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:

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 Maths – Mrs R Brown/Mrs C Henderson

Business – Mr I Lovatt

Modern Foreign Languages – Mrs M Bowen Computing – Mrs J Hadfield Music – Mr K Rowley D&T – Mrs C Hakin (acting head of department) PE – Mr C Shirtcliffe Drama & Dance – Miss L Colgan Psychology – Miss H Ould (Miss E Bonsall – maternity leave) PRS – Mrs S Blakesley English – Mrs H Key (acting head of department) 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 made up of community, parent and staff governors each serving a four year term of office.

Name

Governor Type

Miss Angeline Ellson Chair of Governors Community

Link Governor Area

Leadership and strategy

Mr Paul Steeples

Vice Chair of Governors

Community Mr Rob Atkinson Community Inclusion (SEND, behaviour, attendance) Mrs Allison Beesley Community - Miss Joanne Coe Parent - Mrs Amanda Goodall Community Mrs Jade Hadfield Staff - 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 Safeguarding (H&S, wellbeing) Mrs Selina Rodgers Parent Curriculum and standards Dr Ewen Ross Parent Mr Duncan Whittam 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/

Governing board vacancies

We have two community governor vacancies to sit on the local governing board of Highfields School.

If you are interested or would like to learn more, please contact Angeline Ellson (Chair of Governors) chair@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk or Jacqui Wheatcroft (Clerk to Governors) at jwheatcroft@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk