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Headteacher blog 18/11/22
We were all waiting for Jeremy Hunt’s announcements on Thursday and there was a pleasant surprise in terms of increases in school funding for the next two financial years. This is chronically needed as our school and many others face an overall deficit as a result of rising costs, unfunded (below inflation) pay rises Read…
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Headteacher blog Friday 11th November
We are not full in Reception this year – the first time in the 18 years that I have been headteacher – as birth rates have declined in this area. It might also reflect the fact that we did less school tours over the COVID period. This year, we seem to be doing huge Read…
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Headteacher blog November 4th 2022
It has been a super week in school. I have done school tours and a number of lesson observations this week and I know that prospective parents have been impressed by what we have to offer. Every classroom that we go into feels calm and purposeful and there is a real warmth evident in Read…
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Harvest Festival 2022
Both junior halls were packed for our first Harvest Festival since 2019. The stage was full of generous donations for our St George’s Crypt appeal, and this was supplemented by the end of our Farfield Farm harvest. On the stage, we also had wonderful scarecrows for the PTA competition. Thank you to everyone for Read…
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Headteacher blog 14th October 22
It has been a glorious week at Farfield: but dramatic too. Year 3 were enjoying a fabulous sunny Stone Age Day on Thursday when disaster struck. Stalking a ‘deer’ on a hunt with our bows and arrows, we accidentally stepped on a wasp nest in the long grass. The wasps defended themselves and, sadly, Read…
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Headteacher blog 7th October 2022
This week I chaired the Leeds School Forum again. This group of headteachers, governors and senior council officers has an overview of education funding and budgets across the city. Once again, Leeds is missing out on £2million of funding for SEND next financial year as a result of a ‘cap on gains’ as we Read…
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Headteacher blog 30th September 2022
I upset a few children this week. We are running four competitive football teams this year, and I ran two lunchtime trials for Y6. Nearly 30 children attended and I needed to whittle things down to a team of 9 (and a sub) and another 7 children for a squad for the season to Read…
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Headteacher blog 23rd September 2022
It’s been a good week at school: attendance is finally up to pre-pandemic levels which is really helpful. All the classrooms are calm and purposeful. Our nursery teacher can’t stop smiling as she has a really super group of three year olds who have settled really well. It has been an exciting week for Read…
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Headteacher blog 16th September 2022
It has been a super week at school. I am into the ‘season’ of doing tours for prospective parents and the school has really shone as we have walked around classrooms and the grounds. It was wonderful to get email feedback after one of the tours this week from a family looking to move Read…
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Headteacher blog 9th September 2022
It’s great to be back in school and we have had, overall, a very positive week. We were very busy on Monday trying to put the infant building back together after very extensive (and messy) fire-stopping work over the summer. Many hands made light(er) work, but we were still cleaning on Tuesday morning and Read…
