St Mary's Newsletter

Dear Parents & Carers,

Best wishes,

Debbie Butcher

Consultant Headteacher

St Mary’s CE Primary School

Important Dates – please make a note

• Tuesday 22nd September – Jeans for Genes Day (more details to follow)

For Your Information

• Haringey Summer Fun – Have a look at the brochure for events that are going in during the summer in Haringey – many of them free, or low cost Haringey Holiday Fun Summer 2026
• Free School Meals – Free school meal (FSM) eligibility is changing. This is due to the way Universal Credit is calculated.  All families who receive Universal Credit are entitled to a free school meal. This is slightly complicated in London as all children receive a free school meal anyway, courtesy of the Mayor. Free School Meals checks will come back as either Expanded, meaning children are eligible for a free school meal only or Targeted, which means children will continue to receive vouchers in the holidays and access to the HAF Holiday Activity scheme.  All meals are currently free for all children from Reception to Year 6 so you won’t have to start paying.  If we don’t have your National Insurance and date of birth on file, we will contact you for this so that we can run the check.

• Reminder: Rectory Gardens is a School Street. This means no driving on the road between 8am–9am and 2.45–3.30pm. Let’s keep our children safe, the air clean and prevent you from getting a penalty notice

Reminders

• Please remember to call or email if your child is going to be off school – don’t wait for us to call you!
• We are on Instagram – follow us to see our wonderful school @stmarysschooln8 and tell your family to follow us too!
• Reminder about unauthorised absences and holidays during term time As you will know from previous correspondence, St Mary’s will be following the Government guidance with regards to fining families when a child has missed 10 or more sessions (5 days) for unauthorised reasons. Children should only be out of school for reasons that have been authorised.
• We are strictly a nut-free school – please remember this for packed lunches and party treats
• We are a latex-free school – this includes balloons, latex gloves, rubber bands etc

Contact Details

Are your contact details up-to-date?

If you have changed your address, telephone or email address please let us know as soon as possible. Have your personal circumstances changed? Again, please let us know. If you don’t get emails or texts from us then we may need to update your details.