Headteacher’s Blog

School will Reopen as normal on Monday 18th March

14th March 2024

Thank you for your patience, support and swift change of operations today and tomorrow. You will be pleased to hear that we will be open again as normal on Monday 18 March 2024. The contractors have been on site since 8am and are working throughout the weekend to carry out remedial works. The water supply […]

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We are oversubscribed for September 2024

5th March 2024

The Wensleydale School and Sixth Form is currently oversubscribed for September and is working hard to arrange additional transport for new students out of the catchment area. The school has also taken in 20 new students since the start of the academic year which is a reflection of its impact within the community. The journey […]

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Update from the Headteacher

8th July 2021

Following Gavin Williamson’s statement yesterday and the PM’s suggestion that most restrictions will be lifted from 19 July, I wanted to update you on where we are. I am proposing that we keep all safety measures in place, such as bubbles until the end of this term. It makes more sense to make changes for […]

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Working in Partnership

12th February 2021

School life continues, as we enter the 6th week of the current lockdown. Our students and staff have shown tremendous resilience in both the streaming of lessons and completing work. We have been superbly supported by the local community, but 3 organisations in particular have gone above and beyond during the crisis. Firstly, Leyburn Rotary Club have worked tirelessly to help […]

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Update from the Headteacher

19th January 2021

From today we are setting lessons as per students timetables. All lessons, with the exception of History and PE in Years 7,8 and 9 ( due to staff illness) will have some live contact each lesson from the subject teacher. Whilst this is an improvement on just setting worksheets or tasks, we have become very […]

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Further update on January 2021

31st December 2020

I am sure you have seen the news over the last 24 hours. SLT met this morning to discuss how we manage the current situation. At the heart of all our decision making is your child’s and staff wellbeing. There are many unanswered questions surrounding schools rolling out mass testing. I am booked on a series of training webinars […]

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