School Letters

Grandparents Cream Tea, Wednesday 1st October 2025

Book your tickets by Friday 26th September

Physical copies are also available to pick up from the stand outside the school office

Dear Parents/Carers,

We have been informed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) of a potential risk for individuals with peanut allergies. The FSA has warned that foods containing mustard, mustard powder, or mustard flour may have been contaminated with peanuts. These ingredients are often found in items such as dips, sauces, salads, and pre-packed sandwiches. You can see the information from the FSA here. 

Given the severity of peanut allergies, the FSA is working diligently to identify affected products. In the meantime, we want to ensure that all our families are aware of this potential risk so that those with peanut allergies can take precautions to stay safe.

As a nut-free school, we take this matter very seriously. Therefore, we have decided to temporarily remove all foods containing mustard, mustard powder, or mustard flour from our lunch menus and from The Nest menu, until the situation is fully resolved.

This may require changes to some pre-planned meals for this term.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in helping us keep our children safe. Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to either of us via email admin@eastwichel.swindon.sch.uk. 

Mrs. Hole
The Nest Manager

Mrs. Baker
Catering Manager

Dearest families,

We are absolutely delighted to share the results of our recent OFSTED with you.

There are five categories:

• Quality of education
• Behaviour
• Personal development
• Early Years
• Leadership and management

and we have been judged as outstanding in every single one of these!

Under the new challenging framework, this represents a significant achievement. We are bursting with pride and happiness to share this news with you -  and especially after such a challenging past few years.

Please can I say a huge thank you to the staff and governor team for their love, dedication and commitment to their roles. And thanks also to you for your ongoing support and to your wonderful children!

There is an old African proverb which states: ‘It takes a village to raise a child’

Together we are so strong and we can achieve so much.

I enclose the PDF copy of the report and it will be uploaded by OFSTED onto their website within 8 working days.

Please do share the report with others to spread the word about our lovely school!

And rest assured that we will continue to develop and grow – always aiming to be the very best that we be!

Happy reading and we hope you have a wonderful weekendJ

Warmest regards

From an absolutely beaming Paula Phillips J