Amanda Hoey

Information from SIS: Covid Vaccinations on 28th January 2022

Dear parents/carers, Covid 19 Vaccinations:  Please disregard this email if your child will still be 11 or will be 16 years old already on 28th January 2022.  As you will be aware students were offered a Covid 19 vaccination in the autumn term in school by the West Sussex School Immunisation Service (SIS).  Their programme has […]

INSET Days – January 2022

Dear Parents / Carers, INSET days January 2022 I write to remind parents/carers that Thursday 27th and Friday 28th January are Inset days and the school will be closed for students in years 7 – 10 both days.  Please read on if you have a child in year 11: Year 11 students however will be […]

Year 11 Parents Evening – Tuesday 25th January

Dear Parents and Carers Year 11 Parents / Carers Consultation Evening – Tuesday 25th January 2022 I am writing to remind you that the appointments for our Year 11 Parents/Carers Consultation Evening will open from 9am tomorrow, on Saturday 8th December. As you will be aware the evening will be held virtually using the School […]

Final Return to School Information – January 2022

Dear parent/carer, We hope that you have had a relaxing break and wish you all a Happy New Year. As you may be aware schools were sent additional guidance yesterday and hence our message today to provide an update relating to this.  We include some additional information as well to ensure we have the smoothest possible start to […]

End of Term Newsletter

Dear Parents/Carers As we come to the end of 2021 and the Autumn term I wanted to say a huge thank you for all of your support, not only this term but throughout the year. We really are a strong team at Durrington and with your support, the dedication, passion and expertise of our staff […]

Return to School -January 2022

As you are likely aware there have been some significant updates in relation to Covid 19 (with the suggestion that more could change in the new year).  Part of the current expectations are that we implement (as we did in September) a return-to-school LFT testing program for when students come back to school in January. […]

Students Inspired by Albion in the Community Events

Last week some of our students in years 8 and 9 were given the fantastic opportunity to engage in events run by Albion in the Community promoting the importance of women in tech jobs and enterprise. The chosen students have all shown a great aptitude in their computer science lessons this term and were invited […]

On-site Lateral Flow Testing Consent

Dear Parent/carer, As you may have seen in the news schools are being asked to coordinate on-site Lateral Flow Testing once again as part of the students returning to school after Christmas.  This is a separate process to any home testing that takes place.  It will be run by trained school staff with the aim […]

Year 8 Parents/Carers Consultation Evening

Year 8 Parents / Carers Consultation Evening – Tuesday 7th December 2021 We are delighted to inform you that we will be holding our Year 8 Parent/Carer Consultation Evening on Tuesday 7th December 2021 between 4:30pm and 7:30pm and this will take place virtually using the SchoolCloud software. This is a great opportunity to engage […]

Kindness in action at DHS

We are delighted to have recently launched the DHS Student Kindness Passport. As part of our commitment to instilling the values of kindness, aspiration, perseverance and pride in our community, the kindness passport offers students tangible ways to show kindness and earn their kindness badge.  All students have been issued with a passport and can […]