About our school:

Above all else - Whingate is a happy and successful school for children and adults.

About Us

Whingate is a two-form entry Primary School which has 390 pupils on roll. There is also a Nursery for pupils aged 3 and 4 years, which is operating as a 39-place unit.

The school building was opened in April 1989. Each year area consists of two class bases and most rooms have been up-dated and redecorated in the last three years

There is a newly built library, a new ICT suite and a new Pupil Development Centre which we use for a Breakfast Club, a Lunchtime Club and for a range of teaching about personal, health and social issues. Every classroom from Year 1 to 6 has an interactive Smartboard.

Outside there are two large hard surface playing areas and a good sized grassed area. The playgrounds have some activity trails, seating, shaded and exciting permanent play markings.

The school is a secure environment, with a perimeter security fence, door entry systems and a Superintendent who lives on site.

Above all else Whingate is a happy and successful school for children and adults.

Prospectus

Our aim at Whingate is that your child should be happy and successful. We achieve this through:

• Providing caring relationships
• Providing a secure atmosphere with clear expectations
• Matching work to the needs and abilities of each child
• Setting high standards

We want to encourage children to respect all others and to develop self control of their behaviour and a sense of responsibility. We want children to develop good working attitudes.

At Whingate we aim to provide a high quality education for all.

Our Prospectus tells you everything you need to know about the school, as a prospective parent. It also acts as a Handbook, where you can check up on how any aspect of the school works.

This is what it tells you:

Our Aims	What our school is about
Organisation of the school: The Management, the Governors	A guide to who’s who
Admission Arrangements	How children get a place
Parents as Partners, Telephoning the School, Contact Details	How you can keep in touch
The School Day	Times of the day
School Dress	What we ask children to wear
Jewellery	Safe policy for wearing jewellery
Care of Children	How we look after your child
A Safe School	How we all keep safe
Insurance cover for children	What you need to do about insurance
Medicines	Our policy
Photographs and Videos of Children	Our policy
Child Health Service	Our links to other agencies
Anti-racist Policy	Our policy
School meals organisation, dinners, payment, packed lunches	Everything you need to know about school food
Attendance	Information about your child’s attendance
Concerns and Complaints	What to do if you need to complain
Educational Visits and the Charging Policy	Our policy
Helping your Child at Home	How you can help
The Curriculum	What your child learns
Sex Education	Our policy
Special Educational Needs	Our policy for supporting children
Support for Good Behaviour	Our policy
Fundraising	How we raise extra funds
After-school Activities	What you child might take part in
The Gateway	Our unique resource which supports children in Whingate

Our prospectus is freely available on request but a copy can be downloaded for reading and printing by clicking on the image below.

Please note that the document uses the Acrobat pdf format and will open in Acrobat Reader software which should be installed on your computer. The document is about 20 pages and is about 2.8MB in size.

To load Acrobar Reader (free very large download ~27MB) click on the Adobe logo to take you to the website.