Tollgate Community Junior School
Together Everyone Achieves More
Compassion
Respect
Friendship
Resilience
Honesty
Equality
Welcome to
Tollgate Community Junior School
At Tollgate, we live by the motto of 'Together Everyone Achieves More'. We are a 'Tollgate Family' and work together for the shared success of our whole community.
We are very proud of our children; their behaviour, enthusiasm for learning and kindness towards others enable them to gain a well-developed understanding of the world and their role within it.
The committed staff team at Tollgate work hard to ensure our curriculum is exciting and relevant to our children. We make great use of our fantastic school grounds, utilise the local area and ensure the children's learning is enriched through trips and workshops, bringing the curriculum to life.
Through a strong pastoral offer, we are able to support our children as and when the moment arises. Inclusion is central to our vision of excellence for all, and we ensure children with Special Educational Needs are provided with the support needed to thrive in and beyond our school.
Should you want to see our fantastic school in action, please do not hesitate to contact the school office to arrange a tour.
Mr Berhane Mr Getty
Executive Headteacher Head of School
Upcoming Events
- 19September
Open Morning
10:00am – 12:00pm - 24September
Poetry by Heart Competition
0:00am – 0:00am - 24September
School Photo Day
9:00am – 12:00pm - 25September
LitFest Parade
0:00am – 0:00am - 25September
Grandparents Day
1:30pm – 3:00pm - 28September
School Health Service Visit Year 6
9:00am – 0:00am - 02October
Maths Games Afternoon
2:45pm – 3:15pm - 05October
Book Fair week
9:00am – 3:20pm - 09October
PTFA School Disco
4:00pm – 0:00am - 13October
School Flu Vaccines
9:00am – 3:20pm - 16October
World Mental Health Awareness Day
9:00am – 3:20pm - 19October
Family Consultation Evening
3:30pm – 6:00pm - 21October
Family Consultation Evening
5:30pm – 8:00pm - 22October
Last day of term
All Day - 23October
INSET Day
All Day
Testimonials
My child is very happy. I've noticed her grow in confidence last year and this year. She's more interested in learning as time has gone on.
Tollgate is very supportive of my son, helping him and supporting when he has troubles. The school also listens to any concerns I may have.
Children are happy and seem to be learning well.
Tollgate is a safe and welcoming place with lovely teachers. I feel they want to get the best out of the students and will do all they can to help achieve this.
My concerns are taken seriously. My child was given support for a time when he needed it.
My son has done really well since starting. He has friendly staff.
My child loves Tollgate. He gets lots of support and has loved his experience so far. The staff and other children make Tollgate special. I recommend Tollgate because of their amazing values and I know my son is always looked after and enjoying his days.
The children are shown so much support and respect. What makes Tollgate school is everyone coming together and the support that is given.
My daughter loves coming to Tollgate. There is nothing I would change.
My son loves coming and thrives from it! Everyone cares and is there if you need them, regarding anything! Everything - staff, activities - makes this a wonderful school.
Our House Points
1064
Sovereign
1089
Holywell
1074
Redoubt
942
Marina
Please see the information below:
Some of our new Year 3 children have been enjoying Relish's new packed lunch boxes in the school hall. It has been wonderful to see them settling into their new routine and eating together with friends.
Please see the information below. We welcome current and future families to come along and view the school, please spread the word to new or existing families!
Welcome back! Please see the below information: PE Days: Rosen class Yr 3: Thursday and Friday Attenborough class Yr 3: Monday and Friday Blake class Yr 4: Tuesday and Wednesday Grylls class Yr 4: Wednesday and Thursday Austen class Yr 4: Monday and Thursday Rashford class Yr 5: Wednesday and Thursday Turing class Yr 5: Tuesday and Thursday Pankhurst class Yr 5: Tuesday and Wednesday Hawking class Yr 6: Monday and Friday Boudicca class Yr 6: Monday and Tuesday Sheeran class Yr 6: Wednesday and Friday
And just like that... we are just one day away from the start of a new school year together! Over the past three INSET days, the Tollgate team have been very busy behind the scenes preparing for the new year, making exciting plans and getting the school ready to welcome you back (and our lovely new Year 3s). Remember, we are back to full winter uniform (shirts and ties) for the new school year. PE days will be shared on Monday - no classes will have PE on the first day. We can't wait to see you... enjoy the weekend!
Please see information below
A big shout out to Eliza who leaves us today from Year 6, who signed for Brighton at the weekend! What an amazing achievement, we will watch out for you in the future! The best of luck to all our Year 6 children that leave us today for secondary school. We are very proud of you and know that you will all be amazing!
(Unofficial) Best Dressed at last night's Year 6 Prom... the wonderful Chester, our Therapy Dog!
After weeks of rehearsing, we are excited for our final performance of our whole-school production of 'Joseph' tonight. An incredible effort by all involved - we are very proud of our very talented children. Thank you to the adults who have made this possible behind the scenes and for all of our families for supporting the children in this fantastic production.
Archery youth hub summer session and HAF/ summer workshop posters :
Sportscool still have some paid spaces available at their Summer Camp at Tollgate. Please see below the flyers and link to book: https://activities.bookpebble.co.uk/activity/sportscool-brighton-tollgate-junior-school-multi-sports-camp-eastbourne-92bc7779-fef1-4957-8e07-b57656f84642
Please see below the latest newsletter for the PTFA.
AMAZING Keep it up Tollgate Family
Last Thursday the Mini Police were invited to the Police station. The children met a member of the Traffic Police Team and talked about all things road safety. The children also got to take part in a forensics activity and took samples of their own finger prints. A very fun and informative afternoon was had by all.
To all Year 6 Parents, As a team, we just wanted to say a big thank you to all the parents for everything they did last week - whether it was packing bags for the residential, washing PE kits after the Colour Run or making sure water bottles were filled for all of those hot days. Your support is very much appreciated and makes the last few days that we have with the children that bit easier and more enjoyable for them. Going into the last full week we just wanted to send out a reminder of a few things as you know, there is a lot going on: The production will be in full swing this week with shows happening during school time and in the evenings. If your child can attend in the evenings to perform or work backstage, we really appreciate it. There are still opportunities to get tickets (2 per child) to come and enjoy the show. They've worked so hard and it looks and sounds fantastic so far! Show times are as follows: Wednesday 15th July: Performance of 'Joseph' – 6.00pm Thursday 16th July: Performance of 'Joseph' – 2:00pm Friday 17th July: Performance of 'Joseph'– 6.30pm The children will be completing their autograph/memory books from this week. We would like to include pictures of their classmates in them, so we are having an 'opt-out' system for photographs. If you really don't want your child's image to be in the autograph book of another child, then please let their teacher know. If we don't hear from you, then we will assume it is fine to include your child in any group pictures with their friends that they want to take. Monday 20th July: Year 6 Prom! 6 - 8 pm Tuesday 21st July: The children's leaver's assembly is at 9:15 and parents are welcome to attend. Children can bring an additional shirt in for signing (not the one they are wearing). Felt tip pens for this is fine, no Sharpies as they go through onto the tables and other side of the shirts. Collection/leaving time on the last day is 1:30pm. Thank you in advance for all the help in giving the children a nice send off at the end of their time at Tollgate. The Year 6 Team.