Wiltshire Council is consulting on the proposed admissions criteria and admission arrangements for its Community & Voluntary Controlled Schools for the 2025/26 academic year. It is also consulting on the proposed schemes for co-ordination of admissions to all maintained schools and academies for the 2025/26 academic year.
Create a front cover for the Christmas Carol Service programme.
Tips for parents and carers about how to prevent child-on-child abuse from happening and what to do if it does.
The Wiltshire Police Youth and Early Intervention Team works with schools, colleges and partners to share messages and educate young people. The aim is to keep young people in our community safe from harm and exploitation, whilst educating them about where they can go for support.
As you may be aware, dentistry is still going through a crisis in the UK and as oral health is extremely important, especially for children, we are offering everyone under 18 a chance to be seen by an NHS dentist. To improve access to NHS Dental services, we have recruited a Dental Therapist who can see patients for a Dental examination under the Direct Access Law. They are registered and skilled Dental Professionals who support Dentists, just like senior nurses and paramedics do in GP practices.
Dental Therapists are excellent at treating children!
This week is national Anti-Bullying week. As a school, we are committed to ensuring children feel safe and, should they experience bullying behaviour, they have a trusted adult they can speak to in school. We have recently been awarded the Anti-bullying alliance Silver award and hope to gain the Gold award soon.
If you or your child have any worries, they can speak with their tutor, a member of the year team or any member of staff wearing a purple lanyard who is part of the expert team working to safeguard our students.
All students have had an assembly this week about how to stay safe, stand up and speak out.
Please see the poster attached for tips on how to keep your child safe online and combat online bullying which may happen out of school hours.
Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. “A place,” he said, “where learning is a game.”
We value each and every student and know that the best place for them to access skills and knowledge is in school, in the lessons, and pastoral sessions designed for them. This is why we have decided to introduce an appendix to the behaviour and attendance policy to ensure learners are building positive behaviour and ready for the wider world. This appendix will become active on our return from the October half-term on the 31st October 2023 and is applicable for all Key Stages.
Professor Dame Elizabeth Nneku Anionwu CBE (b. 1947)
Black History Month is a momentous occasion to recognise and celebrate the invaluable contributions of black people to British Society. The focus in 2023 is ‘Saluting Our Sisters’.
Dear Parents and Carers,
We would like to introduce to you a new regular feature of our newsletters looking at the use of technology and how we can work together to keep our children safe.
The world our children inhabit is exciting and full of opportunities especially where technology is concerned, sadly alongside this comes increased and new opportunities for them to be at risk.
This vaccination is recommended to help protect your child against flu.
Activation Letter
