Parent Governor Election Result 

Congratulations to Marcus Watson who has been elected as the new parent governor. A big thank you to all those who put themselves forward and to the parents who took the time to vote. Turnout was 22.3%. You can see the full results here. 

Lost Property

This will be on display in both schools during the Meet the Teacher evenings. The children will also be taking a look during the days. Please name or label your school uniform so we can return it when found. 

Bikes, Scooters and Dogs

Just a few reminders for everyone's safety on the school site:

• Please do not let your children ride or scoot around the school, our site is far too busy and accidents are happening. 

• No dogs are allowed on the premises unless they are a guide or support dog which has been agreed with the Headteacher. This includes dogs being carried. 

Dates for your Diary

Further details and tickets will be sent by the end of the month, but please note the following dates 

December 

• 2/3/4th - Winter Music Concerts 

• 3/4th - RSA Secret Present Room 

• 5th - Christmas Jumper Day and Lunch, including donations to the luxury hampers 

• 9th (2pm) - R1/3 present The Sleepy Shepherd

• 10th - RSA Discos for Year 3 (3.20pm) & Year 5 (4.20pm) 

• 10/11th (2pm) - Year 2 present Fleece Force 

• 12th (2pm) - R2/4 present The Sleepy Shepherd

• 15/16th - Year 4 present  Chr.i.i.i.stmas! (Matinee 1.45pm & Evening 6pm)

• 17th - Christmas Assembly @ St Stephen's

• 18th - School closes at 1.30pm

January 2026

• The school reopens on Monday 5th January (click here for all term dates)

Parent Governor Election 

A reminder to cast your vote in the election which is online. You should now have received a letter including your security code to enable you to vote online. Please contact us if you have not received this. 

The vote closes on Thursday 13th November at 12 noon. 

Anti-Bullying Week - Odd Sock Day

Anti-bullying work happens across the year, but we do have a sharper focus on it next week for the national anti-bullying week. On Monday 10th November, children are encouraged to wear odd socks, with their normal uniform to celebrate what makes us all unique. During the week, pupils will be learning about differences and how to respect others. 

Remembrance 

Next week, we will be supporting Remembrance by selling poppies, badges and wristbands during the school day. Children are welcome to bring in a donation of up to £1 if they would like to purchase an item. All proceeds will go towards supporting the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. 

Meet the Teacher & Progress Reports

If you haven't booked an appointment to meet your class teacher, please do so via the Arbor Parent App/Portal. If you are having difficulties booking, please get in touch. If no appointments are showing, please contact with your class teacher. The meetings are on 12th and 19th of November for most classes. 

Look out for your child's progress report that will be sent by email on Monday 10th ahead of the meetings. 

Parent Governor Election - VOTE NOW

Voting has now opened in the election. Each parent will receive a letter via their child which will include instructions on how to vote online. This includes a security code that you will need to validate your vote. If you do not live with your child, please contact the school if you need your letter to be sent to a different place.

Details of the candidates are now online, which include a personal statement (where provided) as to why they wish to be a parent governor. You can read more by clicking here

Charity fundraising

We support Children In Need every other year so that we can support other good causes. So this year, we will not be having a fundraising day on Friday 14th November. You may wish to support CiN as a family and there are many ways to do that, so take a look at their website

Meet the Teacher 

There are two evenings this term on Wednesday 12th and 19th November from 15:30 to 18:30. You can book a 10-minute appointment via the Arbor Parent App/Portal. The appointments will go live at 18:00 on Monday 3rd November. Please take care when booking the appointment which will automatically show both parents. The system will allow one booking per child. If parents are separated and require a separate booking, please contact the office. 

Please note that Mrs Kaur (3SK) is not available on the 12th November and a separate date of Monday 24th November has been set up for this class. She is available on the 19th November as planned.

If you have issues booking online please call into the office at drop-off when staff will be on hand to help.  

Photographs 

The infant photographs will take place this Wednesday 5th November. If this is a PE Day, please send your child in their school uniform with their PE kit in a bag. 

Sibling/Family photos will be taken from 8am in the Infant Hall. Please allow time for this as the session can get very busy. 

The Junior photographs are now available to order using your code https://churchbury.gotphoto.co.uk/login To avoid any delivery charges please order by 19th November. These photos will be delivered via the school. After this date you will have to pay for postage etc. 

Parent Governor Election 

Voting opens on Thursday 6th November. Each parent will receive a letter via their child which will include instructions on how to vote online. This includes a security code that you will need to validate your vote. If you do not live with your child, please contact the school if you need your letter to be sent to a different place. 

Details of the candidates are now online which includes a personal statement (where provided) as to why they wish to be a parent governor. You can read more by clicking here

Year 6 Reminder

The deadline for secondary school applications is the 31st October. If you miss the deadline your application will only be considered after the first round of allocations has been made. Visit our secondary transfer page for more information.

Shout Out

If you would like to say thank you to a member of staff for something they have done, then we have a Shout Out in our staff bulletin. You can write a postcard yourself at the office or you can submit a form here 

Reports and Meet the Teacher

As highlighted at the start of the year we have made some changes to our assessment calendar and how we report to parents. This term you will receive a progress report (data) before your meeting with the class teacher rather than the end of term. This will be repeated again in the Spring Term. 

Meet the Teacher dates for this term are Wednesday 12th and 19th November (3.30pm-6.30pm) and we will make those available for booking after half term via the Arbor App.

After School 

A reminder to all parents and carers: we kindly request that you leave the school site as soon as possible after school, so we can begin our after-school clubs. We do need to lock down the school once families have left, so we can have a safer space for all our clubs. Many thanks for your help with this. 

Training Day

A reminder that we are closed on Friday 24th October for our training day. There are 5 days across the year which have been shared with you. Details of term dates can be found on our term date page.

Penalty Notices

We are required to remind ALL parents that penalty notices are used at Raglan. If your child is of statutory school age then you will have received this letter today. Very few parents will receive a fine for absence as we use a range of strategies to support good attendance before we reach that stage. 

Uniform 

Our shop is now fully stocked once again and the backlog of orders has now been cleared. A big thank you to Anna and Emma in the office for working hard to get those orders out. The good news is we have been able to secure the same low prices to help keep the costs down. 

Please name your child's clothing, as we already have a collection of the new active uniform gathering. Generally, items that are named are eventually returned to their owner. 

The vast majority of children have adapted to the new uniform policy. For active uniform days, this should be their coloured t-shirt and either their royal blue school jumper/cardigan or hoodie. The other regular reminder is that footwear is either black shoes or black trainers. 

School Photos 

These are the individual school photographs and will be taken over two days 

• Juniors - Wednesday 22nd October (Junior Hall)

• Infants - Wednesday 5th November (Infant Hall)

Sibling and Family Photos - You can attend between 8am-9am on either day if you would like siblings or family photos taken. This is done on a first come, first served basis. 

Clubs

All clubs have now started and we are still working through the waiting lists and filling any vacant spaces where children have changed their minds etc. 

For junior pupils there are spaces in STEM Club  (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) with Mr Hughes on a Tuesday and Fencing on a Monday which is now open to Y3-6. Please complete the waiting list form if you are interested in any of those. Due to the late start there will be a reduced club fee. 

Secondary Admissions 

Information from three schools has been added to the page on secondary admissions, these include

• Enfield Grammar

• Laurel Park

• Edmonton County

You can visit the page here. Please remember the deadline for applications is 31st October. 

Clubs

Most clubs have started this week and we are working through what spaces are available for those on the waiting list. Please REGISTER your child's club or Arbor so we know if your child is using the place. 

Some clubs are cancelled due to the PGL Residential where staff are on the trip, this includes

• Unicycle Club (Friday)

• Girls' Football Y3/4 (Monday)

• Tag Rugby Alpha Y5/6 (Monday)

There has been some confusion with Raglan Rhythmix and Street dance so we will clear those up over the next few days by email. 

School SHOP

This is to update and clarify a few things about our school shop as we have received many queries and questions over the last few weeks. The good news is we have restocked most items now so we can fulfil the 120+ orders that are waiting, thank you for your patience. If you have ordered, they will be sent home over the next few days. We will also start to update Arbor over the next few days. 

• All Active T-shirts are now in stock

• All Active Hoodies now in stock except 11-13

• All cardigan sizes are in stock 

• Sweatshirts - we only have sizes 3/4, 9/11, 12/13, 14/15

Prior to COVID, we didn’t sell any uniform and left it to uniform shops online to do this for us. However prices continued to rise and in order to support parents, a few years ago we bought a bulk order (1000) of school sweatshirts and sold them almost at cost. This was well received and from there we have repeated the same exercise with other school uniform items in line with the changes to the policy implemented over the last 18 months. 

There is no extra dedicated person running the shop, as this would add to staffing costs and therefore the prices would have to rise, but it does mean we are fitting this in around our everyday jobs, so you will need to bear in mind that we can’t always respond in a timely manner. We have also been caught out with the demand and our stocks soon disappeared in the first week or so of the term starting. 

Arbor has not always helped us, as there have been technical issues and those took a while to diagnose and resolve. If you need to see items in person or try things on then you can go to the Raglan Road office on a Friday 2.45-3.45pm. We are aiming to process orders each Friday and send them home via your child.

Secondary Admissions

The meeting on Tuesday was well attended and the slides have now been uploaded to our page Information>Secondary Transfer

Drop-INs

Over the last two weeks children have been settling into their new classes and we have been welcoming new reception and nursery pupils. For Years 1-6 we will have the usual informal drop-in for parents/carers after school across three days 16-18th September up to 3.45pm. This is to see the classroom and meet the teacher and ask any questions etc. You can also pop into the new library to see the amazing transformation. It's not quite complete yet but the children will soon be visiting the library once the final books are in place. 

Parent Support and Courses

Enfield is running a number of courses and training sessions to support parents. 

This includes a parenting programme that will be taught in Turkish. 

Key dates 

• 16,17, 18 September - Parent Drop-Ins (Years 1-6)

• 16 September - PGL Meeting for parents (Year 6)

• 23 September - Secondary Admissions Meeting (Year 5 & 6)

• 26-29 September - PGL Meeting (Year 6)

• 24 October - Training Day (School Closed)

• 27-31 October - Half Term Break

• 12 & 19 November - Meet the Teacher (3.30-6.30pm by appointment)

Drop-INs

As we finish our first week, children are settling into their new classes and we have been welcoming new reception and nursery pupils. For Years 1-6 we will have the usual informal drop-in for parents/carers after school across three days 16-18th September up to 3.45pm. This is to see the classroom and meet the teacher and ask any questions etc. 

Secondary Admissions 

Year 6 parents (and Year 5) should take note of upcoming meetings and events to support you in the process of applying for secondary schools. Enfield has now published the Guide for Admissions in 2026 (current Year 6) and schools have published their open day/evening events. Please visit our page on Secondary Admissions 

Mr Kelsey-Hatton will again run a meeting for parents to outline the process and share important information about getting your application right. This will be on Tuesday, 23rd September at 5pm in the Junior Hall. Year 5 parents are welcome to join to start thinking ahead. 

School Shop

The new active t-shirts and hoodies have been very popular and we are low or sold out on many sizes now. Given the high response, we will place another order, which should be with us in the next few weeks. In order to keep the price low for parents, we have to make a sizeable order to get the best price from the supplier. 

A reminder that the active items we are selling are not compulsory, as any coloured t-shirt is fine, as are those from the uniform suppliers. The black tops are no longer part of our Active Uniform, so if the children need something warmer on top of their PE kit then they can wear their royal blue school sweatshirt, cardigan or the new active hoodie. A plain royal blue hoodie is also fine. 

20mph in Enfield 

A message from the Council

Enfield Council is proposing to introduce 20mph speed limits on residential streets and roads in town centres - part of our wider plan to make the borough safer, cleaner and greener for everyone. Speed was a contributing factor to 61% of recorded injury-related collisions in Enfield over the past 5 years. Evidence shows that lower speed limits reduces the number of accidents and makes everyone feel safer in their local areas.

We want your views on our 20mph proposals. Your feedback will help shape how we roll out these changes to benefit the whole community. Find out more and take the survey at https://letstalk.enfield.gov.uk/20mph by Sunday 21 September 2025.

Welcome 

School opened this morning for Year 1 to 6 and it was lovely to see the children returning and ready for their new classes. First days can always be a mixture of feelings and for some children, they will need a bit more care and attention as they settle back into routine. 

Sadly 44 pupils were missing today, which will mean they are more likley to have a challenging start when they do return. Research shows that those missing in the first week often go on to have poor attendance throughout the year. 

Term Date postcards are coming home today or tomorrow. These outline the dates for the rest of the year. You can register absence via the Arbor app/portal. You will also receive this week the official letter reminding you about the use of fixed-term penalties for unauthorised absence. This is sent to all parents with parental responsibility. 

Staffing

We outlined the changes to some of the staffing last term. Mr Bonner has joined the leadership team for this year, leading across Years 3/4. We also have a new SENCo who is Mr Humphries (full time) who will join Mrs Houlihan (4 days) to oversee and support SEND. There is a list of key people on our Contact Us page 

Uniform 

The vast majority of pupils have returned in the correct uniform as we start the new policy in full this term. You will recall that we have simplified our uniform, reduced the number of branded items and extended our school shop to sell items at low cost. Details can be found here 

You can order online from the school shop via your Arbor app. There have been some technical issues which we hope have now been resolved. 

For this week, we will have uniform for sale in the Infant Hall between 3.10pm and 4pm if you want to come and collect pre-ordered items or buy directly. You can of course buy from the high street or other uniform suppliers and these can be found here. 

Arbor 

Arbor is the app/portal we use to share your child's information and where you can report absence and make payments for clubs and trips etc. If you are new to Raglan or your child has just moved to the Junior School, you will need to register. Details can be found on our Arbor Page. A reminder to Year 3 pupils/parents that the junior school is officially a different school and you will need to register again on the app for The Raglan Junior School. 

Welcome Back

As we approach the end of the school holidays, we are making preparations to welcome the children back on Tuesday 2nd September. For those children in our Nursery and Reception classes, you will have your own start date as the children have a staggered start to their new classes. 

Opening Times

These remain the same with doors opening at 08:40 and closing at 08:50 when the register starts. 

The end of the day is 15:10 for Infants and 15:20 for Juniors. 

All children will enter school by themselves on Tuesday. There will be plenty of staff to help and assist where needed. 

Term Dates

These can be found on our website for the academic year 2025-2026. You will also receive a term dates postcard next week when school starts. Click here for term dates

Uniform 

Our updated uniform policy will be implemented in full from next week. The simplified policy can be found on our website here. 

Our school shop on Arbor has been extended and now includes sweatshirts, cardigans, active t-shirts and active hoodies. There also additional items available. If you order over the next few days, you can collect on Monday 1st Septmber from the Infant Hall between 1pm and 4pm. Or you can drop in and purchase any items at this time. 

There is no PE on Tuesday next week. Year groups will advise you on your PE days in due course.

Lunch Menu

School lunches will be available from Tuesday 2nd Septmber starting with the WEEK 2 Menu, which can be found on our lunchtime page

Raglan Wrap Club

The wrap club is open on Monday 1st Septmber, for the INSET day, and there are some spaces available. Please book via Magic Booking or contact wrap@raglanschools.org.