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Headteacher blog 7/1/22
07/01/2022 · No comments yet
Happy new year! It is good to be back in school and the children are working well. Things are stretched as regards staffing with 20% of class teachers off with COVID (and other support staff too), and the child absence list has grown over the course of the week, but it has just about Read More
Headteacher blog 17th December 2021
17/12/2021 · No comments yet
This week started brilliantly and has been good all week. On Monday morning, a very supportive parent brought in a superb donation of books for school: all new books on themes around diversity and social justice. These have been paid for by a range of local businesses I believe, including Grumpy’s restaurant in Farsley. Read More
Headteacher blog 10/12/21
10/12/2021 · No comments yet
It’s a confusing world isn’t it: COVID cases rising in the UK but falling currently at school; masks on again in the corridors but attendance almost back to normal; some schools having parents in for Christmas performances, others not. It is easy to pick holes in guidance and rail at inconsistencies, but I am Read More
Headteacher blog Friday 3rd December
03/12/2021 · No comments yet
It has been a better week as we may have turned the curve as regards COVID infections. Until today, attendance had been over 90% this week: very low by historical standards but much improved compared to last week. As I write, we have ‘only’ had two positive COVID tests this week compared to nineteen Read More
Headteacher blog 26th November 2021
26/11/2021 · No comments yet
Headteachers all got a letter from Secretary of State Nadim Zahawi this week exhorting us to improve school attendance: ironically, in the week that our attendance has been at an all time low! COVID rates are rising for us and there are also a lot of sickness cases and heavy colds around. I am Read More
