Dear Parent/Guardian Following on from last night’s government guidance we would like to share with you the details of our plans for this half term.  To confirm, schools will be closed for face to face teaching for all students until at least February half term.  The...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends We are in our final week of term and we are feeling very Christmassy at The Holt. It is wonderful to see such positive spirit around the school from the tutor doors dressed ready for their judging in the Christmas door competition,...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot.. But the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville did NOT! The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas Season! Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason….. At The...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Today marks the end of lockdown 2.0. With only 29 days of the year remaining and 11.5 school days, I wanted to take the opportunity to look ahead to some of the exciting events that are due to take place in the coming weeks. We...

Dear Parents Guardians and Friends Last Thursday morning, Tamanna Steven and I were nervously waiting for a phone call from Radio Berkshire – they wanted to talk to us about the overwhelming response we have had to the Just Giving page for Mr Furlong. Tamanna spoke...

Dear parents, guardians and friends November is not many people’s favourite month. The dark evenings have set in, and the twinkling lights of Christmas are still some way off – although Diwali has brought some brightness this past weekend. School life, however, is...

Dear parents, guardians and friends After an exhausting week for the Year 13 students completing their PPE exams, it is now the turn of our Year 11 students sitting their Maths and English PPEs ahead of the full mock exam season in January. The hall and surrounding...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends I hope you all had a restful half term with your families and managed to see relatives before Lockdown 2.0 on Thursday. The engineers managed to fix the burst water pipe and now the science, maths, MFL blocks are warm again...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Just a few days now to go to make it to the end of what must be one of the most challenging half terms anyone of us can remember! From my comfort zone as custodian of school finances and operations, I’ve had to get out of the office...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends With only one more week to go before half term, I have been reflecting on what a busy, successful and inspiring term it has been for students and staff across the school. Being a new member of the senior leadership team and head of...