Key Information

Welcome to the Key Information Page. Here, you will find everything you need to support your child's journey at Pimlico Academy. 

If you wish to contact us, please click here.

Reporting a safeguarding concern

All staff at Pimlico Academy are committed to providing outstanding safeguarding. All staff receive annual safeguarding training and a library of literary guidance is available for staff to read. Pimlico Academy works in partnership with the Metropolitan Police: you will often see our Safety Schools Officer around school, at the end of the day or in the community.

If you have concerns that a child or children are being harmed, are at risk of harm, or receive a disclosure, you must report it to us immediately, and we will take appropriate action.

To contact the safeguarding team, please email using the details below. You can also report concerns in person by speaking to a staff member at the Academy. Provide as much information as possible, including your name, so we can respond quickly.

Safeguarding Lead: Ms Lauren Reid

Email: safeguarding@pimlico.futureacademies.org. 

Library

Pimlico Academy Library is a calm, welcoming space for all of the Academy’s students to develop a love of reading. Students are welcome to take up to two books out at a time, but the library is also available to sit in and read, do home learning or other study in, use the computers, or just to relax somewhere quiet.

At Pimlico Academy, we believe that a love of reading is central to all aspects of education. Evidence has overwhelmingly shown that students who read for pleasure are significantly more likely to succeed at school and later in life.

However, reading for pleasure has other, equally important benefits. 

Our library has a vast range of texts on offer: young-adult fiction, classic novels, poetry, drama, graphic novels, manga, and non-fiction books on science, maths, art, technology and history.

By having access to this wide variety of books, students have the opportunity to explore the wide variety of human experience and achievement. By exploring, through reading, other people’s lives and experiences, our students can discover more about themselves and the world around them. Reading does improve grades, but it can also help us to become better, more knowledgeable, more empathetic, and more deeply-feeling people; a value that cannot have a price put or grade put on it.

Inclusion (SEND)

At our academy, we believe in creating inclusive environments that aim to meet the needs of all students. We want to ensure that our Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) provision offers appropriate support for those facing barriers to their learning.

We provide support within all four broad areas of SEND: 

• cognition and learning
• communication and interaction
• sensory and physical
• social, emotional and mental health

Our school SENDCO leads on the provision for students with SEND, and Anna-Maria O'Toole oversees provision for students with SEND across Future Academies, to ensure that it is of the highest standards. 

Free School Meals (FSM)

You can apply for free school meals if your child is in full time education and you receive any of the following benefits:

• Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400 as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods)

• Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)

• Income Support

• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance

• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance

• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

• The guarantee element of State Pension Credit

You can verify your eligibility here.

Attendance & Punctuality

Why is being on time important?

Every minute counts. If your child arrives late to school every day, their learning begins to suffer. Being just 15 minutes late each day throughout the academic year is equivalent to losing 10 days in the classroom!

 What can you do to support your child's attendance:

• Medical Appointments: Where possible, book them outside of school hours.
• Family Holidays: Plan trips during the 175 days when students are not in school.
• Illness: Avoid allowing your child to stay home for minor complaints or illnesses. If they are well enough to be up and about, they are generally well enough to attend school.
• Punctuality: Ensure your child arrives at school on time and ready to learn.

School Lunches and Parent Pay

It is important to us that children eat well. Our catering team, 'Cucina,' takes great care to provide healthy and balanced diets to our students. The menus incorporate dishes from around the world to introduce our students to both familiar and new tastes and flavors. This is further enhanced by our 'Celebration' days, where we offer a range of different items.

Parent Pay Cashless System:

The Grange Academy is a cashless school. We use a secure online system called 'Parent Pay,' which allows parents to access details of their child's financial activity. All food is paid for using this system.

To access the Parent Pay website, please click here.