School News
St Mary’s Primary School is now closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
If you have a safeguarding emergency please call 07759 043054
If there is a premises or security problem please call 07788 508562
All other enquiries please email the school office on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
To contact social care directly if you are worried or concerned about anyone under 18 who you think is being abused or neglected, or that a child and their family need help and support, please contact the Gloucestershire Children and Families Front Door which is open from 9am to 5pm:
Telephone: 01452 426565
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Outside of office hours, you should contact the Emergency Duty Team (EDT) Telephone: 01452 61 4194 or, if you have concerns about the immediate safety of the child or you believe a serious criminal offence has been committed please contact the Police at any time on 101.
Alternatively you can call ChildLine for advice on 0800 1111 or email them by visiting www.childline.org.uk.
Following the Governments confirmation of the list of Key Workers this letter gives details on who is eligible to request childcare at St Mary's from next week and what you need to do to request a place.
Update – 18th March 2020
There are currently a number of staff who are unable to come to work either because they are required to self-isolate due to members of their household having symptoms or because they are in the ‘at risk’ groups.
I will be using supply staff, student teachers and teaching assistants to cover classes and some teachers who normally work part time have offered to increase their hours for which we are extremely grateful. 15% of our pupils are currently absent from school, it is therefore likely that classes will be grouped together for certain points during the day.
Please be assured that we will always keep the children safe and we will not put large numbers of children in one class.
We continue to try and reduce the number of adults and visitors coming into school so all meetings, groups and ‘Grab a Grown Ups’ are cancelled.
At the moment guitar lessons are continuing but all other music lessons have been suspended. If parents have questions please can you email the school office on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and someone will get back to you.
School Absences
We are aware that you may be having problems getting through the school office in a morning to report absences as the phones are particularly busy.
Therefore, to report an absence for the next few weeks please follow the guidelines below:
If your child or any person in your household has a new persistent cough or fever/high temperature everyone in the household must stay at home for 14 days. If your child is absent for this reason please notify the school by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before 9am on the day of the first day of absence stating that they are self-isolating for 14 days.
If your child has any other symptoms please continue to ring 01666 502275 to report your child’s absence, again before 9am on the morning of your child’s first day of absence.
Many thanks for your continued support.
Please read this letter for the latest update from Mrs Woolley on the corona virus situation.
We have a vacancy for a parent governor which we are keen to fill as soon as possible.
St Mary’s Primary School has always aimed for a partnership with parents, which undoubtedly brings great benefits to the children. One of the most significant ways you can help in promoting this aim is to volunteer to be a parent governor. The governing body's main tasks are to support the school, ensure that pupils receive high quality education and plan for future development and improvement.
If you are interested in finding out more about this important role please read this letter and see the nomination form.
If you are interested in becoming a governor, please contact the school office with your nomination (self- nomination is acceptable), which will need to be with the school by 12.00 noon on Wednesday 18th March.
We would like to say a HUGE thank you to all the children who have entered our World Book Day competition.
Firstly, I would like to say a huge thank you to all the parents who have sent in such encouraging and supportive emails over this difficult time.
I have forwarded these on to all the staff and governors and they have been truly uplifted by your concern. I am very proud of our school community and how admirably everyone has responded.
Please read this letter for further details on how we are moving forward this week.
Please see this letter for details of the school re-opening on Wednesday 4th March.
I fully appreciate how worrying and upsetting this weekend has been for everyone at St. Mary’s School and indeed Tetbury as a whole.
Suddenly coronavirus is very close to us all and naturally our first thought is for our children and how we can protect them. It is clear from the many messages I have received and the activity on social media that there is a huge amount of anxiety amongst our parent body and the wider community.
I have received too many emails to be able to answer them all individually but I hope this letter will help answer some of your questions.
This letter from Public Health England gives further information on the recent corona virus case.
