Headteachers Blog

17 November 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr In the week that featured Storm Debi, let us bring you a round up of news and stories. A treat for our Year 13 Chemists… On Monday 6th November, Mr Jayne took our Year 13 Chemistry students for a real treat, restarting their half term with a […]

9 November 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Welcome back to the second half of Autumn Term 2023!  We hope our students have rested their bodies and brains, ready for vigorous learning alongside good levels of wellbeing. A visit to Number 10 Downing Street We start this week with a very prestigious invitation to […]

27 October 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr We made it! Well done everyone on a very busy and positively productive half-term.  It’s been 8 long beautiful weeks. You all deserve a good break over the October half-term week. Don’t forget to put your clocks back this coming weekend and enjoy that extra hour […]

19 October 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Don’t reset your watch. My blog comes to you a day early this week!  Show Racism the Red Card First up, I’m delighted to report that our Student Comms team have taken over the first part of the Headteachers Blog. This week, the school stood together […]

12 October 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Preparing for university life…. In the last few weeks, our outgoing cohort of Year 13 students will have been filling their trollies with pots and pans and university starter kits and hopefully enjoying a very responsible freshers fortnight experience. As one cohort moves on, our work […]

6 October 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Expanding horizons at the LHS Sixth Form Open Evening! It was a pleasure to throw open our doors to Year 11 on Wednesday evening to showcase the amazing provision we have for Sixth Form education.  Thank you to everyone for coming along and especially to our […]

29 September 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Healthy habits for life! This week we are delighted to kick off with some snaps from our new gym, strength and conditioning suite. It is amazing to see so many students making use of this stunning new facility that we have officially named our ‘Fitness Centre.’ […]

21 September 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Walking in Hardy’s shoes, and sitting where he once sat! We start this week with a visit back to another age. No time was wasted in getting out of the classroom to experience deepest darkest Dorset. In order to help our intrepid Year 12 English Literature […]

14 September 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Things that we always see in September…. Now, September has many connotations. As well as the new term and a fresh new start for our whole school community the start of September also signalled one month until our staff running team (I use that term very […]

8 September 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr It’s good to be back! Welcome back to the new academic year. A new beginning. A new hope. New shoes. New you?  We have the opportunity to press the re-set button.  Ahead of us lies a year that is brimming with opportunity. It could be the […]