Dear Parents and Carers,

This week we have continued to enjoy our return to ‘normality’ by hosting two events for our prospective Y7 students and their families. We enjoyed welcoming families back into the building for the coffee morning for Y6 SEND families and also our Y6 uniform evening. Many thanks to our existing parents who supported these events.

Silverdale School and Chorus Trust, working in partnership with the Sheffield Local Authority, wishes to expand its pupil allocation number (PAN) in Years 7-11 and at sixth form. We want to increase our Year 7 PAN from 180 to 240. Whilst the school has already temporarily expanded three year groups to 240 students, we are proposing to phase in this permanent expansion over a five year period, starting in September 2023. In addition, the proposal also includes plans to accommodate 30 SEN students in the Sixth Form. This meets a city-wide need to expand post-16 provision for SEN students.