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Week ending: Friday 30 November 2018 “Our vision is to be the school of choice for our local community, developing successful young people with high aspirations, who show respect for all and endeavour to become the very best that they can be.�
Message from the Head of School Today we were delighted to welcome The Rt. Hon. Baroness Tessa Blackstone to our school to speak with our Sixth Formers. Tessa Blackstone studied at the London School of Economics (LSE) where she went on to take her doctorate. She has held numerous positions of high office including; the Deputy Education Officer of the Inner London Education Authority and the Master of Birbeck College. Later in her career she worked as a policy advisor to the Cabinet. In 1987, Baroness Blackstone was awarded a life peerage and sits on the Labour benches in the Lords. After Labour came into power in 1997, she was Minister of State for Education and Employment and Arts Minister (2001-03). She has published widely in academic journals, and written a number of books mainly on social and educational policy. She was an incredibly interesting speaker and hopefully inspired our students but especially those studying Economics and Politics A level. Her key message was that our students should take every opportunity presented, to consider university and endeavour to be the best that you can be regardless of background or privilege. Baroness Tessa Blackstone visited Roding Valley High School as part of the Speaker4schools Programme. We have joined this programme to facilitate access to influential leaders of today. I am also proud to announce that Isabella Frost and Alistair Lanz, who out of 300 entries were voted winner and runner up in the Loughton Town Council Christmas Card Competition in the secondary school category. All winning designs will be displayed in Loughton Library from 28/11/18 to 12/12/18 and then Debden Library from 13/12/18 to 02/01/19. Well done to all the students who took part.
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