What you need to know

 

Pupil Absences

 

If your child is ill, please call the school on 01289 307536 before 9am to give the reason for their absence.

Any parent wishing to take a child out of school during term time must apply to the Head Teacher giving an explanation.  It is at the Head Teacher's discretion whether or not the absence is authorised but this will only be in exceptional circumstances.

School Hours 

Our School start and finish times from September 2025. 

 

 School starts at 8.40am and closes at 3.10pm.

 

Breakfast club opens at 8am - 8.40am - children should be brought to the office door for breakfast club. 

 

Morning arrangements...

All children to wait with their adult in the school yard until the bell rings at 8.40am. The children line up in their classes ready for an adult to guide them in to school.   

 

Afternoon arrangements...

All children will should be collected from the school yard at 3.10pm.  

 

Scremerston First School Holiday Dates 2025 - 2026

of
Zoom:
Search:
image

 

Our School Uniform

At Scremerston we pride ourselves on looking smart and presentable as a whole school and expect all pupils to wear uniform.

 

Our children are allowed to wear their P.E. Kit on P.E. and swimming days but please make sure they have full P.E. Kit. 

 

You can order uniform items online from:

Border Embroideries https://www.border-embroideries.co.uk/schools/scremerston-primary-school.html  OR

FP Uniformz https://www.fpuniformz.com/schools/first-school/scremerston-first-school.html 

 

If you do not have access to online ordering, please let us know.

 

You can also find staple items locally in Next, Sports Direct, Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, and Aldi.

 

We operate a fantastically supported uniform bank at school, where pre-loved uniform items will be washed, pressed and names taken out for re-distribution. This is not only cost effective for families but also good for the environment! Please let the office know if you'd like any items from our uniform bank. 

 

You can find our uniform list below. 

of
Zoom:
Search:

Early Bird Breakfast Club

Breakfast club is run daily from 8am by Mrs Rooney or Miss Steven.

We currently hold breakfast club in the school hall where a selection of yummy toast, cereals and milk is on offer and lots of play can happen before the learning day begins. 

If your child will be having breakfast at breakfast club, please make sure they are in school by 8.10am. 

Breakfast club costs £2 if your child would like breakfast or £1 if not.

If you're entitled to Free School Meals this cost is reduced to £1 if your child has breakfast or 50p if not.  

Wraparound Care - Fun Club

Our wraparound care, Fun Club, is available daily from 3.10pm - 6.00pm and is run by Jennifer Robb and supervised by Mrs Smith or Mrs Rooney.

There are lots of fun activities to keep the children occupied and if we can, we get outside to explore and burn off some energy! 

We ask that you book your child/children's place at fun club by the end of the previous week if you can to plan staffing accordingly. 

Please just ask if you need to use Fun Club and haven't pre-booked, if we can we will help!  

Fun Club sessions can be booked in 1 hours slots at a cost of £5.00 per hour, per child. Sessions should be paid in advance of your child/children attending.

 

School Meals

Miss Brown produces delicious, healthy, nutritional and well balanced meals which are cooked on the premises.

The cost of school meals are  £2.20 per day / £11.00 per week for children in year 3, year 4 & year 5.

You can apply for Free School Meals if your income is below a certain amount or you receive certain benefits. Please use this link to apply:

https://schadm.northumberland.gov.uk/CitizenPortal_LIVE/en  

 

Children in Reception, Year 1 & Year 2 are entitled to universal free school meals, however if your household income is below a certain amount, you should still apply for FSM.

 

 

of
Zoom:
Search:

Our latest Ofsted report can be seen here: 

of
Zoom:
Search:

Parental Involvement 

Parents are welcome to visit school at any time.  We value parental involvement, either in relation to their own child's education, or in relation to school activities and events in general.

The school has an active Parents', Teachers' and Friends Association (PTFA), of which every parent is automatically a member.  Events organised by the PTFA include a Christmas and Summer Fair, Bingo nights and own clothes days.  Money raised by the PTFA goes towards supporting the cost of various class and whole school trips, and to help purchase items for the children to use in school.

Parental Feedback 

Parental feedback is extremely important to us here at Scremerston Primary School. We invite parents to give us feedback regarding all aspects of school life at any time they wish. A questionnaire was given to all parents in the autumn term 2025 so that we could gather some general feedback about our school. Please see the results in the document below. 

of
Zoom:
Search:

Poverty Proofing 

We took part in a Poverty Proofing project in January 2024 to identify areas in which we could provide more financial help to families or prevent families being put under too much financial strain for school related costs. Please take a look at our report. 

of
Zoom:
Search: