1. Home- School
Agreement

2. To support our child’s education we will:
Parents
To support our child’s education we will:
Make sure that our child arrives at school by 8.50am at the latest, every day
Make sure that our child comes to school every day
This academy sets a target of 97% attendance. If your child falls below this you will be sent a letter and asked to come in to school to discuss this.
Not take our child on holiday or for a extended absence during term time
Telephone school by 9.00am if my child is absent
Make sure that our child wears the correct uniform every day
Make sure that our child always has a PE Kit in school
Support our child with homework
Take a genuine interest in our child’s education by attending parents’ evenings and workshops (where possible)
Encourage our child to follow the Freehold Five
Try to ensure our child is healthy, active and eats a healthy diet
School
We will provide your child with the best possible education by:
Ensuring that your child is safe and happy
Working with you to ensure that child reaches his or her potential
Ensuring that all of our children achieve well
Contacting you if there is a problem with attendance, punctuality, behaviour or learning.
Welcoming you at all times and offering you the opportunity to become more involved in the daily life of the school
Telling you about what your children is learning each term
Set, mark and monitor your child’s homework
Encourage your child to develop the values of the Freehold Five
Promote a healthy and active lifestyle

3. (for ourselves, others and property)
Children
To make sure that you achieve the best you can be, is your responsibility to:
Come to school every day
Be on time for school every day
Wear the correct uniform every day
Try your best with your work in class
Be resilient if you get stuck
Try your best with your homework
Follow the Freehold Five
Make healthy choices
Keep our school tidy and look after it
The Freehold Five
In our school we are responsible and motivated to learn. We develop these values which help us to be a strong member of our community:
Honesty
Empathy
Resilience
Integrity
Respect
(for ourselves, others and property)

4. Code of Conduct for Trips
We will remember that we represent our school at all times by:
Following any special rules for the place we are visiting.
Remembering that members of the public are watching our behaviour
Talking quietly
Ensuring that our seat belts stay on and we never undo someone else’s belt
We will be polite and have respect for everybody by:
Listening to everybody particularly adults supervising the groups.
Following instructions
Opening doors for other people
Saying please and thank you
Allowing members of the public to go first.
We will care for each other and help one another by:
Always staying together
Caring for other peoples property
Leaving the place we have visited tidy.
Thinking about our own safety and that of others.
Taking care near roads, water and equipment that may be dangerous
Holidays in Term Time and Extended Absences
Guidelines have been set out by Focus-Trust in accordance with DFE guidelines. These have been agreed at local governing body level.
Freehold Academy will not give permission for any holidays or extended leave in term time.
If you choose to take your child away this will count as an unauthorised absence and you will be fined. You may also receive a visit from the School Attendance Improvement Service.
You still need to come into school to discuss travel arrangements with Miss Tootill
You still need to produce your travel tickets
You are risking your child’s place in this academy by taking them out of school during term time
Your child may lose their place