Dear families, 

We are really looking forward to welcoming our students back through our doors after the summer break later this week.

We have had an incredibly successful summer, both with our summer schools for incoming Year 7 and Year 11 students as well as a fantastic set of GCSE results for our first cohort of Year 11s. We will be sharing with you all the success of Year 11 next week in a special letter from Ms Williams as well as our social media platforms.

In the meantime, I would like to remind you that the return to school for Years 7-11 is as follows: 

Date	Year groups	Timings	Focus
Thursday 5th September	7 and 11 only	Y11: 08:15am – 2:55pm  Y7: 09:30 – 2:30pm	Workshops and tutor sessions
Friday 6th September	All year groups	Y8-10: 08:15am – 2:55pm  Y7: 09:30 – 2:30pm	Workshops and tutor sessions
Monday 9th September	All year groups	08:15am – 2:55pm   (Normal school day)	Timetabled lessons begin period 1

In addition to this, I would like to remind all our families that the timings of the school day have changed for this academic year. School begins at 08:15am and finishes at 2:55pm – on Wednesdays, it is a 2:05pm finish.

Students are expected to be in school by 08:10am, ready for line up at 08:15am prompt.

I would also like to take this opportunity to remind families of our uniform expectations. In particular, students should have an appropriate black school bag (no handbags).  Any false nails, false eyelashes and multiple piercings must be removed prior to their return to school.

We look forward to seeing you all at the end of the week,

Ms Holmes

Deputy Headteacher