Tollgate Community Junior School
Together Everyone Achieves More
Compassion
Respect
Friendship
Resilience
Honesty
Equality
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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
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.
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Dear Year 6 Parents, Following our meeting Wednesday night, we are excited to begin planning the Year 6 Prom and wanted to reach out for your support. We are aiming to create a really special "Red Carpet" style event for the children, and many of their ideas are very achievable with a bit of help from our wonderful parent community. We would be incredibly grateful if you would consider supporting the event in any of the following ways: Contributing food items for a shared buffet (e.g. cupcakes, snacks, fruit, crisps, sweets) Donating or lending decorations (such as fairy lights or backdrops) Sponsoring specific elements of the event (for example pizza-£100, an ice cream van-£200, or decorations) Volunteering your time on the night or helping with preparations Volunteering as a photographer to capture special moments during the evening We are also very open to any ideas or suggestions you may have to help make the evening as special as possible for the children. Please email us with your interest or what you would be willing to donate, and we will make arrangements for collection on the day of the event (20th July). If you would like to help in any way, or are interested in being involved in the planning, please email the PTFA at: tollgateptfa@gmail.com Thank you so much in advance for your support with everyone working together, we're confident we can create a fantastic and memorable evening for the children. Kind regards, The PTFA
Zylo run two weekly drama clubs at our school on Wednesdays (for years 3 and 4) and Thursdays (for years 5 and 6). The clubs take a high-fun low-pressure approach to drama with a focus on building confidence, team-skills and empathy. Zylo's experienced, charismatic practitioners use fun drama-school style games and short sketch-style scripts to build presenting and performing skills, with plenty of giggles along the way! The club is designed to offer value and fun for all children, not just those who are already interested in the performing arts. Sessions cost £8.50 each (charged half-termly). Discounts apply for siblings and disability cardholders. Sessions run straight after school for one hour each week. Please see the attached flyer for more information. To book a place, visit www.zyloperformance.co.uk/apply or if you have a query email admin@zyloperformance.co.uk or call 01273 041104.
Please see below the PTFA Newsletter and the Spring Fair Flyer
Today we celebrate Scarlett Scarlett in Year 5 competed in the Sussex floor and vault novice and intermediate gymnastics championship yesterday in Lancing. She competed as a novice and obtained a qualification score of 22.900 so qualified to intermediate level. She also placed 2nd overall in her category for Sussex out of 16 gymnasts. Amazing, well done Scarlett
Please see detail below for courses available to book for parents:
A fabulous effort today from staff and children for Comic Relief at Tollgate. There were some great staff 'dress up silly outfits', the children accessorized brilliantly with red 'bits', the joke-a-thon in assembly was a great success and the total over all money raised was *********£267.87************ Thank you to all who donated
Please find attached details of the Bikeability holiday courses running over the Easter holidays 2026. They will be taking place at the Eastbourne Cycle Centre. Included are details of where to find them
A reminder about the PTFA Skateworld event on Monday Tickets must be bought in advance using our ptfa-events site shown on the flyer. Friends and siblings are welcome. There are only 100 tickets available so we recommend early booking to avoid disappointment https://www.pta-events.co.uk/tollgatecommunity/index.cfm
The very fabulous Chester has been visiting the children this week, and was extremely happy to receive a very kind and generous gift from Zac in Year 5. Chester's Mum told us that this photo was not staged and that he had himself tucked the gift under his paw and settled down for a nap! Oh Chester, we do love you being part of the Tollgate family, thank you
REMINDER Over the last two weeks of this term (this week and next week!) we are running a special Attendance Raffle. Those with 100% Attendance for these two weeks (as well as children with authorised absences for medical appointments) will have the chance to win a voucher to visit 'Jumpin' Fun' at The Beacon in Eastbourne town centre, as well as other prizes. This is part of our wider work in celebrating strong attendance, which helps us to live out our motto of Together Everyone Achieves More.
Tollgate Community Junior School is working in partnership with the organisers of a new book event coming to Eastbourne! Eastbourne LitFest will take place on the last weekend of September this year, in the National Year of Reading, and we are already excited about the range of events for readers of all ages, the Poetry by Heart competition and the Schools' Parade. We'll have more information about these events soon. For now though... we are wondering if there are any fans of Jacqueline Wilson out there? Dame Jacqueline has written over 100 books, won countless prizes and is a household name for her beloved characters like Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. She has also written books for young adults and grown-ups, and now she is a patron of Eastbourne Litfest. Tollgate parents and pupils have been invited to submit questions to put to Jacky in a special interview that is coming up, so if you have a question you'd like to ask, just email it by 10 April 2026 to Festival Education Director, jane.branson@eastbournelitfest.org - and then listen to the festival podcast to see if your question is used!
SportsCool Brighton are delighted to announce that they are running their Easter Multisports Camp at Tollgate Junior School 30th March- 2nd April. Please see the direct booking link below: https://activities.bookpebble.co.uk/activity/sportscool-brighton-tollgate-junior-school-multi-sports-camp-eastbourne-92bc7779-fef1-4957-8e07-b57656f84642