GCSE exams have now begun and students will attend school as normal until Friday 27 May. Prior to study leave students should continue to register as normal with their tutor before any morning exam.  Friday 27 May will be the last time that the students are in school as a full year group and we will mark this occasion by holding a small celebration event immediately after their final exam.

Finally, on behalf of all at The King Edward VI School can I take this opportunity to extend my best wishes to all Year 11 students and wish them the very best success in the forthcoming examinations and for the future. We are really looking forward to seeing the students who are returning to our Sixth Form in September. 

For those not returning, we wish you all the very best as you move on to new challenges. Please come back to see us and share your successes with us, not just next year but in years to come. The King Edward VI School is part of you and each of you will stay part of us. Thank you for all the contributions you have made to make the school what it is.

To read the letter in full, please click here

You are invited to our Transition Evening, which will take place at The King Edward VI School on Thursday 26 May 2022, from 5.30pm until 7.00pm. 

The purpose of the evening is to:

• Outline the transition process from Year 9 into Year 10
• Outline the option courses in Year 10 and 11, and how to help your child specifically in the subjects they have chosen to study

There will be an opening presentation followed by a carousel of four workshops for you to attend with your child.

To read the letter sent to all Y9 Parents/Carers, please click here

This term we will spend some time in school further developing our Relationships and Sex education provision, to enable our students to more fully understand the challenges that they face growing up in today’s society.

Assemblies next week will focus on sexual harassment, with a particular focus on online abuse. Following the assembly, students will be given an opportunity (via Google Classroom) to complete a questionnaire which will give us an insight into the experiences of teenagers in our school. This is an optional survey, but I am keen that we receive as many completed versions as possible, to further inform our curriculum, teaching and supervision arrangements. 

In addition to the work we are doing in school, I encourage you to explore this topic with your child. This link to the Children’s Commissioner website provides helpful information that could form the basis of your discussions.

A copy of the letter issued to all Parents/Carers can be read in full here 

On Tuesday 29 March, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, set
out the next steps for living with COVID-19 in England from Friday 1 April. In
line with this, the DfE has updated the specific advice for schools which we
will follow from Monday 25 April, following the Easter break.

The key principle of the updated guidance is that Covid is to be managed in
the same way as other respiratory illnesses. The UK Health Security Agency
(UKHSA) health protection in education and childcare settings, contains an
alphabetic list of infectious diseases.

To read the letter in full, please click here

We will be holding a non – uniform day on Friday 8 April.

We would encourage all students to contribute £1 which will be forwarded to the Disasters Emergency Committee to provide Humanitarian Aid for the millions of Ukrainians seeking sanctuary in other countries.

Parents are able to pay this amount via School Gateway or alternatively, students can bring £1 into school and give this to their tutor.

The letter issued to all parents/carers can be read in full here.

This weekend Year 9 student, Sebastian Parreira, competed in the third and final round of the Teesside Winter Sprint championship. He won all of his races to secure the Junior Prokart championship title. The championship was run from December to March with rounds 1 and 3 run at Teesside Karting and round 2 at Whilton Mill in Northamptonshire. Seb competed in all three championship rounds, winning eight out of the nine races.

Seb has been competing in kart races for a couple of years, having got his first kart at age 11 after enjoying karting at an indoor track in Newcastle before that. He has since raced in local outdoor championships at Teesside, Warden Law near Sunderland, and Cumbria, as well as a couple of national championships in 2021 which saw him competing at tracks all over the UK.

This term we have been using PSHE time to focus on giving students the facts about Vaping (Year 9) and Drugs (Year 10 and 12). Please click here to see a recent letter sent out to parents/carers.