Dear Parent/Carer,
As we come to the end of the Spring Term at Sharples, we have much to celebrate as a community. From the first day in January with the very successful Ofsted visit, to the very busy calendar of events where every day offers a varied diet of enrichment opportunities for our students including a wide-range of in-school clubs. This is coupled with a multitude of activities and visits ranging from theatre trips and the “Sleep at the Deep” to the STEM Week and World Book Day.
We are working hard to improve our Parental Engagement this year and we have now held two successful Parent Forum meetings with lots of useful feedback to improve our school. We are currently setting up a new section of our school website to provide feedback and actions following these meetings and I look forward to sharing this with you early next term.
One of my recent highlights was Year 6 offer day on March 1st when the Senior Leadership Team made the annual ‘welcome’ phone calls to our 250 new families. This week we met many of these families for the first time at the Y6 Murder Mystery event which gives families the opportunity to fund their way around Sharples in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. Over the coming months we have many more opportunities for our new recruits to visit us, to ensure that these new students and their families are warmly welcomed into the Sharples family.
As always, we are now in the final ‘run-in’ towards the GCSE exams for our Year 11 students. I would like to thank all Year 11 parents for their attendance at the Progress Evening this week which is a vital part of the final preparation for the examinations. We have scheduled our Easter School and an extensive series of weekend sessions to provide a multi-layered support programme for our senior year group. Planning for some downtime post-exams is also well underway with Prom 2025 expected to be our biggest one yet!
On a final note, we have high standards in relation to appearance at Sharples and the full uniform policy can be accessed on the school website. To maintain our high standards, I would like to draw your attention to our policy on jewellery. No jewellery should be worn; if ears are already pierced, only one small, plain gold or silver-coloured stud (no jewels) may be worn in each ear lobe. For further detail please refer to our website: https://www.sharplesschool.co.uk/policies/
I hope that you all enjoy a well-earned Easter break and I look forward to welcoming our students back to school no later than 8.40am on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.
Yours sincerely
Ms C Molyneux
Headteacher
