Home School Agreement

Manor Primary School Home School Agreement 

The school will:

• Do everything they can to keep your child safe and look after their welfare at all times.
• Contact families and involve safeguarding agencies if there are any safeguarding issues.
• Provide a happy, nurturing and secure environment in which your child can flourish.
• Keep you informed about your child's individual progress through regular meetings and progress reports.
• Share good news in public and concerns in private.
• Listen and act on any concerns you might have about your child's education or welfare.
• Creat a strong and positive community feel.
• Ensure children are ready, respectful and safe. 

The family will:

• Contact the school if they have any safeguarding concerns.
• Make sure children arrive in plenty of time before the beginning of school, and are collected promptly at the end of the day.
• Be responsible for your child's behaviour before 8.40am and after 3.15pm. Families must keep children safe during these times.
• Aim for 100% school attendance and make any appointments outside of learning time.
• Ensure children are properly dressed and organised for school. This includes coming into school in PE kit on the correct day.
• Support the school to develop our child's knowledge of the world.
• Uphold a high standard of communication including talking to the school about issues and not spreading rumours or misinformation.
• Ensure children read regularly.
• Attend all meetings with teachers, come to the school immediately when asked to do so and communicate directly with the school when problems arise.
• Role-model curiosity through reading all school-related correspondence, visiting libraries, reading at home and practising interests or hobbies.
• Support the school's ethos by promoting positive behaviours linked to being, ready, respectful and safe.
• Clearly label all belongings with the child's full name.

The pupil will: 

• Follow the Manor Behaviour Blueprint and expectations.
• Talk to the teacher if the feel unsafe in any way.
• Be polite, kind, friendly and respectful to all members of our school community, including visitors.
• Take care of the school and everything and everyone in it, and tell a member of staff if they are worried or unhappy.
• Move with dignity in the building and be courteous when they meet others in the corridors and communal spaces.
• Show good manners at lunchtime and eat a range of healthy foods.
• Listen carefully to others.
• Persevere with their learning and allow everyone around them to work hard too. 
• Participate in all school-based activities.
• Take responsibility for their own belongings.
• Be ready, respectful and safe

At Manor, we believe that the purpose of education is to enable every child to flourish and to become the best that they can be. We expect our children to be ready, respectful and safe.

Achieving our goal is a shared endeavour that involves the commitment of staff, families and pupils. This home-school agreement sets out the key responsibilities that will enable us to achieve our ambitions. It is essential that everyone fulfils their responsibility and plays a full part in helping our pupils to flourish,

Together we well:

• Create a community where staff, pupils and families are ready, respectful and safe.
• Strive for the highest academic standards and do everything in our power to deliver outstanding teaching and learning.
• Communicate honestly and work in partnership to resolve any problems that may arise.

Thank you for choosing our happy school!

By making the positive choice to attend this school, families are expected to support us by following the guidelines as described in this agreement.