24 October 2018 Dear Parent/Carer Unavoidable Partial School Closure for necessary repair work to be carried out You are probably aware that some planned maintenance work has been ongoing at school recently. Unfortunately, an issue with the frames of two of the school buildings was noticed as the work was being carried out. The buildings are the current East and West four storey blocks, which contain many of our classrooms and dining facilities. The safety of pupils and staff is paramount to us, so we've taken the decision not to use these two buildings at all whilst repair work is carried out to them. Regrettably, this means that not all pupils will be able to return to school next week. We’d like to reassure you that this decision has not been taken lightly. This has been done on the advice and in conjunction with Lancashire County Council, Local Education Authority and Asset Management teams. As a result, we are unable to open the school fully from Monday 29th October to Friday 9th November inclusive and need to implement a programme of partial openings for some year groups. We have tried to use our reduced building accommodation capacity to ensure that all pupils receive some days of education over the next fortnight, with the emphasis on those pupils in years 11 and 10 closest to their GCSEs whilst also accommodating our youngest pupils in year 7, where supervision/childcare is potentially more problematic. This does, however, mean that years 8 and 9 are most affected. Year 11 Mock exams will continue as planned. It is essential that your child attends school on the day(s) specified as below:
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