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Dear Parents and Carers, I have received a complaint from the ‘Residents Association’ of Roemead Drive regarding the parking of families bringing and collecting children from our school. They state that it is a private road and therefore it is only the residents who have permission to park there. Please be respectful of our neighbours. … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, unfortunately we are only in our second full week back at school and already the staff have spent a significant amount of time dealing with issues on various groups. This is only a school issue if it presents itself as an issue within school. Please can you regularly check your child’s … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Please find attached details about an important meeting about the teaching and learning of Phonics at our school to which you are invited to attend. Kind regards Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher Phonics Meeting Invite

Dear Parents and Carers, Please find attached details about an important meeting about the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check to which you are invited to attend. Kind regards Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher Year 4 MTC Meeting Invite

Dear Parents and Carers, Please find attached details about an important meeting about the end of the EYFS expectations to which you are invited to attend. Kind regards Chris Hughes Deputy Headteache EYFS Meeting Invite

Dear Parents and Carers, Please find attached details about an important meeting about the End of Key Stage 1 Expectations to which you are invited to attend. Kind regards Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher Year 2 Meeting Invite

Dear Parents and Carers, Please find attached details about an important meeting about the Year 6 End of Key Stage Statutory Assessments (SATS) to which you are invited to attend. Kind regards Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher Year 6 SATS Meeting Invite

Dear Parents and Carers, The Immunisation Service are coming into school to offer your child the Flu vaccination.Attached to this email is the Flu parent letter which contains information about the upcoming vaccination session and instructions on how to complete the online consent form. If there are any medical queries on the submitted consent form … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Our first full week of this academic year has definitely been a busy one. Already there has been so much learning taking place. The week was kicked off with potion making, fire starting, woolly mammoth washing as well as the designing of villages and sword handles from Anglo-Saxon times. THE YAPTON … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, The second payment towards the October 2026 Year 6 Residential Visit to CYE will be due at the end of this month. Please may I remind you that CYE offer a very generous 40% bursary towards the total cost of the visit. This is open to any family who may, for … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to the Autumn Term 2025! What a fantastic start to the new academic term we have had over these past couple of days. A special ‘Well Done” needs to be given to our new EYFS intake who have started their primary school journey so brilliantly! Throughout the school, there has … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, We hope you have had an enjoyable summer break. Here’s a quick reminder about our Summer Reading Challenge. If you have any photos of your children completing any of the different challenges, please email them to the office2@yaptonschool.org email address be Friday 5th September. We are looking forward to seeing everyone … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Even though we will not be together as a whole school community through this month, we do have a prayer for August. It is attached for you to read and share with your your family. Take care Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher Prayer for August

Dear Parents and Carers, Now that the summer holidays have begun, may I first thank everyone who brought in the cards and gifts for the staff at the end of term. Your kindness and generosity is very much appreciated. Rock Stars Shine Last week, we held our end of term Rock Steady Gig. It was … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you to everyone who has paid the initial £30 payment towards the cost of the Year 6 Residential Visit to CYE in October 2026. I am delighted and excited to confirm our booking. CYE offer a 40% bursary to families who may find paying the full balance hard. Application for … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Please find attached a resource from West Sussex County Council to be shared with the Year 6 children. It provides useful information about keeping safe on the journeys to and from secondary school. Take care Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher DFT_SafeAdventure_A4 Year 6 Resource

Dear Parents and Carers, On Friday 18th July, in preparation for the Autumn Term, a number of teachers (with their current classes) are going to relocate to their new classrooms. This means at the end of Friday’s school day, most children will need picking up from a different classroom. Here are the details of the … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, further to our previous communication about the classroom arrangements from Friday afternoon, I just wanted to clarify that the children in Cowdray Class will not be moving. Kind regards Kim Huggett

Dear Parents and Carers, We are looking forward to welcoming some of our families for Parents Evening tonight. The school gate will be locked at usual time at the end of the school day. If you could please come to the main office, where you will be greeted by a member of the Senior Leadership … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, With parents evening’s taking place this week, there will be no Yoga Club taking place after school tomorrow. This means that Yoga has now finished for the term, as the School Disco is taking place next Tuesday. Kind Regards School Office