Parent Updates

Reflecting on the past term, I am grateful to you for your continued support and proud of the perseverance and resilience shown by our pupils. 

Looking ahead, the Summer term will be busy, with GCSE and end of year exams, celebrations, more trips and visits, Year 10 Work Experience and Year 9 GCSE Options.  

With this in mind, I wish pupils and families an enjoyable and restful Easter break and look forward to welcoming pupils back refreshed and ready for the Summer term on Monday 13th April. 

Mr L Cole, Principal

In a change to originally published term dates, school will be open to pupils on Monday 13th April. All pupils should be in Form by 8.20am. 

We are hosting targeted GCSE study sessions for some Year 11 and a small group of Year 10 pupils during the first week of the Easter break. Sessions will run from Monday 30th March to Thursday 2nd April. Letters with bespoke timetables were shared on Thursday. 

To support pupils’ learning and close gaps identified in Spring assessments, all pupils will be set approximately 1 hour of independent work per subject to complete over the Easter break. 

The majority of this work should be completed through our usual online homework platforms but some subjects and Year 11 courses may be paper-based in preparation for the summer examinations. 

Year 11 parents / carers: to best support your child with their Maths revision over the Easter holidays, please watch the video linked below. This revision should be done in addition to the Easter homework that has been set for your child. 

The table below shows expectations for each subject.

Please support your child in completing these tasks – rewards will be issued for students who complete tasks to a high standard. Teachers will be checking all tasks in the first week back after the holidays.

From Monday 13th April, fish will be back on the menu in the Ark Boulton canteen. To ensure that we keep our school community members with allergies safe, only fish prepared and served by our Catering Team should be consumed on site. Pupils, staff and visitors must still not bring fish, nuts or sesame into school. 

From Monday 13th April, all written communication from school to parents / carers will be made through the My Child at School (MCAS) app, so it is vital that all parents have downloaded and signed up to the app. More details can be found in the MCAS letter here. 

Helpful guidance on how to set up MCAS can be found here but please email boumcas@arkboulton.org if you have any additional questions. 

There is still time to complete the parent survey. The link and QR code has been shared directly with parents / carers through MCAS and email. 

• Summer term begins on Monday 13th April. 
• Our Spring Awards Evening (invitation only) is on Thursday 16th April. Invitations have been sent by email and letters shared with pupils. 
• Year 9 Parents and Options Evening is on Thursday 30th April. 

Please click here to see our full Calendar, and here for Term Dates.