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Dear parents and carers...

Published on 02/09/24

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Dear Parents and Carers,


I hope you have all had a wonderful summer and your children are looking forward to the year ahead.
As well as having very enjoyable holidays, a highlight of our summer was the GCSE and A-level results days.

I am very pleased to report that, once again, our students have performed exceptionally well at
GCSE and A-level. At GCSE, 42% of all grades were 7-9 and 77% of students achieved five grade 4’s or
above including English and Maths. At A-level 39% of grades were A/A* and 83% of grades were A*- C.


Silverdale continues to have high expectations of both academic standards and conduct centred around the ‘Silverdale Way’ where everyone is ‘Ready, Respectful and Safe’. This year, we have plans to further improve our teaching in all classrooms and to develop our consistent routines within the classroom in order to maximise learning time.


Uniform and Equipment
Please support your child’s positive start to the new term by ensuring they are wearing correct uniform
and are fully equipped to learn
. We plan to check uniform and basic equipment (including planner) in the morning as we welcome our students into school, and you will receive a message if they are not fully equipped or wearing correct uniform.
If you have any good quality uniform items (including trousers and shoes) that are no longer needed,
please donate them to school via school reception.


Please see below a reminder of the start of term arrangements that we shared with you in July.
Return to School Arrangements
Tuesday 3rd September
8.55 am Y7 to arrive
9.15am Y12 to arrive
2pm Y12 to leave
3.15pm Y7 to leave


Wednesday 4th September
8.55 am Y7, Y8 & Y9 to arrive
10.00 am Y13 to arrive
10.05 am Y10 & Y11 to arrive
3.15 pm All students to leave

 

Thursday 5th & Friday 6th September
Normal school day (9.00am – 3.15pm) for all year groups except Y12
Monday 9th September
Normal school day (9.00am – 3.15pm) for all year groups


Dates for your diary

Year 7 23.09.24 - Y7 Settling in Evening
22.05.25 - Y7 Parents Evening
Year 8 25.11.24 - Y8 Parent Information Evening
30.04.25 - Y8 Parents Evening
Year 9 25.11.24 - Y9 Parent Information Evening
11.12.24 - Y9 Parents Evening
22.01.25 - Y9 Options Evening
Year 10 16.10.24 - Welcome to KS4
26.03.25 - Y10 Parents Evening
Year 11 12.11.24 - Y11 Revision Support Evening
14.01.25 - Y11 Parents Evening
Year 12 19.09.24 - Y12 Parents Welcome Evening
15.04.25 - Y12 Parents Evening
19.05.25 - Post 18 Information Evening for Y12 into Y13 Parents*
Year 13 06.03.25 -Y13 Parents Evening

Best wishes
Sarah Sims
Head of School