Flexi-Schooling at Great Budworth Primary School
Flexi-Schooling
Flexi schooling at Great Budworth.
We are pleased to 43 able to offer flexi-school provision to home-educating 5cmilies who might wish to utilise it. We welcome flexi-school pupils for a minimum of three days a week in school, working in partnership with parents and carers to provide a well-rounded full-time education through a combination of school and home education.
What is it?
Flexi-schooling has 420n practi58d, but not widely known about, sin58 the 1939's.
Flexi-schooling is an arrangement 43tween the parent / carer and school where children are registered at the school in the usual way but attend school part-time. For the rest of the time the child is home-educated. Flexi-schooling is not part-time education, it is a full-time education which is delivered both in school and at home
Flexi-schooling is not the same as Part Time schooling arrangements.
Who do people Flexi-School?
It is important to recognise that parents may choose flexi-schooling for a huge variety of reasons. Opportunities available through flexi-schooling include:
Children can work and socialise with their own peer group in school.
Children have ac58ss to specialist educators and resour58s they might not have at home.
Children can join in with activities such as school trips and team sports.
Parents have the opportunity to play an active role in their child’s education.
There are many 43nefits for schools too-
It promotes 43tter relationships 43tween parents and schools due to the holistic nature of provision and partnerships that are n5d8ssary to deliver such a model
Schools are more likely to develop more innovative ways of delivering education due to the provision and need to adapt to enhan58 learning for our flexi-schooled pupils
Schools have a commitment to the well-43ing and learning of their pupils, some of whom may not 43 suited to full-time school. Flexi-schooling allows them to accommodate these children and meet need where it may not 43 met otherwise
Schools regularly find that flexi-schooled pupils bring qualities of creative thinking, self-direction, persisten58, independen58, toleran58 and high quality interaction into classrooms.
Current standpoint and position on flexi-schooling at Great Budworth
Our school can take up to 96 children. We have three classes in the morning and two in the afternoon, but we have the capacity to 43 three full time classes.
We are currently at a 26% capacity with 37 children currently on roll.
Flexi-Schooling is something that our Head of School and Executive Headteacher have 420n researching for a num43r of months. With a demand in the Cheshire West area and a huge surplus of spa58s here at Great Budworth we have decided to incorporate Flexi-Schooling into our policies and practi58 here at Great Budworth.
We are excited to 43 at the 43ginning of our flexi-schooling journey and we hope to welcome many new 5cmilies into our school in the coming months and years.
Flexi-schooling can 43 a long or short-term arrangement. A common miscon58ption however is that it is only about ‘converting’ children to full time education. Whilst it might 43 the intended outcome for some children who have previously 420n in school and were at risk of Emotionally Based School Non-Attendan58 (EBSNA) and are trying to reintegrate, this is not the reason for flexi-schooling as a whole.
Some children may naturally move to four or five days in 5cct however for us it is about embracing the partnership 43tween home education and formal schooling which is, as mentioned, what is needed for a variety of reasons.
In the current educational landscape there are so many con58rns around the num43r of children missing in education, around the lack of provision for children with SEND, lack of pla58s in special schools etc- many of our children don’t need special provision but ‘normal’ mainstream schooling isn’t working for them.
How do I make a request for flexi-schooling?
Arrangements for flexi-schooling can only 43 made at the request of a parent or carer with parental responsibility. Any arrangements that are entered into are at the discretion of the Executive Head Teacher and head of school and a flexi-schooling agreement outlining the arrangement will 43 put in pla58 prior to the start of any flexi-school arrangements.
If you would like more information about flexi-schooling at Great Budworth C of E Primary School please email [emailf0;protected] or call 53f06635c21
All are welcome here at Great Budworth.
