New Starter Info

Information for new starters 2024/25

We’re delighted that you have chosen Marleigh Primary Academy for your child. Please take the time to read through all of the documents available to download below. The documents contain important information about the school day and a guide to ordering school meals.

If you have any questions please contact the office at enquiries@marleighprimary.org

Information about breakfast club and after school clubs.

Times

8:40am – Playground gates open. All children enter via the gate next to the Newmarket Road Park & Ride site. All children will enter their classrooms via the playground door.

8:50am – Playground gates close. Register taken. If you arrive after 8:50am, you will have to sign your child in via the school office.

1:30pm – Afternoon register is taken.

3:15pm – End of school day for all children. All children will exit their classrooms via the playground door.

School Uniform

At Marleigh Primary, we expect all our children to wear school uniform and be equipped with the appropriate kit for PE to promote a sense of unity and cohesion amongst pupils. We strongly recommend that all clothing is named.

The uniform is as follows:

• Grey or black skirt/pinafore dress/shorts/trousers or Purple and white gingham dress
• Purple sweater (without hood) or cardigan (with or without Marleigh Primary Academy or Marleigh Nursery logo)
• White or purple polo shirt or blouse/shirt
• Purple, white, grey or black socks or tights
• All children are required to wear flat, black shoes without logos. Children need to be able to do up
  shoes on their own. No platform soles, high heels or trainers

No items of clothing with hoods or other large logos please.

We use a company called “Price & Buckland” to provide our school uniform, and they operate an on-line ordering system. You can also purchase uniform from other providers without the school logo, but this should still be in the same uniform style.

If you are struggling to purchase school uniform for your child, please speak directly to myself or a member
of the Executive Leadership Team and we will support you.

Absence Through Illness

If your child is going to be late into school or absent through illness or medical appointments, the school office needs to be informed before 9:20am on that day by a telephone call. If no explanation for absence is given, the school office will make contact with parents/guardians to establish a reason for absence. For cases of diarrhoea and vomiting, 48hrs absence must be observed after the last episode of D&V.

Entering the school

Pupil’s enter and exit the school from the gate nearest to the Park & Ride. They will enter their classrooms from the doors onto the playground.

Bikes & Scooters

Pupils travelling to school on bikes and scooters will need to walk them through the
gates and onto the playground. Pupils in Reception and KS1 should use the bike racks near the gate
entrance. Pupils in KS2 will need to wheel their bikes across the playground and use the bike racks near to
the carpark. Please note that no electric scooters will be allowed on the site. If pupils are attending
Premier’s after school club, they will need to leave their bikes and scooters in the bike racks near to the
carpark regardless of which year group they are in.

PE Lessons

The timetable below indicates the days that your child will have PE lessons this term. Each class will have PE on 2 days a week. On the days that your child has PE, they will need to come to school dressed in their PE kit. Children will stay in their PE kit all day and do not need to bring a spare change of clothes.

Children should come to school on PE days wearing the following:

• White T-shirt (different to the one worn daily as part of their main uniform)
  Black shorts
• A pair of plimsolls/trainers (for outdoor P.E.)Black jogging bottoms or leggings and school sweatshirt (no hoods) for outdoor lessons in cold
  weather
• We ask that all long hair is tied back with small and discrete hair bands
• Children should not wear jewellery, other than earring studs in pierced ears – these must be removed
  during PE lessons

Free School Meals Eligibility

All families are encouraged to check eligibility for free school meals even if you do not think you would qualify at this point. Once you have completed the form the Education Welfare Benefit Team will be able to continually check eligibility throughout your child’s school years using the ECS checking system. You would then be notified if you become eligible in the future. If you have difficulty accessing the form or completing it, please email the office and they can support you with your application.

Please Note: For pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 who automatically receive Universal Infant Free School Meals must also complete this form. Parents with children already in receipt of Free School Meals do not need to fill in the application form again.