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Parents Evenings

Tuesday 14 November 2023

Dear Parents/Carers,

As we look towards our first Parents Evening of the academic year for Year 11 on Wednesday 29th November, I am writing to inform you that we are going to trial this as an in-person event at the Academy (following feedback from you). There are many benefits (and drawbacks) to both in-person and online Parents Evenings, however we want to provide you with the opportunity to come into the Academy and speak, in person with your child’s teachers to strengthen the home / Academy relationship and support further improvement.

Below is a summary of the plan for an in-person Parents Evening event at the Academy:

Appointments

  • Parents/Carers will sign up for appointments using our existing online parent booking system
    • We would encourage you to try and leave one slot between each appointment to ensure you can get to your next appointment on time.
    • Appointments will be kept to 5 minutes per student
    • If you are unable to make an appointment, you will be able to add yourself to a waiting list which will enable the teacher to contact you following the event.

Timings

  • It is important we keep to timings to enable everyone to have the opportunity to speak with their child’s teacher, so please endeavour to get to your appointment on time.
  • The format for the appointments will follow a ‘what’s going well / even better if’ structure, finishing with an actionable next step for the student to aid further improvement.
  • Please be respectful of timings and keep to the 5-minute appointment slot.
  • The evening will conclude at 19:00, the scheduled finish time for teachers.

Venues

  • Appointments will take place in three venues (to minimise noise):
    • Old Gym – English, Maths and Science
    • Foyer – History, Geography, French, Spanish, Computing/iMedia, Health & Social Care, Sociology, Drama/PRE
    • Main Hall – DT, Music, Photography, Art, Sport
  • The three venues are close to each other, which should make for efficient travel time between appointments.

We will collect feedback from you following the event to find out more about your experience. We still have the option to run parents’ evenings as online events in the future if required.

Further communication will be sent shortly to Parents/Carers of Year 11 with information on how to book appointments for Wednesday 29th November.

Dream BIG // Work Hard // Be Kind

Mr O’Callaghan

Principal