New Reception Parents

New reception parents

Dear parents,

Please find on this page all the documentation, information and forms you need to read and/or complete before your child starts school in September.

Before your child begins school, you will receive an invitation to meet the Reception staff and share key information. These meetings will be scheduled from Wednesday 2nd to Friday 4th September. To help children settle, they will all attend mornings 8.50 until 12.30 (this includes lunch) from Monday 7th September to Friday 18th September and then all children will be in full-time (8.50am - 3.15pm) from Monday 21st September.

We know it is a lot to take on, so please do not hesitate to call us at the office for any query: 0121 464 5500.
Mrs Sullivan, our school administrator or Mrs Symons, our administrative assistant will be very happy to help you.

Key dates to remember for September 2020:

Wed 2nd to Fri 4th
Mon 7th to Fri 11th
Mon 14th to Fri 18th
Mon 21st onwards

Parents individual meetings with Reception staff
All children in school - mornings only 8.50am to 12.30pm
All children in school - mornings only 8.50am to 12.30pm
All children in school full time - 8.50am to 3.15pm

1. To make things easier and possible to do from your own home, we have put together most of our forms into a single one (see below). We would be very grateful if you could complete this electronic form and submit it.
Before you start completing the form, please have a quick look through it all to check that all the information you will be asked for is available to you. You won't be able to save part of your answers to come back later and finish it.

* Indicates required field

All-in-one electronic admission form

Child's details

Name *

First

Last

Gender *

Female Male

Date of birth *

Address

Line 1 *

Line 2 *

City *

Post code *

Religion *

If Other please specify: *

If Catholic, please give date and place of baptism: *

Country of birth *

Nationality *

Please refer to the following documents to find the codes on ethnicity and language:
Birmingham City Council ethnic origin Monitoring form
Birmingham City Council first/home language Monitoring form

Ethnic Origin Code *

First/Home Language Code *

Child's position in the family (eg only child, youngest of three, etc.) *

Child's other information

If your child attended a nursery, please give details:

Name of nursery *

Phone Number *

Address *

Date started *

Date left *

If your child has siblings who are already attending our school, please give details:

Name *

First

Last

Class *

Name *

First

Last

Class *

Name *

First

Last

Class *

Name *

First

Last

Class *

If your child has any medical conditions, please give details:

(eg asthma, allergies, diabetes, epilepsy, etc. or None) *

If any, medication to be taken in school: *

Your child's NHS Number *

Doctor's details

Name *

Phone Number *

Address *

Parent/carer's details

Parent/carer 1 *

If other, please specify *

Name *

First

Last

Mobile Phone Number *

Home Phone Number *

Email *

If different from child, address:

Line 1 *

Line 2 *

City *

Post code *

Parent/carer 2 *

If other, please specify *

Name *

First

Last

Mobile Phone Number *

If different from parent 1, Home Phone Number *

Email *

If different from child and from parent 1, address:

Line 1 *

Line 2 *

City *

Post code *

Other emergency contacts

Contact 1

Name *

First

Last

Phone Number *

Relation to family *

Contact 2

Name *

First

Last

Phone Number *

Relation to family *

Contact 3

Name *

First

Last

Phone Number *

Relation to family *

Submit

2. Please read below and complete these additional information requests:

3. Below are some documents/leaflets with some very useful information about our school:

Our school's Vision and Aims Statement:

Our Home-School Agreement:

Read this home-school Agreement carefully. In September, when your child starts school, we will ask you to confirm that you agree with its terms and to sign it.

Since September 2018, our school has gone cash free. To learn all you need to know about our cashless system called sQuid, click on the pink logo.

Even so school meals are free for all Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children, it is important for you to know if you are eligible for the Free School Meals Scheme, because when you do, our school will also receive extra funding from the Government to use in support of teaching and Learning (Pupil Premium scheme).
As a parent or carer, do you receive any of the benefits below?

Income support
Income based jobseeker's allowance
Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
Child tax credit (provided you are not also entitled to working tax credit and have an annual gross household income of no more than £16,190)
The guaranteed element of State pension credit
Income related Employment and support allowance
Working tax credit run on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for working tax credit

If you do receive one of these benefits, get in touch with Mrs Sullivan at the office who will be able to apply for FSM on your behalf.

The ethos of this school is Catholic. The school was founded by the Catholic Church to provide education for children of Catholic families. Whenever there are more applications than places available, priority will be given to Catholic children in accordance with the over-subscription criteria listed in the school’s published admission policy. The school is conducted by its governing body as part of the Catholic Church in accordance with its Trust Deed and Instrument of Government and seeks at all times to be a witness to Our Lord Jesus Christ. As a Catholic school, we aim to provide a Catholic education for all our pupils. At a Catholic school, Catholic doctrine and practice permeate every aspect of the school’s activity. It is essential that the Catholic character of the school’s education be fully supported by all families in the school. We therefore hope that all parents will give their full, unreserved and positive support for the aims and ethos of the school. This does not affect the right of an application who is not Catholic to apply for and be admitted to a place at the school in accordance with the admission arrangements.
A Certificate of Catholic Baptism or Reception into the Catholic Church is required in order for the Governing Body to give the correct priority to an application.
Failure to provide evidence of Catholic Baptism or Reception in the Church may affect the over-subscription criterion that the child’s name is placed in.

Click here to get more detailed information on where to find our uniform.

The information below is about our wrap around care at St Martin de Porres. Although we normally have both Breakfast and after-school clubs running everyday in school, we are still awaiting on some Government guidance to know whether these clubs will be able to run for all children in the new academic year. As soon as we receive guidance, we will inform you. Please accept our apologies on this.

New reception parents

All-in-one electronic admission form

school meals

off-site visits