The Kite Trust is a charity working with young people who are part of the LGBTQ+ community, or questioning their sexuality or gender identity. It is an entirely confidential service and young people are able to self-refer, be referred through school, youth workers, parents, social workers, or any other professional. It provides youth groups, books clubs, 1-2-1 support sessions, creative projects such as podcasts and writing sessions, advocacy, and work with local schools and professionals to provide training on LGBTQ+ awareness. Get in touch if you think The Kite Trust is the right place for you - youthwork [at] thekitetrust.org.uk
Please see below for an opportunity to join a free Q&A session for students with astronaut Tim Peake - You'll need to register online before hand.
17/01/2021 | Read more
Home Learning Heroes - Week Beginning 11 January
Well done to all of our home learning heroes and a special shout out to these students who have worked extremely hard and produced some outstanding work this week!
15/01/2021
A reminder that we expect students to follow their normal school timetable during this period of remote learning and to access their class Teams at the scheduled times to take part in lessons.
If for whatever reason you are unable to do this, please do contact your form tutor who will be able to offer help and advice
15/01/2021 | Read more
Certificates are available for collection
Students who achieved grades in Year 11 and Year 13 – 2019/2020 - should contact the Exams team on 01733 383666 to arrange a time to collect them from reception.
Alternatively, you can provide an addressed envelope with recorded delivery paid for.
Any student from previous years who has not collected their certificates can also ring to arrange a collection time.
13/01/2021
Please click here to see the latest Safer Schools newsletter from Cambridgeshire Constabulary
11/01/2021 | Read more
How are you all doing during this recent lockdown? It may feel scary and confusing and that is totally normal. Doing work at home instead of school, not seeing friends and family and not being able to go out may be taking its toll, but there are things you can do to help. We know this is a really difficult time and students may feel they need to talk to someone about their wellbeing.
Please contact us by email on Needtotalk [at] kscs.org.uk with a brief outline of how we can help (please make sure your parents/carers are aware) and someone will be in touch.
Also check out specialist support services available to all students on our website https://www.kscs.org.uk/supporting-agencies
You could also have a look at YoungMinds, as they have lots of tips and ideas, as well as offering support and advice https://youngminds.org.uk/
Image credit @pickleillustration
08/01/2021 | Read more
We are recruiting a teacher of Computer Science - visit https://www.kscs.org.uk/teacher-computer-science for more details
[closing date Monday 18th January 12pm]
07/01/2021 | Read more
Vocational exams update and cancellation of P16 Taster Day
PLEASE NOTE: Your BTEC/OCT Cambridge Nationals exams will go ahead over the next few weeks
Students sitting vocational exams this week were phoned by either the Exams Office or Mrs Leach yesterday and told their exams are still going ahead. The PM's announcement does not change this and you should still attend school 30 mins before the published exam start time on the day of your exam.
The only exception to this is if you are self-isolating due to Covid or are too unwell to sit the exam (in which case you should log your illness with your GP so the school can receive the medical evidence required to apply for special consideration) Clearly all internal PPE (mock) exams will be cancelled and for the foreseeable future Post 16 taster day has also been cancelled.
Mr Abbott
05/01/2021
On behalf of the school, we are proud that so many volunteers have come forward to help us with the rapid testing program scheduled for January 2021
If you haven’t seen the advert requesting support & would like to volunteer, then please see our website here for more information.
Thank you so much for your kind donation of time and skills.
Have a good Christmas and New Year. You all deserve it.
23/12/2020