Barkston and Syston CE Primary School

Church Street

Barkston

Grantham

NG32 2NB

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Miss R J Lyon - Headteacher, Designated Safeguarding Lead, Pupil Premium Lead, Sports Premium Lead, Designated LAC Teacher

Mrs E Drayton - Pastoral Inclusion and Operations Manager - Responsible for initial enquiries, School Bursar and Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mr James Keetch - SENDCO

Mrs Cora Townson - Chair of Governors, Safeguarding Governor

Mr Matthew Brown - Vice Chair of Governors

If you wish to contact us, please fill in the form below or telephone us on 01400 250553. Mrs Drayton is the member of staff who deals with queries from parents and other members of the public.

Parents may request paper copies of any information - please contact the school office.

School opening hours

Barkston & Syston CE Primary School is open Monday - Friday from 08:45am - 3:20pm. School is open for a total of 32 hours and 30 minutes per week.

Protocol for contacting school.

When parents have a query relating to their child at school they often feel that the best course of action is to speak to the Headteacher. However, it is often the case that other members of staff are better placed to resolve queries as they are more familiar with your child and their situation. 

When you have a query, to enable us to solve it as quickly as possible please first contact the school office. You can do this in person at drop-off or collection times, by calling 01400 250553, or by email to enquiries@barkstonsyston.lincs.sch.uk. You are likely to be asked to give some information to enable the office staff to help you or direct you to the most appropriate person. The more information you give, the more quickly we are able to help.

Please be aware that most members of staff are unlikely to be available at short notice but your message will be passed on to them and you will get a reply as soon as we are able. We will always try to be as flexible as possible when arranging telephone calls or meetings with parents but the teaching, learning and operational commitments of the school staff will take priority, unless the query is safeguarding related.

If you have a Safeguarding concern during school hours you should make this clear to the staff member you are speaking to. If you have a safeguarding concern outside of school hours you should contact the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Partnership on 01522 782333.

All of our staff, children and families have a right to feel safe, secure and respected. Please show respect, kindness and consideration to our school community.

Whilst we support all of our families, Barkston & Syston CE Primary School is unable to contribute information to certain types of forms including, but not limited to:

• Paperwork for Disability Living Allowance
• Paperwork for Personal Independence Payments
• Paperwork for other claims from the DWP
• Passports

Complaints

If you wish to raise a concern or complaint, please follow our school policy. This can be accessed using the link below: