Welcome to my first blog of 2022. Happy New Year to you all. I hope you all had a good Christmas break and an opportunity to catch up with friends and family.
The new term started last week with us testing those students who consented to have a lateral flow test. I was delighted when I heard that we had tested the entire school in just one day, which meant that the disruption that it undoubtedly causes was kept to a minimum. Many thanks to the testing team, which included a number of parents who came in to support.
Sadly, last week we had to cancel our Year 8 Information Evening and our Post 16 Open Morning due to the ongoing restrictions we are all experiencing, but alternative measures and events have already been put in place to provide the essential information that we wish to share. Details of these will be shared soon.
This week is a relatively quiet week except for Year 13 who have their first set of mock exams. All schools are being asked to run Plan B alongside Plan A, so Year 11 and Year 13 will be completing three sets of examinations over the course of the year to help their teachers, if required, give Teacher Assessed Grades in the summer. Good luck to Year 13.
