Sunday, July 17, 2011

Academy Status

Dear Parents
I am delighted to inform you that we have had
confirmation that St Peter’s will change to an
Academy on the 1st August 2011. As I have constantly
said to you, you should see very little change in what
happens at St Peter’s with regard to us becoming an
Academy. The whole purpose of the Governors
making the decision was to preserve what we have
and the reasons why you sent your children to us in
the first place. I cannot commend highly enough the
work Business Manager, Steve Lester and our
Chairman of Governors, Jim Stenson have done to
bring this to fruition. They have put in countless hours
dealing with what at times looked liked a bureaucratic
quagmire and yet have come through to deliver ‘the
goods’. I am also delighted to inform you that it looks
as though four of our Primary Schools will be joining
us as academies and that all five RC Primaries in the
Gloucester and Stroud deaneries will be working with
us in partnership. We will be working very closely
together with them and of course the other Catholic
Primary Schools in the deaneries of Gloucester and
Stroud over the coming years.
What has not been so pleasing has been the constant
changing of demands from Government to acquire
academy status. It appears as if the goal posts are
being moved on a daily basis and this is never more
apparent than in the funding of the academies. You
may well have seen an article in the Citizen newspaper
concerning how Gloucestershire secondary schools
will be deprived of millions of pounds owing to a
change in the funding mechanism for academies. This
really is a total nonsense as Gloucestershire is already
one of lowest funded authorities per pupil amount in
the country. To make matters worse authorities
completing an essential form in a totally different way
has brought about different results. It is inexplicable
and unacceptable! In our case it means that the way
Gloucestershire County Council has completed the
form has cost our school the best part of £300,000.
That means we will therefore be better off to the tune
of £350,00 in the first year as opposed to the
£650,000 that we were looking at when we started
thinking about changing to an academy.
Gloucestershire Association of Secondary Heads is
working with the local County Council, elected
members and MPs to try and persuade the
Government that this situation is nonsensical and that
parents will not accept it. I am on a national working
group to try and bring about fairer funding of
education with a national formula for funding and yet
the way an authority completes a form actually makes
our situation worse. It means our young people are
worth £200 less per year than our neighbouring
county of Worcestershire. How can this possibly be
just? As I previously indicated all in Gloucestershire
are trying to persuade the Government to consider
some type of buffer arrangement for the financial year
2011/12 and come up with a far fairer system of
funding for 2012/13. It may be that I need to ask you
consider writing to your MPs about this matter as
none of us can be happy with the fact that our young
people are actually getting less of the national
resource for education than close neighbours who
have very similar geographic and economic indicators
to Gloucestershire. However I must stress that even if
we are reduced to £350,000 it will still be more
beneficial to us to be an academy and to be able to
protect the education we desire than if we remained
with the local authority. Yes, we will have to buy
services that previously were provided but as an
outstanding school what we have received from the
local authority over the years has been minimal and
there is a very strong case to say schools such as St
Peter’s have been subsidising general education in the
county for a number of years. That is not necessarily
bad but this is a fact of life and I would much prefer to
have the money so that we can assist other schools,
particularly our Roman Catholic feeder Primary
Schools in a way that enables them to maximise their
resources for the benefit of their young people.
If I need your help with writing to MPs I will outline
separately the areas where I think you might like to
comment.

Fete

Many thanks to all of you who contributed to the success of our annual
fete. I am particularly grateful for the purchasing of raffle tickets and
the donations of prizes. However the fete could not run without the hard
working members of our PFA committee and those who help them. As
always it was fantastic to see staff, friends, Governors, students and parents all working
together for the benefit of the young people in the school. Our PE department did an
excellent job with the Primary School’s Sports Festival. This could not have run without
the fantastic work of our Year 10 Sports Leaders. It was a very hot afternoon but many
people were on the stalls for 3 or 4 hours and then stayed to help clear up. What a
fantastic effort! The ladies and gentlemen in the kitchen must have been so hot yet they
were on the go for nearly 3 hours and sold out.
As always the day was marked by a real sense of camaraderie and good humour. From the
sights and shouts of the ‘sumo wrestlers’ to the zumba dancers, the excellence of the jazz
band and assistance with purchasing uniform for present and new students, everybody
contributed to raising the fantastic sum of £4,700 for the benefit of our young people.
Very well done and many, many thanks for all your support. A big thank you to those who
came to support the fete.

Public Consultation

I have been asked to draw your attention to the
Gloucester Partnership our City Councils desire to have
your views on certain issues.
To have your view on the City vision please contact
www.gloucesterpartnership.org.uk and on the City planwww.gloucester.gov.uk/cityplan. Hard copies of the
consultation document are available at the City Council
offices in the Docks, at the Guildhall, Tourist information
centre and all local libraries.
The consultations continue until 5pm on the 23rd August
2011.

Uniform and Appearance

I remind parents that when the school returns in September years 7—11 students should be in
their winter uniform. That is KS3 the blazer and KS4 the crested sweater. Shirts or blouses
should be worn with a tie and for the girls black trousers which should be of a conventional nature. The boys
will be in black or grey trousers which again must be the conventional trouser i.e. fit for work not social
purposes.
I also remind you that with appearance we do not allow make-up to be worn and hair should be a single
acceptable colour and of a suitable style.
If in any doubt please contact us prior to spending money or at least ensure that the appearance is as required
by the school when students return in September.

If you have a child starting in Year 7 in September

PLEASE do not delay in applying for their
bus pass.
Contact details for free bus passes is Shire Hall 01452 425387 or www.gloucestershire.gov.uk
and select Travel and Transport

Staff Leaving

At the end of the academic year we always have certain staff leaving to take up
positions in other schools, moving area or indeed retiring. This year is no exception.Paul Murray
Paul is retiring after serving St Peter’s magnificently for over 25 years. I was delighted to see him
presented with a long service award from the County Council at our Mass on the 29th June. It was all
the more special that it is was presented by local authority council Cabinet Member, Andrew Gravells.
Paul has been an outstanding teacher over his time in the school. He has built up a reputation within the
county for being one of the very best Spanish teachers and the results he has helped our young people
attain emphasise the quality of his work. Paul was also a first rate leader of an excellent languages
department prior to stepping down and commencing part-time work some 2 years ago. Many of his
former students have great cause to be grateful to Paul for the excellent jobs they find themselves in at
present. Not only is Paul an excellent language teacher he is also a brilliant role model for everything St
Peter’s stands for. A truly Christian man who contributes greatly to the music of the school with his
exceptional singing talent. Paul will be greatly missed but we wish him and his wife, Jan, a long and
happy retirement, I suspect he will spend a significant amount of it in his beloved Spain!!Vin Kilty
Many of you know Vin as the linchpin of our Lourdes Group work and also as a member of our 6th form
leadership team. Two years ago Vin decided to step down from teaching and concentrate on pastoral
work with support for the 6th form and a small amount of A level teaching. He has now decided to retire
permanently and I suspect enjoy playing a few more rounds of golf! Vin has been Head of RE as well as
in the leadership of the 6th form and he has also provided priceless support to many young people when
they have had great personal difficulties. We wish him a long, healthy and happy retirement.
Wendy Knight
Wendy has been one of the stalwarts of our teaching assistants over many years. Wendy has helped
some of the most vulnerable young people in the school and many have had great cause to be grateful
to her not only for the help she has given them to come to terms with school life but also the personal
support she has offered them. With her medical training she has been an invaluable asset with many
young people and she will be greatly missed by the school in general and the TA team in particular.
Wendy has been marked by her permanently being on the ‘run’ in school and this has masked a real
problem she has had health wise in trying to undertake her TA role. It is for this reason that she has now
decided to retire and we wish her a long, healthy and happy retirement.
Alison Perrio
Alison is one of our young science staff. She is leaving us to join a school in Bath. We are sorry to see
Alison leave as she has made terrific progress in the early years of her teaching career but she wants to
gain wider experience with a view to working abroad eventually. In thanking Alison for all she has done
whilst at St Peter’s we wish her every success in her future career.
Mel Umbleja
Mel is a member of our highly successful PE department and has been particularly influential in
developing the girls netball. She is an excellent role model for the girls and we have been fortunate to
benefit from her expertise during her time at St Peter’s. For personal reasons she is now moving to
London and we wish her every happiness in her personal life and every success in her professional
career as she commences at a new school.
Louisa Harris
Louisa has been a member of our food technology department for 2 years. She left us at the Whit halfterm
and will be taking up a new post in a school in London in September. We wish Louisa every
success in her new appointment.
Kirsty Thomas

Kirsty left our maths department at Whit and will not be returning in September. She is taking a little time
out of teaching. We thank her for all she did for us and in her work with Bishops College. We wish her
well for the future and hope that her time away from teaching enables her to make decisions about when
she wishes to return to the profession.
Chris Denton
Chris, as many of you know, has been a member of the school for 3 years in different capacities. He is
an excellent musician in his own right and you often see him performing with our jazz band and in our
musical productions. Chris is endeavouring to secure work closer to his home in Swindon and we wish
him every success in finding the appointment he desires. We would also like to thank him for
undertaking the many roles he has had during his time at St Peter’s.
James Morelli-Green
James has been teaching Psychology in the 6th form over the last 2 years. We are changing our 6th
form courses and unfortunately it has meant that James, who is on a temporary contract, is no longer
required to cover A level Psychology. We wish him every success in gaining qualified teacher status
and securing a post he desires in the not too distant future.
Pam Powick
We lost a very loyal and long standing servant of the school on the 1st July. Our Assistant Cleaning
Manager Pam Powick has had to retire for personal reasons. Pam was one of the stalwarts of St
Peter’s, always willing to assist and played a major role in ensuring the standard of the schools cleaning
was at the highest level. She has been so much a St Peter’s person in the sense that she always gave
her best for the benefit of the young people of the school and we shall miss her. We will keep her in our
prayers as she leaves to go into what will be a challenging period of her life.
Jamie McDonald
Jamie is a vital member of our Extended School team having come through St Peter’s as a student He
went on to join the Extended School where he excelled as a tennis coach and also in the manner in
which he dealt with the many people who use the facilities of St Peter’s. He has formed an incredibly
strong working relationship with Keiran and together they have built something extremely special in the
schools’ extended school activities. Jamie however has always had a wanderlust and he loves to travel.
He is a young man and has decided that the travel bug is too much to resist. Hence he is leaving us to
once again wander the world. This time I am led to believe on a bicycle! We thank Jamie for everything
he has brought to St Peter’s and wish him well in his travels.
Mrs Marie Palmer and Miss Lindsey Roberts
I would like to thank Mrs Marie Palmer and Miss Lindsey Roberts for their work in Science and
Technology respectively over the last 12 months. They have both been in the unenviable position of
being on a one-year contract due to covering maternity leave. It is never easy working in an
environment where you know you will not be staying but both these ladies have been totally committed
to the students and their departments. Thanking them for the work they have done I wish them success
in their future careers.

Congratulations to Miss Holliday and Mrs Meade,

two of our lab technicians. They have been
voted teachers of the year in the County for their work on the environment. There is
another piece in the newsletter about our highly successful YEP! group and Michaela and
Zena lead these students who do excellent work in highlighting how we might save energy in
the school and also assist our environment.

Awards

On the 29th June we celebrate the patrons feast of the school i.e. St Peter and St
Paul. We had a lovely Mass, more of which later, and it was followed after
lunch by our award ceremony. The full list of awards winners appears on our
school website. It is a delightful occasion, the award ceremony, as it rewards both hard
work and achievement. We were honoured to have with us once again Councillor Andrew
Gravells who awarded the Community Trophy in memory of his mother and members of
Anna McGurk’s family. You may well have seen photographs in the press of the award
winners receiving the Anna McGurk award. The occasions is always marked by
excellent music demonstrating the talent of our musicians and singers. It truly
is reflective of what St Peter’s stands for, namely giving of your best and
achieving your potential. It is not all about achieving top grades but it is about
making the effort to achieve your top grades.

MUSIC DEPARTMENT HEADPHONE REQUEST TO ALL STUDENTS

All students in Years 7, 8 and 9, along with GCSE and A Level Music
Students use school headphones in the majority of their Music
lessons. It has come to our attention that, for a number of reasons,
students would benefit from using their own headphones in lessons
instead of the sets provided.
Due to the daily wear and tear, we have to replace much of this equipment annually and
feel that this money could be used to benefit the students more resourcefully in other
areas of the Music department. Students also regularly comment on the health and
safety issues associated with sharing headphones and there is an overwhelming
preference from the students to use their own equipment.
Therefore, we are asking all students who own headphones and are willing to bring them
into school to bring them to their Music lessons from September please. I must
emphasise that this does NOT mean that students should be purchasing any new or
specialist equipment; regular iPod/MP3 headphones are perfectly adequate. Students
who do not have their own headphones or who would prefer not to bring them into school
will be able to continue to use school sets. Splitters will be provided for everyone.
Please note that the school’s insurance unfortunately does not cover students’ personal
possessions so there would be no compensation if headphones were lost.
Thank you very much in advance.
Mrs C. Perfect
Head of Music

Congratulations

To the youngest members of our school. Our U13s i.e. Years 7 & 8 boys and girls
tennis teams. Each of them have won the County Championship. This is a
fantastic effort as they have beaten different types of schools to achieve this success. It
is a great credit to the students and the staff who coach them.

G15 Schools Celebration

Congratulations to
Brian Mwangi, who
represented the
school superbly at the G15 Schools'
Celebration at Gloucester Cathedral.
As the Chair of the G15 Student Steering
Group, Brian spoke to over 400 guests,
talking about the work being done by young
people from the City Schools helping to
shape the future of Gloucester.

Congratulations to Haemish
Chylinski Reid who recently
came first place in the
South Western Archery
Society ‘Recurve’ competition.
Haemish is a member of the
Glevum Archers in Gloucester.

Results Day

GCE - 18th August, 10:00am (Y13), 12:00 (Y12)
GCSE - 25th August, 10:00am (Y11 ONLY)
Y9 and Y10 students will receive their certificates in September, please DO NOT come into school
on 25th August.
Please collect your statement of results from the sixth form centre. If you are unable to collect them
pelase provide a stamped addressed envelope and we will be more than happy to post them to you.
We will NOT, under any circumstances, disclose exam results over the telephone or to a third party!
Certificates
We would STRONGLY recommend that you attend the presentation evenings (please check the school
calendar for details). The school will only hold the certificates for 12 months before sending them back
to the exam

We appear to have 4 unclaimed and paid for LEAVERS’ HOODIES FROM Year
11. They have the following nicknames on the backs: ROSSY B, THE
DUTCHMAN, CANDYMAN. If they belong to you please claim them from the
Upper School Office as soon as possible.

Plastic Containers Needed!

A plea from the Food Technology Department. We are in need of plastic Ice-cream or
take-away containers with tight fitting lids.
We are desperate to accumulate a stock as they are invaluable for students who forget
containers to take food home in.
There will be a prize to the person who brings in the most at the
start of next term!!
Please take any containers to Mrs Taylor in the DT department.

ART NEWS

A level Art Show
Many thanks to all of your who attended the A Level Art
Show on Wednesday 6th July. This was the first time we
have coordinated the show with the Media Studies
Department Awards Night (‘The Oscars’) and we hope you
will agree that the evening really did
showcase the imagination and
creativity many St Peter’s students
evidence in their work, whether this
be in the Visual or the Performing Arts. An increasing number of
students are opting to study both Art and Media at A Level so it is
always interesting to see the ‘cross-fertilization’ of ideas across the
disciplines. The Creative Industries remain a huge area of
employment, Art and Media remain very popular subjects at
university; we are certain the talent on show
at St Peter’s will put our students in very
advantageous positions for future study and the job market. We
would especially like to congratulate our Year 13 students who have
gained places on the Art Foundation
course at Stroud College.
A big thank-you to Mrs Kefford and the
Year 10 BTEC Hospitality students for
the refreshments!
To see these pieces of Art in full colour please view this
Newsletter on our website.

MORE ART NEWS!

‘The Railway Children’
Despite the distractions of modular exams and school trips, our
Year 10 Gifted and Talented Artists managed to complete all four
murals for the Gloucester Railway Station improvement scheme.
The murals were officially presented to the station
on Friday 8th July in a ceremony attended by
Richard Graham MP and local artist PJ Crook and
will then go on permanent show on Platform 3
later in the year. Ten schools across the City were
involved so do look out for St Peter’s work
amongst the display! Many congratulations to PJ
who gained an MBE in the recent Birthday
Honours, we are all thrilled that her fantastic work has been recognised.
You may recall PJ visited the school a few weeks ago to talk to the
students and give advice on the completion of the murals. Well done to
all the students involved and to our two trainee
Art teachers, Chloe Robinson and Felicity Hughes
Games who led the project. The students involved will be going
to London next term courtesy of Great Western Railways for a
visit to the Houses of Parliament with Richard Graham, and an art
gallery. Congratulations to Kate Altham, Georgi Henry, Catherine
Glanville, Lauren Gower, Priscilla Mwale, Frances Diamond,
Rachel Douglas-Phillips, Liam Mustoe-Linnane, Joe Jennings,
Kameron Blair and Jack Hardiman.
To see these pieces of Art in full colour please view this Newsletter on our website.

Holiday Cover

The school will close for the summer holiday on Thursday 21st July. Buses will be away from the school by
2:15pm but if you wish your child to remain at school until the normal time let us know and we will make
appropriate arrangements.
During the school holiday a member of the senior management team will be on duty each day. They may not
be in school all day but if you wish them to contact you simply ring the school and leave a message with our
reception staff and the SMT duty member will get back to you within 24 hours. I stress this is only an
emergency service and any minor points should be left until the school reopens or at the very least until after A
level results are distributed which will be on the 18th August.
I remind you that the school will reopen for the 2011/12 academic year as follows:
Friday 2nd September
Years 7, 12 and 13 only
Monday 5th September
Whole school returns at 9:00am

Go4Set Celebration and Assessment Day

On Friday 8th July, the Go4Set Teams went to the
Gloucester Resource Centre for the Celebration and
Assessment Day for the projects that they have
been working hard on over the past couple of months,
alongside their YEP! Project.
They set up their display boards and began to
rehearse their oral presentations. When the
assessors entered the room, the mood changed and
everybody became very serious and focused. Each
team gave their presentations and sounded very
professional. The assessors then had the chance to
ask the pupils questions about the project, including
how they worked as a team and what they learnt on
the site visit to ARC Energy, their company mentor.
After lunch,
the
celebration
part began.
Each school
team who
completed
the project
received a
certificate.
After this,
the big
prizes were given out and St Peter’s managed to win two of them!!
They won the ‘Pupils Choice Award’. During the course
of the day each team can visit other team’s displays
and have the chance to vote on which one they like
the best (not their own of course!), and out of all the
schools taking
part St Peter’s
Team B were
voted as the
best! They
were given a
certificate
which will be
displayed in
reception in
the near
future.
After the other awards were given out the big prize
was presented. This is for the ‘Best Overall Project’.
Everybody was very nervous about who was going to
be given this as there was some tough competition
from the other schools. The winner was then
announced as St Peter’s Team B!!!! The pupils,
company mentor and staff involved were over the
moon with the result as they had all worked very
hard.
St Peter’s Team A have also worked very hard and
should be very proud of what they have achieved.
Their report and presentation was superb!

COMIING SOON........

GREASE OCTOBER 2011
Senior Drama Production November 2011
Junior Production May 2012

Year 12 Engineering Education Scheme

Once again St Peter’s were proud to participate in the 2010-11 National Engineering Education Scheme (EES) ably
led by Mr Thorp and supported by our sponsor company, Messier-Dowty Ltd. Following a visit to Messier-Dowty
and a tour of the manufacturing facilities five students have been working during sixth form enrichment all year on a
project set by our sponsors on finding an environmentally friendly and fuel efficient solution to the fuel expensive
problem of aircraft taxiing on the ground.
The team considered a range of options but their preferred solution was to design a KERS system using the energy
generated by the plane wheels on landing to charge a battery to
assist powering the plane as it taxis on the runway. The students
worked together as an excellent team, sharing ideas and
responsibilities and completing the project within the deadlines
set. The completed project was presented to a panel of senior
engineers from industry at the South West Region Celebration
and Assessment Day and received a very positive response.
Congratulations to Charles Martin, Musie Habtemichael, Issac
Howells, Daniel Forrester and Niall Keeble for an excellent effort.
Our thanks of course extend to Messier-Dowty Ltd for their
generous support of time and sponsorship to our project.

Library News

This term, the poet Andrew Peters came to talk to Year 8. Andrew is a regular
guest in our school. He is well-loved for his exuberant performances of his
poems and the digiridoo. Between the shows he ran a writing workshop for a
group of students in the library, transformed for the occasion into Ravenwood,
in celebration of his new book.
This year, we have had more author
visits than ever before. In October
Chris d'Lacey talked to Year 7
students about racing pigeons and his
dragon series; in November Pauline
Fisk gave slide-shows about Belize to
illustrate her book In the Trees; and in February Alan Gibbons
worked with Year 9 on horror
stories. These authors have made a
powerful impression on all the students who heard their amazing talks (almost
stand-up comedy in some cases) and had the chance to meet them
afterwards.
On Harry Potter Day the library will again be transformed, into The Herbology
department of Hogwarts - complete with Mandrakes.
In the Sixth Form too there have been exciting
promotions of The TV Book Club, The Sports
Book of the Year and Harry Potter amongst
others. We have been keen to develop collections for broader interest
and background reading as well as books for supporting study. At times
the library has been bursting at the seams because Sixth Forms students
use it so much.

Peter’s Pilgrims…..

Sixth form students from St Peter’s represented the school on 20th June at the invitation of Bishop Declan to take
part in a Pilgrimage walk around the beautiful Woodchester park. They joined Students and teachers from many
schools in the Diocese in this day of reflection and mini-retreat. The St Peter’s students were joined by Miss Baker,
our chaplain and Mrs Eakin from the RE Department.
We met together in the pouring rain at the Marist Convent at Nympsfield where Mass was celebrated by Bishop
Declan in the chapel. He spoke about how it may seem that we live in a time when God speaks rarely, but the
problem is that we don’t listen. He said that creation tells us something of God, and asked of the young people that
they be attentive on their pilgrimage walk to listen to the voice of God in creation and in one another. With that in
mind, we set off. By now, the sun had come out and the earlier rain was forgotten.
The St Peter’s pilgrims cadged lifts from various school minibuses to the start of what must be one of the most
beautiful walking areas in the country. The trail took the pilgrims through a breathtaking panorama of natural
wonder, of woodland, pasture, and the historic Woodchester Mansion itself.
Reputedly haunted, the 19th century structure was abandoned before it was
ever completed, and its presence on the route gave a suitably Bunyanesque
touch to the occasion.
We all met new people on the trail, and to ensure that this happened, each
of us was given a form to fill in with questions such as “ Find someone who
can name three characters from “The Apprentice”. Towards the end of the 4
mile walk, some of us were flagging. This was an ideal opportunity for the
more able to wait and walk with the stragglers. Some sympathetic sixth
formers from Bristol who took pity on Mrs Eakin and waited for her, initiated a
discussion about a journey through purgatory and the ways that we can help
each other to reach heaven ! Although it was heaven to reach the minibus and school, at last, the walk was a very
spiritual experience and it was good to be part of the Diocesan year for Catholic Education in this way.

Conclusion

On the 29th June Father Liam Slattery celebrated a very meaningful Mass to celebrate the patron’s feast of St
Peter. It was Father Liam’s first Mass for the school and he thought that the occasion was awesome. As always
the students behaved in an exemplary manner and the whole atmosphere was one of celebration of the talents
of our young people and staff. Father Liam made some very strong points in his sermon, particularly about St
Peter. He also emphasised that we all make mistakes in our lives but what is important is that we recognise our
mistakes, try to correct them but also recognise the strengths and talents we have. As always in a school of our
size it has been a year where we have had great successes and we have also had unhappiness and sadness in
a number of our families. It is the strength of our community in times of distress that pulls so many people
through. The strength of prayer in our community should never be underestimated. Many of us can vouch for
the importance of prayers when hard times hit us.
I had the privilege of presenting Professor Jonathan Waxman of Imperial College and the Hammersmith Hospital
with a cheque for £1,500 that we had raised for prostate cancer research. Professor Waxman sent us a lovely
letter and also continued to emphasise that for the next generation of males he hoped that this disease would not
be the terrible threat it poses for those older male members of our society at present. I think it very important
that we continue to emphasise to your sons and daughters how important it is that we support work which will
help them have far more healthy lives and that they themselves adopt lifestyles which will decrease the chances
of them suffering from diseases which will affect their quality of life as they get older.
I am fully aware that economic circumstances are making life particularly difficult for a number of our families this
year. It may not be possible for many families to take advantage of the summer holiday to get a break but
whether or not you are fortunate enough to be going away or having to remain at home this year I hope the time
you and your children are able to spend together will strengthen the bond between you and ensure that our
young people value and realise the enormous importance of family life.
Yours sincerely
Lawrence Montagu
Headteacher