Assistance

The local authority recognises that parents may not be able to meet all the costs involved in providing for their children’s needs at school. If your child attends a school in Enfield and you are resident within the borough, you may be entitled to various grants and other types of assistance. These are, depending on financial circumstances:

• Free school meals
• Free travel to and from school
• Assistance towards the cost of instrumental tuition

For more information, please speak to the school office.

Uniform

Lost property

It is very easy for children’s clothes, bags and lunch boxes to get mixed up. Please avoid this by clearly marking your child’s belongings with their name in permanent ink or via a name label.

The school has a lost property box which is located near the welfare office. The office staff, your child’s class teacher or teaching assistant will be happy to show you where it is but will not be able to search for items that are lost without names.

The lost property box is emptied at the end of each half-term. Tables will be set out in the playground so that parents can sort through the labelled items, but also allows an opportunity for unnamed school uniform items to be sold at a small cost. A few school uniform items without a name are kept as spares. Please be aware that any lost property that isn’t collected will be either given to charity or disposed of depending on its condition.

We are unable to take responsibility for lost property (including uniform items, coats, shoes, bags, lunch boxes, mobile phones, jewellery items and watches, hats, gloves, scarves, personal stationery, etc).

If your child accidentally brings home an article of clothing belonging to someone else, please immediately send this back to school so it can be returned to its rightful owner.

School Lunch

We want to help children gain a real appreciation for good quality food, where it comes from, how it’s produced and why healthy food is important.

Our school lunches are provided by Nourish, which prepares delicious, nutritious and healthy meals every day. Together we offer children a wonderful choice of hot food, fresh vegetables, freshly baked bread, fresh fruit, yoghurt, jacket potatoes and more. There really is something for everyone. All meals are cooked from fresh ingredients every day.

Breakfast at Brimsdown

We offer a free breakfast club daily from 8.15am. If you would like your child to attend, please book a place via Arbor in advance.

Brimsdown also offers a club that starts at 7.45am and costs £2 per child. This can be booked on Arbor. 

Parents Concerns

If you have any concerns, please fill out our form and we’ll get back to you shortly.

Glossary

Here are some of the most common education and related terminology:

Academies – Academies are independent state-funded schools. These schools have more freedom over their finances, the curriculum they teach and teachers’ pay and conditions. These schools are funded directly by central government rather than by the local authority. 

AfL – Assessment for Learning. From September 2009, all UK schools were expected to implement an assessment for learning program. Day-to-day assessments would include effective questioning; observations of children during teaching and while they are working; holding discussions with children; analysing work and reporting to children; conducting tests and giving quick feedback.

APP – Assessing Pupils’ Progress. APP is a structured approach to periodically assessing maths, science, reading, writing and speaking and listening skills.

AT – Attainment Target. Sets out expected standards of pupils’ performance at the end of each key stage.

BESD – Behaviour Emotional and Social Difficulties

BSL – British Sign Language

CAF – Common Assessment Framework. A form to coordinate all the agencies working with a family with problems.

DfE – The Department for Education. The DfE is responsible for education and children’s services in England.

EAL – English as an Additional Language. Refers to children whose first language(s) is /are not English and who may not yet be speaking English fluently or even at all.

EBD – Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

EP – Educational Physiologist

EWO – Education Welfare Officer. Person employed by the Local Authority to help parents and the LA meet their statutory obligations in relation to school attendance.

ESOL – English for Speakers of Other Languages or English as a Second or Other Language. If English is not your main language you can take part in a course to help you improve your English. These courses are called ESOL.

FSM – Free School Meals

G and T – Gifted and Talented

HI – Hearing Impairment

HLTA – Higher Level Teaching Assistant

ICT – Information and Communication Technology

IEP – Individual Education Plan. A document that outlines specific learning objectives for a student and how those objectives will be carried out.

INSET – In-Service Education and Training. Training for school staff, which takes place during the school year.

ITT – Initial Teacher Training

KS1 – Key Stage 1 – 5-7 years old

KS2 – Key Stage 2 – 7-11 years old

LA – Local Authority

LSP – Learning Support Plan

MFL – Modern Foreign Languages

MLD – Moderate Learning Difficulties

NQT – Newly Qualified Teacher

Ofsted – The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills is an independent organisation, which reports directly to Parliament. Ofsted inspects and regulates services, which care for children and young people and those providing education and skills for learners of all ages. Ofsted sets out to raise standards in British schools through regular inspections.

PE – Physical Education

PPA – Planning, Preparation and Assessment Time

PPF – Pupil Premium Funded

PSHE – Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

PSP – Pastoral Support Plan

QTS – Qualified Teacher Status 

RE – Religious Education

SATs – Standard Attainment Tests/Tasks. National Curriculum Tests and Tasks which take place at the end of Key Stage 2.

SEN – Special Educational Needs Provision. Support for pupils with learning difficulties.

SENCO – Special Educational Needs Coordinator

SLD – Severe Learning Difficulties

SLT – Senior Leadership Team 

SMSC – Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development

TA – Teaching Assistant