Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Last week’s blog celebrated our success at the Wokingham Youth Parliament, where several of our students made us proud by standing for election to the UK Youth Parliament. Their confidence, commitment and courage to speak up for...

Dear parents, guardians and friends If you are reading this, then you have survived “Blue Monday” – suggested to be the emotional low point of the year for many people. Well done. I think Year 11 would agree, having made it through their January PPEs, that the year...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Well haven’t we had an interesting week of weather? From the snow flurry last Tuesday to the anticipation of what Storm Goretti might bring last Thursday and into Friday……to the rather warmer temperatures of this week! For many...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends   Happy New Year! Thank you for supporting the various Christmas charity events at the end of last term. We raised £1200 on the House charity stalls, £1311 on the tombola and £583 for Save the Children from the Christmas jumper...

Dear Parents and Guardians,   ‘Twas (not quite) the night before Christmas and all through the school there have been a flurry of activities (if not yet a flurry of snow!). Welcome to your whistle stop tour through the Holt’s festive calendar of the last seven...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, One of the parts of the job that I enjoy the most as a head of sixth form is seeing our students navigate their choices about their future university, apprenticeship and career ambitions. It has been a busy couple of weeks in the...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends This term is always such a busy time of year action packed with House events, PPEs, and preparations for Christmas activities. There’s a real buzz around the school! We have plenty to report from last week and lots of exciting...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, Last week began with a surprise appearance from winter. Snow fell briefly, just long enough for students to get excited and for staff to wonder if break duty would require skis! The snow didn’t stay for long, much to the student’s...

Dear parents, guardians and friends One of the wonderful things about being a teacher is the opportunity that it affords to work alongside hundreds of creative people each day. On Tuesday evening, our Year 11 GCSE musicians put on a concert to showcase their work. Mr...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends We ended last week with a PSHE performance for our Year 8 students entitled “hooked”. This event was organised by Mrs Hornblow, our head of PSHE who said; On Friday, Year 8 students watched a short theatre production called...