At Thoresby Vale Primary Academy, we believe a strong partnership between school and home is key to success. Our ‘parents as partners’ approach ensures we all work together to achieve the best for your children.

We are committed to building great relationships with families. We understand how important your trust is when you entrust us with your children’s care and education.

We offer a transition programme with activities to help everyone feel comfortable. You’ll also have opportunities to meet staff, learn about the curriculum, and join in learning with your child.

Good communication is vital, and we will have an open-door policy so you can easily share any questions, concerns, or feedback with us.

Our promise to families

  • We will be an academy that prides itself on parental communication and believe this needs to be two-way to ensure success.
  • We will be a welcoming and friendly academy for families and visitors.
  • We will establish a mutually supportive and respectful relationship with all of our families, where trust and clear communication is at the heart of all we do.
  • We will keep parents informed and involved in a positive and honest way, through working in partnership together in order to help every child achieve their full potential socially, emotionally and academically.
  • We will respond swiftly and efficiently to the needs of families and visitors.
  • We will not accept discrimination or intolerance of any kind.
  • We will provide timely and relevant information for families through the use of our parental communications platform, text messaging service, website, and the email distribution of letters and newsletters.

What can families expect from us

  • Meet the teacher sessions – we hope to offer tours of the new building pre-opening for a chance to meet our team and teaching staff. We will share more details as soon as the information becomes available. During term time children and families will have the opportunity to meet teaching staff before moving class or school.
  • Weekly newsletter – keeping you up to date with everything that is going on within the academy and timely reminders about upcoming dates to be aware of.
  • Regular parent consultation evenings – to share your children’s successes.
  • Formal written reports about your child’s successes and areas for development.
  • ‘T with the P’ – regular informal chances to meet with the principal, have a cuppa and share queries, feedback and positive experiences.
  • ‘Share the learning’ – times when you can come into the academy and join in with your child’s learning experiences.
  • Curriculum newsletters – letting you know what your child is learning at the academy and suggesting ways you can help.
  • ‘I didn’t do it like that’ sessions – we realise that some things have changed since we were at school. These sessions help grown-ups to understand how children are taught and how they can help at home.

 

Communication will mostly be online (through our parental communication platform, emails, texts and website) as we have found that this helps ensure messages are delivered and families do not have too many things stuck to their fridge door! Our academy will also be cashless for your convenience.