As you will be aware St Mary’s is a Voluntary Aided School. It is funded partly by the Local Authority (Barnet Council) partly by the Diocese of St Albans, and partly by the Governors.
The school usually receives grants to fund improvement projects to the school but, for each one, the Governors are required to make a contribution of 10% of the costs. Your contributions towards the school funds helps enable the Governors to meet their obligations and ensure the school continues to provide the best possible environment for the children.
In recent years, your support has funded several major projects to improve the school:
- Improved security entrance
- Improved toilets
- Replacement double glazing
- Fire escape to first floor classrooms
- Outdoor classroom for Reception
- Improvements to IT facilities – WiFi and new notebooks for children
- Replacement radiators
- Enhanced space in Reception classroom
- Replacement flat roof
To ensure that we can continue to keep making necessary future improvements to school, we would ask parents/carers to make the following contribution for the school year 2022/23:
- £75 for one child
- £110 for two children
- £140 for three or more children
Details of how to pay are on a separate Gift Aid form. Contributions can be made via www.schoolmoney.co.uk
It would be greatly appreciated if you would return the payment and form as soon as possible and no later than the end of October annually. If you have any queries, please write to the Governors care of the school.
Your continued support is greatly appreciated as we continue to make improvements from which all children benefit.
Stephen Edwards, Chair of Governors