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Headteacher blog Friday 3rd December
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
Read newsHeadteacher blog 26th November 2021
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
Read newsHeadteacher’s Blog 19/11/2021
It has been a difficult week attendance-wise as COVID cases continue to rise again and there also seems to be a great deal of sickness around. This has affected staff and children alike. As I said to governors recently, the continued disruption to education for individual children and the historic low attendance overall (about Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 12th November 2021
I have been doing more tours for prospective parents this week, and one had an unusual request: they particularly wanted to see a playtime. We changed the timings and accommodated their request and it was lovely to see: junior children spread across the site playing games, climbing the tree house (and real trees to Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 05/11/21
Happy Diwali to all our families celebrating this week! I hope you have had a wonderful time. Another sign of things getting back to more like normal are regular school trips going out again. This week 3E visited a synagogue in Roundhay as part of their religious education curriculum. The children were effusive in Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 22nd October 21
It’s the end of a positive half term, with things getting significantly more ‘normal’. COVID (and other illness) is still having an impact with overall attendance just less than 90%. Typically, it would be around 96%. We have also found managing staff absences very challenging, with at least one staff member off with COVID Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 15th October 2021
I have spoken with a few heads recently who have all said that this has been a really hard half term: “trying to be normal but it’s not.” Things are so much better than they were in many ways and now we are trying to reinstate the usual expectations around teaching and learning, progress, Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 8/10/21
I have really enjoyed this week. It is the start of the ‘season’ for school tours for prospective parents and the school has really shone. Every class visit has been positive and the children’s engagement and good work have been clearly evident. Families are always impressed by what we have to offer their child. Read More
Read newsHeadteacher Blog October 1st 2021
After the stress and disruption of last week when we had to close a class due to COVID, it has been a quieter week (although it is all relative). We have had a further 6 cases of confirmed COVID this week, almost all of which have been in the Juniors this time: two-thirds have Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 24/9/2021
It has been an extraordinary week at school. Well over 5% of the school’s children and a handful of staff have tested positive for Covid over the past seven days, with many more having symptoms and awaiting test results. This is a very difficult situation for the school and we sadly had to take Read More
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