Welcome to Tanworth-in-Arden Church of England Primary School.

We have great pleasure in introducing you to our primary school and nursery. We are a nurturing, caring and friendly school where children can enjoy a curriculum packed full of exciting learning opportunities to help them develop to be the best that they can be. We are all extremely proud of our school and nursery and we believe that the quality of the relationships and the high level of care that exists between all members of our school community is the key to our success.

This website aims to give you a taster of the school, as well as providing up to date information for parents, pupils and the wider community.

We hope that you enjoy your visit to our website, and that you find the information you are looking for. Unfortunately we are currently unable to offer tours of our school. We have made a video giving you a virtual tour of our school, this can be found in the 'Video Resource Centre' which is under the 'Children' tab.

 Mrs Shelley Bamford

Headteacher
 

Our Christian Mission Statement

The Christian life is like a journey with Jesus into the heart of God. Our mission is simply to take the children by the hand and invite them to join us on the journey, working in close partnership with our neighbouring church and vicar, as together we discover our Christian spirituality. We promise also to help nurture those of other faiths and to give a creative space for those of no faith to explore our distinctive beliefs.

Protocol for visitors to Tanworth-in-Arden CofE Primary School and Nursery

As we continue to try to minimise the risk of COVID-19 in the Tanworth community, we ask for the support and understanding of our visitors.

Tanworth continues to take guidance from Public Health England and the DFE. Taking this into account, we are now limiting access to the site to essential visitors only. If you are unsure as to whether your proposed visit is considered essential, please email the office on tanworthschool@welearn365.com.

Please read our COVID-19 guidelines for visitors here.

When you arrive on site:

• Only visitors with a prearranged appointment are allowed. Ad hoc visitors will not be allowed on site.
• If you arrive by car, please observe the 2m distancing rule when you leave your car and make your way to the school entrance.
• When you arrive in the school building, you will be welcomed by our reception staff who will ask you if you have any of the following symptoms. If you do, you will be politely asked to leave, and book an appointment for another time after the 14 day isolation period:

a high temperature

a new, continuous cough

a loss of, or change to, your sense of smell or taste

• All visitors will be asked to use the hand sanitiser available at the reception desk.
• Instead of signing in yourself, the reception staff will sign you into the school themselves, by asking for your name, logging the time you have arrived and who you are here to visit.
• Along with all members of the Tanworth community, any visitors to the School should wash their hands with soap and water before leaving home and once they arrive at Tanworth. We also have hand sanitiser on arrival to the school.

During your visit:

• When you are met by one of our members of staff, they will not offer a handshake as a greeting – please do not be offended by this.
• Visitors are to remain 2m apart from all other staff and pupils at Tanworth, when moving around the site and, if taking a seat during your visit, you should be positioned 2m apart from those in the same room.
• During these circumstances unfortunately we are unable to offer our usual hospitality however you are welcome to bring a bottle of water with you.
• If you wish to use the toilet facilities while on site, again a member of staff will direct to where you need to go.
• Please where possible refrain from touching surfaces during your visit.
• If you remain within school for more than one hour, please ensure you wash your hands regularly in accordance with our risk assessment.

We apologise for not being able to give you our usual warm welcome, but we must take the current situation very seriously and look after the welfare of our pupils and staff. If you have any questions, please contact the member of staff you were due to visit.

30^th September 2020

Warwickshire County Council have now asked all parents and carers to wear a face mask during morning pick up and afternoon drop off. We would be grateful if you would all please follow this advice and support us in doing our best to stay safe and wear a mask when on site.

Please note that if any parents or visitors to the school need to enter the building please be aware that you will be expected to also wear a face mask. Teachers or school staff who need to be closer to parents, e.g. in meetings will also be wearing face masks or shields.