SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM BLOG 17/12/2025

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...

SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM BLOG 10/12/2025

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...

SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM BLOG 3/12/2025

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...

SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM BLOG 26/11/2025

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...

SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM BLOG 19/11/2025

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...

SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM BLOG 12/11/2025

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...