Office Reminders:

Local Traffic and Parking

From as early as 2.30pm, local roads around the estate are becoming blocked by cars arriving early to collect children from the academy. We are receiving a number of complaints from residents as a result of this, who are unable to access their own homes due to cars parked on the roads waiting to come through our gates at pick up time.

The main gates are opened at 3.00pm each day and, due to our statutory obligations to safeguard all pupils and staff on site, these cannot be opened earlier. There are a small number of staff who are not classroom-based and are therefore available to open the gates at the end of the day. Occasionally, these staff may all be busy at the same time dealing with important matters and situations within the school. The safety and wellbeing of our pupils will always come first and we therefore ask that consideration and understanding are given when there is a small delay in the main gates being opened at the end of the academy day; there is always a valid, unavoidable reason when this happens. Whilst we appreciate that delays of this kind can be frustrating, verbal abuse of any kind towards any member of LPPA staff will never be tolerated.

We would ask that parents and carers please walk to the academy to collect your child(ren) where at all possible. Alternatively, please do not arrive at the site until 3pm when the gates are opened and vehicular access provided, as this will prevent a long queue of stationary traffic forming around the estate. We are incredibly lucky at LPPA to have a carpark that accommodates so many vehicles. Indeed, many local schools do not allow vehicles on site, with some not even having a carpark at all. It remains as important as ever to respect our local neighbours and residents; thank you in advance for anticipated support with this matter.

Finally, please can I ask that cars are not double parked within the carpark, in particular in the staff parking area. Many of our staff have to leave the site promptly at the end of their working day to collect their own children and this becomes difficult when others have parked behind their vehicles. Please do bear this in mind if you are bringing your vehicle onto the academy site. Thank you.

Contacting the class teachers:

If you have concerns that you would like to raise with the academy, please do so via the school office email address on contactus@langleyparkprimaryacademy.org.uk and it will be directed to the relevant members of staff.

Whole School Attendance:

93.34%

Weekly Class Attendance Award:

Jazzy

97.50%

Key Dates:

Wednesday 28th September Police Visit to Year 5 pupils

Thursday 29th September Nursery and Reception Yoga Workshop, 9.00am-12.00pm

Tuesday 11th October Restart a Heart Workshop, Year 6 pupils

Thursday 13th October Individual School Photographs, all year groups

Friday 21st October Last day of Term 1

Monday 7th November Return to school for Term 2

Please note that these are confirmed dates but should we need to change any due to unforeseen circumstances, we will communicate this with you with as much notice as possible.