Farsley Farfield Primary School

Head Teacher's Blog

Headteacher blog 4th February 2021

04/02/2022 · No comments yet

It has been a much better week as regards pupil attendance (>90% every day, up to 94%) but it has been exceptionally difficult staffing-wise, especially in our youngest classes. From Nursery to Y1, every class has been without its usual teacher for at least part of the week. Our other teachers and support staff Read More

Headteacher blog January 28th 2022

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It has been a slightly better week as regards COVID disruption at school with roughly a halving of child cases over the week, but the rate of infections amongst staff remains steady at about 6 or 7 a week this month. Attendance overall has risen towards 85-90% but this remains chronically low by historical Read More

Headteacher blog 21st January 2022

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It has been a really strange week: for me, personally, and for the school. I have been stuck at home with COVID and have been well for almost all the time (though continuing to test positive). School has suffered probably the worst attendance in its history: down as low as 70%, with 60+ children Read More

Headteacher blog 14/1/22

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It is fair to say it’s been a tricky week: COVID cases increasing markedly and, in the end, we have had to close one class again. This is not a decision to be taken lightly, but we had 12 positive cases in just a few days in that particular class and it was untenable Read More

Headteacher blog 7/1/22

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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