This page brings together essential information to support families throughout their child’s time at Kingswood. Here you will find key links, practical school information and guidance on reporting absences, alongside details of our Friends of Kingswood groups and the support available through Tooled Up Parenting. Designed to be a helpful point of reference, this section ensures parents can easily access resources, stay informed and engage fully with school life.
Kingswood School recognises the importance of regular attendance in maximising pupils’ opportunities to reach their full potential. Good school attendance correlates with higher academic achievement, and for pupils to fully benefit from the educational opportunities available at Kingswood, they must have high levels of attendance throughout their school career. A copy of the school Attendance Policy can be found here.
Prep School: To report your child’s absence from school, please email absence@kingswood.bath.sch.uk and please copy in your child’s teacher by 8:15am. For absences of more than one day, contact should be made with the school on each day of the absence.
The law does not give parents an automatic right to take their child(ren) out of school in term time. All term-time leave requests must be submitted in writing, in advance, and approved by Naomi Harding, Assistant Head, Pastoral – Prep School. Please email your request c/o kpsreception@kingswood.bath.sch.uk.
Senior School: To report your child’s absence from school, please email registration@kingswood.bath.sch.uk with the below information and copy in your child’s form tutor by 8:15am.
For absences of more than one day, contact should be made with the school on each day of absence.
The law does not give parents an automatic right to take their child(ren) out of school in term time. All term-time leave requests must be submitted in writing, in advance, and approved by Mat Chataway, Senior Deputy Head – Senior School. Please email your request c/o reception@kingswood.bath.sch.uk.
Friends of Kingswood (FOK) is an informal parents group. It supports parents and the school through its various activities and from time to time raises funds to support pupils’ extra-curricular interests.
Principle activities include:
Recent projects funded by FOK:
Termly Meetings: FOK meets at least once a term to share ideas and plan events. All the details about these meetings are shared in the school newsletter, in the dedicated FOK section.
Year Co-ordinators: Each year group has one or two year parent co-ordinators. They help support communication, act as a point of contact for new parents and arrange various year-wide social events. At the start of each school year every parent is emailed the contact details for their year co-ordinator.
Pre-Loved Uniform Shop: Located on Fonthill Road, the shop is staffed by parent volunteers and sells donated second hand uniform and sports equipment. It is opened weekly during term time (on alternate Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 16.30 to 17.30) with additional one-off sales scheduled before the start of each academic year. Up to date opening times are listed in the weekly school newsletter which is sent to all parents.
There is a donation point outside the shop on Fonthill Road – please ensure donations are wrapped in waterproof bags.
Parent Volunteers: FOK relies on volunteers from the parent body. We have a friendly team of parents who staff the bars, run the shop and arrange the social events.
Any parent who wants to learn more can contact their year co-ordinators or come along to our termly meetings.
Find out more about what the Friends of Kingswood get up to in our School magazine, Kingswood in Focus:
Friends of Kingswood Prep School is a lively group of parents who work in partnership with the School to organise fundraising and social events throughout the academic year. As well as raising money for the School, these events ensure that families come together and feel welcome as part of the Kingswood community. Past events have included a Christmas Fayre, quiz nights, a themed dinner and dance, a children’s disco, a comedy night and various book and cake sales.
We receive a wide variety of requests for the use of these funds and consider all of them, however large or small. Friends of Kingswood Prep School discusses requests and agree upon funding allocation at committee meetings.
Some examples of projects we have supported and items we have purchased recently include the new School playground (complete funding), the outdoor classroom in the secret garden (complete funding), the new adventure playground in the garden of High Vinnalls (complete funding), new musical instruments, metal detectors for the Archaeology Club and new iPads for the Pre-Prep.
The Nearly New Uniform Shop: FOKPS manages the sales of nearly new uniforms each term. Good quality current uniforms are offered, as well as some Hockey equipment. The
If parents would like to donate any items at the Nearly New Shop, please deliver the items to the shop during opening hours or wrap carefully in water proof bags and use the red bin in the woodland car park.
Parenting is a journey and no-one would ever set off on a journey without some tools, ideas and strategies for navigating the path ahead.
Kingswood aims to ensure that all parents and carers have full access to a digital platform that ensures you are staying up to date with contemporary issues related to modern-day parenting and that you have access to actionable ideas derived from the highest quality research evidence.
Tooled Up is curated by one of the UK’s leading experts on parental engagement in children’s lives and learning, Dr Kathy Weston and her experienced research team.
There are huge benefits for you as a family when you register your Tooled Up Education account.
As a ‘Tooled Up’ parent, you will:
Register your account now: Click on the link below to set up your personal account by entering your email address and our school PIN number. We have sent you a registration email containing our unique school PIN. If you can’t find it, contact the school office.
Stay close to us to make the most of our support: When logged into Tooled Up, go to the ‘Account’ page and check that you have ticked the box to let the Tooled Up team know you are happy to hear from them. They will send occasional notification of upcoming webinars or resource updates.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate in contacting the school office or Tooled Up directly on office@tooledupeducation.com.