Dear Parents and Carers,

Industrial Action by NEU members next week - Wednesday 5th and Friday 7th July

Thank you for your support and understanding during this further period of industrial action. As before, we have a significant number of teachers who are NEU members and we anticipate that there will be enough staff supporting the strike to cause significant disruption to the school.

We have undertaken a detailed lesson-by-lesson staffing analysis which shows that whichever year group we invite in for lessons, the majority of students will end up with multiple lessons without their teacher, which would mean that our students' learning experience will not be as it would usually be.

Therefore, given that we are unable to guarantee adequate supervision of students who are on-site, we have decided for Health and Safety reasons to do the following:-

• All Year Groups 7-10 will work from home

• Students should work from home, following their timetabled day and access their lessons through Google Classroom independently. Further enrichment activities will be emailed to students on the day.

• Students in years 7-10 who have an Educational Health Care Plan, those who are subject to a Child in Need Plan or a Child Protection Plan, and those students who are Looked After will once more be able to come into school. We will contact these parents to ask if they would like their child to come into school on this day. They will be supervised and supported to complete the same pieces of work that students at home will be completing.

• The canteen will be shut for these two days

• Students in years 7-10 who have a Peripatetic Music lesson booked for either day will be able to come into school for their lesson at their usual time. If you have any questions please contact Mrs E Thomas directly.
• Students who are part of the Pit Band rehearsals will be in school on Wednesday periods 1 and 2
• For students who are eligible for Free School Meals, we will be emailing out a voucher to their parents next week.
• Please note that awards evening on the 5th July and the Prom on the 7th July will still take place for those involved

It is important to be aware that:

• A higher proportion of NEU members are intending to take industrial action than previously.
• We cannot require staff who are not taking industrial action to cover for those who are.

We can only hope that the dispute between the NEU and the government can be resolved soon.

With best wishes

Mrs C Oakley