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If you are one of our parents, we would appreciate your support in helping us to review and improve our provision by providing feedback via Ofsted's Parent View website. A short survey invites you to tell us about your child's experience at our school and we hope you will support us by completing this online survey. Parent View can be accessed via this link: https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/

Our School Governors also regularly seek feedback from our parents using questionnaires and by talking with parents during our Parents' Evenings. If you would like to provide feedback at another time, please contact our governors through our office team. Thank you.

• School Open

  Mon 19 Mar 2018
  We are pleased to confirm that our school is open this morning - our site is safe for children and staff.

• Snow Closure

  Thu 01 Mar 2018
  Horndean Church of England Junior School
  School Closure - Friday 2nd March 2018
  
  
  Having carefully assessed the risks associated with the forecast weather conditions, we have decided our school will be closed on Friday 2nd March. This decision is made in the best interests of the welfare and safety of our children and staff. Our Site Manager Mr Barker was able to make our whole site safe this morning and our children have enjoyed their World Book Day activities - thank you for your support in providing such amazing costumes.
  
  The forecast of heavy snow, very cold temperatures and the danger of black ice forming overnight means that all schools in our area will be closed tomorrow. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the closure and hope that this early notification is helpful.
  
  Current forecasts suggest that our school will be open as usual on Monday morning. We continue to prioritise our children’s wellbeing, thank you for your support and understanding.
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Protecting Your Child Against Flu

  Mon 25 Sep 2017
  Please take a look at this NHS information leaflet which provides useful information for parents.
  NHS Leaflet
  

• Ofsted: Good School

  Tue 04 Apr 2017
  We are proud to share the outcome of our recent Ofsted inspection with you. The inspection report letter celebrates the fact that we are a good school. This judgement is based on a range of evidence gathered during our inspection on 14th March 2017 including observations of teaching and learning; analysis of progress made by children seen in lessons, in their books and through assessments; together with an evaluation of the effectiveness of our school leadership.
   
  Three judgements included near the beginning of the report letter are particularly important -
  our children are well cared for, taught well and encouraged to do their best.
   
  During the inspection Ofsted Inspector Mr Bruce Waelend saw evidence of genuine, effective learning partnerships between children and staff and positive relationships between children, who he feels behave well and are kind to each other. Importantly, Mr Waelend quickly saw that our Christian values of TLC underpin all of our work and he found we have a clear safeguarding culture which places the well-being of children at the heart of everything we do.
   
  Mr Waelend praised the quality of teaching provided by our teachers and Learning Support Assistants (LSAs), particularly as a result of our recent school improvement work including our move away from setting to class teaching. The report states that lessons are interesting, purposeful and provide challenging activities to help children achieve well. It also refers to our teachers’ use of Assessment for Learning to ensure that teaching is precisely matched to children’s learning needs on a daily basis. Our children’s experience of this includes flexible grouping where they are taught in Keep Up, Catch Up and Enrichment groups each day for English and maths which vary according to the individuals’ learning needs for that lesson. The report also refers to our effective intervention strategies including guided group teaching together with pre- and post-teaching by LSAs.
   
  The inspector praised our prompt and decisive action following lower than normal SATs results last year which immediately secured a positive impact on standards. We shared the outcomes of Year 6’s recent practice tests and he talked with several children to check they are well prepared for the tests in May. As a result, he judged that our children are in a strong position this year to secure good outcomes, particularly in maths where he saw evidence of rapid progress.
   
  Mr Waelend met with our Senior Leadership Team and a group of our Governors. He was impressed by the incisive challenge and support offered by our governors and judged that we know our school well and have correctly identified appropriate priorities for improvement.
   
  Ofsted’s role in all schools is to periodically assess the quality of education provided to children through a rigorous inspection process and our inspector gathered evidence forensically, leaving no stone unturned. We valued the opportunity to validate our own judgement that the quality of education we provide is really good and that our recent school improvement successes demonstrate the effectiveness of our leadership in identifying our strengths and acting decisively on areas for improvement as soon as they arise.
   
  Our current improvement work will continue with a renewed focus on ensuring every individual child is enabled to be successful so that all disadvantaged children (those for whom the Pupil Premium applies) without exception make the same strong progress which many do. We must also continue to promote good attendance so that no child’s learning is affected by absence from school.
   
  We look forward to continuing to work with our parents to secure excellent provision for all our children.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Year 6 SATs Information for Parents

  Thu 30 Mar 2017
  We are pleased to attach a leaflet regarding the Key Stage 2 Assessments for our Year 6 children. We hope that our Year 6 parents found our Parent Learning Workshop earlier this term useful, if you would like any further information please contact your child's class teacher or our Year 6 Leader Mr Tom Upfield.
  
  A copy of the leaflet can be downloaded below.
  
  

• Hampshire Attendance Code of Conduct Update

  Fri 13 Nov 2015
  Hampshire's Attendance Team have asked us to share some information with you to clarify the situation regarding Penalty Notices.
  
  Click this link for Hampshire's information for parents regarding possible penalties for non-attendance
  
  We know how important it is for children to arrive in school promptly and ready to learn each day, thank you for your support in promoting progress through high standards of attendance.