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Back to School – September
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07860 097 860
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Local Welfare Assistance Scheme
Barnsley Council are putting additional resources into the Local Welfare Assistance scheme, which helps people who are in financial crisis due to an emergency or other unexpected circumstances. This is a one-off investment as a result of the pandemic and will not be available on an ongoing basis. The current scheme
Apply for Free School Meals.
If your income has been affected by the current Coronavirus situation you may be entitled to free school meals. Please apply. You will get a decision very quickly. If you are eligible you will receive £15 per week per child in the form of supermarket vouchers. Use this link to
Help & Support with Finances
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Ofsted Report
Our School
Athersley North is a primary day school, catering for boys and girls between the ages of 3 and 11, including a 26-place full-time equivalent Nursery provision.
We are committed to providing an environment which values and includes all pupils, staff, parents and visitors regardless of their educational, physical, sensory, social, spiritual, emotional and cultural need
Useful Information
For parents & carers
Find all the useful information about our school under the Useful Information/About us tab which is located at the top of the page on the website's main menu.
WHAT MAINTAINED SCHOOLS MUST PUBLISH ONLINE
Every local-authority-maintained school must publish specific information on its website to comply with The School Information (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and 2016 and other relevant legislation. All of the information can be found on our website under the Useful Information/About Us tab or on our School Data & Policies page
SCHOOL DATA & POLICIES
We've provided a list of our school's policies and data, from admission arrangements to our funding policy. All the information can be downloaded for your records.
School Timetable
FOUNDATION STAGE 1 - Nursery - (3-4 year olds) - Children entitled to 15 hours provision
The morning session for pupils commences at 8:30am.
Parents are welcome to stay and play for 15 minutes with their child until 8.45am.
The morning teaching session ends at 11:30am.
FOUNDATION STAGE 1 - Nursery - (3-4 years old) - Children entitled to 30 hours provision
The morning session for pupils commences at 8:30am.
Parents are welcome to stay and play for 15 minutes with their child until 8.45am.
The morning teaching session ends at 11:30am.
Lunchtime is between 11:30am – 12:20pm.
The afternoon teaching session commences at 12:20pm.
The afternoon teaching session ends at 3.20pm.
FOUNDATION STAGE 2 - reception (4-5 years old) - Classes FS2A & FS2B
The school day for pupils commences at 8.50am.
Classroom door opens at 8:45am for pupils to start morning tasks.
The afternoon teaching session ends at 3.20pm.
Key Stage 1 & 2 - Pupils in Year 1 to year 6 - Class 1A to Class 9
The school day for pupils commences at 8.50am.
Classroom doors open at 8:45am for pupils to start morning tasks.
There is a 15 minute break during the morning teaching session for all pupils from Year 1 – Year 6 and another break at point convenient for the class again during the day.
The afternoon teaching session ends for all pupils at 3.20pm.
Read Write Inc.
We are a “Get Reading. Keep Reading. Change Everything.” School.
We have recently introduced the highly successful Read Write Inc. Phonics programme to teach our children to read, write and spell. Our children do well in the phonics screening check but this will mean we are able to ensure our children do even better and that by Year 2 the majority are fluent readers with the best chance of success in the KS1 tests.
Our staff have received Ruth Miskin Training and as a school we are working towards raising standards in reading and writing for our children. Our Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 children will have daily Read, Write, Inc. sessions and we will support our most vulnerable readers with extra one–to–one teaching every day. Children with gaps in their phonic knowledge, reading, writing or fluency in Key Stage 2 will also be supported through high quality Read, Write, Inc. teaching and intervention.
