School starts next week on Tuesday 27th August where we will be embarking on a week of crew.

Throughout the week students are required to be at school at normal time (8:30am) but finish times will be slightly different depending on the schedule for the day. Students will require a pen, pencil and ruler this week and a kit list has been sent out for Wednesday and Thursday.

The week’s schedule will be as follows:

Tuesday – In school with a normal finish time of 3:15. There is no extended study in school this week.

Wednesday – Out of school on crew activities so students will need a backpack with a packed lunch, a bottle of water, hiking boots and waterproofs.  Please check the kit list for further details of the required clothing.  Please can students come to school in trainers, not their walking boots.  We are expected to be back at school for around 5pm.

Thursday – Out of school on crew activities so students will need a backpack with a packed lunch, a bottle of water, hiking boots and waterproofs. Please check the kit list for further details of the required clothing.  Please can students come to school in trainers with their walking boots in their bag. We are expected to be back at school for around 5pm. 

Friday – Students will be in school all day. Their week will be completed with a Presentation of Learning commencing at 2:15pm which parents are invited to attend and support students as they answer their Guiding Question.

Please refer to these important docs and ensure you and your child are familiar with them.

• Kit list
• Kit notes
• Female hygiene in the outdoors
• Male hygiene in the outdoors
• Country code

E25 will be on fieldwork on Tuesday 4th June. 

Please make arrangements for your child to arrive at school no later than 7:45am and be collected around 5pm.  

The fieldwork arrangements are as follows:

• All students to arrive at school by 7:45am for a prompt departure at 8am.
• Students will need to bring a packed lunch and bottle of water (no glass bottles or fizzy drinks or sweets.)  NOTE: Please bring this in a small paper or plastic bag, as there will not be room for large bags to be stored on site.
• Please bring any prescribed medication required, clearly labelled in a plastic bag or envelope with your child’s name and required dosage.  This includes travel sickness tablets where necessary as we will be travelling via coach for approximately 2 hours.
• Sensible clothing, coat and shoes need to be worn (we will be outside for part of the day)
• Students will return to school at approximately 5pm – although we will post updates on the website and social media.
• The venue we are visiting is a strictly phone free zone, so students will need to turn their mobile phones off or on to flight mode during the fieldwork.  If any parents need to get in touch with our venue during the fieldwork please contact the school office on 01302 898792 as they will have instructions as to how to contact us whilst on fieldwork.
• If any parents would like to know the destination of our fieldwork or have any questions, please contact me at [email protected]

Many thanks for your support.

Dear Parents.

We feel that it is only right that we share and remind all parents of the schools Credit Control Policy.

If there is an outstanding balance on your account at present can you please bring it up to date asap. We will be implementing the policy wherever it is required and contacting parents over this coming week where necessary.

The policy is as follows:

Students School Meals

School meals are priced at £2.50 per student which is the price that the school pays to Doncaster Schools Catering. This is charged at cost, with no profit to the school, through ParentPay.

 

When a child’s account is in arrears the school makes contact with the parent(s) to ask for the outstanding balance to be brought up to date. There may be exceptional circumstances as to why there is an outstanding balance, in which case the school will work with parents to put in place a payment schedule. If parents fail to bring the balance up to date the following process will be followed on a weekly basis.

 

1. If the balance exceeds one week’s lunch costs (£12.50) a text will be sent to the ParentPay payer.

 

1. If the balance exceeds three week’s lunch costs (£37.50) the payer will be contacted by phone call. A voicemail will be left if necessary. At this stage we will ask parents to send their child in with a packed lunch until the debt has been cleared. The child’s Crew Leader is expected to monitor if the child is expecting a school lunch, and contacting the parent themselves as necessary.

 

1. If the balance exceeds four week’s lunch costs (£50.00) a letter will be sent to the payer from the Principal. This will advise parents of a meeting date and time they must attend in order to resolve their ongoing failure to pay for their child’s lunches. This meeting will be with the Principal. A payment schedule will be agreed and failure to comply will result in further action.

 

1. If, following the above meeting, the balance remains outstanding the school will seek legal advice and any necessary action will be taken.

Music Lessons

XP believes that music should be made accessible for all and has decided to subsidise the cost of music lessons for parents. Each hour of music lessons costs the school £36.00, but we charge parents £22.50 for an individual lesson and £16.50 for a group lesson. This is a saving for parents of at least £135.00 over an Academic Year.

As a result we ask that parents commit to lessons for the whole year in the form of a signed letter agreement, as the school must commit to the Music Service provision for the whole year.

 

Cancellation of lessons mid year will still require payment in full to avoid any further cost to the school.

 

Payments are required in 3 installments as per the ‘traditional’ school terms. One payment is expected in September, one in January and the final payment in April.

 

1. If the payment is not settled by October (first payment), February (second payment) or May (final payment) a text will be sent to the ParentPay payer.

 

1. If the payment is still not settled by November (first payment), March (second payment) or June (final payment) the payer will be contacted by phone call. A voicemail will be left if necessary and Crew Leader will also be notified.

 

1. If the payment is still not settled by December (first payment), April (second payment) or July (final payment) a letter will be sent to the payer from the Principal. This will advise parents of a meeting date and time they must attend in order to resolve their ongoing failure to pay for their child’s music lessons. This meeting will be with the Principal. A payment schedule will be agreed and failure to comply will result in further action.

 

1. If, following the above meeting, the balance remains outstanding the school will seek legal advice and any necessary action will be taken.

Fieldwork and Visits

XP does not normally charge parents for the cost of fieldwork as part of the curriculum. We do ask parents to pay in full for non-essential visits due to the higher costs eg Visit to Spain.

 

Parents are also notified that payment of the initial, non-refundable deposit is their acceptance of the liability for the costs to the school incurred through pre-booking.

 

The school will issue a payment schedule to parents in advance. Failure to pay in a timely manner will result in the following process.

 

1. As per the payment schedule, a text will be sent to all payers who have not settled the amount due by the installment deadline date.

 

1. If the payment is still not settled one week after the payment deadline the payer will be contacted by phone call. A voicemail will be left if necessary and the trip leader will also be notified.

 

1. If the payment is still not settled two weeks after the payment deadline a letter will be sent to the payer from the Principal. This will advise parents on a meeting date and time they must attend in order to resolve their ongoing failure to pay in advance of the next installment due date. This meeting will be with the Principal and trip leader. A payment schedule for the outstanding amount will be agreed and failure to comply will result in further action.

 

1. If, following the above meeting, the balance remains outstanding the school will seek legal advice and any necessary action will be taken.