Principals Update This week I would like to focus on school attendance, and more specifically, the impact of family holidays during term time. On Friday 24th November our attendance was 94%. In the three weeks leading up to Christmas, our whole school attendance dropped to 90%. Since our return, which has now been [...]
Principals Update This week I attended an AST leadership planning day to discuss the upcoming few terms, as there will be some changes at Trust level. It was reassuring to hear that school-based priorities and a number of core Trust improvement priorities will be unaffected. For summary, please see below the following timeline [...]
Principals Update We started our week by celebrating the Sri Rama Mandhir opening within the school. Our worship hall was open during break and lunch for students to visit and pray, take part in an arti ceremony, watch highlights and live streams from Ayodhya, as well as listen to and sing devotional songs. [...]
Principals Update This week we have held the first of our secondary parent evenings for Year 8 students and parents. For secondary parents, we use an online system to keep strictly to a 5 minute timing with each family to discuss the progress of their child. Next week we have our Y11 parent [...]
Principals Update A very warm welcome back to all of our pupils and staff (despite the cold weather). Even though I’ve worked for the Trust for a number of years, I never fail to appreciate the 3-week Christmas break; that additional week means that the school community can spend quality time with their [...]
Principals Update It has been an unusual last week of term, with the unplanned closure of the school on Tuesday. I want to thank all staff, pupils and parents for your flexibility and professionalism in adapting to the last-minute change in provision. Student learning continued well online (at least one good thing to [...]
Principals Update This week we had our AST film crew in working with our primary pupils and staff to continue to promote our 'Outstanding' early years and primary provision. In the next few weeks we will be able to share the finished product with you all. Some of our Year 7 students attended [...]
Principals Update This week our Year 11 students have begun their November mock exams in preparation for their GCSEs in the summer. We are aware that for some of our students, sitting formal examinations can be stressful, so having two opportunities during the year to practice the routines is important to minimise the [...]
Principals Update Last night we hosted our inaugural GCSE Leavers Evening where we began to build the 'history' of our school. It was a night to recognise the achievements of our first graduating class, but also to present our leavers with their official GCSE certificates. To begin building the legacy of our school, [...]
Principals Update Today has been a burst of colour, joy and worship with our Diwali festival day. It has been lovely seeing so many of our pupils and staff attend in traditional clothes and enjoy the celebration activities. The secondary garba has been lively and students have enjoyed a special Diwali lunch menu. [...]
