Prospectus 2020-21

PROSPECTUS

2020/21

Together Everyone Achieves More
Kerr Mackie creates a confident and curious

community that challenges and cares

Headteacher: Mrs K Furlong
Deputy Headteacher: Mr A Maldonado

Gledhow Lane, Leeds, LS8 1NE
Tel: 0113 3368499

Email: [email protected]
https://www.kmps.org.uk/

Twitter: @KerrMackieP

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Comments from Parents/Carers about Kerr Mackie:

I would just like to take this opportunity to I really enjoyed looking at how
say how pleased I am that my child attends pupils in the different year groups
Kerr Mackie and how nice and welcoming approach maths –lots of learning
and compassionate all the teachers are at all for Parents/Carers/Carers to do
over the coming years!
times.

Maths week Reception open evening
You should be really proud of A really interesting and well
the children! They were polite, organised evening – I’m extremely
enthusiastic and could explain impressed and also amazed to see
their thinking and methods the reception classroom. I’m
convinced my son is going to have a
really clearly. They showed great time at Kerr Mackie.
great understanding of what
they were doing - –it was a

pleasure to see.

Year 5 welcome meeting Year 6 tea dance
A really good idea for us to have an What a fantastic event.
overview of the year and the I have loved all the
direction that teaching and wonderful art and
learning is headed. Thank you very writing as well as the
much. fab dancing. Well done
Year 6.
Year 3 Viking showcase
Amazing – best thing I’ve ever seen Year 4 Egyptian museum
at a school……not like when I was at It was so good that the pupils could
talk about their subject. Great idea
school! and very enjoyable for all!

Reception Christmas concert
Absolutely fantastic, what an
amazing show with so much
effort put in from staff and
pupils!

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Welcome to Kerr Mackie Primary School where we create a confident and curious
community that challenges and cares.

I would like to warmly welcome you to Kerr Mackie Primary School and hope that this prospectus will give
you an insight into the way we work.
We are an inclusive and happy school with lots of going on.
We have a fantastic staff team who are passionate about ensuring that all children enjoy their learning
and everything we do is based on our five key values: Community, Challenges, Confidence, Curiosity and
Care. We provide a broad and balanced curriculum, which engages pupils and inspires them to be lifelong
learners.
We aim to develop a strong partnership with parents and carers and encourage their involvement in their
child’s learning and school life.
If you would like to learn more about the school, please make an appointment to come and visit us.

Mrs K Furlong
Headteacher

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CURRICULUM

At Kerr Mackie, we have designed our curriculum to meet the needs of our pupils in order to ensure
excellent progress.
At Kerr Mackie we aim to provide a rich, varied and exciting curriculum, which inspires our pupils to learn
not only important basic skills, but also to deepen their understanding of the wider world and their place
within it. We place a very high value on developing personal and social skills and citizenship, with the
pupils making positive contributions to both school life and the wider community. As well as lessons in
the classroom, we use the school grounds and we visit the local environments for studies as well as
offering visits to theatres, museums etc.
Subjects
All pupils at Kerr Mackie Primary School are taught the full range of National Curriculum subjects - English,
Mathematics, Science and RE, which form the core of the curriculum, plus PSHE, Computing, History,
Geography, Design & Technology, Music, Art, Physical Education and French. The curriculum we offer is
designed to take account of the whole range of subjects and cross curricular themes included within the
National Curriculum.
Early Years
In Reception, our curriculum is focused on providing all children with a fantastic start to their schooling.
Staff love providing the children with a range of experiences and opportunities to develop their curiosity
and engage them in their learning. Every child is unique and our early year’s curriculum recognises this by
providing children with a wide range of learning opportunities which are both indoors and outdoors.
The curriculum will respond to Childrens interest as staff reflect daily on how the children have responded
to the current learning theme; this supports all children to develop a love of learning.

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Extended Curriculum

Playtimes
We encourage out of class time to be constructive, safe and fun. Our behaviour support worker and
inclusion team work closely with our lunchtime staff to provide a range of fully staffed activities. Our
playground is also ‘zoned’ to provide areas of focused play.
Clubs
We offer a range of opportunities for pupils to extend and enhance their experience and learning beyond
the classroom, via clubs run by both staff and out of school providers.

Educational Visits and Trips
We always have an extensive variety of residential and day visits for pupils from Reception upwards.
School Hours
The school day starts at 9am, however our doors open for early morning work at 8:45am. The school day
ends at 3:15pm for Reception and 3:25pm for years one to six.
Wrap Around Care
We are able to offer full wrap around care from pupils from Nursery to year six from 7:30am until 6pm
every day during term time.
Cost
Breakfast club, including breakfast is
£5 per session.
After School Club, including meal and snack Is £9.50 per session.
Our aim of wrap around is to provide the children with a positive and relaxed play experience in a safe
and fun environment, which upholds the values and aims of the school.

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School Meals and Snacks
At Kerr Mackie, our dinners are freshly prepared on the premises. There is always a choice of a hot
nutritious traditional meals. We always have a vegetarian and a halal option. Children who do not wish to
have a school meal may bring a healthy packed lunch into school.
Free School Meals
All children in Reception, year one and year two are entitled to a free school meal. Parents who are in
receipt if certain benefits may also be entitled to free school meals. Please talk to a member of staff or
see our website for further information.
Milk
Children in receipt of free school meals and Reception children (in the term before the child reaches the
age of five years old) are entitled to milk every day. Other children also have the option of having milk
every day at a nominal termly cost. Milk must be pre-ordered online termly.
Fruit
All children in Reception, Year one and Year two are entitled to and are provided with a piece of fruit
every day at morning break.

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Inclusion
Special educational needs
Kerr Mackie Primary School, in common with all Leeds schools, organises Special Educational Needs
according to the national Code of Practice. This is designed to monitor the special needs of pupils in the
school, be they academic, behavioural, social or emotional.
If there are concerns about a child, the Code lays down a process which closely involves
Parents/Carers/Carers, the school and the child in seeking ways of bringing about progress. Pupils who
have a formal Statement of their Special Educational Needs are given support as detailed in that
Statement and their progress is monitored through the Annual Review system. Pupils with Special
Educational Needs, both statemented and not, are usually taught within their own class and may receive
support from other members of staff as appropriate.
Mrs Davies is our Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator. In conjunction with the Assistant SENCo, Mrs
Garlick, and class teachers, she monitors progress of individual pupils and provides advice and support as
required. She also liaises with Parents/Carers/Carers, the school psychologist and other agencies and is
responsible for deploying support needed for the children. Our inclusion team also consists of Mrs Lal,
Mrs Cambridge and our Support Behaviour Worker Miss Gonzalez Fernandez.
Accessibility
The staff at Kerr Mackie make every effort to ensure that all children have equal access to the full range of
educational opportunities provided by the school.

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Uniform
When children are in school, they are part of our community and by wearing a uniform, we hope to
promote a feeling off equality and belonging. All children in school are expected to wear a school uniform.
Uniform
Navy trousers/skirt/shorts
Navy sweatshirt/cardigan with or without the Kerr Mackie logo
White/sky blue polo shirts
White shirt/blouse
Black shoes/plain black trainers
Grey/navy tights
Grey/Navy/White socks
Blue and white gingham/striped dresses maybe worn in the summer months.
PE Kit
Your child also requires;

- White T-shirt
- Navy/black shorts/leggings/jogging bottoms
-
Swimming
As part of the National Curriculum, children (in year four only) go swimming once per week. We
will communicate what the children need to year four parents as necessary.

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GETTING INVOLVED

THE Our governors are representative of the
GOVERNING parent’s school staff and local
community. They have responsibility for
BODY overseeing the organisation curriculum
and budget of the school. The day to
day running of the school is entrusted
to the Headteacher and staff.

PSA Our PSA organises social and
fundraising events and hold regular
meetings to plan forthcoming events
and discuss current issues. We
encourage and welcome new parents
to join us.

VOLUNTEERS We always welcome volunteers
ASSEMBELIES into school. We ensure all our
volunteers have enhanced DBS
certificates.

Parents are welcome to attend our
weekly celebration assemblies.
Class assemblies’ take place every
Thursday and parents will be
invited to attend.

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ADMISSIONS

NURSERY
We offer places in our nursery to children after their third birthday. The admissions process is
run through the school office. We offer a range of attendance patterns for fifteen hour funded
places as well as a limited amount of thirty hour places.
If you are interested, please see the school website for more details or ring the school office on
0113 336 8499
RECEPTION
We follow the Leeds City Council admissions process for school places.
YEARS ONE – SIX
If you would like a place in years one to six, then please call the office to discuss the availability
of places and to meet with a member of our school.

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ATTENDANCE

It is vital that pupils achieve maximum attendance at school. We have a Home School Agreement in which
we ask Parents/Carers and pupils to sign up to the child achieving full attendance throughout the school
year.
We do not allow holidays in term time and ask Parents/Carers to avoid taking their child out of school
except in exceptional circumstances. We award attendance certificates to the classes with 96% or above
each week. When a child is ill we ask that Parents/Carers advise the office or ring into school on the first
morning of their absence. Every absence must be explained and we will contact you by telephone if your
child has any unexplained absences for whereby the office has no reason for this.
Holidays in Term Time
The headteacher is the only person who can authorise a pupil’s absence. Absence will only be granted in
exceptional circumstances.
If a child is absent for twenty days consecutively, without authorisation, their name will be removed from
roll, in line with Leeds City Council policy and with the school’s policy of ensuring full attendance by all
pupils.
Similarly, Parents/Carers cannot take their child out of school e.g. if you were to take an extended holiday
or have parental commitments elsewhere, which goes beyond twenty days (which equates to for full
school weeks) you will not be able to keep your child’s name on the school roll. This place would be
offered to another child whose Parents/Carers wish to have them admitted to Kerr Mackie.

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