Welcome to Minster Church of England Primary School. This page of our website is just for you, and we hope it will provide lots of useful information for you over the next few months and help you prepare your child for school.

We want to wish you all a very warm welcome to Minster Church of England Primary School.

We hope this page will be useful to provide you with links to all the information you need to prepare for you child starting with us in September.

We have a robust transition in place, which is tried and tested over many years that has received positive feedback from parents about how it has supported their child to settle into school life. This includes meetings with pre-schools and nurseries as well as sessions in school, in smaller groups, to enable us to get to know your children.

We will arrange an induction meeting, date to be confirmed, where there will be a chance to meet the Reception team and other members of the school community, to hear more about a typical day in school and our starting school arrangements.

Please note we cannot accommodate children in these meetings so please do ensure you organise child care should you require this.

Please do visit other pages on our school website – you will find further information about our wider school approach including  Staff, Curriculum and Special Educational Needs.  In addition, please do follow us on social media for regular photos and information updates on the whole school: Instagram or Facebook.

To ensure we can stay in touch please make sure you let us know ASAP if any of your contact details change.  This will ensure you don’t miss any vital updates.

Once again, we welcome you and your child to Minster Church of England Primary School and look forward to meeting you.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me,  Mrs Bailey Head of Reception, abailey@mandm.school

We are looking forward to meeting you all very soon. 

Mrs Bailey and the Reception Year  Team

Mrs Bailey and the Reception Year Team

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are delighted to inform you that Kent School Health will be hosting an online Getting ready for school transition webinar for parents and carers of children who are due to start school in September 2026.

The session will cover:

• What school readiness looks like
• How to access help and support from the health visiting team
• What you can expect from the Kent school health service once your child has started school

To book a place please click on the session you wish to attend and register.

Getting ready for school transition Tuesday 2^nd June 10-10.30am

Getting ready for school transition Thursday 4^th June 2-2.30pm

Getting ready for school transition Monday 8^th June 9.30-10am

Getting ready for school transition Tuesday 9^th June 2-2.30pm

Parent Information Meeting - Wednesday 17th June, 5:00–6:00 PM
No children please.

1 - Teddy Bears’ Picnic - Tuesday 23rd June, 2:00–3:00 PM
Parents entering by the AWP Gate.

2 - Play and Stay Sessions

• Tuesday 30th June, 3:30–4:00 PM (Children having am sessions in September)

• Thursday 2nd July, 3:30–4:00 PM (Children having pm sessions in September)

Open until 4:30 PM to allow time for parents to speak with school staff.

3 - Play and Stay

• Tuesday 7th July, 3:30–4:00 PM (Children having am sessions in September)

• Wednesday 9th July, 3:30–4:00 PM (Children having pm sessions in September)

1:1 Parent Meetings

These will be held in the school garden as before:

Monday 6th July

• Rainbow Class : Morning

• Sunshine Class: Afternoon

Tuesday 7th July

• Rainbow Class: Afternoon

• Sunshine Class: Morning 

Wednesday 8th July

• Rainbow Class: Morning

• Sunshine Class: Afternoon

Thursday 9th July

• Rainbow Class: Afternoon 

• Sunshine Class: Morning

HE to be available for these meetings to discuss medical needs.