About Whitegate End

Here at Whitegate End we are striving to create a hub where everyone belongs: children, staff and our families

including the wider community. We work closely with agencies to ensure we meet the needs of our families.

At Whitegate End, we create emotionally resilient children and staff with a range of academic and life skills. We prepare our

children for life, not only the next stages of  their education, and provide them with the tools to be lifelong learners.

Everyone belongs. The environment we create for each other is safe and gives us the opportunity to challenge

each other’s thinking and stand up for the things we feel passionate about.

We thrive when we go out into the ever-changing world and are

proud of the memories that we create together.

The Hive

The Hive is our 12 place SEMH Resource Base, which serves children across Oldham

Local Authority  with an EHCP. We provide short term placements and offer outreach work for

Oldham schools, to support children with social, emotional and mental health needs.

The curriculum has been designed in line with our school values;

we nurture, we act with integrity, we show determination.

The children will partake in a range of activities to support both their academic and  emotional  development through our

Happy and healthy lives programme.

Although primarily in The Hive environment, the children will also  access sessions alongside the children in their

year group, with sufficient support in place to help them succeed.

Our goal is to help them, not just manage, but thrive in the classroom and beyond.

The School Day

The children will enter the school via the main gate and be welcomed into The Hive from the  top playground. The children

should arrive at 8:15am for breakfast and registration. We will provide the food, but please let us know of any

allergies by completing the relevant  registration forms. Children will be picked up from 2:45pm from the same door.

School Dinners

All children in Reception and Key Stage One are automatically entitled to free school meals.

Children in Key Stage 2 are not automatically entitled to Free School Meals. If you wish for your child to have a

school dinner, payments can be made via the School Money online payment system. School

dinners are currently £2.70 per day (£13.50 per week). To check if your child is entitled to Free School

Meals please visit: www.oldham.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals

If you already receive free school meals, this will continue as normal. If you wish to change whether your child has

school dinners or a packed lunch, please let us know three weeks in advance (excluding school holidays) so the

correct amount of food can be ordered.

Snacks

Please make sure your child has a bottle of water and if they would like to bring a snack for break time,

please make sure it is either fruit or breadsticks. A piece of fruit and milk is provided free of

charge for all children from Nursery to Year Two, as part of a government scheme. Please do not send in

sweets, chocolate bars or savoury snacks.