Rules and Policies

• We are open Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 17:30. Late fees apply when children are collected late.
• Please bring your child to school by 08:00 at the latest. Children may be collected after 12:00 for ages 1 to 5 and after 13:00 for Grade R.
• Please escort your child from the car to the playroom and hand them to their teacher, and do the same at collection.
• Children may never leave the school premises by themselves.
• Please close the gate behind you at all times.
• If you need to take your child out during school hours, please let us know in good time.

• The school is closed on public holidays and on days the Department of Education closes schools.
• We close for the year on the Friday of the second week of December at 12:00 and reopen on the second Monday in January, unless it is a public holiday. Dates are confirmed each year.

• We provide breakfast (08:00), sandwiches (10:00) and lunch (12:00).
• Parents provide a healthy 14:00 snack for older children. On Fridays children may bring sweets, chips or chocolates for the 14:00 snack.
• Babies bring their own milk and bottles, and baby porridge or Purity for the day.

• Please phone us if your child will not be at school.
• Children with minor ailments such as coughs and sinus are cared for at school.
• We cannot care for children with contagious illnesses or gastro-enteritis, and children with nits or lice cannot attend until clear.
• Please tell us about any medical information, including contagious or notifiable diseases.

• Please place medicine in a plastic container marked with your child's name and instructions, and hand it to the class teacher.
• No medicine is given without clear instructions from an adult.
• Parents are told about injuries at collection. For a more serious injury we phone you straight away.
• Please tell us about any injury your child had while not in our care.

• Please mark all clothing clearly.
• Send an extra set of clothes in case of mishaps or a change in the weather.
• In autumn and winter please send a blanket for nap time.
• School t-shirts can be ordered once a year. No uniform is compulsory.

We wish to have a supportive and friendly parent body. Educating children is a partnership between parents, class teachers and the school community, and we welcome parents to take part in school life.

• Respect the caring ethos of our school and treat everyone with respect.
• Keep your contact details up to date and join parent/teacher meetings when asked.
• Raise any concern with the class teacher first, and then the principal.

We ask everyone to avoid:

• Disruptive behaviour, loud or offensive language, threats or aggression.
• Damaging school property.
• Abusive messages or offensive comments about the school, pupils, parents or staff on social media.
• Smoking, alcohol or other drugs on school property.

Please read the full Parent's Code of Conduct in the download below.

Cotswold Educare & Pre-Primary is a fee-paying school. Fees are payable monthly in advance and increase each January. Two months' written notice is required to withdraw a child. Please contact us for the current fee structure and our full terms.