Headteachers Update

I posted my first Headteacher Update on Friday March 27th. Much has happened between then and now. We’ve been on quite a journey and we’ve come a long way. It has been a huge learning curve. As we approach the …

This week we have made excellent progress with our planning and preparation for the full reopening of Patcham High School in September. Now we have been issued with full guidance from the government we are starting to develop some real …

My guess is that you will have been keeping a close eye on the news this week awaiting the guidance from the government on how their stated ambition of getting all students back into school will be achieved. On Thursday …

At the very end of last week, the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced that all pupils in all year groups will go back to school full-time in September. He said that the government was “signed up … to bring every …

Lots to celebrate this week!   It was great to hear the announcement from the Government on Tuesday that they will continue to fund free school meals over the summer. This means that we will be able to provide £15 …

We’ve had a really good week at Patcham High. Lots of hard work but we are moving forward with purpose. On Wednesday we got the ‘green light’ from the Local Authority to push ahead with our plans to partially re-open …

If things weren’t already tough enough at the moment for our children, many of them (and us) have spent the last week struggling to get our heads around the horrendous circumstances that resulted in the death in the USA of …

The Government is clear in its intention …. We want to get all children back into education as soon as the scientific advice allows because it is the best place for them to learn, and because we know it is …

I am very much looking forward to the ‘flyby’ that is scheduled later today to mark the 75th Anniversary of VE Day. And it was great to see the Union Flag flying outside the Ladies Mile Road Pub as I …