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Squirrel Hayes

News January 9th 2011

Changing from Community School to Foundation School  and aquiring a Charitable Trust Status

The Governing Bodies of a number of Biddulph schools are proposing to change their status from community to foundation school, and at the same time to acquire charitable status as a Shared Co-operative Trust, to be known as the Biddulph Schools Partnership Trust. We would like you to let us to know what you think of our plans, so we invite you to take part in our public consultation. You can do this by: a) Reading Booklet One - Changing from Community School to Foundation School Status and Aquiring a Charitable Trust  b) Reading Booklet Two - Questions and Answers which provides a series of commonly asked questions together with answers This can also be obtained from our school reception. b) Reading the Summary Brochure b) Completing the Questionnaire and returning it to our school. c) Attending one of the consultation meetings, applicable to our school

 

Snow reminder

Please can I remind all Parents and Carers to ensure that we have the most up-to-date contact details in school, in case of an emergency. School closure in not taken lightly and will be communicated as soon as possible by :   

Road Safety Week 2011

Learners have recieved information about Road Safety this week through assemblies, PHSE and other activities.  Please click on the picture below to gain more information for parents and learners.

 Anti - Bullying Week 2011

As part of our focus on anti-bullying there are some links below for parent information:-

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 The Space Cadets

If you are interested in safe, affordable and fun out of school care for children aged 5-11yrs then The Space Cadets (Holiday Club, Before & After School Club) will be of interest. The club is based at Squirrel Hayes School but has it's own entrance. More details about the club's activities can be found here: The Space Cadets.    

Ofsted Report

In Spring 2011, our school received an inspection from OFSTED. The findings of the report have been verified so we are pleased to announce that the school has been graded as GOOD with many OUTSTANDING features! The OFSTED report can be found here, or if you prefer a PDF copy can be found here. We would like to take this oppurtunity to thank everyone in our learning community (Parents, Pupils, and Staff) for all their continuing hard work.     

Dates for your Diary:

You can download the School Terms and Holiday Dates and if you have missed a newsletter  so far this year they can be download to the left of this page. If there are letters for last year that you would like to check on they are still available on the Parents' Information Page.