Contact Details
St Mary’s Infants School
St Mary’s Way
Baldock
SG7 6HY
Tel: 01462 892347
Email: admin@stmarysinfants.herts.sch.uk
Miss Watson will be in the School Office from 8.30 am until 4.00 pm – Monday to Friday, (during term time) to answer all of your queries.
Should you require a paper copy of any information included in this website, please contact the School Office and these can be provided free of charge.
A close and happy relationship between home and school is essential in supporting a child’s educational experiences and progress. Parents are encouraged to contact the appropriate member of staff if a problem occurs or advice is needed. We, in turn, will be in touch whenever the need arises. Even if the problem seems trivial but is upsetting your child, please let us know.
Should you wish to speak to a member of staff on a matter taking more than a few moments, it is advisable to make an appointment for after school to ensure that he/she is free of any other pressing commitments.
Parent/Teacher Consultation Evenings are held in the Autumn and Spring Terms each year, and parents receive a written report at the end of each school year which will indicate children’s progress in all areas of the curriculum.
Class Dojo
Parents can receive an insight into their child’s daily life in school by joining us on Class Dojo. It also allows direct communication with a child’s teacher through the messaging facility.
If you would like to join us on Class Dojo, please contact the school office.
School Gateway
School Gateway in an online service that can be used to make payments to the school electronically, receive important information from the office such as Newsletters, School Closures etc and is also used for Parent Evening Bookings.
To join School Gateway, please download the app and complete the parent and child details to register.
Emergency Closures
In order to ensure parents and guardians are informed as quickly as possible of anything that may have an impact on a normal school day, parents will be communicated with via School Comms. Teachers will also send a notification on Dojo.
Emails to staff
All emails to staff must be sent through via admin@stmarysinfants.herts.sch.uk. This will ensure that if any staff member is absent that your communication will still be acknowledged and passed onto another member of staff who can support you in the meantime. Please see below who you need to direct particular correspondence to. This will help us all to communicate in a timely manner.
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Safeguarding |
Health and Safety |
Administration |
Early Years |
Key Stage 1 |
SENCO |
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Miss Edey Mrs Penny Mrs McGrath |
Mrs Vokes |
Miss Watson |
Mrs McGrath |
Mrs Penny |
Mrs Terrett |
Please see below the procedures for raising concerns.
Safeguarding concerns should be raised with the Headteacher or Designated Senior Person on duty by ringing into the school office. Details of your concern should not be emailed into school in case this is not acknowledged with haste and should not be shared with administrative staff. Details should not be shared with any other individuals to protect and safeguard any child that the concern relates to.
If your concern is out of school hours, then you should ring children’s social care on 0300 123 4043 without delay.
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Raising Concerns Safeguarding concerns: Any Safeguarding concerns should be reported directly to the Headteacher or Designated Senior Person (DSP) Mrs Geis, or Mrs McGrath by ringing into the school office. Allegations: If you wish to make an allegation against a member of staff that could indicate that a child is at risk of harm, you must contact the headteacher without delay. Please do not send the context of your allegation via the admin email, as this information cannot be shared. Allegations against members of staff must not be shared with other designated safeguarding leaders other than the headteacher. If your allegation is against the headteacher, then you must contact the Chair of Governors without delay. |
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Class Teacher |
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SENCO: If the issue relates to a vulnerability or Pupil Premium |
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Assistant Head of EYFS if your child is in Reception DSP |
Assistant Head of KS1 if your child is in KS1 DSP |
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Headteacher DSP |
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Chair of Governors If you would like to contact the Chair of Governors please send your communication via email to admin@stmarysinfants.herts.sch.uk with FAO Chair of Governors. |
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Please ensure that you follow these procedures for your concerns to be dealt with as quickly as possible. Prior to any meeting with the Assistant Headteacher or Head teacher, all meeting records will be shared with Senior Leaders to progress the next steps as effectively as possible. Parents will be directed to the correct member of staff who can deal with their issue by Senior Leaders, given the nature of the concern and if the above procedures have not yet been followed.
‘Flowchart for parents on how to raise a concern’