**CHILDREN RETURN ON 2ND SEPTEMBER**HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS**
MESSAGE FROM AVRIL
Dear Parents and Carers,
We break up on Friday 16th July and will return on the 2nd September, when we'll be delighted to welcome your children back to their new classes.
We hope that the return to school will be a return to the normal routine as it was before the pandemic. As such, the school will revert to a 9.00 am arrival for all children and a 3.00 pm collection at the end of the day. To ease congestion, the Dalgleish Street gate will be open at the start and end of school, so if it's more convenient for where you live, you can bring your child into school and collect them by that route. We are also delighted to welcome you back onto the school site should you need our help and advice. We will no longer be working in class bubbles and whole-school activites such as assemblies will return. The children will also eat together at lunchtimes and will play together at playtime.
However, we know that infection rates are rising, and there is a contingency plan in place should restrictions be re-imposed. You can find that HERE.
We have been asked to remind you that, should you be travelling abroad over the summer then you must follow the quarantine guidelines depending on the status of the country or countries to which you have travelled. Should you need to quarantine, in order to ensure your child is back in school on 2nd September, you must have returned to England by 22nd August. Please check government guidelines before you travel.
At the end of this term, sadly, we say goodbye to two of our longest-serving members of staff, Trish and Ruth, who have seventy years of working at Sir William Burrough between them! We thank them for their many years of tireless commitment and dedication to the youngest children in our school, and wish them both a long and happy retirement.
So now, as the holidays approach, we wish you and your loved ones an enjoyable and healthy summer, and a very happy Eid to all our families and friends who are celebrating next week.
With warmest wishes and huge appreciation for all your continuing support,
Avril, Staff and Governors.
13th July 2021
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Ofsted Outstanding
Our SATs results for 2019 show 96% of children achieving the expected standard or above across all subjects, with more than 50% achieving the higher level in both Reading and Maths. Our progress in all subjects is well above average. We are ranked the second highest performing school in Tower Hamlets for attainment and are in the top 3% of schools nationally for progress.
This has won us a place on the Sunday Times Top State Primary Schools in England list.
Click HERE for our 2019 SATs results.
Click HERE to view our SWB Self Evaluation and HERE to see the DfE Comparative School Performance Data which shows how we benchmark against similar schools, and all schools nationally. Click HERE for our School Improvement Plan and HERE for our Ofsted Report, from which some highlights were:
- Parents and pupils are delighted with their school.
- Pupils respect and care for each other and delight in each other's achievements.
- This is a school where everyone is valued and cherished, and that generates high self-esteem through the satisfaction of high achievement in personal skills and across the curriculum.
For general enquiries please contact Sarah Sargeant on 020 7987 2147 or on admin@sirwilliamburrough.towerhamlets.sch.uk. The school postal address is Sir William Burrough School, Salmon Lane, London, E14 7PQ.
Chair of Governors: Dennis Twomey, who can be reached at the school address.
Headteacher: Avril Newman
SENDCO: Helen Green. Helen@sirwilliamburrough.towerhamlets.sch.uk
OUR TERM DATES
Last Day of Term
16 Jul 2021
EID
19 Jul 2021
INSET Day
20 Jul 2021
INSET Day
21 Jul 2021
INSET Day
31 Aug 2021
INSET Day
1 Sep 2021
First Day of Term
2 Sep 2021
Half Term Starts
25 Oct 2021
Half Term Ends
29 Oct 2021
Last Day of Term
21 Dec 2021
BANK HOLIDAY
3 Jan 2022
INSET DAY
4 Jan 2022
CHILDREN RETURN
5 Jan 2022
Half Term Starts
14 Feb 2022
Half Term Ends
18 Feb 2022
Last Day of Term
1 Apr 2022
First Day of Term
19 Apr 2022
Bank Holiday
2 May 2022
EID
3 May 2022
INSET Day
27 May 2022