Please find attached below our Year 7 newsletter for the week on behalf of Progress Leader Miss Briggs and Assistant Principal Mrs Husband.

You will be aware that our partners, Mitie (Facilities Management) and Chartwells (Catering) have been working to upgrade systems to move to a cashless system in our canteen area, supported by ParentPay.  We all believe this will provide a more modern, efficient service, and promote a risk-free environment for our students.

As Chartwells is a separate entity to the school, parents are required to have a separate Chartwells account in ParentPay. Login details were sent out prior to the summer break, with instructions on how to merge the school and Chartwells accounts to avoid the need for separate logins. The vast majority of families have successfully merged the two accounts on ParentPay although we are aware there are some still outstanding. If you still have not been able to activate your Chartwells account through ParentPay, or have misplaced the login details provided, this can only be remedied by Chartwells and we would encourage you to contact Chartwells via u96254@compass-group.co.uk.

As you will know, the system was intended to be up and running smoothly at the beginning of term, but there have been problems in doing this. We attach a statement from Mitie explaining this. 

We are confident the systems have now been successfully merged and that the systems are now showing the correct balances. These should also now be visible to you via your ParentPay accounts. 

We will continue to support the few students who may still continue to encounter any difficulties at the checkouts.

Students can access the funds in their account by using our biometric fingerprint system. If you have not, or do not wish to, give consent for your child’s fingerprint to be recorded, staff will be on hand to ensure they still have access to the funds loaded in your Chartwells ParentPay account at the checkouts. 

We would like to take the opportunity to thank you all for your continued patience with this and wish you all a wonderful weekend. 

Please be aware that the school photographers, Tempest,  will be in school on Monday 13 September to take individual photographs of all students in Years 7, 9, 11 and 12.

All students in these year groups will need to attend school in full uniform (with the exception of Year 12), PE kits will not be needed on Monday only.  Parents will be able to order photographs directly from the Tempest website.  Students will bring home the necessary information.  Years 7, 9 and 11 will attend from their classrooms and return to class immediately after having their photograph taken.

Year 12 students will be photographed between 11.10 and 12.10, please see the below table for the timings of tutor groups. 

If your Year 12 child is not due to be in school at the times shown please ensure they attend for the time shown:

Please find attached below a communication on behalf of Assistant Principal Mrs Husband and Progress Leader Miss Briggs ahead of Year 7 students start tomorrow.