All Saints / Seven Hills Co-location

I am delighted to inform you that the plans for the redevelopment of All Saints and the co-location with Seven Hills have now been approved and preliminary work will begin on 30 November 2009.
This means that a new student and pedestrian entrance will be created further up Granville Road and that there will no longer be access for vehicles through the main entrance.
All vehicles will be required to use the entrance via the Sports Hall on Norfolk Park Road. Actual building work will begin after February half term following which there will be a new school reception alongside the Hallam block.
In order to prepare for this the school will be closed for students in Years 7 to 10 for 5 additional days.
These five days will be either side of the half term period.
The school will therefore be closed to students in Years 7 to 10 on Wednesday 10 February 2010 and will reopen on Wednesday 24 February 2010.
Students who are in Years 11, 12 and 13 will be required to attend all or part of the week depending on their particular circumstances.
Individual timetables for these students will be sent out before the end of term.

Improving Communications

As you may already be aware, the school uses an on-line system called E-Portal via which it is possible for you to gain access to information about your child/children such as attendance, reports and commendations etc.
You should already have been provided with their usernames and passwords to enable you to access this facility.
In order to facilitate improved communication with parents, the school has invested in a text service which will allow us to send you important information for example a forthcoming parents’ evening or, in the case of inclement weather, inform you of any necessary school closures.
In order to ensure that we have your correct contact details we ask that you check the information on the pre-completed form included.

Were Celebrating Success

I am delighted to report that for the third year running we have again produced our best results.
The percentage of students achieving 5 or more A* – C grades has risen from 70% to 76% and the percentage including English and mathematics has risen from 48% to 54%.
At A level our pass rate continues to be very high and well above the national average.
These results reflect the hard work and dedication of students and staff.
I am sure that as parents you will be pleased to know that we expect these results to continue to rise and that we are looking forward to further success next year.

Past copies of school newsletters can be found below in PDF format.

Autumn Newsletter - December 2009
Summer Newsletter - June 2009
Autumn Newsletter - December 2008