INSET Days – January 2022

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

INSET Day and Mufti Day

Dear Parents/Carers, Re: Inset day (19th November) and Children in Need mufti day (Thursday 18th November) Children in Need We are delighted to let you know that our Senior Student Leadership Team have organised for us to have our first non-school uniform (mufti) day of the year to coincide with Children in Need on Thursday […]

Year 11 Mock Support Resources

Dear Parents and Carers, Firstly I would like to take the opportunity to say what a wonderful start year 11 have made to their final GCSE year. As we are approaching the lead up to year 11 mock exams starting in December, I would like to share with you our master class schedule officially starting […]

Year 11 Parent / Carer Mock Exam Support Evening – Wednesday 3 November

Dear Parent / Carer Year 11 Parent / Carer Mock Exam Support Evening – Wednesday 3 November A key element of preparing our year 11 students for their GCSE examinations in the summer, is the mock examinations which they will sit during the period Monday 29 November – Wednesday 15 December 2021.  As well as […]

Year 7 Parent/Carer School Tour

Dear parent/carer, We are delighted to have your children with us as part of Team Durrington and are so pleased with the fantastic start they have made as they settle into our school. We are however aware that, as a result of Covid, you as parents/carers did not have the opportunity to see the school […]