Author: Kate Thomas

Year 10 Parents Evening Postponed

Kate Thomas

Dear parents and carers,

In the light of fears around the coronavirus, we have taken the decision to postpone Year 10 parents evening tonight. Our intention is to re-arrange it for some time in the summer term.

Apologies for the late notice, but I trust you will understand that the situation is very fluid at the moment.

Our position remains that we will only take actions in response to official advice from the experts. It seems that an announcement from government is imminent and we had therefore been waiting as long as possible for this before making a decision on parents evening. However, at the time of writing, there has been no announcement and so we are postponing parents evening now as a sensible precaution just in case the government does issue any significantly new directions later on today.

Please be aware that we are not party to any information that is not already publicly available and, therefore, our guess as to what will happen over the next few days is as good as anyone else’s. We are continuing to monitor the situation closely and, as you’d expect, have contingency plans for all potential scenarios. We will, of course, be in touch if anything changes.

Kind regards

Gwyn Williams

Coronavirus Update

Kate Thomas

Dear Parents and Carers

Nothing of substance has changed since our last communication on this matter, but please be assured that we are monitoring all the advice from the Department for Education (DfE) and Public Health England and will take any appropriate actions as and when necessary. For those who are concerned, the DfE has launched a new helpline to answer questions about COVID-19 related to education. Staff, parents and young people can contact the helpline as follows:

As before, latest government information can be found here:  https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

We are also aware of some (inaccurate) rumours circulating on social media about the lack of soap in school toilets. We don’t understand where these have come from but want to reassure parents that there is plenty of soap available in all toilets. We know of one dispenser that was broken earlier in the week, but this was fixed within 48 hours and, even in this case, there were other, working, dispensers available in those toilets. As has been the case for some time now (partly in response to issues raised at a parent forum earlier in the year) we have cleaners permanently on duty outside the toilets at lunchtimes and they frequently check the soap dispensers at these busy periods, as indeed they do throughout the whole day.

2019 ALPS Certificate Awarded for Outstanding Progress

Kate Thomas

We are absolutely thrilled to have been awarded the 2019 ALPS Certificate for Outstanding Progress.

ALPS is an online tool that is used to measure student progress within and across schools nationally.

We are now officially in the top 25% of post-16 providers across the country. In addition to this,  what is particularly pleasing is the fact that we have been recognised for achieving this consistently for the last three years.

This truly is a testament to the commitment of students and staff at the school.  Our young people are ambitious, committed individuals and this outstanding achievement reflects that.

We are incredibly proud and look forward to the achievements to come!

 

Year 10 Parents Evening

Kate Thomas

THURSDAY 12th MARCH 2020

We would like to invite you to the Year 10 Parents Evening on Thursday 12th March, 4.30-7.30pm.

This will give you the opportunity to discuss with teaching staff the current progress of your child along with strategies to improve his/her achievement.

Please fill in the reply slip on the letter your child was given before half term and ask them to return the slip to their form tutor by the end of the week.

Appointment cards have been issued and your child should now be making appointments with their subject tutors.