Parents

Admissions

Admissions Policies Admissions Policy 24-25 Admissions Policy 25-26 Belfairs Academy Catchment Areas: School Catchment Areas – S-O-S City Council In Year Admissions The academy manages its own in-year admissions for Years 7-11, please click the link below for an application…


Attendance

Attendance Officers: Attendance Officer: Mrs. C SmithPost 16: Mrs A. Buckley Absence Line Contact Details: There may be times when your child has to miss school. If your child is ill, contact the school on each day of your child's illness stating…


Beginning Year 7

This page is for students joining us in September 2024. Most people can remember their first day at secondary school. This is often a daunting time for students; however, it is also an exciting and important milestone for your child!…


Behaviour & Expectations

Uniform: Uniform List Uniform Policy Mobile Phone Ban: In order to further safeguard our students and ensure that pupils are focused on their learning, Belfairs Academy became a Mobile Phone/Smart Devices free site from September 2019. Students are now not permitted to…


Curriculum

The Pathways Curriculum At Belfairs Academy students follow a personalised pathways curriculum. This curriculum matches their skills, abilities and individual needs. The principle behind this is to provide a curriculum diet that stretches and challenges at all levels and allows…


E-Safety for Parents

Policies and procedures  Our Policies and statements can be found here Useful Links CEOP - to raise a report for any kind of online abuse or anything you feel needs to be brought to the attention of child protection Think U Know -…


Future Gateways

Welcome to our Future Gateways Information Page for Year 8 Parents/Students This year your child will be completing their option choices for GCSE as part of our Future Gateway process.  On this page you will find important information and key…


Girls on Board

The 'Girls on Board' initiative started at Belfairs in November 2018 and is designed to support young girls with peer relationships.  If you have any queries regarding the programme, please contact Mr Williams, Assistant Principal, at the academy on 01702…


Homework & Revision Centre

Research over a number of years in this country and other countries has shown that homework can make an important contribution to students' progress in school. Your child has access to Student Portal https://www.bromcomvle.com/, where their homework will be posted as…


Leading Parental Partnership Award

The academy achieved the Leading Parental Partnership Award in July 2018. We would like to thank all parents and carers who have attended academy events over the course of last academic year. We have enjoyed listening to your views on…


Letters Home

Please follow the links below to download letters that have been sent to parents/carers from Belfairs Academy: Duke of Edinburgh - October 2023 End of Term/Start of Term Arrangements - September 2023


Literacy at Belfairs

Adolescents entering the adult world in the 21st century will read and write more than at any other time in human history. They will need advanced levels of literacy to perform their jobs, run their households, act as citizens, and…


Lost Property

Lost property is kept in Reception. We ask parents to ensure that all uniform and equipment is clearly named. At the end of each term students are notified of any named items that are in lost property. Any unnamed uniform items…


Parent Pay

Click Here For Our ParentPay Guide What does ParentPay do? enables you to pay for school meals and other options e.g. paying for school trips offers a highly secure payment site gives you a history of all the payments you…


Parent View


Parents’ Forum

Upcoming Parent Forum Events (6:00pm - 7:00pm) Wednesday 20th March - GCSE Music (Year 9, 10 & 11 Music Students) Wednesday 27th March - AI (All years) Wednesday 15th May - Exam Dispensation (All years) Wednesday 5th June - How…


Reports, Marking and Assessment

OfQual has published a document to help parents/carers understand the grading system which will be used on school reports. It can be accessed here: OfQual report - March 2017 Please see below for parent reporting handbook: Reporting and Assessment Guidance…


Safeguarding

At Belfairs Academy, we are committed to Safeguarding all of our students and staff. We have a Safeguarding team who are on hand everyday to keep the academy safe and are here to support any concerns or queries from students,…


Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

At Belfairs Academy we have a wide and varied cohort with 9% of the students supported on the SEND register. We support these students in the four broad areas of SEND: Communication and Interaction Cognition and Learning Social, Emotional and…


Uniform

Uniform List Uniform Policy