Message from the Principal - Business as usual

I am delighted to announce that the College reopened in June in order to welcome a small number of our lower sixth students, in accordance with Department for Education guidelines.

The decision to reopen the College was taken after careful consideration of the local level of new infections to ensure that they continue to be low and are declining, and with the safety of students, staff and that of their extended families very much in mind. We have a robust risk assessment in place, and have taken great care to ensure that all possible steps have been taken to promote the safety of students and staff in accordance with Public Health guidance, including measures to enable social distancing to be maintained.

Our online teaching and tutorial provision has been highly successful during the period of closure. Students have continued with all timetabled lessons, subject tutorials, learning support provision and careers workshops. The use of live remote lessons paired with digital resources has ensured our students have continued their learning without interruption, and I’m pleased to say that over 70% of families have found the provision to be very good or excellent.

I have been genuinely impressed by the way our students have adapted to these challenging times, and how they have continued with their studies with such focus and determination. I have enjoyed seeing some of them back in the College over the last couple of weeks and am hopeful they will all be able to return in September. However, we have been putting measures in place to enable a blend of onsite and remote learning, should this prove necessary as a result of the ongoing crisis. I am therefore confident that this provision will allow students to continue their learning with us at the highest level.

With kindest regards,

Bernard Canetti

Principal