There are two dining rooms in school, one for KS3 and one for KS4/5 which can seat 536 students. Students have 50 minutes for lunch which gives all students plenty of time to get a hot meal.

While the weather is hot each year group has designated classrooms which they can use to eat packed lunches. Whilst queues exist, there is ample time for all students to purchase and eat food.

Students are able to purchase food at break time and lunch time.

Students in Secondary School, until the Covid 19 Pandemic, were always required to change for PE – this is not a new policy and is established best practice in schools. Students are required to change for PE for a number of reasons:

• When students are taking part in sport, they will likely become sweaty and odorous. For them to remain in these clothes for the rest of the day is unpleasant, both for the student, and for those around them. Allowing students to change into fresh clothes after their PE lessons, and to wash and spray themselves is very important.
• Wearing uniform is part of a wider approach to improve learning as it supports the development of a positive school ethos and improvements in behaviour and discipline.
• Some students choose to wear PE kit rather than uniform as an opportunity

• Prior to each assessment period, students will be given an assessment overview. In this overview it will explain the length of the assessment; the topics on the test, as well as resources to be used to prepare.
• There will also be a link to the students’ subject Teams page, where you can find lesson resources and revision materials.
• Time is built into lessons, the registration programme, assemblies and Core Enrichment (where applicable) to teach revision techniques and help students practice ahead of assessments. 

• There will be three assessment points throughout the school year. Following these assessments, you will receive a progress report for your child which will detail their progress in each subject as well as an attitude to learning and a home learning score.
• There will be two parents’ evenings that will follow on from the data reports. These evenings, will give you an opportunity to arrange an appointment with each of your child’s teachers to discuss their progress. If you have any general enquiries regarding this you can contact your child’s form tutor or if there are any subject specific enquiries you are welcome to contact the subject specific staff.

• All homework will be recorded on Class Charts. Information relating to this app will be sent to parents. All students and parents will receive log in details. The platform can be used to track what Home Learning task each student has, the due date and any instructions that the teacher believes is relevant.
• All students should also have access to Microsoft Teams. This may be used to upload additional resources that may be needed to complete the Home Learning tasks.
• The Mathematics department use the Sparx platform for their Home Learning each week. This is a student and parent friendly platform that all students should now be able to access. If you have any queries about this, please do contact your child’s Mathematics teacher.

• A learning journey for each subject will be shared with parents which provides key details on the topics that your child will be studying in each subject.
• Class resources are shared on Microsoft Teams should the students need to refer back to these.
• Knowledge Organisers will include key content that students will be covering in lessons. These can be used to help student’s knowledge retrieval in class and at home.