Bulletin - 8th June

Welcome back everyone, and I hope you had a wonderful, well-deserved break.

OFSTED

First of all, a massive thank you and well done to everyone for the effort that went into the OFSTED inspection before the break. I have seen a sneak preview of the report (I believe it will be amade available to all staff very soon) and they have picked up on a number of strengths in our subject, including student achievement and the quality of our use of assessment. This is really great news, and puts into focus the fact that we are a strong and effective team, which is highly successful in the difficult job of helping our students to learn (starting to sound like an OFSTED report now!). But it's true. Well done everyone and thank you for all the hard work and professionalism you all bring to the job.

This Term

There is a lot to do this term! I will be in touch ASAP with a run-down of what needs to be done, but obviously preparing for the new syllabus at KS4 will be a major focus. I may ask individuals or pairs to look at particular parts of the course, and will be in touch about this very soon - also Liz and I are meeting today to clarify the plan for year 9.

Party

As you may know I am something of an indefatigable party animal, as long as I am able to be in bed with a book by ten pm. With this in mind, you are all invited to a summer garden / drinks and nibbles party on the afternoon of Saturday July 17th at my house, directions to which I will send around. My wife is completing her GTP course imminently and is inviting the Eng department from Cherwell to celebrate, so if you are free and fancy it, do put it in your diaries! (More of a wine sharing than a best-practice sharing opportunity I would have thought!).

Have a great week everyone!

Tom