Letters to parents
14 November 2024
Dear Parents/Carers and students,
Our Year 11 mock exam start next week. We wanted to remind you about exam expectations.
- All jackets/coats/bags must be taken off before the exam
- Morning exams start strictly at 9:30am, students are expected to arrive at 9am
- Students arriving after this time may not be able to sit the exam
- Students must not doodle or deface the exam paper in any way. Scrap paper can be given if they need it
- Students must write in black pen, unless they need a pencil for drawing/diagrams
- Electronic devices/phones are not allowed in the exam. This includes smart watches and air pods
- Enter the exam room in silence, exam conditions start as soon as they get into the exam room
If you have any questions regarding any exam please contact keyworkers or centre managers
We wish all the students luck in their exams!
Suzy Townsend
Assistant Headteacher
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12.11.24
Dear Parents,
As part of our continuous drive to ensure all our students are safe in and out of school, please see below the link to a webinar all about County Lines, ie criminal exploitation of children, delivered by the County Lines Support and Rescue Service at Catch 22.
Some of our students at LEAP have been victims of County Line criminal exploitation, and this event offers parents and carers an opportunity to learn about signs of exploitation to look out for and where to seek support should they suspect their child is being exploited.
Please choose a day and time and copy and paste the link into your browser – then sign up to the webinar, you will be sent a link.
Monday 18th November 2024:
6pm - 7.30pm https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1064178339059?aff=oddtdtcreator
Thursday 21st November 2024:
12pm - 1.30pm https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1070723124689?aff=oddtdtcreator
Thursday 21st November 2024:
6pm – 7pm https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1070741800549?aff=oddtdtcreator
Once you have copied the link into your browser, it will look like this:
Reserve a spot, and it will send you a link in your email. All you have to do on the day is click on the link, at the right time.
Alternatively, you can come to LEAP on Thursday, 21st November, at 12pm, and watch the clip with support from our parenting support lead Denise Foster and our LEAP Exploitation Lead Abdul Jaleel.
Please call/text/WhatsApp Denise Foster on 07724 024 925 to let her know that you would like to watch the webinar at LEAP. You are also welcome to just attend on the day.
Please come to our 6th Form entrance on Globe Road from 11.30am, we will make a space available for parents to watch the webinar and get support from our experienced team.
Yours Sincerely
Astrid Schon
Headteacher, LEAP
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11 November 2024
Dear Parents and Carers,
There will be a number of closures and late starts for our Year 10 students at LEAP in the coming 2 weeks due to the Year 11 mock exams.
- All Year 11 students will be undertaking their Mock exams Week beginning Monday 18th November 2024 in LEAP.
- Year 11 students will be able to go home after their exam/s (attached Mock exam timetable).
- There will be late starts and closures for our Year 10 students as so many of our Year 11 students need scribes and readers for their exams – all staff will be fully engaged with providing extra support in exams and for invigilating different exams in different locations around the building. Regrettably, this means that we do not have enough staff to manage our Year 10 students safely on site.
Monday, 18th November 2024 Tuesday, 19th November 2024 Wednesday, 20th November 2024 Thursday, 21st November 2024
Friday, 22nd November 2024 |
This is essential in order to ensure that all year 11 students have the right support with exam arrangements. Please remember we are a small school and all teachers and learning support will be needed to facilitate the exam accordance with legal requirements.
Thank you for your support and understanding.
Yours faithfully,
Ian Bruce Suzy Townsend
Assistant Headteacher Assistant Headteacher
2024-2025 Term Dates
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Autumn Term 1 |
Tuesday, 3rd September 2024 - Friday, 25th October 2024 |
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Autumn Term 2 |
Monday, 4th November - Wednesday, 18th December 2024 |
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Spring Term 1 |
Monday, 6th January – Friday, 14th February 2025 |
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Spring Term 2 |
Monday, 24th February – Friday, 4th April 2025 |
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Summer Term 1 |
Tuesday, 22nd April – Friday, 23rd May 2025 |
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Summer Term 2 |
Monday, 2nd May – Friday, 18th July 2025 |
NHS Guidance - Is my child too ill for school?
Coughs and colds
It's fine to send your child to school with a minor cough or common cold. But if they have a fever, keep them off school until the fever goes.
Encourage your child to throw away any used tissues and to wash their hands regularly.
High temperature
If your child has a high temperature, keep them off school until it goes away.
Chickenpox
If your child has chickenpox, keep them off school until all the spots have crusted over.
This is usually about 5 days after the spots first appeared.
Cold sores
There's no need to keep your child off school if they have a cold sore.
Encourage them not to touch the blister or kiss anyone while they have the cold sore, or to share things like cups and towels.
Conjunctivitis
You don't need to keep your child away from school if they have conjunctivitis.
Do get advice from your pharmacist. Encourage your child not to rub their eyes and to wash their hands regularly.
COVID-19
If your child has mild symptoms, such as a runny nose, sore throat, or slight cough, and feels well enough, they can go to school.
Your child should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people if they have symptoms of COVID-19 and they either:
- have a high temperature
- do not feel well enough to go to school or do their normal activities
Ear infection
If your child has an ear infection and a high temperature or severe earache, keep them off school until they're feeling better or their high temperature goes away.
Head lice and nits
There's no need to keep your child off school if they have head lice.
You can treat head lice and nits without seeing a GP. Let us know if we can support with treatments, which are commonly available in supermarkets and pharmacies.
Ringworm
If your child has ringworm, see your pharmacist unless it's on their scalp, in which case you should see a GP.
It's fine for your child to go to school once they have started treatment.
Scarlet fever
If your child has scarlet fever, they'll need treatment with antibiotics from a GP. Otherwise they'll be infectious for 2 to 3 weeks.
Your child can go back to school 24 hours after starting antibiotics.
Sore throat
You can still send your child to school if they have a sore throat. But if they also have a high temperature, they should stay at home until it goes away.
A sore throat and a high temperature can be symptoms of tonsillitis.
Threadworms
You don't need to keep your child off school if they have threadworms.
Speak to your pharmacist, who can recommend a treatment.
Vomiting and diarrhoea
Children with diarrhoea or vomiting should stay away from school until they have not been sick or had diarrhoea for at least 2 days (48 hours).