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Friday 14th December
Dear parents and carers, The term has flown by for me and here we are sending out our penultimate newsletter of the term already. We have had so much to celebrate in our newsletters and there will be much to celebrate, we are sure, for your child and their personal successes so far this academic year too. Thank you for all of your support, as always. Students succeed at school when home, school and child are pulling in the same direction, something which happens for most students, for most of the time, we are pleased to say. I would like to congratulate our sixth formers for winning the Crown Court mock trial competition last Saturday. Our amazing team worked incredibly hard and it paid off as we won against 5 other teams from island schools, including the private schools. We are delighted to bring the coveted trophy to Cowes and are determined to hang on to it! There has been much in the newsletters this term which reflects the achievements of our students – GCSE and A Level results day and the excellent news that our progress 8 was above the national average and in the top 20% of results for Hampshire schools and top for the Isle of Wight is definitely worth us celebrating. That’s quite an achievement and we look to continue to build further on this every year. It’s been good to see so many of you at the various evenings we have put on this term: information evenings, parent evenings and tutor nights in particular. Our parent evenings are a particularly important feature of our school, putting you in the picture as to how you can support progress. Next week I look forward to many of you joining us at our Carol Concert and school production. A highlight of the term has been being one of only three schools in the South to be featured by Ofsted as part of their National Annual Report. We have also had a rich and wonderful set of activities beyond the curriculum going on, ranging from students performing at the Albert Hall, to workshops with visiting authors and rappers, to charity events, sporting fixtures and the Noel Turner Physics Festival. A reminder that on Tuesday afternoons I am always available to meet with parents with attendance by pre-booked appointments only. With best wishes, Rachel Kitley