Horn Park Primary School: proposal to close Nursery & change age range

You may be aware that like most London local authorities, the Royal Borough of Greenwich is experiencing falling rolls in the mainstream sector of the primary phase. This trend is predicted to continue. As a result of this, nursery numbers have fallen significantly over the last 3 years and the provision has become financially unsustainable. 

The Compass Partnership of Schools and the Leadership Team of Horn Park are consulting on no-longer running the nursery and changing the School’s age range from 3 – 11 years, to 4 – 11 years.  This is planned to take effect from 1st September 2025.  

Closing the nursery will assist the School and Trust to provide stability in its long-term financial planning. 

We have identified a potential private nursery provider who is looking to open the nursery from its current location at Horn Park. Following the consultation, should the planned closure and change of age range go ahead, we will organise a meeting to enable parents to speak to the provider directly and hear more about their offer. 

This proposal is subject to approval from the Department for Education.

It is important to consider the views of our parents and the wider community. The consultation will run until Friday 16th May 2025.  All stakeholders are invited to submit comments in writing about the proposal to:  

HP Nursery Closure & Age Range change 
C/O Alderwood Primary School  
Rainham Close, Eltham,  
London, SE9 2JB  
Email: contact@compassps.uk  

If you wish to discuss the content of this letter any further, please do not hesitate to contact the school office. 
 

Please find below information from the Healthier Greenwich Partnership related to funding available for health and well-being initiatives in the community.

 

Local School Committee - Election for Horn Park Parent Governor 

Our parent Governor Esther Smith has made the decision to resign from her role as Parent Governor, we thank her for her valued contribution during her time. Due to this, this we have a vacancy in our Horn Park Local School Committee for a Parent Governor.   

If you wish to seek nomination as an elected Parent Governor, please collect a nomination form from the school office, or can be printed from the attachment below. This form should be completed, with the accompanying personal statement of no more than 150 words, and returned to the Head Teacher or the school office no later than 3.30pm on 4th April 2025.   

Outlined below is some general information on the role of a Parent Governor within the local school committee.   

The Local School Committee is responsible for providing confident and strategic leadership, and creating robust accountability, oversight and assurance for the school’s educational performance.  

The Local School Committee is passionate about education and committed to continuous school improvement to ensure the best possible outcomes for our pupils. 

The role of a parent governor 

As a parent governor, you will work with the Local School Committee to make sure it effectively carries out the duties referred to above. You will also play a vital role in bringing a parental perspective to the Local School Committee, but you are not there to speak ‘on behalf’ of the parent body. 

To be a parent governor you should have: 

• A strong commitment to the role and to improving outcomes for children 

• Good inter-personal skills, curiosity, and a willingness to learn and develop new skills 

• The specific skills required to make sure the Local School Committee delivers effective governance 

Expectations of Governors 

Governors are expected to: 

• make full efforts to attend all meetings and where this is not possible, explain in advance why they are unable to do so 

• involve themselves actively in the work of the Local School Committee, and accept their fair share of responsibilities 

• maintain confidentiality 

• attend induction and training as required 

How to apply 

If you’re interested in applying for the role, please email the school office hpcontact@hornpark.compassps.uk for the candidate form and return to the school office by Friday 4th April 2025.  

If we receive more applications than there are vacancies, a secret ballot will be carried out. We will inform you closer to the time if we have to do this. 

Please note that your data as provided will be stored as follows: 

• Where the information may be stored (eg securely in school, electronic systems, paper files) 

• Who has access to this (eg access restricted, not shared with third parties outside of the school) 

• How long retained for (for duration of appointment process, if retained following appointment of successful candidate, how long for)  

• How will be destroyed (permanently deleted from electronic systems, paper copies shredded) 

Should you require any further information in considering whether or not you wish to stand for election, please do not hesitate to contact the school office on 020 8857 5003.   

Please return your nomination form and profile to the school office no later than 3.30 p.m. on Friday 4th April 2025. 

If your child has missed their flu vaccination. are aged between 2 - 19 years and live or attend school in the borough of Greenwich please see below regarding the final flu vaccination of the season being held in Lee on Saturday 1st March 2025.

Please see below the presentation that was shared at the parent workshop today.

Please see below the presentation that was shared at the parent workshop on Thursday 16th January.