In a school where state school funding is lower than we would like, voluntary contributions and fundraising are vital.  As per the recent Government Spring Statement and recent news stories, the funding we are now set to receive is being squeezed and is certainly insufficient to cover inflationary costs and expected wage rises.

We would like to thank our fantastic PTA who raise significant funds that allow us to keep offering a distinctive education such as the outdoor classroom, whole school experiences (e.g. dance workshops), the final contribution for the artificial pitch and furnishing the new Garden Room. They would love to help us next term by match funding on additional Chromebooks.

We would also like to thank families who have donated to the School Fund this year – which again allows us to fund the extras that we wouldn’t be able to from DfE funding alone - to fund projects such as the artificial pitch and the structural work we needed to convert the old computing suite to the new Garden Room – it really is a beautiful space now.  

Our next large capital project is IT related – we’re moving the school from traditional IT servers located in school to a cloud-based solution - an invaluable asset for schools in today's digital age. Coupled with this, we are moving the school fully to Windows 11 making us digitally secure.  These are huge projects and estimated costs are £30K so if you haven’t yet donated to the School Fund, and are able to, please do consider doing so, via Scopay:

How can you donate/help us this year?  

  1. Please donate directly to our School Fund via Scopay (Tucasi) under WFJS Voluntary Contribution at the bottom of your Scopay screen https://www.scopay.com/wallacefields-jun  
  2. Please help at / attend the PTA’s exciting fundraising events in the summer term  Every penny will go towards helping the children Thank you in advance for your help and continuing support.  We are very aware that times are continuing to be financially difficult for many families, but with increasing pressure on state school funding, contributions and fundraising are vital so we feel it necessary to ask you to consider donating to support our school.  We know a lot of you kindly do so already.  Please help us make Wallace Fields Junior School even better!

Claire White , School Business Manager