Parent Information

Please key checking back to see if any more exciting and calendar-worthy dates have been added!

Jul 10, 2026

Leavers Ball

Jul 24, 2026

SteamFEST

Sep 9, 2026

Welcome Back! Evening meeting for all parents

Nov 4, 2026

Parent Forum – Autumn

Dec 4, 2026

Kimichi Christmas Lectures

Dec 9, 2026

Christmas Concert

2027

Mar 3, 2027

Parent Forum – Spring

Mar 19, 2027

GCSE Music Deadlines

School site closes at 5pm; joyously, most of our teachers are also practising musicians and so the evenings provide time for rehearsals and performances.

We understand that traffic or other bit of ‘life’ get in the way of a well-made plan, so please call us on 01216795298 or email attendance@kimichischool.co.uk as soon as you are able, letting us know what time you anticipate collecting your child.

Your child will continue to have PE lessons and will be expected to bring appropriate PE kit (sportswear) on their prescribed day according to their timetable. This includes trainers: school shoes will not be accepted. There is space to change, and it is not pleasant for them to remain in sweaty clothes throughout the day.

Our uniform is not very prescriptive; we ask that it is plain, smart and dark.

Most children wear black/dark grey trousers or skirt with a white/black shirt. Everyone will have a house tie that feeds into our behavior policy, and blazers or hoodies are also allowed. This should be adhered to by everybody, unless sensory issues have previously been discussed with HT/DHT.

Branding, patterns or pictures are not allowed.

Students will be expected to provide their own equipment for lessons and it is naturally expected students will be well-equipped for all lessons.

Specific lesson equipment includes (not an exhaustive list):

GENERAL

• Pens
• Pencils
• Pencil sharpener
• Eraser

MATHS

• Ruler – 15cm minimum and preferably clear
• Protractor (360° or 180°)
• Pair of compasses
• Scientific calculator
• Eraser

For BIOLOGY, please see above plus

• Colouring pencils
• 30cm ruler

All to be placed in a pencil case please.

Please send a packed a lunch; we simply do not have the facilities to manage cooking for everyone yet.

Students are welcome to go over the road at break or lunch (with parental permission: see permission form), but must go in groups of at least three with one being an Inter (Year 9) or above, must sign out and also must sign back in.

The shops over the road know us by now, and have always been fabulous with our children.

Takeout Tuesdays
We want to encourage our students to eat a healthy and balanced diet; to help with this, the only day they can consider eating anything that might resemble pizza and chips is a Tuesday. All other days must be filled with a rainbow of food and delight!

Firstly, and most importantly our only admission criteria for a regular school place is “do you like music?”

If they can answer yes to that, then you’re already most of the way there.

At Kimichi, bursaries are funded directly by the school; there isn’t a separate pot.

In return, we ask bursary pupils to give back to our community in positive ways (e.g., leading ensembles, helping at events, mentoring younger pupils).

It’s part of our culture of support and shared responsibility.

Full-time, fee-paying pupils receive two individual instrumental lessons per week as standard.

Additional lessons are available on request at £50 per term.

All pupils are expected to take part in ensembles, sectional rehearsals, and choir as part of our core musical provision.

For families on Flexi-schooling, we’re happy to arrange private tuition for a fee separately if desired.

Mobile phones, tablets and smart watches are not allowed around school and must be placed into the lock box at the beginning of the day. This is something we have done for many years now and the resulting impact on education and overall wellbeing in school has been immense.

Laptops are available for use by students at any time in lessons or DSAW’s if wanted/needed.

We can provide a folder for each child if they would rather keep any worksheets together; alternately worksheets should be stuck in their exercise books immediately. We have planners that they can keep information in, eg. homework. These only work if they bring them to school and keep them filled in, and if you also ask to see them at home. If they lose them, there will be a £10 replacement cost. Do please check school bags for these; teachers always spend some time at the end of a lesson ensuring that homework is filled in by everybody in the class if given, and we spend an entire lesson on how to fill them out so there can be no confusion.