Welcome to our Leconfield Family…

Service Families are an integral part of our School Family here at Leconfield.

At any time, children from Service Families make up between 35% and 50% of the children in our school. We greatly value the contribution that Service Families make to our community and we are proud to be part of their education journey.

From the moment you make contact with us to tell us you are moving to Leconfield we will work with you to ensure a smooth transition for your family. This includes help and support with the essentials such as health care, information about our school, the admissions process and your child’s class.

Please follow this link to apply for a place at our school:  In year admissions and transfers to Leconfield Primary School

At Leconfield we are one big family and community.   We value the experiences which children from Service Families have had and make our Service Pupils part of our school from the moment they walk through the door.  At Leconfield we have a whole school vision of We ROCK.  Everything we do begins with our whole school vision:

We ROCK:

We are

• Respectful
• Open Minded
• Curious
• Kind

Ongoing support for Service Families is important to us at Leconfield.

Service Families can expect from us:

• A Service Children’s Champion – Miss Sellar – who works closely with the East Riding, external advisors and DST to support all of our Service Families
• Staff who understand the unique experiences that Forces life can bring
• Training for staff to ensure that we provide all children with the best possible support
• A strong link with the Service Pupil Champion service – a local team who can support Service Children and their wider families
• Support for children and families with transition, liaising with agencies and settling into life in East Yorkshire
• Access to a selection of books about life as a Service Family
• Bespoke support for children who need it and space to talk with trained people who understand
• A school that uses the Thriving Lives Toolkit to ensure best practice and ongoing self-evaluation

Strong and Experienced Leadership is in place for our Forces Community

• We have strong links with DST Leconfield and regularly work with personnel at DST for events such as the Remembrance Service at the village church and visits to DST Leconfield
• Every year we celebrate April as the Month of the Military Child and we have a Purple Up day when military personnel are invited into school for a fun day with the children.  We visit DST Leconfield and see some of the vehicles which are used by the military, we enter the Never Such Innocence national art competition and we have a Purple Up disco to round off the celebrations
• We have the Mini Militaries who are a group of children throughout the school who are our ambassadors for the military community.  They always  have a project ongoing to provide the best for our Service Pupils from the children’s perspective.  In our most recent project they created a Welcome Booklet for new children coming to Leconfield (have a look at this below)
• Moving passports – if you have been posted we will create a Passport.  This passport includes important information for your child’s new school such as their assessment and attendance data.  It also includes information about your child, to really ensure they have the best transition into their new school too.   Of course it also has space for some Leconfield memories too!

If there is anything else you would like to know about what we can offer for our Service Pupil families, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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