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Planning for return to school – September 2020

September start dates – Students will have a slightly staggered start to the new school year to ensure that they have the chance to walk the routes into school and to their year group learning areas, social spaces and lunch arrangements. More on all of these elements will be sent out to you in the week commencing 17th August.

Lunches – Lunch times will be staggered in a similar way as at present but year groups will have their own eating and social space. All students will have access to a hot meal although the choices might be a little more limited than usual. We are exploring the option of a meal order app which works directly with Cunningham’s (our catering system) so that students or parents will be able to pre order their lunch either at home or at school. Again more information to follow.

ParentPay - Due to the health & safety issues around receiving cash and using money loaders within school we are moving to school becoming cashless. All payments for lunch, activities, uniform etc must be paid in through the Parentpay app. If you have not yet registered for ParentPay you will very shortly be receiving an email letter indicating how to do so. Please do contact us if you need any help with this.

Uniform - We will expect students to wear trousers/skirt/shirt/shoes in line with our school uniform policy and a tie that is available to buy from school. We would normally expect everyone to wear full uniform every day including a blazer but have agreed that due to difficulty placing orders students will not need to wear a blazer until October half term. Students will however not be allowed to wear sweatshirts or hoodies inside the school building. We are working with School Trends to ensure that orders can be placed early in September for delivery before October half term.

PE Kit - Chaucer PE kit has also been difficult to order during this time so again until October half term students only need to have plain shorts/leggings or tracksuit bottoms and a plain t shirt for PE. On days that your child has PE they should come into school in their PE kit so they do not have to use changing room areas.

Equipment – Students will be provided with a pack of equipment including pens/pencils/rubber/ruler/whiteboard and whiteboard pens as well as a pack of subject specific resources which they will keep with them and need to bring to school every day.

Please do check social media, the website and the post to keep upto date with the information we will be sharing with you over summer. Please continue to email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. This address is checked regularly but please do be patient as staffing levels are reduced in the summer and the school office will be closed between Monday 3rd August and Friday 14th August.

Update 21st July 2020

We have put together a handy guide on returning to school in September. You can find all the information here

Finally for now we hope you have a lovely summer, stay safe and we look forward to seeing you all in September.