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 Tabbenor - Year Manager (year 8) ltabbenor@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 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10

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

Year Managers:

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Mrs Green Miss Tabbenor 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 Drama & Dance – Miss E Bonsall English – Mrs H Key Film Studies – Mr C Warrington Geography – Mrs M Barker History – Mr P Copeland Maths – Mrs R Brown/Miss C Hall Modern Foreign Languages – Mrs M Bowen Music – Mr K Rowley PE – Mr C Shirtcliffe Psychology – Miss H Ould PRS – Mrs S Blakesley SENCO – Mr M Hodkin Science – Mr R Atkins Sociology – Mrs A Llewellyn

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 Link Governor Area

Miss Angeline Ellson Chair of Governors Co-opted Leadership and strategy Mr Paul Steeples Vice Chair of Governors Co-opted Mr Rob Atkinson Co-opted Inclusion (SEND, behaviour, attendance)

Mrs Allison Beesley Co-opted -

Mr Edward Coxhead Co-opted Miss Lizzy Dence Staff Mrs Amanda Goodall Co-opted Safeguarding (H&S, wellbeing) -

Miss Emma Hill Co-opted Mr Dennis Holmes Parent Mr Andrew Marsh Headteacher Finance, resources and personnel -

Ms Deborah O’Donovan Co-opted Mrs Selina Rodgers Parent Dr Ewen Ross Parent Curriculum and standards -

Mr Derren Sanders Local Authority -

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/