Dear Parents The Year 8 have managed the beginning of their exams with maturity this week and we are very proud of how well they have been applying themselves to the process. The Year 9 GCSE Options process has been launched this week and the PPCE on Thursday was hopefully …
Happy New Year and welcome back to Term 3! I hope that you had a restful Christmas break and that your young people have had a good first couple of days back in school. A huge thank you to the Music Department and our amazing peripatetic team for all of …
Dear Parents It has been STEM week this week and good to celebrate and encourage our young people to get involved in a wide range of STEM based activities during the week. The Poetry Slam was an amazing event last night and included a variety of poems including those themed …
Dear Parents Happy Christmas Jumper and Christmas Fayre day! Thank you to the lovely parent who made the wreath that is in my window – it has made the front of the house look so Christmassy and been much admired! Please find attached the report from our recent Ofsted inspection …
Dear Parents Sixth Form Open Evening last night was a lovely opportunity to show off our Sixth Form and all it has to offer to our Year 11 for their post-16 studies. It was good to talk to so many of our young people who have clear ideas about their …
Dear Parents Our young people have had the opportunity to visit the Careers Fair during lunchtimes this week when we have welcomed over thirty employers who have come to discuss the careers options available for them in the future. It has been great to hear from employers how positive, confident …
Dear Parents It was an absolute joy to celebrate the achievements of the 2023 Year 11 at our Governors Awards ceremony last night. It was good to catch up with those who have moved on for their post 16 study. We are proud of the amazing achievements of all of …
Dear Parents We have marked Armistice Day today with the playing of the Last Post and a silence at 11am. Our young people were as always appropriately respectful and many of our young people who are members of uniformed organisations have shown their respect by wearing their uniforms. There has …
Welcome back to Term 2 and what a first week back it has been! As you know we received the Ofsted call on Monday morning and inspectors were in school on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thank you to all those parents who provided feedback via the survey and sent in messages …
Dear Parents I had the privilege of hearing Victoria Humphries, Polar adventurer, speak last week. She was talking about the value of extra-curricular to stretch and challenge our thoughts and behaviours to help develop skills and resilience. Please encourage your young people to consider which of our wide range of …
