Welcome to LPS...

On behalf of Llangyfelach Primary School, I would like to welcome you to our wonderful school.  I hope you will find the information you are looking for on this page.  We strive to provide the correct information so that you are secure in the knowledge that your child will be happy and safe with us in order to start their educational journey.  I am confident that the years spent here will be happy and successful.

In our school we value everyone, recognising and celebrating our uniqueness and diverse talents. We strive to prepare our children for life by promoting the skills they will need to become successful citizens within their own communities and the wider world.  We hope that the care and respect we have for each other will reflect in the children’s lives and attitudes and be evident to anyone who comes into our school.

We are supported by our excellent, committed Governing Body and a highly skilled, enthusiastic and talented team of staff who work hard to ensure our pupils receive the best possible start in life.

As parents, you are your child’s first educators and we want to work in partnership with you to help develop your child’s talents and skills. We welcome parental involvement at all levels and if you feel you could contribute to the life of the school in any way, we will be very pleased to accommodate you. We already have an excellent and extremely active PTFA who are instrumental to the development of the school and its priorities. However, there is always room for more helpers! You will be made very welcome at Llangyfelach Primary School.

We pride ourselves in our community focused approach, where the school is seen as a central learning hub for the Llangyfelach area. We hope that your association with the school is a productive and happy one.

Yours sincerely,

Lee Burnell

Headteacher

Admissions Application

If you would like to place your child on our Nursery waiting list you will need to complete an Admission Application Form (see below). This form can be completed online and then emailed back to the school to akermanh@hwbcymru.net or can be printed out and posted to:

Llangyfelach Primary School,

Pengors Road,

Llangyfelach,

Swansea SA5 7JE.

Pupils may start school in our Nursery class on the day after their 3rd birthday. For more information please contact the school.

If you require any further information regarding our Admissions process, please telephone Heather Akerman or Lynda Phillips on 01792 771497. Alternatively you can e-mail akermanh@hwbcymru.net

Admission Pack Information

Please complete and return this as soon as possible prior to your child starting our school. This will enable us to put your child’s information on to our Database. If your child has attended another school we will be able to contact them to obtain any relevant results and tracking information which helps us to assess their progress to date.

It is important that you ensure any medical information is reported to us in detail in the Admission Pack, particularly if your child has any regular medication eg. Inhaler, please let us know and we will give you the appropriate forms which need to be filled in. We’d be grateful if you could let us know if your child has any dietary requirements, not just for school dinners but also for when pupils take part in cooking lessons and food tasting as part of the curriculum.

Please complete the ADDITIONAL ADMISSION QUESTIONS form if your child has been educated in another country or if a language other than English/Welsh is spoken at home. This information will help the school plan for your child’s needs and recognise their cultural background.

Please ensure you complete all sections of the Admissions Pack. This should be returned electronically to akermanh@hwbcymru.net.  When we have received this pack and a copy (or sight of) your child's birth certificate and proof of address we will issue you with a start date and other relevant information.

Data Protection & Information Sharing

Llangyfelach Primary School (LPS) needs to hold certain personal information about students. Information will be held in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, GDPR (May 2018) and the School Data Protection and Accessing Records Policy.  Personal data will be used and shared for a variety of purposes that LPS considers to be of benefit to pupils including (but not restricted to) monitoring academic performance, statistical reporting, awarding qualifications and provision of services. LPS complies with the ‘Data Sharing Code of Practice’ here: -https://ico.org.uk/media/fororganisations/documents/1068/data_sharing_code_of_practice.pdf

Please see our privacy notices on our school website and in your admission pack for further information.

Use of Digital Media & Images

The use of digital media and images plays an important part in learning activities. Pupils and members of staff may use digital devices to record evidence of activities in lessons and out of school. These videos, recording and images may then be used in presentations in subsequent lessons. Our school makes use of photography, audio and video within a wide range of activities. These include evidencing pupil learning & development and within our promotional material.

Some photographs taken and videos recorded may be necessary as part of our legal obligations, conditions of contract, and necessary to perform public tasks. These photographs will not be shared publicly and only used for their intended purpose.

For example: to submit work to cluster moderation.

Images may also be used to celebrate success through their publication in newsletters, on the school website, social media and occasionally in public media. Photographs may be used:

Parental Photography:

We understand that parents are very supportive of their children. Photographs and video recordings taken by parents and relatives of children at our school should be for personal use only; “personal use” photographs and videos must not be sold, shared online, or publicly in any other format.

There may arise occasions when our Head Teacher requests that photographs and videos are not taken. If you have any concerns, please contact our school office.

Local Visits

At LPS we provide opportunities for our children to gain exposure to a range of learning experiences both in and outside the classroom. Class trips to venues in the local area make up a considerable part of outside the classroom learning. This form is to give consent for your child to attend trips to venues in the local area. Some of these venues will include:

• Llangyfelach Village

• Llangyfelach Church

We will inform you of any trips and visits we make in the locality, but will not require additional permission unless the visit also involves transport.

Collection from School

It is important that the school knows who has permission to pick your child up other than yourselves as parents/carers. This also includes Wraparound.

We understand that child care for many parents means that children may be picked up by different people through the week. Please inform your child’s class teacher of the routine for pick up and ensure that the teacher is aware if there is a change to arrangements. We also appreciate that plans may change during the day, we ask that you let us know of any changes to arrangements as early as possible.  Please not that the office is very busy at the end of the day and it is sometimes difficult to pass on messages to staff if we are notified late in the day.

As your child progresses through school you may decide that they can walk home independently. In line with Swansea Council’s ‘Safe Routes in Communities’ scheme, LPS are encouraging more children to walk or cycle to school.  We are suggesting that this is aimed at Year 6 children, in the first instance. When making this decision, you will need to be confident that your child has the necessary road safety skills to travel to school safely, especially regarding cycling proficiency.

If you would like to allow your child to travel to school independently, please contact the main office.

The following link provides additional information regarding the admissions process for the City and County of Swansea:

https://www.swansea.gov.uk/admissions