STAFF

Dear Parents and Carers,

We have now received the final report from Ofsted following their visit to the school on Wednesday, 13th March for a section 8, one day inspection. The report is available below and will be published on Ofsted’s own website on Wednesday, 24th April. We are pleased to tell you that the school continues to be graded as a good school.

Please read the information below:

Ofsted Letter (pdf)

Ofsted Final Report (pdf)

GCSE and 6th Form Exam Timetables are available below:

GCSE May-June 2019 (pdf)

Sixth Form May-June 2019 (pdf)

Wednesday 8 May 4:15pm - 6:45pm - Trinity Sixth Form Centre

We hope that you will be able to attend the Year 12 Parents’ Evening to speak with your son/daughter’s subject teachers......

Please read the letter below for more information:

Year 12 Parents' Evening letter (pdf)

Year 7 Parents’ Evening – Wednesday 24 April 2019
We would like to invite you to attend our Parents’ Evening on Wednesday 24 April 2019.
Please discuss with your son or daughter which subject teachers you particularly wish to see. If two of you are attending, you may wish to divide the appointment load between you. Any teacher particularly wishing to see you will arrange a time with your son or daughter. Students are welcome to come too.

Please read the document below for more information:

Invitation (pdf)

London trip - for current Yr 12 Students

Dear Parent/Carer

We are excited to be proposing a trip to London to enhance our History Curriculum for students and to enrich our learning.

Here are the key details about the planned trip:

• 3 days and 2 nights
• Departs on 27 September 2019
• Returns on 29 September 2019
• The purpose of the trip is to enhance the curriculum and enrich learning

The itinerary for the trip will include a visit to the Houses of Parliament to meet our local MP and take a tour of Westminster, a West End Show, visits to museums such as the British Museum, the Imperial War Museum and if time, the Natural History Museum. There will also be time for shopping in Covent Garden and Camden Market and a walking tour of key sites, such as Whitehall, Downing Street, Trafalgar Square and the Horse Guards Parade.

For more details and a reply slip please download the word document below:

London trip letter / reply slip (.docx)

Dear Parent/Carer,

There has been much in the news recently about school funding, both locally and nationally; we wanted to write to you to provide an update on how the pressures faced nationally in relation to school funding are affecting Trinity School.

Please read the letter below for more information:

School Funding letter March 2019 (pdf)

Dear Parents/Carers,
Please read the letter below concerning Inspection of Cumbria County Council local area’s effectiveness in identifying and meeting the needs of, and improving outcomes for, children and young people who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

SEND inspection letter (pdf)

Please read the word documents below for information on Non-Examination Assessments (NEAs).

Information for candidates ~ NEA 1819

Information for cands~cswk.1819

Reviews of Exam Marking form

Reviews of marking Candidate policy

Headteacher Appointment

We are pleased to inform you that the Governors have appointed Ms Jo Hawkin to be our new Headteacher from 1 September. This followed a very intensive interview process in which the position was nationally advertised and a two day interview selection held. Ms Hawkin is of course our current Deputy Headteacher and so will be able to ensure a smooth transfer of leadership.

Please read the letter below for more information:

Headteacher appointment (pdf)

YEAR 11 PROM – Thursday 20th June 2019 7.00 – 10.30pm
As we are now approaching half way through the school year it is time to firm up arrangements for the Year 11 Prom. As part of the celebrations planned to mark the end of your examinations, and the end of your year group’s time together in the 11-16 school at Trinity, I am writing to confirm that the booking has now been made for the Year 11 Prom at The Crown & Mitre Hotel.

Please read the letter below for more information:

Year 11 Prom letter January 2019 (pdf)

Year 11 Parent Information Evening - Slides

Thursday 10 January 

Please read the documentation below from our recent Yr 11 Parent Information Evening:

Year 11 Parents Info - Maths (pdf)

Year 11 Parents Info - Science (pdf)

Year 11 Parents Info - English (pdf)

More Yr 11 information is available on our Supporting Success page.

Dear Parents and Carers

Co-Headteachers – Sheila Johnston and Derek Kay

After five years in their position the Co-Heads have decided to retire from the end of the present academic year. They have done a great job and will be sorely missed. We shall therefore be advertising for a new Headteacher as soon as possible. The appointment would be from 1st September but there would be a proper handover before this to ensure continuity.

Please read the letter below for more information:

Co-Headteachers - January 2019 (pdf)

Year 10 Work Experience, Monday 1st July – Friday 5th July 2019 (inclusive)

Year 10 students will have an opportunity to take part in five days of work experience during the summer term. The work experience programme is a very valuable and enjoyable experience for our students and relies upon students, with parental assistance, finding their own placements. Students should if possible choose a placement which is related to a career they would like to pursue in the future so that they gain a useful insight into what it involves.

Please view the letter and return the consent form by no later than Friday 7 December 2018 below:

Work experience letter to parents (pdf)

Consent Form (pdf)

GDPR

Trinity School is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of individuals in accordance with its legal obligations under the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), which came into force on 25 May 2018. Please find below Trinity Schools Privacy Statement in relation to this new regulation.

Trinity School - Privacy Notice (pdf)

WWII & THE HOLOCAUST BERLIN & KRAKOW TRIP
25/03/2020 – 31/03/2020

Open to Year 8s only

We are excited to be proposing a school tour to Germany and Poland to enhance our History curriculum for students.
Here are the key details about the planned trip:
• 7 days and 6 night(s)
• Departs on 25 March 2020
• Returns on 31 March 2020
• The purpose of the trip is to enhance the learning experience of students; to visit historic sites; to enhance their understanding of the Holocaust and to pay their respects to the victims

Please read the letter and reply slip below for more information:

Berlin Krakow trip - letter (pdf)

Dear parents and carers,
In addition to the visits we get from Ofsted, as a Church of England school we are subject to an additional inspection: the Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMs). This takes place every five years and Trinity was inspected on 18th and 19th October 2016....

Letter and full report below:

SIAMS letter to parent/carers (pdf)

Trinity SIAMS Report - 2016 (pdf)

Please Download our Prospectus

Trinity-Prospectus-2017 (pdf)

Supp Admission Form 2017-18 intake

In a move to ensure that standards of recording homework are consistent across the school, we would appreciate it if you could reinforce the following with your child/children when signing their planners on a weekly basis. All homework must have these key pieces of information recorded in the planners:

• Subject which set the homework.
• Details about the task to be completed.
• Due date for the homework.

For more information read the letter below:

Use of Planners (pdf)

View our Performance Tables on gov.uk.

Or visit our Performance visit page.

Pupil Premium

Pupil premium strategy and catch-up funding statement (secondary) 2017-2018 (pdf)

Sixth Form Parents' Evening Booking System

Lower School Parents' Evening Booking System

Please visit our Lower School Parents' Evening Booking system.

Parents' Guide for Booking Appointments can also be viewed here - ParentGuide (pdf).

A map of our lower school layout can be viewed here: Lower School Map (pdf)

A map of our lower school layout can be viewed here: Lower School Map (pdf)

A map of our Sixth Form layout can be viewed here: Sixth Form Map (pdf)

For information about our new behaviour report system please view the pdf document below:

Report System

View our Homework information:

Homework Policies (pdf)

Literacy and Progress

It is vitally important for all our students to make progress in English and Mathematics.

To this end, we regularly monitor progress, and use a wide range of intervention strategies to help students achieve their full potential. It is very common for students to have some type of intervention or 'booster' lessons at some point during their time at Trinity School, regardless of their ability level.

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Please visit our Special Educational Needs page here.