Main School Reception

School reception staff Mrs Rosten (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) and Mrs Wardle (Thursday and Friday) can deal with most general day to day enquiries and are well placed to steer you in the right direction for who may be the most appropriate person to contact. Our switchboard is staffed from 8am to 4pm each school day. Voicemail messages may be left outside of these hours.

 

At Furze Platt Senior School our staff seek to respond to communications within two working days. Should a matter require longer to resolve we will acknowledge your email and reply in more depth thereafter.

Reporting Student Absence

Q: What should I do if my child is off sick or has a hospital, dentist or doctor's appointment?

A: Absences should be reported via the Class Charts app by 8.40 am or as soon as you are aware your son/daughter will not be attending that day. This should be repeated each day they will be off school. Any absences that we have not received a reason for will be followed up with a call or text message.

Years 7-11

Appointments should be made after 1.45pm where possible.  Students in Years 7–11 must be collected by a parent and need to sign in and out at Main Reception; if you wish your child to leave school unaccompanied, authorisation needs to be given on each occasion that you are not able to collect them in person. Please email attendanceofficers@furzeplatt.net to inform them of any appointments that your child needs to leave school for.

Sixth Form

Appointments should be made after 1.45pm where possible. Sixth Form students should sign in and out at Sixth Form Reception (Years 12 and 13) when leaving for/returning from appointments.

All Year Groups

If there is a medical or safeguarding issue you would like to discuss other than sickness, you can also email our Attendance Officers attendanceofficers@furzeplatt.net and Safeguarding Mailbox Safeguarding@furzeplatt.net 

 

Q: What if my child requires medication in school?

Please click here to see our Medical Information page.

If your child is taken ill or is involved in an accident during the day, he/she will be cared for by the school nurse or first aid staff until we can contact a parent or guardian.

 

Pastoral Managers

If your issue is urgent (for example affecting the health and safety of a student) please email the Student Pastoral Manager for your child’s Year via student_support@furzeplatt.net for a prompt response, stating your child’s name and Year group.

Staff Name	Pastoral Manager by Year Group
Mrs S Gumbs	Year 7
Mrs J Barney	Year 8
Mrs B Harper	Year 9
Miss L Barney	Year 10
Miss M Carpenter	Year 11
Mr P Ging	Years 12 & 13

 

Headteacher’s Surgery Times

Please telephone the school for an appointment.

 

Emergency Procedures

It is essential for the school to have your correct address, telephone number, and any other telephone numbers where you or a relative may be quickly contacted in the event of an emergency. Please make sure that we keep this information updated by informing us of any changes in your circumstances as soon as they occur by recording any changes here: https://www.furzeplatt.com/page/?title=Updating+Student+Details&pid=281

If a decision is taken to close the school because of bad weather or other unforeseen circumstances, information will be posted on the school website in the first instance. Information will also be posted on our Twitter (@furze_platt) and Facebook (@furzeplattsenior) accounts. Various radio stations will broadcast this information to students, staff and parents. The radio stations and the frequencies are as follows:

Heart Thames Valley 97 FM, 102.9 FM

BBC Radio Berkshire 95.4 FM, 94.6 FM, 104.1 FM, 104.4 FM

 

 

 

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