WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Friday 17 March 2023
It has been an unsettled couple of weeks with emergency school closure due to a drains issue, disruption due to snow and the national strike action. Many thanks to all students and staff for keeping school as calm and focused as we have. I fully understand that the...
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WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Friday 10 March 2023
Good afternoon. Apologies for the inconvenience caused by the short-notice closure of the school yesterday - the circumstances were outside our control and you cannot have a school of 785 students and 90+ staff without any toilets! The problem was resolved yesterday afternoon by...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Friday 3 March 2023
Good afternoon, A slightly more detailed update today as I need to give you some information about school buses. I mentioned in last week's update that the tender for the service from next term is much greater than the current prices. I think that it is appropriate...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Saturday 25 February 2023
A number of important notices this week. In particular, if your child travels by school bus, please take note of the update on the bus provision below. All years Attendance: Please can you continue to notify us of student...
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WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Friday 10 February 2023
Thank you to all the parents & carers who attended the Progress Evening for Year 9 on Wednesday. It was a pleasure to talk to so many of you. All years Absence Reporting Procedure using Classcharts: Please can we ask that...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Saturday 4 February 2023
Apologies for the weekend update - I didn't get a chance to post this on Friday as usual. A range of practical matters this week.... In particular, please note the information about reporting student absence via Classcharts - the number of families who have this app means that...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Friday 27 January 2023
Some important practical matters this week.... All years NEU Strike: As you will probably have picked up from the national press, members of the National Education Union are going on strike for a number of days across the next few...
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WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Friday 20 January 2023
Thank you to all the families of Year 11 for a very productive and successful Progress Evening on Wednesday. It was lovely to talk to so many parents and carers and students about their mock results, their plans for the future and the steps they need to take to succeed... ...
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WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Sunday 15 January 2023
Some practical reminders and notices for the coming week. We have been working on some of the practical basics of school life - uniform, phones and homework - with students over the past couple of weeks and we just want to avoid arguments and conflict so that we can all focus on...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Friday 6 January 2023
Good afternoon, Thank you for the kind messages of support that I have received over the past few days following the announcement of my resignation. They have been much appreciated. As I have been saying to all the students, staff and families who have been talking to...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Monday 2 January 2023
Happy New Year! I hope that you have managed to have a break over the Christmas and New Year period. We are looking forward to the start of the new term on Tuesday. A few practical notices follow - please note a focus on correct uniform at the start of the new term. As...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Sunday 11 December 2022
As we enter the final week of this autumn term I would like to thank all parents and carers for your support of your child and the school over what has been a long and sometimes challenging term. Year 7 are tired (as are almost all our students), but have done exceptionally...
