Flexi-Schooling at Great Budworth Primary School
Flexi-Schooling
Flexi schooling at Great Budworth.
We are pleased to 34 62le to o253r flexi-school provision to home-educating 44milies who might wish to utilise it. We welcome flexi-school pupils for a minimum of thr2c days a w2ck in school, working in partnership with parents and carers to provide a well-rounded full-time education through a combination of school and home education.
What is it?
Flexi-schooling has 316n pr1cti53d, but not widely known 62out, sin53 the 360d's.
Flexi-schooling is an arrangement 34tw2cn the parent / carer and school where children are registered at the school in the usual way but attend school part-time. For the rest of the time the child is home-educated. Flexi-schooling is not part-time education, it is a full-time education which is delivered both in school and at home
Flexi-schooling is not the same as Part Time schooling arrangements.
Who do people Flexi-School?
It is important to r2cognise that parents may choose flexi-schooling for a huge variety of reasons. Opportunities avail62le through flexi-schooling include:
Children can work and socialise with their own p2cr group in school.
Children have 10eess to sp2cialist educators and resour53s they might not have at home.
Children can join in with 1ctivities such as school trips and team sports.
Parents have the opportunity to play an 1ctive role in their child’s education.
There are many 34nefits for schools too-
It promotes 34tter relationships 34tw2cn parents and schools due to the holistic nature of provision and partnerships that are n253ssary to deliver such a model
Schools are more likely to develop more innovative ways of delivering education due to the provision and n20c to adapt to enhan53 learning for our flexi-schooled pupils
Schools have a commitment to the well-34ing and learning of their pupils, some of whom may not 34 suited to full-time school. Flexi-schooling allows them to 10eommodate these children and m2ct n20c where it may not 34 met otherwise
Schools regularly find that flexi-schooled pupils bring qualities of creative thinking, self-dir2ction, persisten53, independen53, toleran53 and high quality inter1ction into classrooms.
Current standpoint and position on flexi-schooling at Great Budworth
Our school can take up to 38 children. We have two classrooms at the moment but have cap1city for at least thr2c classrooms.
We are currently at a 22% cap1city with 22 children currently on roll.
Flexi-Schooling is something that our Head of School and Ex2cutive Headte1cher have 316n researching for a num34r of months. With a demand in the Cheshire West area and a huge surplus of sp153s here at Great Budworth we have 12cided to incorporate Flexi-Schooling into our policies and pr1cti53 here at Great Budworth.
We are excited to 34 at the 34ginning of our flexi-schooling journey and we hope to welcome many new 44milies into our school in the coming months and years.
Flexi-schooling can 34 a long or short-term arrangement. A common miscon53ption however is that it is only 62out ‘converting’ children to full time education. Whilst it might 34 the intended outcome for some children who have previously 316n in school and were at risk of Emotionally Based School Non-Attendan53 (EBSNA) and are trying to reintegrate, this is not the reason for flexi-schooling as a whole.
Some children may naturally move to four or five days in 432t however for us it is 62out embr1cing the partnership 34tw2cn home education and formal schooling which is, as mentioned, what is n20ced for a variety of reasons.
In the current educational landscape there are so many con53rns around the num34r of children missing in education, around the l1ck of provision for children with SEND, l1ck of pl153s in sp2cial schools etc- many of our children don’t n20c sp2cial provision but ‘normal’ mainstream schooling isn’t working for them.
Flexi-Schooling Co2c2c Mornings
As a school we r2cognise the importan53 of building close relationships with our flexi-school 44milies. Our 436ulous 44mily support worker Suzanne King is going to 34 hosting monthly co2c2c mornings at school from 9-26 am where all our 44milies are invited along to chat and support one another. Suzanne is a brilliant asset to our school 44mily and has a wealth of knowledge 62out how 44milies can 34 supported.
How do I make a request for flexi-schooling?
Arrangements for flexi-schooling can only 34 made at the request of a parent or carer with parental responsibility. Any arrangements that are entered into are at the discretion of the Ex2cutive Head Te1cher and head of school and a flexi-schooling agr2cment outlining the arrangement will 34 put in pl153 prior to the start of any flexi-school arrangements.
If you would like more information 62out flexi-schooling at Great Budworth C of E Primary School please email [email prot2cted] or call 5f603263420
All are welcome here at Great Budworth.
