to be issued.

The school has to keep a record of all absences, and our percentages for the year to the end of July 2020 were as follows: - Overall attendance 95.3% Authorised Absence 2.9% Unauthorised Absence 0.3% There were 93 pupils on roll during the school year 2019-20

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Safeguarding

We try to create an atmosphere in school, which promotes a caring, responsible attitude amongst the children. We encourage parents to work closely with us when there are circumstances outside of school which may impact on a child’s well-being.

Safeguarding practice at the school is based on the excellent relationships that staff have with pupils. Staff know pupils well. Ofsted 2019

Behaviour Principles

School rules have been drawn up by staff and pupils to aid the safety of the children whilst they are at school. Within the school all children are expected to respect the teaching staff, other adults in the school community, their fellow pupils and property. It is also expected that children will be well behaved, hardworking and attentive in the classroom. (Please see our website for Behaviour Policy and Principles).

School Rules

High standards of good behaviour and manners are expected to be kept both within school and on the journey to/from school.

Uniform – please see our Uniform Policy on our website. Children are expected to dress smartly, with no jewellery and with appropriate hairstyles.

No children are allowed to leave the premises at any time during school hours unless the school has been notified by letter or verbally by a parent.

Infant children are handed over directly to an adult at the end of the school day. Junior children are taught that if a parent or carer has not arrived they should return to the safety of the classroom

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The school has developed its own school rules for different parts of the school site, with a “traffic lights” behaviour system and planet points system to reward children for good behaviour.

Bullying At Belmont Primary School bullying behaviour is not acceptable. When an incident is reported it is dealt with swiftly by the school staff. The school policy is available on request. Each November the school takes part in activities for “Anti-Bullying” fortnight. Please see our school website for our Anti-bullying Policy.

Health The school nurse visits the school regularly. This provides an opportunity for the parents and children to discuss any concerns they have. A consent form will be issued before any medical inspection takes place. Parents are asked to notify the Headteacher and class teacher of any health problems.

Medicines

If your child requires regular medicines, we ask that you inform the

school office as soon as possible, and complete the appropriate

medical forms. Members of staff are not permitted to administer

medicines except under special circumstances. (Please see our

Managing Medical Conditions in School policy on our website).

School Lunches

Provision is made to accommodate both children who wish to have school dinners

and those who choose to bring sandwiches.

Vegetarian meals are always available. We cater for all allergies.

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At Belmont, we operate a cafeteria system where the children collect their meal on a tray, having ordered their preferred meal the week before. Extra supervision is always given to the younger children. We have a self-managed kitchen which is able to provide a range of high class, healthy meals. For those wishing to purchase a school meal, dinner money is paid in advance weekly, each half term, termly or full year.

At present the cost of this is £11.00 per week (£2.20 per day). All infant children are entitled to free school dinners as part of the Universal Free School Meals scheme.

School Uniform

Please see our uniform policy which can be found on the school website.

A Jade Green Sweatshirt embroidered with the school crest.

A pair of navy blue trousers or navy skirt (KS2 children may wear culottes)

A pair of black shoes.

An Embroidered polo shirt.

A green Gingham dress may be worn in the summer.

Navy or white socks.

A set of navy blue waterproofs (Year 1 upwards)

A navy blue fleece embroidered with the school crest

For P.E

A Jade green "Tee" shirt with the school crest.

A pair of black shorts.

A pair of plimsolls, children may wish to use trainers when outside.

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For Games and other activities

The juniors will require a strong pair of training shoes for outdoor use.

Swimming costumes/trunks will be required for the upper juniors. Swimming hats are needed by girls and boys whose hair length necessitates them.

Reception parents are asked to provide waterproof trousers and a jacket for outdoor learning.

All clothing and personal belongings should be clearly marked with your child’s name.

Wider School Activities

The following activities form part of the life of our school.

Parent Assemblies- the purpose of these is to give the children the opportunity to share the work they are doing in school.

Concerts for public performances. These are linked with music and drama in the classroom and are held once or twice a year.

Sporting events. The school enters teams for several inter-school events during the year, including, swimming, netball, athletics and other events, which may be arranged from time to time. There may be additional practices after school. We hold an annual School Sports Day.

Educational Trips and Visits to are made during the year. These include visits around the village and local outdoor environment, full day trips and people visiting school. Recent trips include: Manchester Science Museum; Sea Life Centre; Lytham Beach; Witton Park; whole school science and drama days led by outside experts and exchange visits to other schools.

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Other Events of the School Year

Christmas Productions Christmas Fair

Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

Pantomime Visit. Christmas Party.

Coffee and Carols P.T.A. Social Events

Children's Photographs taken Swimming Gala

Athletics Competition

P.T.A. Cake Sales Annual S.A.T.s

Junior Summer Concert School Trips

School Sports Day Annual Reports

Parents' Evening Year 6 Induction days

Decorated Egg Competition Blackburn Music festival

Non-Uniform Days

END OF KS1 - YEAR 2 RESULTS

(Please note, statutory assessment did not take place in 2020 due to Covid 19)

END OF KS1 RESULTS

2019

SCHOOL NATIONAL

AVERAGE

READING (Expected

Standard)

85.7 % 74.9%

READING (Greater Depth) 28.6% 25.0%

WRITING (Expected

Standard)

85.7% 69.2%

WRITING (Greater Depth) 28.6% 14.8%

MATHS (Expected

Standard)

85.7% 75.6%

MATHS (Greater Depth) 28.6% 21.7%

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END OF KEY STAGE TWO (YEAR 6)

END OF KS2 RESULTS

2019

SCHOOL NATIONAL

AVERAGE

MATHS (Expected Standard) 85.7% 78.7%

MATHS (High level of attainment)

35.7% 26.6%

MATHS (Average Scaled

Score)

108.8 105.0

MATHS (Average Progress) 3.5 0

READING (Expected

Standard)

71.4% 73.2%

READING (High level of attainment)

42.9% 26.9%

READING (Average Scaled

Score)

107.8 104.4

READING (Average

Progress)

2.4 0

WRITING (Expected

Standard)

78.6% 78.5%

WRITING (Greater Depth) 35.7% 20.2%

WRITING (Average

Progress)

1.9 0

SPELLING, PUNCTUATION

& GRAMMAR (Expected

Standard)

92.9% 78.0%

SPELLING, PUNCTUATION

& GRAMMAR (High level of

attainment)

28.6% 35.7%

SPELLING, PUNCTUATION

& GRAMMAR (Ave. Scaled

Score)

108.8 106.3

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READING, WRITING & MATHS (Expected Standard)

64.3% 64.8%

READING, WRITING & MATHS (High level of attainment)

28.6% 10.5%

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Belmont Primary School

School Terms and Holiday Dates for the Academic Year 2020-21

Autumn Term 2020

Teacher Training Day Tuesday 1st September 2020 Term Starts Wednesday 2nd September 2020 Mid-Term Closure Monday 26th – Friday 30th October (inclusive) 2020 Term ends 2 p.m. on Friday 18th December 2020 74 days

Spring Term 2021

Teacher Training Days Monday 4th January, Tuesday 5th January 2021 Term Starts Wednesday 6th January 2021 Mid-Term Closure Monday 15th February- Friday 19th February (inclusive) 2021 Term ends 2 p.m. on Friday 26th March 2021 55 days

Summer Term 2021

Term Starts Monday 12th April 2021 Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May 2021 Mid-Term Closure Monday 31st May – Friday 4th June (inclusive) 2021 Term ends 2 p.m. on Friday 16th July 2021 Teacher Training days Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th July 2021 66 days

Total 190 days + 5 training days – The school is closed to pupils on training days.

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School Terms and Holiday Dates for the Academic Year 2021-22

Autumn Term 2021

Teacher Training Day Thursday 2nd September 2021 Teacher Training Day Friday 3rd September 2021 Term Starts Monday 6th September 2021 Teacher Training Day Friday 22nd October 2021 Mid-Term Closure 25th – 29th October (inclusive) 2021 Term ends 2 p.m. on Wednesday 22nd December 2021 72 days + 3 training days

Spring Term 2022

Term Starts Thursday 6th January 2022 Teacher Training Day Friday 11th February 2022 Mid-Term Closure 14th – 18th February (inclusive) 2022 Term ends 2 p.m. on Friday 1st April 2022 56 days + 1 training day

Summer Term 2022

Term Starts Tuesday 19th April 2022 Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May 2022 Teacher Training Day Friday 27th May 2022 Mid-Term Closure 30th May – 3rd June (inclusive) 2022 Term ends 2 p.m. on Friday 22nd July 2022 62 days + 1 training day

Total 190 days + 5 training days – The school is closed to pupils on training days.

Regulations on term-time holidays

From September 2013 amendments were made to the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006. These amendments make clear that headteachers may NOT grant any leave of absence during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances. Headteachers should determine the number of school days a child can be away from school if the exceptional leave is granted.

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