Posted on: 17/10/2024For Parents & Carers
Communicating with WA
Parents and carers play a crucial role in the progress and achievements of Westminster Academy students.
- The first point of contact for all parents and carers is their child's personal tutor.
- The Academy holds Parents' Evenings, Tutor Evenings and provides reports to ensure parents and carers are kept up to date and can involve themselves in their child's learning.
- The weekly newsletter includes notifications and events.
- The Principal holds informal coffee mornings or after school chats with parents and carers.
- Close cooperation between school and home is vital to the success of our students. To this end, we invite parents and carers to read our Parent, Carer and Visitor Code of Conduct to help us promote positive, constructive communication at all times.
Information for new students
This guide helps students be ready for the school year:
Arbor and Arbor Payments
This guide explains how we invite parents and carers to engage with their child's information (eg attendance, timetable, achievement, reports) through the Arbor Parent Portal. You will also find details on our cashless payment system: Arbor payments.
Uniform
This guide explains uniform and equipment requirements (more can be found in our uniform policy on our Key Information pages here):
WA's uniform provider is Ace Clothing. For more details, and to order online, please visit their web page:
Second-hand uniform
WA has a small inventory of second-hand uniform items available. Please contact us if you have specific requests and we will check our inventory.
Contributions to the inventory (items of WA uniform in good condition) are welcomed at the end of each term and can be dropped off at the Academy reception.
Hot lunches
Our in-house catering team freshly prepare a variety of meals for our students every day. The weekly menus are available to download below.
Free School Meals vouchers
If your child is entitled to Free School Meals (FSM), you will receive an e-voucher via email for the holiday period. The voucher can be redeemed at ASDA, Aldi, B&M, Farmfoods, Iceland, M&S, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco or Waitrose.
Please see a step-by-step guide to follow to help you redeem the vouchers here.
If your e-voucher is not in your inbox by the end of each half term, please check your junk and spam folders. If your e-voucher still hasn’t arrived, please send an email to admin@westminsteracademy.org.uk
Absence requests
If parents/carers need to request that their child is absent from school, they are asked to complete this form. The form should be completed and submitted at least two weeks (where possible) before the required leave of absence.
Exam re-mark fees
For information about the fees charged for requesting re-marks of GCSE exams in August 2024, please view this document.
Children staying over and in your care
We ask parents and carers to note this guidance (2019) from the Metropolitan Police about the safeguarding of children who stay overnight or for prolonged periods at your address.
Other WA policies and useful links
Please visit our Key Information pages for Academy policies regarding admissions, safeguarding, behaviour and welfare, SEN and disabilities, equalities and additional interventions, teaching and learning, the Governing Body and financial information, plus useful links to our exam boards:
