I hope that you had an enjoyable half-term break and the extra two days as staff returned before students with two INSET Days. These days are essential for staff to undertake further training - whether that be Safeguarding, First Aid, Fire Safety, Data Protection (the list goes on!) - and to develop and plan the curriculum for the following year. We also spent some time focusing on staff wellbeing and ensuring that staff are supported in all aspects of their roles.
We returned to a full day on Wednesday - holding three separate events after school. It was a pleasure to welcome back Year 9 families for their Parent Teacher Consultations so soon after the recent Options Event. We also held a Year 10 & 11 Parent Forum on helping your child prepare for their GCSEs; this was hosted by Learning Performance. Alongside this, FoRTS did a sterling job in running a very successful pre-loved uniform sale.
Easter is early this year, so we have another short but busy half-term ahead of us.
Thank you as always for your support.
~Ms K Dooley | Head Teacher
Andrew Hanson
Andrew's largely scientific career is rounded with practice in the creative arts and he is a keen supporter of education. The majority of his scientific working life has been at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) measuring properties of materials like colour and gloss. He transitioned to manager of NPL’s Outreach programme – overseeing and participating in thousands of local and national STEM activities from talks to exhibitions, and for this work was awarded an MBE in 2019. He has chaired UK and international science and arts committees in organisations including the Institute of Physics and the Colour Group of Great Britain. He has managed a rock band, ran an amateur dramatics group, has made award winning films and is an electronic musician.
Andrew sits on the Quality of Education Committee.
