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Headteacher blog 2nd October 2026
It has been an unusual week that started with me having to work from home whilst Day 1 of the new headteacher recruitment took place. Governors will update the school community at some point soon as regards what the outcome of the process has been. The week also started with bad news that we had […]
Read newsHeadteacher blog 25th September 2026
Our PTA are a fantastic support to the school. Today, we expect to receive delivery of our fantastic new-to-us fancy Transit minibus, fully funded by the PTA. Our old Transit bus had been an absolute bargain and brilliant servant to the school for well over ten years but it is nearly 20 years old and […]
Read newsHeadteacher Blog 18th September 2026
This week I had an introductory meeting with a DfE-appointed accountant who is going to support our school briefly with our budget. Like almost every school, finances are very tight – nearly half of Leeds’ primary schools were in overall deficit at the end of the last financial year and Farfield was close. I will […]
Read newsHeadteacher blog 11th September 2026
It has been a really positive start to the new school year. All classes appear settled and happy. This week we began our first ever whole class instrument tuition with Year 3 all beginning to learn the ukulele. I wasn’t in the room, but it was apparently a lively, active session! These sessions are being […]
Read newsHeadteacher blog 4th September 2026
It has been a good start to the new school year with classes settling quickly and lots of happy faces around school. It is great to be be back! Over the summer, we have had a new roof on much of the junior building and this work is on-going into September. We are grateful for […]
Read newsHeadteacher blog 10th July 2026
What an amazingly busy and brilliant 7 days!
Read newsHeadteacher blog 3rd July 2026
I have had a great week with the first three days spent at How Stean Gorge with 6D on residential. They were a great group and really pushed themselves on activities such as gorge scrambling, caving and high wires. Many thanks to all the staff that have supported the residential, especially Mrs Hawkhead and Mrs […]
Read newsHeadteacher blog 19th June 2026
I had a lovely week in the Dales last week with Year 5 on residential although the weather was cool and wet. This week we are seeing a positive change in the weather and next week is going to be gloriously bright and sunny. This is a great half term for school trips with RPT […]
Read newsHeadteacher blog 5th June 2026
Not quite the start to the summer that we hoped for weather-wise but a good beginning to the final half term nonetheless. 3B had a great trip to The Royal Armouries to support their Romans topic and it was funny to see Mrs Begum leaving school after 5pm forgetting she still had blue woad across […]
Read newsHeadteacher blog 22nd May 2026
Summer has finally arrived at the end of this week – just in time for a long weekend and half term. I hope that everyone has a great break. Anyone booking a festival, camping trip or wedding this weekend has hit the jackpot! On Wednesday, I spent the morning with our school improvement advisor and […]
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