Dear Parents / Carers,

We are passionate about the children experiencing education outside of the classroom which is why we put on so many exciting trips for all year groups throughout the year.

We are aware in this current cost of living crisis that money can be tight and we do not want to put unnecessary hardship on our families.  With this in mind we have always heavily subsidised all of our school trips for all of our families. Those families in receipt of free school meals or pupil premium also have a further subsidy to support them.

School funds are constantly monitored and we have looked at all our parent contributions for school trips since September 2023. Unfortunately, we have found that less parents than usual are paying for their child to attend a school trip. As I’m sure you can appreciate, we do not have the funds to continue subsidising to the extent we do, but still want to offer valuable experiences for all of our children.

If you are worried about funding any school trips please do speak to one of our team, teacher, pastoral or office.  We will not exclude any child whose parents cannot afford for them to go on a school trip,  but we may have to look at either how many trips are offered in the future or charging more for each trip should this concern continue.

Many thanks for your on-going support.

Miss Cook