Talk to us

Come to the gate any morning and say so. There is no admission month, no form to collect and no test.

The preschool room takes children in the year before grade one, and grade one takes children who turn six before the school year begins. Bring the birth record and the immunisation card when you have a moment, and the child can start before the paperwork is finished if that is easier.

Two things, and we would rather say both before you arrive.

What this school does well is know your child. Ninety four children, six adults, reading heard every day, and a problem noticed in days rather than terms. What it cannot offer is choice or specialists: two grades to a room, no laboratory, no art or music teacher, and four English teachers in six years. Come and see it any morning. Somebody will show you every room in ten minutes and answer anything.

We can help and we cannot assess. There is nobody on this island qualified to diagnose a specific learning difficulty and we will not guess at one.

What we do: give a child who needs it fifteen minutes of one to one every day from whichever adult is free, tell you plainly what we are seeing, and help you arrange an assessment elsewhere, including the boat and the appointment. Three families have done this in four years and the school arranged all three.

No fees. A family pays for the uniform, shoes, and stationery.

Books from the reading corner are free and nothing is ever charged for a lost or ruined one. The two clubs are free. The boat for matches and for the grade six visits is paid for by the association. A family who cannot manage the uniform should speak to the principal at the gate, and it will be dealt with quietly the same week.

Quarter to eight until quarter to one, Sunday to Thursday. The preschool room is eight until eleven.

The garden club runs on Sunday and football on Tuesday, both until half past three. The reading corner is open until four and any child may be in it. There is no other afternoon programme, because six adults cannot run one honestly.

Come to the gate. The principal and every class teacher are there at quarter to eight and at quarter to one, every day, and you may say anything to any of us without an appointment.

There is no message book in this school because there is a gate and six adults. If you would rather write, the form on this site is read by the principal.