Headteacher’s Blog

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

An exceptionally challenging week. There is no doubt that Covid-19 is really starting to bite across our community. I had to make the difficult decision to return Year 7 and 8 to home schooling for 2 days this week, this was purely down to staffing capacity. I am trying to protect KS4 and 5 as […]

Since we moved into the 2nd Lockdown, I have made some very minor amendments to the main Risk Assessment and created 2 new ones that specifically cover Muisc/Drama and PE. The main change is that we are asking students and staff to wear face masks in corridors, communal areas and mixed bubble groups. This is […]