Contacts

Address: West End

Strensall

York

YO32 5UH

Tel: (01904) 490306

Fax: (01904) 490017

Email: rwschool@yahoo.com

Website: rwprimary.ik.org

LEA Address: City of York Council

Educational Services

George Hudson Street

York

Tel: (01904) 613161

Headteacher: Richard Ludlow

Chair of Governors: Diana Gibbon

Director of Learning,

Culture and Children's

Services: Peter Dwyer

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Other Information

Number on School Roll: 471

Price of School Meal: £2.00

After School Club: Available by application from 3.00/3.15 pm – 6.00 pm

Breakfast Club: Available on request from 8.00 am – 8.50 am

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School Staff September 2009

Teaching Staff
	Class	Teacher	Responsibility
Team 1 Foundation	Reception	Mr Card	Early Years/Science
Team 2 Key Stage 1	Year 1	Mrs Hayes-Smith	Assistant Headteacher
	Year 1	Mrs Castle	Humanities Group: History
	Year 1	Miss Smith	Creative Arts: Music
	Year 2	Mrs Williamson	Pupil Well-Being: PSHE/KS1 Literacy
	Year 2	Mrs Bell	Humanities Group: RE
	Year 2	Mrs Keaney	Creative Arts: Art
Team 3 Lower KS2	Year 3	Mrs Zillessen	Pupil Well-Being: PE
	Year 3	Mrs Cummings (Job Share)	Humanities: Geography
	Year 3	Mrs Pilgrim (Job Share)	Science
	Year 4	Mr Evans	Deputy Headteacher/Numeracy
	Year 4	Mrs Dunn	Humanities Group: History
	Year 4	Mrs Thompson	SEN
Team 4 (Upper KS2)	Year 5	Mrs Raine (Job Share)	Creative Arts Group: Music
	Year 5	Mrs Jobson (Job Share)	Numeracy Support
	Year 5	Miss McHolm (Job Share)	Creative Arts: DT
	Year 5	Emma Davies (Job Share)	Science Group Leader
	Year 6	Mr Lees	ICT
	Year 6	Mr Robinson	Literacy
	Year 6	Mrs Wigley	Creative Arts Group: Art

Teaching Assistants
Heather Feetenby - Swimming Jo Gears - Cook School Maggie Aitken - Early Years
Key Stage 1 Team	Emma White - Lead TA	Key Stage 2 Team	Pauline Bell - Lead TA
	Denise Alexander		Andy Nicholson - Lead TA
	Shelly Bennington		Linda Constable
	Kim Berger		Andrea Fenwick
	Tracy Maskill		Chris Leigh
	Sue Smith		Kate Pollard
			Ruth McCartney
After School Staff
Traci Leetham Justin Patterson Lindsey Sutton Natasha Cornforth
Administration Staff
Julie Forde - Finance and Facilities Manager Louise Jackson - Resource Technician Janice Lobb - Admin Officer Dani Rowlinson - Admin Officer (Part-time) Debbie Thornton - Admin Officer (Part-time)
Catering/Cleaning Staff
Maggie Tottie Jayne Grainger Shelly Waite Dave Crump Frances Dawson Emma Eldred		Elaine Cockerill Amanda Gray Wendy Fearn Karen Nicholson Ann Coverdale
Caretakers
Steve Edmondson Mick Harrison Roger Scaife
Mid-Day Supervisory Assistants
Sheila Boothroyd Jackie Calpin Trish Newman

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Pupil Absence Rates

We are required by law to publish details of absence rates (2008 – 2009) (figures rounded)

Attendance rate 96.07%

Authorised absence 3.93%

Unauthorised absence 0.04%

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School Term and Holiday Dates 2009 - 10

Autumn Term 2009
Term Starts	Thursday 3^rd September
Training Days	Thursday 3^rd September, Monday 28^th September
Half Term	Monday 26^th October – Friday 30^th October inclusive
Training Days	Friday 13^th November
Term Ends	Friday 18^th December
Spring Term 2010
Term Starts	Monday 4th January
Training Days	Monday 18^th January
Half Term	Monday 15^th February – Friday 19^th February inclusive
Term Ends	Thursday 1st April
Summer Term 2010
Term Starts	Monday 19th April
May Day	Monday 3rd May
Half Term	Monday 31st May - Friday 4th June inclusive
Training Day	Friday 2nd July
Term Ends	Friday 23rd July

**We should remind parents that there is no entitlement to additional holidays outside of normal holiday times; these should only be arranged after seeking the Headteacher's agreement.

It can be very disruptive to children to miss long periods of school and we would ask parents to try to avoid taking holidays in term-time, although we acknowledge that this is sometimes unavoidable because of parents’ work constraints.

*** Please note that the Year 6 assessments in English, Maths and Science take place Monday 10^th May – Friday 14^th May. ***

These are important tests for the children and we will be grateful if parents of children involved in these would avoid taking holidays during this period.

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Governing Body September 2010

Name	Type of Governor	Position
Mr Peter Acaster	LEA
Mrs Rose Arnold	Foundation
Mr Dennis Baxter	Community
Miss Liz Blacklee	Foundation
Mrs Sarah Brown	Parent	Vice Chair of Governors
Mr Eric Constable	Community
Mr Chris Evans	Associate Member	Deputy Headteacher
Mrs Julie Forde	Additional	Finance and Facilities Manager
Mrs Diana Gibbon	Parent	Chair of Governors
Mr Chris Green	Parent
Mrs Helen Hayes-Smith	Associate Member	Assistant Headteacher
Major James Harris	Parent
Mr Simon Herd	Parent
Mr Richard Ludlow	Staff Governor	Headteacher
Mrs Julie Maury	Parent
Mr Les Osguthorpe	Foundation
Mr Dale Reeves	Parent
Mr Alan Rowlinson	LEA
Mrs Pam Smith	Staff Governor
Mrs Vanessa Smallwood	Parent
Mr Lesley Thompson	Staff Governor
Mr Dermot Tuohey	Parent
Mr Tim Walkden	Community

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National Curriculum Test Result

Key Stage 1 End of Year Assessment 2008
Subject	% pupils achieving Level 2 or above	% pupils achieving Level 2B or above	% pupils achieving Level 3 or above
Reading	89%	83%	37%
Writing	86%	70%	18%
Mathematics	92%	80%	20%
Science	93%		38%

Key Stage 1 End of Year Assessment 2009
Subject	% pupils achieving Level 2 or above	% pupils achieving Level 2B or above	% pupils achieving Level 3 or above
Reading	97%	86%	52%
Writing	95%	85%	26%
Mathematics	98%	92%	38%
Science	100%		55%

Key Stage 2 Formal Assessments 2008			Key Stage 2 Formal Assessments 2009
Subject	% pupils achieving Level 4 or above	% pupils achieving Level 5 or above	Subject	% pupils achieving Level 4 or above	% pupils achieving Level 5 or above
English	97%	66%	English	95%	51%
Reading	96%	65%	Reading	96%	73%
Writing	96%	62%	Writing	91%	43%
Mathematics	91%	44%	Mathematics	96%	56%
Science	96%	49%	Science	99%	51%

Key Stage 2 Targets 2009
Subject	% pupils achieving Level 4 or above	Number of pupils achieving Level 4 or above	% pupils achieving Level 5or above	Number of pupils achieving Level 5 or above
English	90%	70	42%	33
Maths	85%	66	41%	32

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Highlights of 2008 - 2009

Events and activities change every year; the events listed below are some of the highlights of the last academic year and are designed to give you some idea of the life of the school.

September 2008		October 2008
Y5/6 Visit from an Ancient Greek Gentleman (Greek Topic). Geography Mapping Day. Early Years Parents curriculum Meeting: Reading and Phonics. KS1/KS2 Parents Curriculum Meeting: Maths - Counting and Calculating. Friends of Robert Wilkinson School - Annual General Meeting. Year 4 Guided Tudor Walk around York.		Harvest Festival. PHSE Day. Live Arts Week. Early Years/Year 6 Parent Consultation Evening. Halloween Disco.
November 2008		December 2008
School Book Fair. Parent Consultation Week. Global Awareness Week. Blue Friday - All pupils were asked to dress in blue to promote Anti-Bullying week. Poppy Appeal. Children In Need Day.		Christmas Parties/Plays. Early Years and Key Stage 1 Christmas performance. Pensioners Tea Party/Panto. Christingle Service. Christmas X Factor Talent Show. Christmas fair. Celebration of Music. Robert Wilkinson Primary School v. York City Football Club - penalty shoot out.
January 2009		February 2009
New Early Years Parents stay to lunch. Free Taster Meals for Early Years parents. Friends of Robert Wilkinson School made a donation to pay for a projector in the Brown Hall.		KS1 and KS2 visit Strensall Library. Science Week - ' Einstein's Birthday Party'. KS1 Dinosaur Project - including a visitor who brought in dinosaur bones and fossils! Free School Meals for Everyone! The school worked with the School Food Trust to bring children exciting opportunities to try our healthy school lunches. Valentines Disco.
March 2009		April 2009
Year 5 and 6 children visited Asuncion Rincon School in Madrid, Spain. Pupils from Asuncion Rincon School in Madrid visited our school. Activities in school included: Spanish Food, Language and Culture. Parent Consultation Week. Year 5 Concert - A Big Green Adventure. World Book Day. Red Nose Day . Singzone performed at Forest Court. Orchestra and Singzone perform for parents. KS1 visit Strensall Church. KS2 visit York Guildhall. Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 had a visit from the golf profession al assistant pro from York Golf Club. Earth Hour.		School Council - Road Safety Project. KS2 visit Strensall Library.
May 2009		June 2009
Key Stage 2 Assessments. Book Fair. Early Years visit Tesco Express. KS2 River Walk. Walk to School Week.		KS2 River Walk. KS1 trip to Tropical World. Year 4 visit to Eden Camp. Year 5 Visit the National Railway Museum. Year 6 children visit Huntington Secondary School. Creative Arts Week. Year 6 Enterprise Week. Early Years Outdoor Festival. The combined orchestra members from Hempland Primary School and Robert Wilkinson Primary School performed at the Grand Opera House Annual Music Festival. Year 6 - 3 day visit to Ford Castle. World Religion Theme Week - Buddhism. 64 Year 5 and 6 pupils had their stories published in 'The Adventure Starts Here - Yorkshire mini Sagas'. Friends of Robert Wilkinson Primary School Summer Ball.
July 2009
Year 6 Leavers Performance. Year 6 Graduation Ceremony. Year 1 visit Strensall Church. Year 6 visit Strensall Library. Gifted and Talented cluster school visit to City Centre. Topic - 'Evolution of York'. Transition Meetings. New Early Years Children. Sports Day. Leavers Disco. Back to Index