Items To Bring
When Attending Classes
Essential items
- Pens and pencils
- Ruler
- Notepad (A4 or A5 size)
- Calculator (for students attending GCSE Maths and/or Science classes)
Food and drink during break times
- Hot foods
- Hot drinks
- Fizzy drinks
- Chewing gum
- Nuts or foods containing nuts (see below for more details)
We are a nut-free tuition centre
We aim to operate a nut-free tuition centre. For the safety of all our students and staff, we kindly request that all parents /guardians ensure that any foods brought into the centre (for consumption at break times) is nut free. Below is a list of some common foods that contain nuts:
- Peanut butter or Nutella sandwiches
- Chocolate spreads
- Some fruit and cereal bars
- Chocolate bars or sweets that contain nuts
- Cakes / biscuits / cookies that contain nuts
- Sauces that contain nuts
- Sesame seed rolls (children allergic to nuts may also have a severe reaction to sesame).
The above list is not exhaustive, so we ask parents / guardians to please check the packaging of products closely. We appreciate that this is an additional thing to check but we know that you understand the importance of ensuring the safety of everyone who attends our classes.
Please note that while we very much appreciate kind gestures, we cannot give out any sweets or other treats brought in from home for other children.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Children who suffer from nut allergies can develop a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction.
If someone has a nut allergy it is not just eating nuts that can cause a severe reaction, just being touched on the skin or smelling the breath of someone who has had nuts or a product containing nuts can trigger an anaphylactic shock, which can cause breathing and swallowing difficulties.
Individuals affected by a nut allergy may require an Epi-pen (an injection of adrenaline) which is required immediately after an allergic reaction occurs.
With the above in mind, we kindly ask all parents / guardians not to bring in any products containing nuts for their children to eat at break times.
Prohibited items
As with all schools, we operate a strict policy on which items students may bring with them when attending class. Students and parents (or any other visitors) may NOT bring any of the following prohibited items on to the premises, including the buildings and grounds:
- Weapons (e.g. knives)
- Alcohol
- Tobacco or related products (e.g. cigarettes, including e-cigarettes)
- Illegal drugs
- Stolen goods
- Pornographic material of any kind (e.g. tabloid topless pictures and 'lads mags' as well as extreme adult material)
- Fireworks (or any other flammable material)
- Any other item that may be used to cause injury or commit an offence.
- Large amounts of money or any valuable items (e.g. jewellery, electronic items, etc).
We take the safety and welfare of our students, staff and visitors very seriously. Any student found to be in possession of any prohibited item will be expelled from the sessions without warning.
Electronic mobile devices
Students are permitted to bring with them a laptop or tablet device should they wish to use it for educational purposes during their lessons; however, please seek permission from your tutor first.
Students may also carry a mobile phone, but this must remain switched off and out of sight at all times during the lesson. For your safety and the safety of other students as well as our staff, we operate a strict policy where mobile phones cannot be used in class. Students who may need to make an emergency telephone call should request permission from the tutor to make the call outside of the class.
