At our school, we believe that working together with our families is essential to ensuring every child thrives. We are committed to building strong, valued, and positive partnerships with parents and carers, recognising that you are your child’s first and most important educators. When school and home collaborate effectively, we create the best possible conditions for learning, wellbeing, and achievement.

At North Queensferry Primary, we are dedicated to promoting meaningful relationships with our families, built on mutual trust and shared responsibility. By working together, we strive to support every child to achieve their full potential and to feel safe, included, and nurtured within our school community.

We value collaboration and aim to ensure that decisions are made with families. Our shared priorities include, promoting high-quality learning and teaching, supporting children’s wellbeing, building confidence, independence, and resilience and ensuring equality of opportunity for all.

Attendance is a vital part of every child’s success. We work closely with families to remove barriers to attendance and ensure that children feel motivated, supported, and ready to learn. Together, we aim to encourage positive routines and a shared understanding of the importance of everyday learning.

We recognise and value the diverse needs of our learners. Through collaborative planning and a child-centred approach, we strive to ensure that every child can participate fully, learn confidently, and succeed.

Placing children and families at the heart of all we do ensures that support is coordinated, strengths-based, and tailored to each child’s wellbeing needs. Working hand-in-hand with families, we aim to ensure that every child is safe, healthy, achieving, nurtured, active, respected, responsible, and included.

The school stands on the hill overlooking the village, across from the railway station. The building is a traditional Victorian one with three rooms on each of the two floors. On the ground floor one room is used as a classroom and one as our Library/Yoga room. On the top floor two rooms are used as classrooms and one is used as a Support for Learning room, for smaller group work and a  meeting room for staff across all areas of the school. Within the main school building is a gym, also used for assemblies. The dining hall and nursery are across the playground but within the school grounds. The large play area, partly grass and partly tarmac, is to the sides and the rear of the school.

We have created a variety of areas in our playground where the children can learn, play or relax. The playground benefits from a wealth of outdoor apparatus, a poly tunnel and trim trail.

At the front of the school we have a Secret Garden, an area that is reserved for our oldest pupils at playtimes and used by all pupils for outdoor learning during school hours.
Over the last few years we have achieved a variety of awards, including a Gold School Sports Award, a Green Flag from Eco Schools, Level 5 of the RHS Campaign for the School Gardening and a Bronze Green Tree Award.

2014 was the school's centenary. We celebrated with school and community events, including "A Blast from the Past" show, Parade and Party Day. We also created a lasting mural of tiles for the playground which are displayed on the front of our school building.

Morning 9am. - 12:25pm(P1/2/3) 12.35 (P3/4/5)
Interval 10:40am - 10:55am
Lunch 12:35pm - 1:20pm As above.
Afternoon 1:20pm - 3pm

Nursery Hours

9am – 3pm  (Mon - Fri)

We strongly encourage the wearing of our school uniform as we believe it supports a sense of community and a pride in our school.

Our school uniform is a burgundy sweatshirt and sky blue polo shirt with the school logo, with grey trousers or skirt. Alternatively, a white shirt can be worn with the school tie and grey trousers/skirt and a grey jumper or cardigan. Primary 7 pupils have their own school tie.

Wearing ties with a white shirt is requested when representing the school at events.

There is also a burgundy school fleece or waterproof jacket with the school logo available. All items of clothing with the school logo and school ties can be purchased from Borders Embroideries website. Our school operate a school uniform recycling programme available in the school vestibule.

All children are required to have a PE kit. For indoor PE this is a T-shirt in house colours and plain dark shorts and dark gym shoes. For outdoor PE children require outdoor trainers, sweat shirt and tracksuit trousers. PE kits should be with children in school at all times and stored in a labelled gym bag.

We ask families to ensure that all items of school clothing are clearly labelled with the child’s name.

SCHOOL CLOTHING GRANT

We can provide free school meals and a school clothing grant if you are on a low income.

The school clothing grant is £120.00 per child for primary school pupils and £150.00 per child for high school pupils.

To qualify for free school meals and a school clothing grant you must be in receipt of one of the following:

• Income Support
• Job Seekers Allowance (Income Based)
• Employment and Support Allowance (Income Related)
• Child Tax Credit only with annual income below £16,105
• Child Tax Credit & Working Tax Credit with annual income below £7,500
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration & Asylum Act 1999
• Universal Credit - including those with a take home pay of up to £625 per month
• Long Term Incapacity Benefit  (school clothing grant only)
• Widows Allowance -  if not in full time employment (school clothing grant only)
• Child Tax Credit & Working Tax Credit with annual income below £16,105 (school clothing grant only)

All children in primary 1-5 can receive a free school meal without an application however, you must still apply to receive free school milk and a school clothing grant. From January 2022 this will be extended to include children in primary 5.

How to apply

Apply for discounts or exemptions by signing into your mygovscot myaccount or registering for a mygovscot myaccount if you don't already have one.

https://www.fife.gov.uk/services/form-pages/apply-for-a-school-clothing-grant-andor-free-school-mealsmilk