Communication with school – contact details

General enquiries

The first point of contact for parents/carers for general enquiries is reception. Reception staff will ask you what the issue is in order for them to help with queries or refer you to a member of staff who can. Please be understanding with your expectations as, unless your call is urgent or considered a safeguarding matter, the majority of staff will not be able to respond to you immediately due to their teaching commitments and a return call may not be until the end of the school day or following day depending on the situation.

Subject specific enquiry (subject teacher)

If you have subject specific enquiries, we ask that you contact the relevant subject teacher. If you feel enquiries have not been adequately addressed by the class teacher, this can be followed-up by the relevant head of department.

Pastoral enquiries & sickness absence

If you have any concerns about a student, please contact the form tutor in the first instance either by email or telephone. If you feel enquiries have not been adequately addressed by the form tutor or year manager, this can be followed-up with the relevant head of year.

If parents/carers wish to contact the school regarding attendance, please contact the relevant year manager. Each year group has their own year manager to deal with any enquiries or concerns:

Lower school site (Starkholmes) - to contact year managers for years 7 or 8 please email: Mrs Green – Year Manager (year 7) tgreen@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk

Miss Esposito – Year Manager (year 8) aesposito@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk

Upper school site (Lumsdale) - to contact year managers for years 9-13 please email: Mr Tidmarsh - Year Manager (year 9) dtidmarsh@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk Mrs Weightman Edge - Year Manager (year 10) hweightman-edge@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk Mr Allsobrook -Year Manager (year 11) callsobrook@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk Mrs Sargeant - Year Manager (sixth form) rsargeant@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk

General email contacts

Website: www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk General email: info@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk Admissions: admissions@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk Chair of Governors: chair@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk SENCO: mhodkin@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk Newsletter feedback: newsletter@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk Careers information: careers@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk

Your contact details

Please ensure you notify us of any changes of address, telephone and email details to ensure our records are up to date in case of emergency.

Key Staff for 2021-22

Headteacher:

Mr A Marsh

Deputy Headteacher:

Mr P R Cole

Assistant Headteachers:

Mr D O’Reilly Mrs C Rifkin Mr M Hodkin

Directors of Catch-up

Mrs C Morgan (Curriculum) Miss S Wallhead (Engagement) Heads of Year:

Year 7 Miss J Hughes Year 8 Mrs A Hollinrake / Mrs L Redhead Year 9 Mr K Rodgers Year 10 Mr A Bishton Year 11 Mrs A Ruston Sixth form Mr M Flett

Year Managers:

Year 7 Mrs Green Year 8 Miss Esposito Year 9 Mr Tidmarsh Year 10 Mrs Weightman Edge Year 11 Mr Allsobrook Sixth form Mrs R Sargeant

If you wish to report student absences, please contact the relevant pastoral staff to your

son/daughter’s year group as indicated above.

Department Contacts:

Art – Mrs K Fairbank Business – Mr I Lovatt Computing – Mrs J Hadfield D&T – Miss A Morris Maths – Mrs R Brown/Mrs C Henderson Modern Foreign Languages – Mrs M Bowen Music – Mr K Rowley PE – Mr C Shirtcliffe

Drama & Dance – Miss L Colgan

(Miss E Bonsall – maternity leave) English – Mrs H Key Psychology – Miss H Ould PRS – Mrs S Blakesley SENCO – Mr M Hodkin

Film Studies – Mr C Warrington

Science – Mr R Atkins Geography – Mrs M Barker Sociology – Mrs A Llewellyn History – Mr P Copeland

Highfields School Governing Board 2021-22

Highfields School is fortunate in the kinds of people who have volunteered to become governors, each bringing a variety of skills and experience to support the school.

The composition of the governing board is split as follows. Each governor serves a four year term of office.

Name

Governor Type

Miss Angeline Ellson Chair of Governors Community

Mr Paul Steeples

Vice Chair of Governors

Community

Link Governor Area

Leadership and strategy Safeguarding (H&S, wellbeing) -

Mr Rob Atkinson Community Inclusion (SEND, behaviour, attendance) Mrs Allison Beesley Community Miss Lizzy Dence Staff - Mrs Amanda Goodall Community - Miss Emma Hill Community Mr Dennis Holmes Parent Finance, resources and personnel Eco School committee link Mr Andrew Marsh Headteacher Ms Deborah O’Donovan Community - Mrs Selina Rodgers Parent Curriculum and standards Dr Ewen Ross Parent - Mr Derren Sanders Community -

Highfields governing board has a strong focus on three core strategic functions:  ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction  holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its students, and the performance management of staff, and  overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

All governors are required to:  undertake appropriate induction training  prepare for and attend all meetings regularly  undertake further training to develop their skills

Full details of Highfields Governing Board can be accessed on the school website: http://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/our-school/governors/

Key dates

2021-22 academic year INSET days (no students in school)

Term 1: 1 September 2021* to 22 October 2021 Monday 27 September 2021 Term 2: 1 November 2021 to 22 December 2021* Friday 3 December 2021 Term 3: 10 January 2022 to 18 February 2022 Wednesday 22 December 2021 Term 4: 28 February 2022 to 8 April 2022 Monday 4 July 2022 Term 5: 25 April 2022 to 27 May 2022 Friday 22 July 2022 Term 6: 6 June 2022 to 22 July 2022 * dates that differ from DCC’s published term dates. Queen’s Platinum Jubilee additional holiday – Thursday 21 July 2022

2021-22 provisional virtual parent consultation evenings

Y13 parents evening (4-7pm) Tuesday 16 November 2021 – at school (not virtual) Y12 parents evening (4-7pm) Tuesday 30 November 2021 – at school (not virtual) Y9 parents evening (4-7pm) Tuesday 18 January 2022 Y11 parents evening (4-7pm) Tuesday 1 February 2022 Y8 parents evening (4-7pm) Tuesday 18 February 2022 Y10 parents evening (4-7pm) Tuesday 8 March 2022 Y7 parents evening (4-7pm) Tuesday 22 March 2022 2021-22 provisional school events (tbc - further details will be issued prior to each event) Success in the Sixth Form evening 14 September 2021 7pm (Wheeldon Hall, Lumsdale) Y6 open evening 22 September 2021 (times as per website) 12-15yr old immunisations – COVID-19 19 October 2021 Y7 & 8 Halloween Disco 21 October 2021 (7-9pm, Bowler Hall, Starkholmes) Autumn series GCSE exams opens 1 November 2021 Sixth form open evening 11 November 2021 7pm (Wheeldon Hall, Lumsdale) 12-15yr old Flu vaccinations 17 & 18 November 2021 (both sites) Y11 mock exams (1) 22 November – 2 December 2021 (Sports Hall, Lumsdale) A Level Certificates 21 December 2021 (Wheeldon Hall, Lumsdale) postponed Christmas Concert 21 December virtual event – details to follow Y9 virtual options evening 13 January 2022 (6.30pm - virtually) Y9 virtual options evening (repeat event) 17 January 2022 (6.00pm - virtually) Evening of Theatre (7-10pm) 26 & 27 January 2022 (Bowler Hall, Starkholmes) Y9 immunisations - TDP & Men ACWY 8 February 2022 (Lumsdale during school day) tbc Y7 Valentine Movie Night 14 February 2022 4-6pm (Bowler Hall, Starkholmes) 12-15yr old immunisations – 2nd dose COVID-19 15 February 2022 (both sites) Y9 Health day 3 March 2022 (during school day) Y11 mock exams (2) /Y13 mock exams 7-18 March 2022 (Sports Hall) Evening of Dance (7-9pm) 17 March 2022 (Bowler Hall, Starkholmes) Y9 internal exams (none core subjects) 28 March-8 April 2022 (in lessons) Easter Concert (7-10pm) 5 April 2022 (Wheeldon Hall, Lumsdale) Y10 internal exams 3-13 May 2022 (Sports Hall) Y8/Y9 immunisations - HPV 26 April 2022 (Starkholmes/Lumsdale during school day) GCSEs / A level exam series 16 May – 29 June 2022 (Sports Hall) (provisional dates) Sports Leaders Awards Evening 26 May 2022 6-8pm (Wheeldon Hall) Y8 end of year internal exams 6-10 June 2022 (in lessons) Y7 end of year internal exams 13-17 June 2022 (in lessons) Y9 internal exams (core subjects) 27-28 June 2022 (in lessons) Y12 internal exams 27 June 2022 (Sports Hall) Y10 work experience week 4-8 July 2022 Whole school sports day (tbc) 28 June 2022 Y6 visit Starkholmes 6 July 2022 Y7 sponsored walk, Y8 visit Lumsdale, Y9 enterprise day 6 July 2022 Y6 parents' evening 7 July 2022 6pm (Bowler Hall, Starkholmes) School Musical (7.30-10pm and Saturday matinee) 13 July-16 July 2022 (Wheeldon Hall, Lumsdale)

2022 exam results days:

A Level exam results: Thursday 18 August 2022 GCSE exam results: Thursday 25 August 2022