“An excellent community and a
sought after school”
Herald Saturday 24th June 2017
As LMCC is closing the school will have to lose pre-school care and
wrap-around care altogether OR take on some of the responsibilities
currently run by LMCC.
Lots of the other small schools in our cluster have already changed
their age-range to 3-11 years – Morland, Milburn, Temple Sowerby,
Warcop and Orton.
We need to go to 4 classes in school AND decide a limit for admission in
each year – at the moment we are looking at a year limit of 13. Our
lowest current year in school from September will be 10 and our highest
15, with an average of 12.
However, we would never turn away a child who moved into the
catchment area of the school.
We may need to start a waiting-list for children wanting to come who
live out of catchment.
We need to offer the same care and standard of education that we
always have.
1. Children looked after by Cumbria County Council giving priority, if necessary,
to the youngest child(ren).
2. Children living in the catchment area who have brothers or sisters in the school
3. Children living outside the catchment area who have brothers or sisters in the school
at the time of their admission who were directed to that school by the LEA either in the
absence of a place being available in the catchment are school due to oversubscription
and the school was identified as the next nearest with a place available or in their Statement
of Special Educational Need - see note 3 below.
4. Other children living in the catchment area giving priority to those living furthest away from
an alternative school with a place available, measured by the shortest walking route by road.
5. Children living outside the catchment area who have brothers or sisters in the school
at the time of their admission.
6. Children living outside the catchment area, giving priority to those
who live closest to the school, measured in a straight line on the map.
Daily in the school hall
Breakfast club from 8 – 8.45 am
After school club from 3.30-5.30 pm
Proposed
School
structure
Where?
Nursery/Reception Current class 1
CLASS 1
(Class limit 26
pupils)
Y1/2
Current LMCC
CLASS 2
Nursery room
Y3/4
Current location
CLASS 3
Staffing
Pupil Numbers
2017
2018
2019
15
Reception
13
Reception
12
Reception
+ 11 max
+ 13 max
+14 max
Nursery
Nursery
Nursery
Mrs Birkett and Jill
22
25
28
Mr Ellison and Mrs
Hodgson
22
26
22
25
22
24
Miss Dixon plus 0.8
Teaching Assistant
Support (to be
confirmed)
Mrs Hodgkinson
Y5/6
CLASS 4
Current location
Mr Davis and Mrs
Hodgson
Nursery and Reception will run together in class 1 – the class is already
set up for early years, the floor area is big enough for 26 children but the
current LMCC room isn’t.
There is a larger ‘outdoor learning space’ outside the classroom.
The nursery furniture will move across form the current LMCC room.
The Y1/2’s can have a permanent classroom in LMCC which releases the
hall for PE, lunch, assemblies etc.
The nursery children will have a qualified teacher and will be supported
by fully qualified staff.
The classroom staff will look after them at lunch in the hall – they will
eat earlier than the others at 11.45 and will have an adult with them all the
time at play-time and lunch-time in the early years area outside class 1.
Reception can play with the older children when they come out of the
hall.
We will take children from the day they are three but they will have
to pay until they are eligible for the nursery grant.
Sessions will run every morning from 9-12 every morning and then
12-3pm on three days a week.
The days when we run will depend on the NEEDS of the parents
currently using LMCC and needing pre-school use.
Parents/carers can pick up their 15 hours and 30 hours if eligible.
All nursery children will be led by an experienced early years
teacher and teaching assistants/nursery staff.
Parents can pre-book sessions but will be required to pay in advance
for hours not covered by the nursery grant to secure their place.
Nursery children will eat lunch in the hall with the Reception
children at 11.45am.
They will play out from 12noon onwards in the early years play area,
supervised by the staff that work in class with them.
Children arriving for an afternoon session will join in playing with
the key member of staff and then go into class with the Reception
children.
All children in class 1 will be enjoying the same curriculum: where
children need support they will get that and their learning can also
be extended.
Parents and staff will all use Tapestry to communicate about the
children and to enable staff to assess them.
You will apply for school at age 4 in the same way as you do now and the
admissions policy guidelines will be applied, as shared earlier.
The children can wear uniform if they want or can wear normal clothes it’s up to you to decide.
Year 1 and 2 children will have their own classroom just about full-time
and will be in a small class of 22 pupils as opposed to current 30+.
They will be able to focus on the KS 1 curriculum in a quieter
environment with an experienced year 1 and 2 teacher.
Jill will be working with that class for the three days that she is in school
to support this transition.
The building was extended to allow the LMCC extension to become part
of the school, if required. We will monitor this over the months and this
may happen in the future.
We will offer breakfast club from 8-8.45 am daily in the hall with 16
places. This will need to be pre-booked and pre-paid.
We will offer an after-school club each evening that will run from
3.30pm to 5.30pm with a different focus each night – film, craft,
sport.
There will be 16 places and this will need to be pre-booked and prepaid.
Staffing and prices are currently being arranged: we will give you
further details when this is finalised.
If you need this in the first week of term you will need to book
before the holidays.