8th October 2021 Dear Parent/Carer, We are currently designing our annual Year Book for the Year 11 students and organising Leavers’ Hooded Sweatshirts for Class of 2022. Preparations are also underway for the 2022 Year 11 Prom which will be held in the Royal Hall at the Villa Marina. The date is p…
Monday 10th January 2022 Dear Parent or Carer, We have started the week with 22 teachers and 12 members of support staff absent. Of the 34 colleagues, over half have Covid, so we can estimate with some accuracy the length of their absence. Even though we have managed to recruit additional supply st…
Please find below an important newsletter regarding Year 12 students and online learning from home next week. Year 9 students will also remain home on Monday. All other students are expected in school as usual. Dear Parent or Carer, I am hopeful that by now you will have managed to watch the video…
5th January 2022 FOR STUDENTS IN YEARS 9 AND 10 ONLY I am sorry to report that we are once again experiencing high levels of employee absence. This week, on average, there have been over 25 teaching or support staff absent each day. In addition, nearly half of the canteen staff are currently unavai…
December 17th 2021 Dear Parent/Carer, Much of the school term has felt “normal” and it has been lovely to see students fully engaged in learning in classrooms and participating in extra-curricular clubs. Our sports teams have been practising and playing hard and there have been some closely-fought…
Year 10 Parents I am pleased to let you know that our staffing issues appear to be less acute. Therefore, Year 10 will remain in school until the end of term. Years 11 12 and 13 Although our staffing levels are starting to improve and 4 year groups will remain in school, it is unfortunately necessa…
Friday 10th December 2021 Dear Parent or Carer, For Students in Years 10 – 13 Only We are once again experiencing high levels of absence. Today, there are 20 staff absent, including half of the canteen serving staff, which is putting pressure on the smooth running of the school. I am already aware…
As a reminder, students in all year groups are able to download and access Office 365 for free at home. This has now been extended to Adobe Creative Cloud for students in Years 10-13 ONLY. See attached document for further details. Please note that Adobe Creative Cloud login details are also requir…
Details of the contents of the exams, and preparation sheet, were given to students at the beginning of last week, and posted on their Year 9 Google classroom. Click to read newsletter here