Expectations of pupils, parents and BPA staff.
BPA expects high standards at all times from its pupils and parents and in return offers world class teaching with even higher teaching and pastoral care.

Primary school
The children at BPA follow the British National Curriculum. Our staffs are encouraged to refer to it as they plan their daily work with your child.
Parents are encouraged to invest time at home- talking about home work, reading together, playing games- will help your child achieve all through nursery, primary and secondary school.

Classes
Class sizes vary between 12-15 with one teacher per class and in some cases a teacher and a class assistant. Children are not grouped according to ability.
The curriculum focuses on the core subjects of Maths (Daily Maths Lesson), English, (including Literacy Hour) and Science.

Reports
Reports are given annually. They include comments on each subject studied. Once a term parents can meet with teachers to discuss their child’s progress and have a look at their work.

Equipment and books
The school provides books and stationary. Parents are welcome to donate any item of stationary to help us keep our costs down.

Lateness and Absence
We expect good standards of punctuality and children who arrive late often miss assembly or teaching time and would have to report to the office where they would be registered as late.
When a child is absent from school, the school should be contacted as soon as possible. Teachers are very concerned about your child and a lot of time can be used up in trying to enquire about the welfare of your child.

Sickness and medication
If a child is ill they should be kept at home. However, sometimes a child might have recovered from the illness but still has to complete the course of treatment or has to permanently keep medicines in school. If this is the case all medicines MUST be handed into the school office for safe keeping. They should be clearly labelled with the child’s name and dosage required. Different arrangements may be made for asthma sufferers who need to keep their medication close to hand. Parents/carers must make arrangements with the class teachers for the dosage of these medicines.
Children with diarrhoea and vomiting should not return to school at least 24 hours after the last occurrence.
Any child suffering from conjunctivitis will be excluded from school and should not return until the infection has completely cleared.

School Uniforms
The prescribed school uniforms must be worn at all times. Parents/carers are encouraged to clearly mark the clothing with the child’s name. Plain black flat shoes and plain white socks are expected to be worn at all times.

Jewellery
No jewellery may be worn except small studs for those children with pierced ears. No responsibility can be taken for those or for watches.

Toys
Personal toys are not allowed in school.

School lunches
Parents/carers providing a packed lunch for their children are asked to bear in mind the need to provide a balanced and healthy meal.

Sweets
Sweets and fizzy drinks are not permitted in school. Children are offered bottled water throughout the day.

Good behaviour
Like all good schools we insist on politeness and courtesy from our pupils. Incidents of rudeness, violence or damage are viewed with extreme concern and dealt with accordingly. In the first instance this may involve children missing their playtimes. Should such an incident re-occur then parents would be asked to come to school to discuss the matter.

Pick up and drop off
Safety is everyone’s business. Parents are asked to be safety conscious when dropping off and picking up their children; and to ensure that they do not park their vehicles without due consideration for other road users thereby posing a risk.
Children should be collected from school promptly at the end of each school day.
If parents are not able to pick up their children at the end of the day, we ask that you fill in an authorisation form during registration informing us who the authorised persons are. This is to ensure our children’s safety.

PTA
An enjoyable aspect of having a child at primary school can be getting involved in school activities. The PTA organises fund-raising events and parents who are interested in helping are welcome to inform the school.
The Parents Teachers Association also creates an ideal opportunity where we can discuss school issues that are affecting our children.

On a typical day
08.30 – school starts
11:25-11:55- First Break
1:10-1:50- Second Break
3:30pm- School sessions end (Monday-Thursday)

Please note:
1. School ends at 13.00 hours on Fridays
2. The above is subject to change and any such changes will be communicated to parents well in time