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Berger Primary School exists to meet the needs of all its pupils and ensure that each child achieves their best. The school will work positively and actively with parents, carers, and the local community to promote the wellbeing and success of all its children. Admissions to Berger Primary School are handled by Hackney Learning Trust. To apply for a place in our school you will need to contact Hackney Learning Trust School Admissions directly. We will need to get confirmation from Children Social Care for priorities 1 and 2. Also, if we need a tie-breaker decision for priorities 1, 2, and 4, we will use distance, as measured in item 5 above. If two applicants live the same distance from the school, the place will be allocated by lottery. This will be carried out by the Admissions Team in the presence of an independent witness. If a family lives on a boat, the distance will be measured from an authorized mooring point. If the family is traveling from place to place, the nearest mooring point will be used on the closing date for the receipt of applications. Where necessary, we will ask the Health Service for advice. The medical needs of parents do not justify a place at a particular school, but a child may have a social need because of their parent’s medical condition. We will need to see evidence in support of these cases such as supporting professional evidence (for example, a written statement from a medical consultant, senior social worker, or another appropriate professional). This must clearly show why the child should be given a place at that particular school, together with an explanation of the difficulties that would be caused if the child were to attend another school. Parents are responsible for providing the evidence. Very few places are awarded under this priority. If you are not given priority, you can contact the Admissions Team to find out why. A brother or sister must live permanently at the same address as the child for whom the application is being made. This includes a half brother or sister, a step-brother or sister, and a who lives permanently as a family unit at the same address. When we work out distances, we use geographical information provided by the local council. If several addresses have the same geographical property reference (such as a block of flats), or if several applicants are living the same distance away from the school, the allocation of a place will be decided by lottery. Where parental responsibilities are equally shared, we will consider the home address to be the place where the child sleeps, and spends most of their time, from Monday to Friday. Normally this will be with the parent/carer who receives Child Benefit for that child. We currently have 417 children on roll at Berger Primary School, excluding Nursery. Berger is working towards gaining “UNICEF Rights Respecting School” status because we welcome the ethos of the award and believe that the values promoted by the award are exactly right for our school. We have a pupil steering group tasked with helping all our pupils understand how to respect theirs and others' rights. Berger Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff and Governors believe that our school should provide a caring, positive, safe, and stimulating environment that promotes the social, physical, and moral development of the individual child/young person. No special qualifications are required to be a governor, and you don’t need to have a child at the school, but you must be 18 or over on the date when you are elected or appointed. Rather than qualifications, governors will need to have certain qualities to be supportive and effective for example, enthusiasm, commitment, and an interest in education. All Governors are required to complete a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) before they become a school governor. The UNICEF UK Rights Respecting School Award (RRSA) is based on principles of equality, dignity, respect, non-discrimination, and participation. The RRSA seeks to put the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child at the heart of a school’s ethos and culture to improve well-being and develop every child’s talents and abilities to their full potential. A rights-respecting school is a community where children’s rights are learned, taught, practiced, respected, protected, and promoted. Young people and the school community learn about children’s rights by putting them into practice every day. Berger Primary School is very proud that we have has successfully achieved the UNICEF UK Recognition of Commitment (ROC) for your Rights Respecting School work. The Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011. Eligibility for the Pupil Premium was extended to pupils who have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years (known as the Ever6 Free School Meals measure). Schools also receive funding for children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months, and a smaller amount for the children of service personnel. Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium as they see fit. However, they are accountable for how they use the additional funding to support pupils from low-income families and the other target groups. View full school