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Open Evening Wednesday 4th October 2023

Learning Journeys and Communicating what is being learnt during the year Over the last two years the College has been working towards improving parents and carers awareness of their child is learning during the year. You will now find detailed “Learning Journeys” available on the school website for each subject we deliver in school. They look like this:                              These “Learning Journeys” provide an illustration of the curriculum and skills that your child will be covering in each subject. Referring to these will enable you to ascertain what [...]

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Ofsted Inspection 2023 As you will be aware, last week, we were inspected by Ofsted. Owing to strict rules surrounding the confidentiality of inspection outcomes until the report is published, we are unable to share more information at this time regarding the outcome of this inspection. We will, of course, share this information with all as soon as we are allowed. What we can do is pass on the comment from the lead inspector, Mr Michael Cladingbowl, that he asked me to share with you about our students. Mr Cladingbowl wanted to share how impressed he was with the way the [...]

Year 8 Parents’ Evening Arrangements Thursday 22nd June 2023 We are planning to enable the Parents’ Evening to be a hybrid of in person and video calls via School Cloud. This is in response to parental feedback that the option of video calls was very much appreciated, whilst others would prefer to be in person. To enable this to work effectively we have blocked together the appointment opportunities: Video appointments will be between 4 – 4.50pm, In person appointments will be between 5 – 6.55pm. We are unable to do video appointments outside of the designated time due to the normal [...]

Year 7 Parents’ Evening Arrangements Wednesday 29th March 2023 We are planning to enable the Parents’ Evening to be a hybrid of in person and video calls via School Cloud. This is in response to parental feedback that the option of video calls was very much appreciated, whilst others would prefer to be in person. To enable this to work effectively we have blocked together the appointment opportunities: Video appointments will be between 4 – 4.50pm, In person appointments will be between 5 – 6.55pm. We are unable to do video appointments outside of the designated time due to the normal [...]

Bishops Castle Round and About Walks have been successfully running for over a decade. This fantastic annual walking event is organised by Jean Shirley.  All funds raised to date have been donated to Blood Cancer UK - a total of £78,600! Jean is an active supporter of the Community College at Bishops Castle and has been a governor for over 10 years.  She has invited CCBC Friends to join her and help run the Round and About Walks as a joint enterprise from 2023 onwards - sharing the responsibility and proceeds equally. This is an incredible opportunity for CCBC Friends.  Our [...]

You will no doubt be aware that members of the NEU have called strikes that will take place across a number of days, 1st February, 1st March, 15th March and 16th March 2023. I am writing to inform you that the school has a number of teachers who are members of this union, and as such we are anticipating some disruption to the normal school day, but I can confirm that the school will remain open. Staff not participating in the industrial action will be working in school on the day of the strike as normal; however, teachers are normally instructed [...]

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and clarify a few expectations regarding PE lessons. I have had the pleasure to work at The Community College since September and have been delighted to see how students approach their PE lessons with enthusiasm and commitment. From January I will be moving to the role of Subject Lead of PE. Therefore, I thought it important to clarify a few of our expectations moving forward. Although the majority of the students’ kit is excellent, sadly during most lessons anywhere from 1-5 students may have forgotten kit as a whole or specific [...]

Last week the government released details of the amendments that would be made to selected GCSE courses for this year to support with the disruption that schools, students and communities have endured over the previous few years. It is important that our students are fully aware of these changes, and to provide you as parents and carers with all of the information necessary to ensure that you can best support your youngsters at this important stage of their education. The changes confirmed already are shown below: An amended formula sheet will be provided for use in the exam for Math's, Combined [...]