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Dear Parents/Carers,
I’m pleased to confirm that we are holding Parents’ Evening on Wednesday 1 October 2025 in the Drama Hall. This is an important opportunity for you to meet your child’s new class teacher, discuss how they have settled into the new school year, and check the contact details we have on file for your child(ren).
The link for booking appointments was shared with parents via text message on Monday 23 September at 4 pm. Please use this link to book a 5-minute slot with your child’s class teacher.
Parents’ Evening will begin at 3.15 pm, with the last admittance at 5.40 pm.
As always, we kindly ask that you arrive on time and keep within the 5-minute slot allocated, so that teachers can see all parents promptly.
Guidelines for Parents’ Evening
We encourage children to attend with their parents, though please limit the number of other family members where possible.
Please arrive no earlier than 10 minutes before your first appointment.
Entrance to the school site will be via the Dixon Road entrance only.
All parents will be expected to sign in on arrival.
Booking deadline
The last day to book appointments online is Tuesday 30 September at 3.00 pm. After this time, the booking system will close. Appointments can then be arranged via the School Office. We encourage parents to book early to secure a slot at a convenient time.
Book Fair
We are delighted that the Book Fair will also be running during Parents’ Evening. What better way to reward your children than with a new book? Please do take a look and support a love of reading.
If you experience any issues with booking or have not received the link, please contact the school office who will be happy to assist.
We look forward to welcoming you on Wednesday 1 October 2025!
Kind Regards,
Mrs Zamir
Headteacher
It has been another busy and exciting week at school!
Our curriculum workshops were really well attended — thank you to all the parents and carers who joined us.
The Loudmouth session fro Year 6 parents and pupils and SEND coffee morning were very well received.
We had a fantastic response to our Family Learning sessions, with many parents signing up.
Year 5 and 6 pupils completed their Bikeability training, learning valuable cycling and road safety skills.
We were also pleased to welcome back an experienced headteacher and our pastoral support consultant, both of whom were full of praise for our children, staff and school — feedback that makes us very proud.
This week we also recruited two new governors, both passionate about education and community engagement, who will further strengthen our Governing Board.
Looking ahead, we are exploring opportunities for a half-termly community clear-up (a short Saturday morning event) to bring families and local partners together. We are also working with neighbouring schools, and the police to address the important issue of parking and congestion around our school gates.
📢 Newsletters
You can find this week’s newsletter here: Newsletters | Regents Park Community Primary School. From next week, we will no longer be sending out hard copies — instead, parents and carers will receive a link to the newsletter online.
Thank you, as always, for your continued support.
Regents Park Community Primary School
School & Nursery Photographer Visit
Monday 22nd September 2025
Families: 8 a.m. to 8.30 a.m
Dixon Road Entrance
Say Cheese! Our school photographer will be visiting on Monday 22nd September to capture beautiful memories of all children from Nursery to Year 6.
Uniform Reminder: Please ensure your child wears their full school uniform, including their jumper or cardigan.
Sibling & Family Photos: Families wishing to have a sibling or family photograph taken should arrive at the Dixon Road entrance between 8:00am and 8:30am. The gate will be open during this time.
Photo Proofs & Orders: You’ll receive a proof photograph and details on how to place an order. No obligation to purchase — it’s entirely up to you!
Opting Out: If you do not wish for your child to be photographed, please inform a member of staff.
Let’s make it a day full of smiles!
In the first two weeks of term, a welcome letter was sent to parents on 3rd September 2025, followed by a hard copy of our first newsletter on 12th September 2025. All newsletters will now be stored centrally on our website in the Newsletters section: Newsletters
This week at Regents Park, pupils have settled in beautifully and we’ve celebrated our CEDRIC value of compassion in assemblies. Families joined us for our Meet the Head workshop on 5th September 2025, and we’re excited to welcome parents and carers to curriculum workshops across all year groups next week. Congratulations to our Celebration Assembly certificate winners and to the classes with the best attendance -let’s aim even higher next week! Please see our newsletter for full details, key dates, and reminders.
Dear Parents/ Carers,
Farewell message from Mr Beale
I first announced my plans to take early retirement on 14th February 2025 and at that point Friday 18th July still seemed a long time in the future. All of a sudden, 5 months have gone by in the blink of an eye and this week is my last week as Headteacher of Regents Park Community Primary School.
It’s almost impossible to encapsulate in a few short paragraphs my thoughts and feelings about Regents Park Community Primary School and being its Headteacher for 11 years. My time at Regents Park amounts to nearly a third of my career in education. I started teaching not too far from Regents Park at Bordesley Green Primary School in September 1991 as, what was then called, a probationary teacher at that time. I then moved to Greet Primary School in September 1995 where I stayed until 2008 when I became Deputy Headteacher at what was then Perry Common Junior Infant School, later to become Storywood Primary School. Altogether, I have worked in education for 34 years, of which I have had 11 wonderful years here at Regents Park.
When I first came to Regents Park Community Primary School as Head in May 2014, I was very impressed with the hard work and dedication of the school staff and very happy to meet the wonderful children and families that make up our school community. However, through no fault of anyone at the school at that time, the school was going through a dip in fortunes and it took a couple of years to get things back on track and achieve GOOD in our subsequent Ofsted inspections. Since then, there have been many more challenges, not least the impact that the COVID pandemic had on learning across school.
Thankfully, we are now in a stronger position again, with many of the children who were in EYFS and KS1 at the time of the pandemic having worked their way through school and having caught up! I’m really pleased to say that this year’s outcomes in Year 6 have been outstanding, as is the achievement and progress of children across all key stages in school. This is a testament to the work that all the teaching and support staff do across school and to the support parents show in making sure children are in school every day and are helping their children with learning at home. Long may this continue!
In recent months, I’ve been asked many times what I’ll miss about Regents Park when I retire and of course there are too many things to mention! However, I think what I’ll miss most is seeing and hearing about the progress that children are making in school, whether this is when sitting in a lesson, looking in children’s books, talking to the teachers in our pupil progress meetings, hearing about children’s achievements in Celebration assemblies or when a child brings a book or a piece of work to show me in the office.
Working in a school and in education is not just a job, it’s something that people do in order to have a positive impact on children’s lives and to make a difference – this is why I first became a teacher back in 1991 and I know it’s the same for all the teaching staff and the support staff who work to keep everything running smoothly in school. I’m sure as parents you all appreciate this and will continue to support all the staff in school to do so in the future.
Before I leave Regents Park this week, I’d like to thank all the parents who have said such kind things to me in recent weeks – it has been very much appreciated. I’d like to thank the parents and families who came to the Coffee Afternoon last week and for all the cards and gifts I have been given – it has been very touching.
I’d also like to thank all of the staff for their continued hard work and dedication. Ultimately it is the staff who are responsible for the success of the school and the achievements of the children and I have been very lucky to work with such a wonderful team over the years. I’d particularly like to single out Miss Paddem and thank her for her invaluable support to me over the years. Regents Park has been very lucky to have someone like Miss Paddem working at the school for such a long time who is so passionate and committed to the children and families of Regents Park – for many parents she has not only been responsible for working with their children but also for teaching the parents when they were at school themselves!
Finally, I’d like to thank all the children, those who are presently at Regents Park and those who have left and moved on, for your positivity, smiling faces and all your achievements over the years. You are part of a wonderful community and I hope that, at some time in the future, you all look back at your time at Regents Park with fond memories and feel that, as I said earlier, the school has had a positive impact and made a difference in your journey through education and on into the rest of your lives.
While I do feel very sad to be leaving my position as Headteacher, I am so glad that I am able to pass on the responsibility of this most important of jobs to Mrs Zamir from September and I know that under her leadership Regents Park Community Primary School will continue to go from strength to strength. I wish her and all the members of the school community every success for the future.
Thank you and farewell,
Mr A Beale
Some other quick reminders:
Dear Parents/ Carers,
I'm pleased to let you know that End of Year Reports will be sent out with children at the end of the day on Monday 7th July.
As well as the report, you will receive your child's attendance record for two and a half terms up to Friday 23rd May 2025 and a feedback form for you to return to confirm you have received your child's report and for you to give feedback to school. There will also be a link to the annual parent survey that we undertake each year.
On Wednesday 9th July, we are holding a Parents Afternoon in school from 3.15 to 5.45pm. There is no expectation that all parents will attend this Parents Afternoon - many of you will be happy to read about how your child is progressing in their End of Year Report.
However, if you do wish to book a meeting with your child's class teacher, there will be 5 minute appointments available from 3.15pm to 5.35pm on Wednesday 9th July; however, if your child is in 5K, these appointments will be on Tuesday 8th July because Mrs Khan will be away on the school residential on the following day.
This is the last parents' evening for this academic year and is an opportunity for you to talk about your child's progress and their report if you would like to.
As before, parents will be asked to use an online booking system to book a 5 minute appointment with their children's class teacher on Parents' Afternoon.
To fit as many parents in as possible, we will have to be quite strict about the timings of the appointments so please don't be late and please don't be offended if the teacher has to end the appointment after 5 minutes to meet the next parent.
Guidelines for Parents' Evenings:
Booking appointments with your child's class teacher:
We're looking forward to welcoming parents into school on the 9th July. If anything changes, we will let you know so please look out for any messages we send via text.
We look forward to seeing you all,
Mr Beale
Dear Parents/ Carers,
School will be OPEN as normal tomorrow, Tuesday 1st July 2025.
There is a temporary fix in place for tomorrow so that all children will have access to water across school. More work on the problem will be completed tomorrow.
If there are any further issues we will let you know.
Although it is not likely to be as hot tomorrow as it has been today, it will still be very warm. So, for Tuesday only, we will allow children to come in non-uniform and to wear light, loose-fitting clothing (not party clothes).
Children should wear sunscreen and are advised to wear hats/ caps. Children can bring sunglasses and handheld fans but, please be advised, they will be resposnible for looking after items that they bring into school - school will not be responsible for any breakages.
Thank you again for your understanding about the emergency closure today.
Many thanks
Mr Beale
Dear Parents/ Carers,
I am very sorry that I have had to make the decision to close school today to all pupils. Unfortuantely, we have been having a problem with our water supply and in some parts of the school (EYFS/ KS2) we have no water.
This has been causing a problem which is still not solved and is complicated today by the extreme heat that has been forecast.
In order to avoid any danger of children suffering with heat exhaustion due to the temperatures and a lack of water, I have made the decision to close school to all children today.
We hope to reopen tomorrow as normal. Please look out for text messages and updates on the school website.
Thank you for your understanding,
Mr Beale
Dear Parents/ Carers,
This Friday 6th June, the majority of our pupils, families and staff will be celebrating Eid-al-Adha and will be absent from school.
Normally, school would remain open for pupils and staff not celebrating Eid; however, on this occasion, all the local mosques seem to be agreed that Eid-al-Adha will be celebrated together on the same day. As such we will have very few staff available, even to support the small number of pupils that would be likely to be in school on that day. As well as low numbers of teaching staff, we will only have one member of kitchen staff available on Friday so would not be able to provide cooked dinners on this day.
In light of this, I have spoken to the School Governing Board and it has been agreed that school will be CLOSED on Friday 6th June for ALL pupils.
Children who are not celebrating Eid will be provided with remote learning to complete at home.
School will REOPEN as normal to ALL pupils on Monday 9th June at 8.40am.
Apologies for the late notice about this closure and thank you for your understanding.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Beale
Headteacher
Dear Parents/ Carers,
Chair of Governors Announcement – Appointment of new Headteacher
I am pleased to be able to inform you that the Governing Board has completed the recruitment process to appoint a new Headteacher at Regents Park for September 2025. The process was led by a panel of governors assisted by a former Headteacher of a local Birmingham school and a representative of the Birmingham Education Partnership (BEP).
As a result of this process, we are thrilled to announce the appointment of Mrs S. Zamir as the new Headteacher at Regents Park Community Primary School. Mrs Zamir will be joining us in September 2025 and we are all looking forward to welcoming her to our school community.
Mrs Zamir brings with her a huge wealth of knowledge, skills and expertise including seven years as a senior school leader in other local primary schools. We found Mrs Zamir to be an extremely positive, committed, child-focused professional, with strong aspirations and strategic vision for the future of our school. We are certain that she will continue to take Regents Park on from strength to strength and continue the good work laid down by Mr Beale and the school staff over the last 11 years.
During this half term, we will organise for Mrs Zamir to visit Regents Park to meet pupils and parents and I’m sure many of you will want to have the opportunity to welcome her into our school. We are planning for Mrs Zamir to meet children during their celebration assemblies on Monday 9th and Wednesday 11th June and we would like to invite parents to meet Mrs Zamir during a coffee morning in school on Wednesday 2nd July, as well as during our Parent’s Afternoon after school on Wednesday 9th July. More information about this will be sent out at a later date.
In the meantime, we look forward to continuing to support Mr Beale in his final months as Headteacher of Regents Park and I am sure you will do too.
Yours faithfully
Mr P Hynan
Chair of Governors