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The examination results day is a rite of passage that we have been through. Many of us can remember the sleepless night beforehand, waking up at an unearthly hour in the morning and then the journey to school. For the Read More …

The young people who sat their A Level and vocational exams this summer must be congratulated for their determination to succeed in the face of huge disruption to their education. This cohort of students were unable to sit their GCSE Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer Leading a school has challenges like any organisation, which makes coming to work varied and interesting. It’s never boring. This academic year has seen the return to near normality, although spikes in COVID along the way Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer Due to the increased temperatures predicted for tomorrow, we have made the decision to close the school at 12.40pm that day. This will allow the students to return home prior to the very high temperatures expected in Read More …

Dear Parents / Carers Welcome to the start of the summer term and I hope that you were able to enjoy the Easter holidays. I am not sure where the last term went, but this particular half term is the Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer Over the last couple of weeks we have experienced a steady increase in the number of COVID cases in our student and staff bodies. Today we have reached 16 members of staff absent with COVID, which Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer COVID‐19 Update This letter is to inform you that we are seeing COVID‐19 levels rise in the school. The number of cases is particularly high in Key Stage 3, which seems to reflect the picture across Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer Changes to the self-isolation period for those who test positive for COVID-19 From Monday 17th January, students who are self-isolating with COVID-19 can return to school after 5 full days if they test negative on both Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer I hope you have been able to enjoy the festive season and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy New Year. To some extent it feels rather like déjà vu as Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer I am not sure where this term has gone. I always view the autumn term as the backbone of the academic year, and the amount of learning and opportunities that happen never fails to amaze me Read More …

Dear Parents / Carers This is just a short communication to give you a quick update on our current situation with regards to COVID. A more detailed end of term letter will be coming out on Monday. Over the last Read More …

Dear Parents / Carers I hope that you had a good half term and that families were able to enjoy quality time together. As we reach the end of the first week of November there are a number of key Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer This half term has flown by and to a large extent has been a ‘normal’ school half term. We constantly have one eye on the COVID infection rates and to date we have only had a Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer COVID vaccinations Monday 4th October I would like to thank the many parents who contacted the school on Friday afternoon and over the weekend regarding the actions of the anti-vaccination protestors; your support is much appreciated. Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer Anti-vaccine protestors As many of you will be aware, this afternoon we had a group of anti-vaccine protestors outside the school site and along the road to the BP garage. Myself and members of my leadership Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer Following my numerous communications last year you may remember that I sit on a number of COVID- and vaccine-related steering groups. This is rather ironic because I am not a great fan of meetings, but it Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer Covid-19 vaccinations Many of you will be aware that following the advice of the Chief Medical Officers for the UK, the Government has agreed to roll out a Covid-19 vaccination programme for young people aged 12 Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer School life at the moment is back to normal, but we must continue to keep our minds open to the possibility of restrictions as we move into the winter months. The topic of vaccinating all children Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer I hope that you have had a pleasant summer and been able to meet up with friends and family. We are all looking forward to welcoming our students back for what I hope will be more Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer This morning I was informed that we had a positive COVID-19 case in the Café team. As a result of this, the whole of the Café team are having to self-isolate. We have been able to Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer I am not sure how one can reflect on the ‘roller coaster’ of a year that we have all had without having time to do so. I hope the upcoming summer holidays will give families time Read More …

Dear Parents / Carers School Fully Open – Wednesday 30th June I am pleased to say that we will be fully reopening the school tomorrow. After some challenges over the last couple of days, we have been able to successfully Read More …

Dear Parents / Carers Partial closure of the school – Tuesday 29th June Following on from my letter yesterday, we still find ourselves in the same position regarding staff having to self-isolate. Today I have been putting together an argument Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer Partial closure of the school – Monday 28th June Firstly, I wish to apologise for the inconvenience that a partial closure of the school will cause for families tomorrow. I am asking Year 9, Year 10 Read More …

We have been informed by Arriva that from 12th April they will be ramping services back up to meet demand, which will result in some minor changes to school journeys. Please follow the link below to a document outlining details Read More …

Dear Parents / Carers This has been a hugely demanding and challenging term for all members of the school community. We should all take a good hard look in the mirror, ignoring the unusual hair styles, and congratulate ourselves. Across Read More …

Following are links to two documents providing bus information from Arriva: General letter from Arriva regarding bus services; and Hertfordshire-specific bus information    

Dear Parents / Carers / Students, This letter is to confirm a few arrangements for return to school next week. Please read it carefully. Return to School Days Please refer to the letter from Mr Edwards from last Friday detailing Read More …

Dear Parents, Carers and Students, This letter is aiming to give you some information about the covid testing programme that we have been running in school and aim to use with as many students as possible on their return to Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer Following on from the Prime Minister’s announcements on Monday and the ‘tweaking’ for clarification that always follows, we now have a clear picture of what the timetable for fully re-opening The Priory School looks like. ‘Covid-19 Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer The last six weeks have been a bit of a blur at times, with days morphing into each other. However, there is definitely light at the end of the tunnel. When the physicist Amory Lovins was Read More …

5th February 2021 Dear Parent / Carer Following on from my letter dated 1st February I am writing with more detail about the planned roadmap we have put together about gathering student assessment information in preparation for submitting school-assessed grades Read More …

5th February 2021 Dear Parent / Carer Following on from my letter dated 1st February I am writing with more detail about the planned roadmap we have put together about gathering student assessment information in preparation for submitting school-assessed grades Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer January is often seen as a challenging month and it has definitely been that this year. However, as we enter February there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel. The national vaccination programme Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer This is a ‘touch base’ letter to outline where the school is at in our preparation for assessing our Year 11 and Year 13 students. The Prime Minister has announced that Monday 8th March is the Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer Following on from my letter dated 15th January, Ofqual has published its proposal on what assessment would look like for A-level, GCSE and Vocational qualifications. The details can be found here: How 2021 could look for Read More …

Following is a link to our Health & Safety Guide for Working from Home: TPS HS Guide.docx

Following is a link to a letter from Hertfordshire County Council to parents/carers: Letter from HCC

Dear Parents / Carers I hope that you are well and keeping safe during these challenging times. Having read the article this week in The Comet about the pressures our local NHS staff are working under at the Lister Hospital, Read More …

Dear Parents / Carers Following on from last night’s announcement, I am writing with a short update to complement the information I sent out in my last letter dated 31st December. ‘There are decades where nothing happens, and there are Read More …

Dear Parents / Carers I hope that despite the current restrictions we are all living under you have been able to enjoy quality time with your family over the Christmas period. The news yesterday about the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine being approved Read More …

Dear Parents / Carers Many of you will have seen the announcements from the Department for Education (DfE) about next term regarding mass testing and a staggered start to the first week back. Much has been made in the press Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer As we enter the last full week of this term I would like to thank you for all the support you have given the school. In these unprecedented times where we all face challenges, the strength Read More …

Feedback on IPC nurse visit.docx

Dear Parent / Carer This is just a quick update ahead of the long weekend. We are looking forward to welcoming our 6th Form back on Tuesday 24th November after their ‘circuit break’. The feedback I have had from parents Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer COVID Update Over the weekend and the last 24 hours we have had additional COVID cases reported to the school. We have had three cases reported in Year 11 and one in Year 10. As a Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer This has definitely been a week of challenges for the school. Firstly, I would like to say thank you to those parents who have taken time to write in expressing their thanks and support for what Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer I am writing to update you on the current situation the school is in with regards to positive COIVD tests. There has been an increase in the amount of positive COVID tests in the wider community, Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer This is just a short communication from me to say welcome back to what is going to be a challenging half term for the school community. As per my letter dated 23rd October, we have distributed Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer The last eight weeks have been challenging for the TPS community, but we have been able to work through this due to the excellent work of my colleagues, the continued support from our parent body and Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer We have been informed of a confirmed case of COVID-19 within the school. In line with established protocols I have notified the Local Authority and have liaised with the IPC (Infection Prevention and Control) team. I Read More …

19th October 2020 Dear Parent / Carer We have been informed of a confirmed case of COVID-19 within the school. In line with established protocols I have notified the Local Authority and have liaised with the IPC (Infection Prevention and Read More …

Dear Parent / Carer As we are rapidly approaching the end of September, the normal routines of school life are resuming. We are running lunchtime and afterschool PE clubs in line with our COVID-19 restrictions and are looking to bring Read More …

Following is a link to a letter from Hertfordshire County Council regarding duplicate bus services on busy school routes.: Duplicate Bus Services – September 2020

Dear Parent / Carer The number of COVID-19 cases in schools is increasing across Hertfordshire and we will undoubtedly have a positive COVID-19 test result at The Priory School sometime in the near future. As you are aware, the school Read More …

Dear Parents / Carers Most of you will be aware that Hitchin Boys’ School has been closed today due to a confirmed case of COVID-19 but will be reopening for all students tomorrow. The three secondary school Headteachers in Hitchin Read More …

Dear Parents / Carers Following on from Mr Foster’s communication dated 26th August 2020 I thought I would give you some breathing space before writing to you. It has been wonderful to have the students back as they are the Read More …

The classroom: All classroom doors are to be kept open, wedges will be provided The climate control units are able to be used to control the temperature (these do not recycle air, they draw air from outside) All desks and Read More …

Please protect yourself and your community by following this advice: How to safely use a face covering

When to suspect COVID-19 in your child

Dear Parents / Carers We hope that you have had an enjoyable summer and that your children are looking forward to the resumption of school in September. This letter is intended to update you on a variety of aspects of Read More …