Reception New Intake

Welcome to our new children and families

Whether you are looking for information about starting school, or if you have had confirmation of your place at Drake, this is the place to get more information.

Starting school is a huge milestone and it matters to our children and families that children are given the best start in this transition. We will support you in your decision making and also once you have found out where your child will be attending. 

You should find everything you need to know here.

Getting to know you

We are very much looking forward to getting to know all of the new children and families joining us. We are currently in communication with pre-school settings, nurseries and childminders to make arrangements to visit any settings that are attended by children joining us to support a smooth transition into school.

On 6th June, we aim to hold an information session to which you will be invited to attend. This will give you the opportunity to meet school staff, find out a bit more about Reception at Drake, look around the school, sample school meals and spend some time in your child's classroom with the class teacher.  During this session, we will provide you with a small pack of documents for you to complete and return to school. This will help us to gather information and to ensure that our school systems are up to date in time for when your child starts with us. In addition, we will be able to arrange for a Tapestry account which is our online learning and observation platform, this will help use to send you updates and information and to start the partnership between school and families.

Website links

Our website provides lots of information related to our school, our mission, vision and aims as well as our curriculum and Year Group pages where you can find out what different year groups have been learning about. We also have a video centre which you are welcome to view.

Choosing a school for your child is an important decision. Below are some links to just a few relevant pages to support you. 

Supporting you and your child

We have dedicated staff who will support you in ensuring that your child's needs are met. You can find out more about them here.