Message from the Headteacher
Dear Parents and Carers
Another very busy year has flown by. Our Year 11 and 13 students are on well earned breaks after a heavy exam season. It is always a great privilege to see how well our students conduct themselves during the exam period, with so many working exceptionally hard as they are keen their results reflect what they are truly capable of. We wish them all the best of luck when they collect their results on 15 August (A-Level) or 22 August (GCSE).
Outside of the exams again it has been great to see so many students working hard both in and out of lessons to help lay down a path for their future. We have had a student win the BTEC Musician of the Year, awarded at Central Hall in London, a student representing England in course fishing and a student whose team won the Cheerleading European Championships in Germany this month. Nine of our students have completed a week long trek in Norway for their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award and a large number completed a long weekend in the Cotswolds for their Silver Award. It has been great to see so many students being awarded prizes either in the Sports, or Music Award Dinners, through the end of term assemblies, through the Arts Exhibition or a myriad of other events highlighting the achievements of all our students.
It has been great to see the PA going from strength to strength and I wish to say a big thank you to the whole team for supporting the new Year 7 transition evening and for organising such a successful film on the field, with the pop up cinema showing ‘The Greatest Showman’.
Over the holidays the school will be busy with planning work delivering a new Science lab, three new class rooms, a new Food Technology room and four new tennis courts. This is the initial phase of our development plan. We look forward to seeing these exciting new facilities.
Staff training days are Monday and Tuesday 2 and 3 September. The first day for our new Year 7 students is Wednesday 4 September at 8.55am and for Year 12 on the same day at 9am. All other year groups: 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13, start back on Thursday 5 September at 8.55am as normal.
This September we will be trialling a staggered lunch break for the school, which will only affect Years 7 and 8. To give students more time to eat and make the canteen more accessible for all, Year 7 and 8 will have their lunch break earlier, from 12.40pm to 1.15pm and then their period 4 lesson from 1.15pm to 2.15pm. All other year groups will have their lunch break as per normal from 1.40pm to 2.15pm, after their period 4 lesson. Student voice has told us that students can spend some time queuing for food in the canteen, when all year groups have the same lunch break, so we hope this change will alleviate this.
I wish you all an enjoyable and safe summer and I look forward to welcoming you all back in September along with our new cohort of Year 7’s who will graduate Holmer Green Senior School in 2026!
Happy summer holiday,
Ed Hillyard
