PREPARATORY SCHOOL

• 8.20am – Registration

• 8.30am – School 1

• 9.30am – School 2

• 10.25am – Break time

• 10.50am – School 3

• 12.00pm – Lunch

• 1.20pm – School 4

• 2.20pm – School 5

• 3.30pm – Preparatory School 6 / Pre-Prep Clubs

• 4.15pm – Clubs / Prep

• 5.30pm – Prep School closes

• 5.40pm – School buses depart

We offer an extensive school bus service that covers the Fylde Coast and beyond. Students are able to be picked up close to their homes in the mornings and dropped off in the evenings after activities.

If there is not a stop close to your house and you are interested in your child using the school bus service, please contact Mrs M Schwab (m.schwab@rossall.org.uk) and we will advise the closest stop on the route that will be suitable for your child

You can find more information on specific routes here.

Rossall School works with the uniform retailer SchoolBlazer to provide a smart, high-quality uniform. Simply input your child’s school and year group and an accurate uniform list will be generated for you.

SchoolBlazer offers the following benefits:

• An Intelligent Sizing System that allows you to input sizes as your child grow and tells you the perfect fit for your child

• Name labels sewn in for free

• Delivery to your home or Rossall School within 3 days, and delivery notifications

• 120 days to return items

Rossall also offers the following benefits:

• Storing uniform for international boarders until your child arrives

• Delivering uniform to your child’s Boarding House on their arrival at School

• A try-on service for most sizes of blazers. Appointments will be available over the Summer holidays with Mrs Mac in RosShop

• Buy-back of uniform items - this is not guaranteed, and depends on the quality of item you present to RosShop

• Assistance for students ordering additional uniform items, though we recommend you do not wait until your child arrives to order uniform.

The House stripes on the reversible House shirts are permitted to be worn during games unless instructed to play a sport in a specific colour.

We suggest you have options for warm and cold weather.

You MUST NOT wear hoodies for sport.

Further team kit will be advised by the Director of Sport/Golf/Football.

Swim caps are compulsory in the pool.

The purchase of sporting accessories such as hockey sticks is not compulsory, though students dedicated to the sport, or with Sports Scholarships are recommended to invest in their own equipment. Sports coaches and teachers can provide guidance on this.

The full fees list can be found here.

All fees are payable termly in advance, on or before the first day of each term. Payment may be made by direct debit, cheque, bank transfer or by debit / credit card.

DIRECT DEBIT

If you wish to pay by Direct Debit please contact Lisa Guest at: l.guest@rossall.org.uk

BANK TRANSFER

Rossall’s bank details are as follows:

Account name: Corporation of Rossall School

Account Number: 05008204

Bank: National Westminster Bank

Branch: Victoria Square, Thornton-Cleveleys

Sort Code: 60 08 26

IBAN Code: GB65NWBK60082605008204

SWIFT Code: NWBKGB2L

The pupil’s name and account code (shown on the fees invoice) must be quoted on the bank transfer document.

DEBIT/CREDIT CARD

Debit/credit card payments can be accepted by email or in person at the Finance Office. Please note a 1.5% charge is added to credit/debit card transactions. There is also an option to pay via the online school portal. Amex is not accepted.

CHEQUE

Cheques can be sent by post or taken in person to the Finance Office at the following address:

Lisa Guest, Bursary Department, Rossall School, Broadway, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 8JW

Please make cheques payable to The Corporation of Rossall School.

Please note, cash cannot be accepted.

Activities change every term. There will be a selection of options, meaning there is something for everyone. A sheet of our co-curricular activities can be found here. These are updated each term and an email is sent to parents along with a sign up form.

Rossall School provides a Parent Portal, so that parents can log in to the School systems and make use of a host of available features. Furthermore, all information will also be available to pupils via their own login to the Rossall Portal.

This should simplify your interaction with your child’s school life and help to keep important documents in one place and to oversee your child’s progress. By being able to view information about their attendance, subject sets, calendar, public examinations, timetable, school reports and extra-curricular activities, you will be able to help support them in partnership with School so that they can make the most of their time at Rossall.

The Portal also contains contact details and medical information. The information can be checked and the School can be notified of any changes via the relevant email link. The more up-to-date the information is, the more useful it is, should the School need to contact you at any point.

We take data protection and security very seriously at Rossall and as such our systems use encryption and other current security measures to ensure that both your own and your child’s data is fully protected from security threats.

A Parent App will be available to download to your phone or tablet. The Parent App allows you to keep up-to-date with the latest from

Rossall School and access all the features of the Parent Portal.

Details on how to join the Portal and App will be sent early on in the term from Data Manager, Kirstie Allen.

• Pencil case

• HB pencils

• Pencil sharpener

• Pencil eraser

• Coloured pencils

• Fountain pen and/or ballpoint pen (Black or Blue ink only)

• 30cm ruler

• School bag

• Glue stick

• Highlighter Pen

• Scissors

• Water bottle with name on (also available in RosShop)

• Reading book (you do not need to bring your own)

A normal lunch menu might look like this:

• Traditional cottage pie

• Broccoli, carrots, roast potatoes

• Salad bar

• Pasta and jacket potato bar

• Apple pie with custard

• Fruit

• Hot and cold drinks

All dietary requirements will be catered for.

The menu changes daily and is on a 3-week rotation to ensure variation

Rossall School welcomes an excellent team of peripatetic music teachers who provide high-quality tuition across a wide variety of instruments, as well as vocal training.

Please fill out the Instrumental Lessons Form to request music lessons and a member of the Music Department will then reach out to you to understand your child’s desired outcomes and make introductions with one of our peripatetic music teachers accordingly.

Whilst music teachers will confirm the cost of lessons directly to parents, we understand that knowledge of an indicative cost is helpful; the cost of peripatetic music lessons start from £25 per half hour.

Please contact the Preparatory School office and let them know your child will be absent. Telephone 01253 774222 or email prepoffice@rossall.org.uk.

Your child will be taken to the Health & Wellbeing Centre. Our nurses will contact you.

While we try to discourage appointments within school time, we understand that this is sometimes unavoidable. You will need to provide information of the appointment in advance by contacting the Prep School office. Please try to include the time you need to collect your child, and the estimated time your child will return to school if applicable. Your child will be at the Sports Centre ready for your collection time. Telephone 01253 774222 or email prepoffice@rossall.org.uk.

If this is because of an appointment, please see above. If you are running late and able to, please contact the Prep School office. Please drop your child off at the Sports Centre and a member of the Prep School will collect them. Telephone 01253 774222 or email prepoffice@rossall.org.uk.

This is discouraged. If you need to take your child out of school during term time you should place a holiday request. Please address your request to Mr Matt Turner via email to prepoffice@rossall.org.uk.

You will have completed a medical form when accepting your place at Rossall. If you entered details regarding medication a member of our Health & Wellbeing Team will be in touch with you. Any changes to medication should be reported by contacting the team.

If your child needs a short course of medication during School time, you should contact medical@rossall.org.uk with the details. If you need to send this in on the same day you are contacting our Health & Wellbeing team please contact the Prep School office

prepoffice@rossall.org.uk to inform them this is in your child’s school bag. Medication cannot be administered by School staff if contact has not been made with medical@rossall.org.uk.

Before you arrive at Rossall you can fill in the application form for any of our programmes and the Director of that subject will contact you to find out more. All areas take pupils at all stages of learning, while there will be assessments or auditions for some, this is to place you in the right level of the programme rather than to determine whether you can join. There are links at the back of this pack for all of our specialised programmes.