Your Child’s Assessment
The minimum period of assessment is usually 12 months, although it is recognised that there are children who may need to stay for a longer period. Your child will have been referred for a place at the school by Gloucestershire County Council.
Discussion between you and the Headteacher will decide the number of sessions your child will attend. For pre-school children, five half-days a week provide appropriate access to the learning opportunities available, but other arrangements can be made if necessary. For Reception aged children full time attendance is offered.During the time your child is at Battledown, the staff will be closely observing their development.
These observations continue throughout your child's stay with us and form the basis of the individual programme of objectives, towards which we will work. The objectives will be drawn from the Early Years Foundation Stage, a copy of which is available for you to see on request.
Each term the teachers will produce a summary of the special theme on which the school is working, together with suggestions for how you can be involved in learning at home. This feeling of working together between home and school is very effective in the learning process.
Further details about your child's assessment can be found in the school's policy document, "The Parent's/Carer's Role in the Assessment Process" in the policy file in the Parents' Room.
Your child will be a member of one of three mixed-age classes, whose teams are led by teachers.
The school curriculum provides a broad range of learning experiences for your child, which will be balanced and set at a pace and depth appropriate to their individual needs.
Curriculum Statement