Self Isolation:  Staff and students are still required to self isolate for 5+ days following a positive LFT. The advice from the UK Health Security Agency outlines this position:

• “Children and young people with COVID-19 should not attend their education setting while they are infectious. They should take an LFD test from 5 days after their symptoms started (or the day their test was taken if they did not have symptoms) followed by another one the next day. If both these tests results are negative, they should return to their educational setting if they normally attend one, as long as they feel well enough to do so and do not have a temperature. They should follow the guidance for their educational setting.”
• “Children and young people who usually attend an education or childcare setting and who live with someone who has COVID-19 should continue to attend the setting as normal.”

This guidance is unchanged from the end of the last half term, and we will continue to follow these measures until the Easter holiday, unless the national picture changes.

The letter from Mr Simon Taylor CEO can be read in full here

Lauren Gilhom, A-level Art & Design/Photography class of 2020, has been awarded the prestigious Michael Ormerod Photography Travel Award. Lauren is currently studying Photography at Newcastle University and is the first ever Level 4 student to win the award. Lauren pitched her photo-shoot proposal to the panel of judges, including all the financial and logistics involved, and created the artwork during Summer 2021 in Scotland. We are all very proud of Lauren on her achievement and look forward to seeing the work in person in her exhibition at Mandela Gallery, Newcastle University, 21 February to 7 March.

Since October half term students have been permitted, as a result of Covid measures, to wear outdoor coats inside the building. We are now in a position where guidance states all windows no longer have to be open all of the time and the temperature in school is such that outdoor coats are no longer required.  

Therefore following the half term break we will be returning to our usual uniform policy as outlined below. Overall we are extremely pleased with the standard of uniform worn by our students and would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support. Full uniform information can be found on page 16 of our Parent Handbook, however, we would like to clarify our policy regarding a number of persistent issues.

To read the letter in full please click here

Former student Amy Stokoe, has been racing in Italy on her first year as an FIS Athlete in Giant Slalom and Slalom. She has competed in races in Alpe Cermis and Santa Caterina in December and in Bormio in January.
She placed 9th in Slalom in Bormio in the Scottish Championships and 18th in Giant Slalom in Santa Caterina at the Ambition FIS Championships. Her FIS points currently stand at 114.63 in Giant Slalom and 117.94 in Slalom.
Her goal is to get below 100 points in order to be selected for the GB squad.

Amy will be going to Bormio for the English Alpine Championships where she will be representing the England Alpine Squad. She hopes to be racing in Andorra in March and in the British Alpine Championships in France.

Well done Amy and good luck.