Welcome

The Parent Page offers links to specific information which will help support parents/carers to access useful forms, dates, letters and information which are commonly requested through the school office.

Attendance

Absence from school

Please contact the school by 9.30am on 0118 954 0770 leaving the name of the child, class and reason for absence.

Holiday Requests

Please be advised that the Department for Education have advised schools to only authorise leave of absence/holidays in exceptional circumstances, hence Rivermead will not approve any absence in term time, except in such circumstances:

a) for service personnel and other employees who are prevented from taking holidays outside term-time if the holiday will have minimal disruption to the pupil's education.

b) when a family needs to spend time together to support each other during or after a crisis.

If holidays are taken without approval, this information will be passed to our Education Welfare Officer at Wokingham Borough Council and a Penalty Notice may be issued without further warning. Payment of a Penalty Notice within 21 days is £60 per parent/carer per child between 22 and 28 days it is £120. Penalty notices are issued to each parent per child. More details on the Wokingham Council website or from the Education Welfare Service. If the fine is not paid the matter will be taken to court.

Please see below for a copy of our Attendance Policy and Leave of Absence Form.

Term Dates

Please view the below attached document for term dates.

School Calendar

PTA

Visit the PTA Shed in the Yellow Team playground or contact us and find out more about what's happening with the PTA at: PTA@rivermead.wokingham.sch.uk or www.facebook.com/rivermeadprimarypta

Newsletters

The Rivermead Round Up is distributed weekly on a Friday during term time. Please ensure the School Office has an up to date email address for you to receive it.

Parent Information Sessions

Forms

Letters

School Meals

School dinners are provided by Caterlink Ltd and cost £2.10. Meals can only be booked and paid for online at www.scopay.com.

Medical Information

Pupil Premium Grant