Letter to Parents 23rd May 2008

Dear parents/carers

From Tuesday, 3 June 2008, we are moving to a year-based system to provide more coherent monitoring and intervention for our students. Your son/daughter will still have their personal tutor but will now have a Head of Year. Year 7 students and tutors will be led by Mr J Mason, Year 8 by Mrs A Beesley, Year 9 by Mr D Pulitzer and Year 10 by Mrs S Shurville. The new intake into Year 7 will be led by Mrs D Kennedy. These Heads of Year will move up in September with your son/daughter to the next year group.

We feel that this arrangement will allow us to use information and data about your son/daughter to provide targeted intervention that ensures progress is made and standards of classwork and behaviour are as high as they can be. We will always look to involve you if there are worries or concerns. We will send you a report five times a year.

You may contact your son/daughter’s Head of Year by:-

Please mark any correspondence for their attention and it will be passed on to them.

The House system will still operate but will focus on developing a culture of involvement and praise through activities, competitions and assemblies involving all staff.

All students have been told about this in assemblies over the last week or so.

Finally, thank you to those of you who attended the “Parent Voice” sessions recently. Along with advice from students, through the Academy Council, we have a number of things to work at over the next half term. The next meeting is on Monday, 9 June 2008 and will focus on Feeling Safe and Developing an Anti-Bullying Culture. It will take place in the assembly hall from 6.00pm until 7.00pm. All parents are welcome.