We now have a online uniform provider which can be accessed via the link below

Visit School Trends Uniform Website

Uniform for South Witham Academy is available in from Kids and More, Crown Street, Oakham,LE15 6BZ Tel: 01572 771775.

They stock a full range of items with an embroidered school logo.  It is not compulsory to purchase items with the logo.  Any similar item of clothing in the school colours may be worn.

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Dear Parent/Carer

HOLIDAY/ABSENCE REQUESTS DURING TERM TIME

Amendments to the 2006 Education (Pupil registration) (England) Regulations do not give any entitlement to parents/carers to take their child on holiday during term time. Any application for leave must be in “exceptional circumstances” only and the Head of School must be satisfied that the circumstances warrant the granting of leave.

In practice these changes, which were introduced on 1st September 2013, will mean:

• Heads of School will not be allowed to authorise absences for family holidays, during term time, in any circumstances;
• The 10 day per annum discretionary period for absence has been withdrawn;
• Heads of School may only authorise term time absence for an exceptional, once in a lifetime event and any application must be received in advance. Examples of this may be a parents’ wedding, a close family funeral or watching your Grandfather carry the Olympic torch. Anything that could be viewed as recreational or a holiday will not be authorised.

In the regulations the following explanation for the changes has been detailed:

‘For pupils to benefit from education and achieve their full potential they must attend school regularly. School attendance data from 2010/2011 showed that 90% of pupils with an absence rate of less than 4% achieved 5 or more A* - C grades at GCSE or equivalent. In primary schools, 4 out of 5 pupils with an absence rate of less than 4% achieved level 4 or above in both English and mathematics. These amendments are designed to improve existing processes to help schools and local authorities address poor attendance.’

The local authority will be monitoring children with poor attendance very closely. We are fortunate that, because of our 6 term year, this can give greater flexibility in booking holidays, however, if you choose to take your child out of school during term time it may incur a fixed penalty. These penalties are in line with amendments made to the 2007 Regulations in the Education (Penalty Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.

If you would like to discuss this further, please do not hesitate to contact the school. I look forward to working with you towards reducing term time absence at South Witham Academy.

Term 1 and 2 after school clubs - starting Monday 18th September 2023

Welcome to South Witham Academy PTA (parent, teacher association)

We have a friendly, very committed PTA, and though we are small, we have had a super start to the PTA with the support of our parents! We help to raise money for our school by organising events throughout the year. We are always looking for volunteers and so if you have any time to spare and would like to get involved please contact us.

The following people were appointed in our first AGM on 11th October:

Chairperson - Kirsti Caucutt

About our PTA

Our PTA is run by Kirsti Caucutt and Emily Eudall.

We are looking for volunteers to join our PTA, to help raise money.

Money raised by the PTA contributes towards travel costs for trips, pantos etc, keeping the costs down for parents. It also pays for the leaver hoodies that the Year 6s have each year. 

Without volunteers in the PTA, we are unable to hold PTA events and raise money for these things for the children so if you are interested in joining our PTA, we would love to welcome you in.

May 2023 - Our new playground and play equipment! Our PTA have spent £1600 on playground markings and new play equipment for our children. We have 2 new see-saws, some play tunnels, some amazing new playground markings which the children absolutely love to play on and more play equipment on it's way!!

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So far, our school PTA has raised a huge £2328 and have spent over £1300 on things to enrich the children's learning and time spent in school.

Dates of future meetings will be posted on this page and mentioned in our weekly newsletter.

The PTA are pleased to announce they have raised £841 for the children this term. Thank you all for supporting their fundraising efforts, particularly in these past few weeks and thank you to the PTA members for their hard work and commitment. 

Our new PTA Facebook page!

We have a new Facebook page. Please click on the link below and like our page. On our PTA page, you will find up to date information about everything we are doing.

We are recruiting!