Dear Parents and Carers,
I can confirm that the school has received notification from the NEU trade union that its members will take industrial action on Wednesday 5th and Friday 7th July. This action relates to a national dispute over pay.
A significant number of staff within our school are members of this union and therefore
the school will be affected by the industrial action.
We have conducted a thorough risk assessment and based upon the number of teaching staff we expect to be in school on those days, we will not be able to offer our usual, in-school lessons to all year groups. The arrangements for those days are outlined below.
Arrangements for Wednesday 5th July
This day is our Year 6 Induction Day and the 300 students who will be joining us in Year 7 in September will be attending our school. We have made the decision to devote all of our available resources to ensuring that this day can run safely and effectively: as a result, it will not be possible to provide face-to-face teaching for any other year group on this day. The only exceptions to this are Looked After Children and students with an EHCP, who are invited to attend school as normal.
Year 10 students who have an external work placement as part of Work Experience Week must attend that placement as normal. All other Year 10 students will be provided with online learning.
| Year Group | Arrangements for 5th July |
| Year 10 Students with an external work placement | Attend the work placement as normal |
| Year 10 Students without an external work placement | Online Learning |
| Year 9 | Online Learning |
| Year 8 | Online Learning |
| Year 7 | Online Learning |
| All students with an EHCP | Attend school as normal |
| All Looked After Children | Attend school as normal |
Arrangements for Friday 7th July
On this day Year 10 students who have an external work placement as part of Work Experience Week must attend that placement as normal. All other Year 10 students must attend school where they will be provided with a series of work-related learning sessions on the theme of ‘Build Your Future’.
All other year groups will be provided with online learning: the only exceptions to this are Looked After Children and students with an EHCP, who are invited to attend school as normal.
| Year Group | Arrangements for 7th July |
| Year 10 Students with an external work placement | Attend the work placement as normal |
| Year 10 Students without an external work placement | Attend School as normal |
| Year 9 | Online Learning |
| Year 8 | Online Learning |
| Year 7 | Online Learning |
| All students with an EHCP | Attend school as normal |
| All Looked After Children | Attend school as normal |
General Guidance for both Strike Days
On both strike days, students attending school must arrive at school at the usual time (no later than 8.35am) wearing their full school uniform. Café Mojo will be open at the normal break and lunch times.
Students not required to be in school will access a mixture of live lessons and other online learning resources that will mirror their usual timetable. The arrangements for this will be the same as the previous strike days. A reminder of how your child will access this online curriculum will be sent in a separate email.
Parents and carers of Looked After Children and students with EHCPs will be contacted directly by our Learning Support staff to share details of the provision for the two strike days.
Yours sincerely
J Cregg
Head teacher
