If you’re a governor, parent, carer or team-member at DVIS, you’re already a member of the PTFA. You’re warmly welcome at all our meetings and events—there are many bite-sized ways to contribute your energy and skills, no matter how much time you have to give!

Everything we do is entirely volunteer based, supported by a core committee and a handful of class reps for each class. We’re grateful for the involvement of many local businesses who offer us sponsorship and discounts year after year. As we’re a registered charity, our committee members also act as Trustees.

We hold an annual AGM each autumn, where we review finances, vote on roles and funding commitments, and shape a calendar for the year ahead based on the levels of enthusiasm and volunteering :)

For the rest of the year, we meet informally once or twice a term in one of our local pubs, to help keep our activities on track. New faces, voices and ideas are welcome all year round.

For details of our current committee, a calendar of upcoming meetings and events, and ticket sales, please register for our PTFA website at dvis-ptfa.org.uk. You’ll also find our AGM reports and newsletters there. Or email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Items on the school’s wish list vary from year to year, but over the past several years we’ve contributed:

• Coaches for school field trips
• Bug club and Mathletics literacy/numeracy learning subscriptions for kids
• New enrichment and reading books
• Free flow resources in all years
• Sports ground for weekly PE lessons
• Visiting Christmas Pantomime & gift from Santa
• Live musician accompaniment for nativity and year 2 performances
• Plants, garden supplies and pollution-mitigation efforts
• Sensory/Quiet room resources
• Resilience workshops for kids, teachers and parents
• Outdoor play resources like reading houses, wooden boats, mud kitchens, benches and (new for Summer 2019) outdoor handwashing station.
• Enrichment activities that build links across the diocese & Southwark
• Teacher development and team-building activities

2017-18 year efforts funded the total replacement of the reception playground surface and renewal of many of the resources there over the summer break, to the tune of 13k. This is a perfect example of the pay-it-forward nature of our PTFA: As well as resources that benefit our own kids immediately, we invest in future generations of DVIS families, just as earlier families invested for us.

As Head, Helen aggregates suggestions and requests from across the school staff, and prioritizes them in an A, B, and C-list that is shared in our September AGM. All attendees at the AGM vote on the prioritization and commitment of “A-list” funds, which we then set about fundraising for. Further votes are held and funds released through the year as we see how we’re doing against targets.

Funds from previous years are rolled over, enabling us to start writing checks right away in September, if needed. We try to hold 5k in reserve at all times, for emergency requests and to buffer future years’ committees. Our accounts are independently reviewed and submitted to the Charity Commission annually.

Talk to any of member of the committee or email us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. There are lots of roles to play, from treasurer to class rep to sponsorship to sorting donated uniform to organizing an activity.

• By going to our events web site: http://dvis-ptfa.org.uk and registering! There you can buy tickets or products, and/or sign up for a short volunteer shift at events you’re already going to
• By sharing any skills, contacts, or expertise you may have—whether it’s designing a poster, sourcing products for sale, drumming up raffle prizes, getting matched funding from your employer…
• By setting up tax-efficient Payroll giving. Many firms offer this ability, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for details on how.
• By shopping at major online retailers through easyfundraising via our unique benefit link: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/invite/CZW9JN/VCQJCF/
• By signing up for the PTFA mailing list: http://signup.dvis-ptfa.org.uk and heeding the call for donations of cakes, uniform, prizes, “jingle jars”, and so on
• Check out the ‘crowdfunding’ page on our website to learn about current fundraisers and how you can donate.
• By making your voice and ideas heard at our next meeting. All are welcome, check on http://dvis-ptfa.org.uk for details of the next one.