Dear parents/carers, Further to my letter on Friday 20th of January, regarding the upcoming, nationally organised strike action, I am now able to provide you with an update for the plan on Wednesday 1st February 2023 only, specific plans for future strike dates will be sent out 1 week before each strike.  We have now evaluated our ability to provide an onsite education and, after carrying out a full health and safety risk assessment, can confirm the following plans for…

On the 25th of January in a collaborative event, St Mary's hosted an Oxford workshop for selected students from St Mary's, St John Plessington and Weatherhead. Anna McMurtrie, who studied Geography at Oxford, covered a range of topics including the number of colleges available, the collegiate system, application deadlines and admission tests. Students came up with answers to 'often asked' interview questions and Anna was really impressed by the quality of their responses. The students came away understanding that Oxford…

Unifrog – The Complete Destinations Platform Dear Parent / Guardian,  In keeping with our commitment to provide students with outstanding careers guidance and tailored support when choosing their next steps in school and after, we will now be using Unifrog; an award-winning, online careers platform. All students now have access to this excellent website – through an email invite in their Gmail accounts -  and will be introduced to it, in Inspire lessons, over the next few weeks.  The Unifrog…

F.A.O all parents and carers: term dates for next academic year (2022-23) are now available - Please click 'find out more' to view.