This week Another successful week where again we have been really impressed with our students and how they are approaching their studies in school. In particular we have focused on speaking to Year 7 about how they have found their first few weeks and were delighted to welcome so many of their parents/carers to the School on Thursday evening. There was a chance to catch up with each child’s tutor, to meet other parents and to get involved in PSFA…
This week Our most prestigious awards evening took place on Thursday evening. Our annual Prize Giving celebrates those with the highest attainment in individual subjects as well as those who have made the most progress and effort in each subject. It also gives us the opportunity to recognise other achievements such service to the School, sport and those achieving the highest of GCSE and A level results. It was great to see so many of last year’s Year 13 come…
Thank you to parents of Year 12 students who attended the Year 12 Parents’ Forum on Wednesday. We hope you found this helpful and your children are settling into life in the Sixth Form. Whilst most Darrick Wood students are punctual and attend well, a minority are sometimes late. We have run lunchtime detentions for many years but a persistent few continue to be late. As a consequence, late detention is now held at 3.10pm on the same day they…
This week What a pleasure it was to welcome everyone back this week. The vast majority of students looked very smart. If for any reason there is ever an issue with uniform, please ensure you write a note in your child’s planner. The students have received a new look Student Planner this week. This is because homework is now being set online. We have tried to distribute all their log-in codes but there are always one or technical issues. The…