Greenford High School Parent Portal - Parent Connect

Friday 6th December 2024

From the Headteacher

Dear Parents and Carers,

It's incredible to believe we are now in December racing towards the end of term. Thank you for your support in keeping your children smart and in correct uniform as we enter the gloomiest and coldest months. We have lots of news for you in the newsletter this week, so please do browse through it below.

Our end of term arrangements are as follows:

Last Day of Term: Thursday 19th December for Years 7,8,9 and 10. Years 7,8 and 9 will finish at 12pm and Year 10 will finish at 10:45am.

Year 11 will finish school on Wednesday 18th December at 3pm as part of their mock exam schedule. Year 12 and 13 also finish on Wednesday 18th December at 3pm.

Mrs M Pye

Headteacher

Post 16

It is a busy - and exciting - time in the world of Post 16.

November is the month of assessments and UCAS (university applications).

Year 12 students sat their in-class assessments three weeks ago and, early next week, parents will receive these interim reports home which will detail students’ attitude to learning in each subject as well as indicating what A-Level/ BTEC grade they are currently working at. Their next set of mock exams will commence on 3rd February.

Year 13 students have just sat their in-class assessments this week. The feedback that they will receive over the next few weeks will help tailor their revision over the Christmas break so that they are fully prepared for their full set of mocks (starting 13th January) or their public BTEC examinations (throughout January).

It is crucial that all Post 16 students use the Christmas break to revise and prepare for their assessment periods when we return. This is particularly important for all year 13 students.

We are incredibly proud of the 160+ year 13s that have sent off their university applications. All remaining students must send their applications off by Friday 6th December so that they can focus on - and devote their full energy - to their studies.

Please note that all Post 16 students break up from school on Wednesday 18th December at 3pm (this is half a day before the rest of the school who break up at midday on Thursday 19th December).

The Post 16 team would like to thank all of our families for supporting us in making this a very positive first term.

Mr Lewis

Assistant Headteacher - Post 16

Our work on Anti-Racism this term

Greenford High School is diverse and vibrant, as such we celebrate our community and encourage all our students and staff to work together in harmony.

We wanted to share with you our work on anti-racism. We want to continue to promote key messages about showing all communities respect and understanding. This term we have had:

2 assemblies on antiracism and what language is not acceptable to use. We also focused on a local example to show our students the impact of racist behaviours in the community.
2 PSHCE lessons which allowed students to explore and understand different types of racist behaviours.
Some training for our staff body, which will continue.

We would like your support in our work to ensure that students understand that we all work together and must show each other respect. Please can you support us in the following ways:

Monitor what your child is looking at online. Sometimes there are some inappropriate videos where people are laughing at people from different backgrounds or indeed mimicking them and, because they are laughing, some students think it is funny to do that in school. I want to assure you that there have been very few incidents like this.
When discussing world events at home, please remind your child that other people may have a different point of view and that is okay. We have to respect and accept that.
Challenge your child if they use any inappropriate language at home, as I am sure that you already do, so that the standards are the same at school and at home.

We have had a very positive response from staff and students about our focus this term on anti-racism. They feel as if they have a safe space in which they can talk about any thoughts or experiences (mainly that may have occurred outside of school).

GHS does not tolerate racism, we want every single member of this community to feel safe, valued and to have a sense of belonging no matter where they or their families are from.

We work together as one community and we celebrate our diversity.

Have Your Say!

At Greenford, we are always looking to improve our provision for young people, and one of the ways we do this is through Parent voice. Please can you spend a few minutes answering a survey about careers:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSda_kXA5E89sVqy6Erb7q4AOpfOlscn3E3SOwQlIDADqO5tsQ/viewform

Year 7 Social Media Awareness Evening Thursday 9^th January

Dear Year 7 Parents,

We understand that parenting can be a joy but also has its challenges, especially when it comes to Social Media. For this reason, we are inviting all year 7 parents to attend a Social Media Awareness evening on Thursday 9^th January led by Ms Nayyar.

Please keep this date in your diary. More information about the timing will be emailed after the Christmas holidays.

Admissions: 2026-2027

Along with some other schools, we have made some changes to our admissions policy for 2026-2027 which you can read about on our website at: https://www.greenford.ealing.sch.uk/admissions

Somali Workshop for Parents:

Last week, Greenford hosted our very first Somali coffee morning. We are so proud of the work that our parent ambassadors did in making this is success. We had guests from the local community and the local authority. If you were unable to attend and would like more information, please use the link below to access the slides.