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 Bonsall Psychology – Miss H Ould English – Mrs H Key (acting head of department) PRS – Mrs S Blakesley Film Studies – Mr C Warrington SENCO – Mr M Hodkin Geography – Mrs M Barker Science – Mr R Atkins History – Mr P Copeland Sociology – Mrs A Llewellyn