We welcome and encourage parents to come into school to support teachers in their work. Parents help is greatly appreciated with playing maths or literacy games, helping with art and craft activities, changing library books or undertaking practical science activities. We do however ask parents to help in classes other than those classes their own children are in. The reason we ask this is so that children can have their own space in school and can keep their school life separate from their home life something, which most children appreciate. The only exception to this is when the children go on educational visits when we need a considerable number of adults to children.

Education is a partnership between home and school and we place great importance on the home/school relationship. We believe strongly that it is essential for the child’s future development that we work together to provide education of the highest quality.

Parents are invited into school for parent consultation evenings in the autumn and spring terms each year. Appointments can be made for each child at which parents and teachers can discuss and celebrate the child’s progress and achievements, Parents are also welcome to make an appointment to come and look at their child’s work and discuss any issues with teachers at any time during the year. In the summer term parents receive an annual report detailing their child’s progress and attainment during the past year. In Year2 and Year6 the annual report will include the results of teacher assessments and SATs. Parents may make an appointment with their child’s teacher to discuss the report.

If parents have any concerns about their child, whether the concerns are school or home based, we would hope that parents would feel able to share their concerns with us. Sharing issues and concerns can help greatly in resolving them as quickly and positively as possible.

Monthly coffee mornings are held on a Wednesday for the purpose of sharing together and furthering knowledge and understanding of curriculum issues or school procedures.  These are very informal with parents selecting areas for discussion and or training.

No child will be excluded from any educational activity because of an inability to pay.  We do however ask for contributions towards the costs of certain activities such as educational trips, special workshops, events in school and residential visits.  Such contributions are entirely voluntary but if insufficient funds are not received trips may not go ahead.

We are fortunate to have a parent association - the Friends of St Botolph’s - who organise events throughout the school year to raise money for the school. All parents are automatically members of the association and volunteers to be on the committee are always welcome.

The Annual General Meeting is held in the autumn term when the Chairman, the Secretary and the Treasurer are elected. Many activities are planned such as the summer fair and discos, as well as Easter and Christmas activities. The money raised is used for a variety of things such as books for the leavers each year, technology kits, equipment for the children’s kitchen and stage lighting for the hall as well as major projects such as the I.C.T suite.