Home School Agreement

At Hordle CE (VA) Primary School, we are proud to be a Church of England school where out Christian vision to "live life, life in all its fullness" underpins everything we do.  

We are committed to providing a safe, respectful, and nurturing learning environment where every child is given the opportunity to thrive – developing as a lifelong learner with strong personal values, open and enquiring minds, and the confidence to become a global citizen of the future.

This Home/School Agreement outlines the essential partnership between the school, parents/guardians, and pupils. Working together, we aim to realise the full potential of every child. 

Please can all parents read and share with your child (if they are in Y3-Y6) and complete the relevant form/s below to confirm that it has been read by Friday 3rd October 2025. 

Home School Agreement

Form for parents to complete

Form for Y3+ Children (Y3+) 

Thank you for your cooperation.

Individual and Sibling Photographs -

Thursday 9th October

We are pleased to say that Cardwell & Simons will be returning this year, to take our school photos. Please see the following information about the photo day:

Breakfast Club

Will take place in the following locations:

Nursery Children - HEN Classroom

YR - Y6 Children - Please enter via the Badger Set door

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Uniform

If your child/ren have P.E, have an after school sports club or any other P.E related activities on Thursday 9th October, please send your child/ren in to school wearing their full school uniform, with their P.E kit ready to change into (in a clearly named bag). 

Please note, children should be wearing their jumpers, not hoodies. 

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Photo Proofs

All proofs will be sent home shortly after. Second parent copies can be requested via the school office (please look out for an email, should this apply to you). 

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Absence

If your child is unfortunately poorly on the photo day, a catch up session for individuals portraits will take place on Wednesday 22nd October. 

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Sibling Photographs 

If your children all attend Hordle Primary School (this does NOT include children who attend the Nursery settings), they will be photographed together throughout the day. 

If your child has a sibling who does not attend Hordle Primary School, family pictures will begin at 8:10am. We ask that you arrive promptly if you wish for your children to be photographed together. Please enter via the main school gates, where you will be directed into the hall. Please ensure you are in the queue by 8:30am at the latest. Parents are responsible for their children until they are dropped to class at 8:45am. 

If your child has a sibling who attends Hordle Explorers Nursery and you would like them photographed together, please come to the school hall for 8:10am.

Please note, if you have HEN and School siblings in Breakfast Club, you can still drop off as usual - they will be photographed together.  

Save the date - Flu Immunisations - Monday 13th October

As per the recent communication, the School Nursing team will be attending school on the morning of Monday 13th October to deliver the flu nasal spray to all year groups where a completed consent form has been provided by parents. This is free from the NHS. Please click the link below to provide consent for and information about the vaccine. 

Click the link below for the electronic form and information about the vaccine. You will need to input the School Code below to complete the form. Access to the form will close two working days prior to the session. 

School Code: SH116486

Session date: Monday 13^th October 2025

Year Group: Years R – 6

Link to website: Annual Nasal Flu Vaccination Programme - Hampshire - Parents: Health for Kids 

The nursing team will be unable to offer the nasal spray vaccination if we do not have a completed form by this date. The form submissions are managed directly by the nursing team and therefore, we will be unable to advise if you have completed the form, so please do so at your earliest convenience to avoid any confusion. We strongly advise all children to receive their flu immunisations.

Thank you in advance.

Breakfast Club and After School Club - Parent Information

Making a Breakfast Club or After School Club booking

All sessions are to be booked via your child's Scopay account.

If you are trying to book for a session within a 24 hour period prior to the booking date, you will need to email theden@hordleprimary.co.uk or call the school office on 01425 611657 as the registers are locked by this time. 

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Cancelling a Breakfast Club or After School Club booking

All sessions are to be cancelled via your Scopay account at your soonest convenience. If you cannot cancel via the app, please email theden@hordleprimary.co.uk and call the school office on 01425 611657.

Please note, for any bookings cancelled within a 24 hour period prior to the booking date, you will still be charged for the session. 

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Payments for Breakfast Club and After School Club bookings

Please can we ask that parents/guardians ensure that payments for wrap around care bookings are paid for in advance. 

There should be no debts run up on your account, which should always be kept at zero or in credit.

We appreciate it has been a busy start to the academic year but we will be following up on any debt owed from next week.

Paying via Scopay

Please follow these simple steps to make payment via your Scopay account:

♦ Open the Scopay App

♦ For families with multiple children in the nursery/school, please ensure you have the correct child selected at the top

♦ Enter payment amount under the relevant category e.g. Breakfast Club or After School Club and click ‘add to basket’

♦ Click on the basket icon at the top of the page

♦ Double check you have entered the correct amount and for the correct child and if happy, please click ‘checkout’

♦ Click ‘pay now’

♦ This will redirect you to the Hampshire County Council website where you can checkout as you normally would when online shopping

Paying via Tax Free Childcare

We also welcome families to make payments via Tax Free Childcare (TFC). If you are eligible, you will be provided with a unique Tax Free Childcare reference number. Please email your unique reference number to theden@hordleprimary.co.uk with the subject title “TFC reference”. This must be provided to us before you make any payments.

Please note, payments to us via the TFC scheme can take 5-10 working days to clear and to reach us so we kindly ask that payments are made in readiness for our nursery fees due dates.

Paying via Childcare Vouchers

Should you be in receipt of childcare vouchers, please confirm your Childcare voucher company to us in writing to theden@hordleprimary.co.uk and we will advise next steps.

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If your child is not attending Breakfast Club of After School Club

We understand that changes happen so we kindly ask that if your child is booked to attend Breakfast Club and/or After School Club but is not attending for any reason, please can we ask parents to either call the school office, email admin.office@hordle.hants.sch.uk or inform reception at pick up. Thank you for supporting this important safeguarding matter.

Nut Free School

Please remember that we are a nut and sesame free school due to some severe allergies within school and nursery settings. This includes desserts such as Battenburg and Bakewell,  hummus and many cereal bars - please check ingredients before adding to your child’s packed lunch.

Bag2School - Tuesday 4th November

Help our school raise funds by donating your unwanted, quality items!

Team PATCH have organised our first Bag2School collection of the year on Tuesday 4th November. 

Bags can be dropped off to the front school car park in the afternoon of Thursday 29th October and no later than 9am on Tuesday 4th November.

 Please place the bags under the provided tarpaulin to protect all clothing from the rain. This is extremely important as wet clothes will not be collected and unfortunately, we will be forced to dispose of them 

As well as clothing, Bag2School also accepts items such shoes, hats or bags. For a full list on what you are able to donate, please click here. 

Thank you, as always, for your ongoing support!

FSM Eligibility

Your child may be eligible for Free School Meals if you or your partner receive:

♦ Income Support

♦ Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance

♦ Income-related Employment and Support Allowance

♦ Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

♦ the guaranteed element of Pension Credit

♦ Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)

♦ Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit · Universal Credit - if you applied on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get).

If your child is eligible for and getting free school meals, they’ll remain eligible until they finish their schooling at Hordle.

If eligible, in addition to free school meals, your child will also receive:

♦ One free Hordle Hub Club per term

♦ Up to 3x Free Breakfast Club places per week (issued half termly- subject to availability)

♦ Free school jumper annually

♦ Free P.E Top at the start of a new phase (on arrival into the school and again at the start of Year 3)

♦ Free places for various holiday clubs across Hampshire (if they part of the HAF Programme)

If you think your child/ren may be eligible, please click HERE for further details on how to apply.

If you would like some help or to speak to someone about Free School Meal entitlement, please speak to Mrs Rook or Mrs Woodford in the School Office or please email adminoffice@hordle.hants.sch.uk.

Arbor Parent App

This year, we are trying to help streamline and improve communications for our families and so we kindly ask that all families download the Arbor App.

Benefits of the app:

♦ We can send you push notifications for any relevant reminders (this is currently a service we are unable to offer via text service due to cost)

♦ You can view your child's attendance records

♦ You can update personal details including relevant emergency contact information

♦ All of our consent forms are now online and so you do need the Arbor App to be able to provide consents for your child

To download via App Store, click HERE.

To download via Google App, click HERE.