Dear Parents of Year 7 pupils, As you may already know, we are experiencing extremely high levels of staff sickness absence at present, which has increased of late as Covid rates are rising again. Demand for supply teachers across the educational sector have also made it difficult to acquire the number of staff that are…
Read MoreDear Parents of Year 8 pupils, As you may already know, we are experiencing extremely high levels of staff sickness absence at present, which has increased of late as Covid rates are rising again. Demand for supply teachers across the educational sector have also made it difficult to acquire the number of staff that are…
Read MoreDear Parents and Carers, To update you on year group attendance (further to correspondence published earlier this week) this is a brief message to confirm that all pupils/year groups should attend school as normal from tomorrow (Thursday 24th March). Though staff absence remains a challenge we expect all pupils to be in. Thank you once…
Read MoreDear Parent(s)/Carer(s) Re: PE Kit/School Uniform Earlier this term I wrote to you outlining some of the measures that we were taking to mitigate the potential risks from the Omicron variant. One of these measures was to temporarily suspend the use of our PE changing rooms. As you know, we regularly review our risk assessment…
Read MoreDear Parent(s)/Carer(s), Re: Staggered breaks and lunches I am pleased to report that we have had a very good start to the new school year and that the vast majority of our learners have been able to return to school as normal. I wrote to you recently outlining some of the…
Read MoreYou may be aware that in the last 24 hours there has been a change to testing routines regarding Covid. Particularly with the use of PCR tests. To reflect the changes announced by Welsh Government the below documents outline the approaches to isolation and testing that should be taken and the FAQs from RCT have…
Read MorePlease note, there are important additional documents and further Local Authority information at the end of this page. Dear Parent(s)/Carer(s) I would like to begin by wishing you all a very happy New Year and hope that you are well and have enjoyed a restful break over Christmas. In December, I informed you that the…
Read MoreA brief update for all parents and carers; as it currently stands we intend on being open for all pupils from Thursday 6th January with the usual start and end of day times in place. Thank you for your patience while we received updates and actioned new guidance. As a reminder, pupils will be returning…
Read MoreYou may be aware that the Minister for Education in Wales has announced today that pupils across the country will not return to school for the first two days of the New Year (for us this is January 4th which was already a planned INSET day, but also now January 5th). We are currently awaiting…
Read MoreDear Parent(s)/Carer(s). Re: Covid-19 Face coverings Last night the First Minister announced that Welsh Government will be expecting the introduction of face-coverings in all secondary schools and college settings as soon as possible. The Minister for Education and Welsh Language has written to all headteachers today stating that all staff and students should now wear…
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