Communication between Parents/Carers and Poole


Grammar School At Poole Grammar, we value the relationship we have with the parents, carers and wider families of our students. We believe that effective communication can deal effectively with any issues that arise, and help us work together to make sure our students achieve their best and enjoy their time at Poole Grammar. At the same time I am mindful of the impact on the smooth running of the school, and of the work-life balance of my colleagues. With this in mind, we have developed some protocols which we hope will achieve the right balance.


Arranging Meetings with School Staff Poole Grammar School expects parents/carers/members of the public who wish to meet with staff to have an appointment. If someone turns up at school without an appointment no member of staff will be obliged to see them, unless the issue is a safeguarding one when one of our designated safeguarding staff will be contacted immediately. In all other issues, the parent/carer should request an appointment and should be seen within two working days where practicable. It is important that such requests give the subject of the requested appointment, so that staff are fully prepared for the meeting. We also reserve the right to terminate meetings or phone calls where parents/carers become aggressive.


Responding to Phone Messages/Emails We are happy for parents/carers to contact staff via their school email address. We would always hope to respond to such messages/calls within 1 working day, but please be aware that members of staff may not be in school for a particular day(s) – running field trips, attending courses or absent for other reasons. We do not expect staff to respond to messages out of school hours or at weekends/during holidays, in order to protect their work-life balance.


I hope parents/carers will appreciate that these protocols are designed to facilitate effective communication between school and families. Students progress well when school and families are working together for the common purpose of supporting their progress.


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Sickness Bugs


In our on-going fight against sickness bugs, we have been advised by the School Nurse for the Borough of Poole, that any boy who has been sick should be given 48 hours grace after his last bout of sickness before you send him back to school.


We have had several boys taken ill recently who had been sick before coming into school and they are consequently still infectious. So please take the precautionary route over these vomiting bugs so that other members of the school community are not exposed unnecessarily. Your help in this matter is much appreciated.


School Office


IMPORTANT NOTICE MOODLE ACCESS FOR PARENTS


If you would like to register for access to your son’s timetable, attendance record, etc, please send an e-mail to info@poolegrammar.com with your name, your son’s name and form, and the full home address we have registered for you so that we can complete security checks for Data Protection. If you have previously registered for Moodle access but have not received a letter containing your username and password, please follow the above procedure to apply for access again.


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