Parent Information

We believe the most successful learning for children takes place when there is a strong relationship between home and school.

We are proud to work in partnership with parents and carers.

For this to happen, parents and carers can expect certain standards from the school, and in return, we ask that parents and carers support us with key policies.

Parents and carers can expect the school to:

Provide an effective learning environment for all children
Offer outstanding learning opportunities
Give structured pastoral support to children throughout their time at MAPS
Enable children to broaden their horizons
Respond promptly to expression of concern or complaints

The school can expect parents and carers to:

Support their child’s needs to learn by creating the right environment at home for enquiry and discovery
Enable their child to achieve full attendance
Encourage their children to promote academy values, such as caring for each other and wearing the uniform correctly

Horizon’s Summer Activity pack

Click to view the Horizon Summer pack

horizon activity book.pdf

Read Write Inc & Phonics

EYFS Phonics Video

Year 1 Phonics Video

Friends of MAPS

Our main objective is to assist in building a community of parents and carers to raise funds for the school and enhance the learning environment of the students through the provision of additional resources.

We plan and hold a couple of events a year to encourage parents, grandparents and other carers to support us in whatever way they can.

The 'Friends of MAPS' committee, in consultation with the Head Teacher, agrees how the funds should be spent.

We are grateful to all those who have supported us in the past and who continue to help us. The Committee meet on a regular basis usually once a term, with smaller working groups meeting as necessary to organise larger more complicated events. If you are interested in joining our group please contact the school office who will pass your message on to us.

Snow and Bad Weather Policy

Every winter brings the possibility of snow and ice. Extreme bad weather can cause widespread and prolonged disruption. Schools are often affected and it can be difficult to maintain an education service. As a fundamental principle every effort must be made to keep schools open, even if only limited numbers of pupils can attend. There is a legal requirement to keep schools open for children to attend for 190 days per year (380 sessions). However, schools may close due to ‘unavoidable’ circumstances. Those circumstances being that it is no longer safe for staff or pupils to be onsite. We recognise that it is important that our school remains open so parents are able to work and pupils can continue to learn. Malcolm Arnold Prep School will make every effort to prepare for severe snow/ice this winter.

The government has stressed the importance of schools remaining open, wherever possible, as closures have a knock on effect on parents/carers who are key workers in other areas of the public sector, e.g. Health Services, thus undermining crucial service delivery. The overriding principle is, therefore, for schools to remain open to the maximum degree possible, as is consistent with health and safety requirements, even if it is not possible to run a full timetable.

‘The decision whether to close must, however, be for headteachers as they know their schools and surrounding areas. They should use common sense in assessing the risks and keep their schools open.’ – Department of Education

Key information

Our performance against other schools can be found via the Department for Education’s School Performance Table.

KS2 Performance Data - 2023/24

KS2 Performance Data - 2022/23

Combined for 2022 -2023 was 55% at the expected standard (across reading, writing and maths).

Combined for 2022-2023 was 3% at greater depth (across reading, writing and maths).

Reading for 2022 - 2023 was 77% at the expected standard with 32% greater depth.

Writing for 2022 - 2023 was 80% at the expected standard with 22% greater depth.

Maths for 2022 - 2023 was 58% at the expected standard and 8% at greater depth.

KS2 Performance Data - 2018/19

Final 2019 data is not available or applicable for this school. This is normally for one of the following reasons:

The school changed school type (for example, converted to an academy) or re-opened after the closure of a previous school. The 2019 data will be found on the page of the previous school, because that is where pupils carried out the majority of their R = Reception

Phase Primary Secondary 16-18

Key stage KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4 -

School years R-2 3-6 7-9 10-11 12-14

Typical ages 4-7 7-11 11-14 14-16 16-18

National curriculum - further information on key stages and assessments taken.
The school had no pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2019 - for example, because the school is new and pupils have so far only completed the first few years of their studies.
We don't publish key stage 2 figures for independent schools.