 Mental Health support

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: Mr Allsobrook - Year Manager (year 7) Email: callsobrook@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk Direct line: 01629 832314 or ext 244 Mrs Green – Year Manager (year 8) Email: tgreen@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk Direct line: 01629 832313 or ext 235

Upper school site (Lumsdale) - to contact year managers for years 9 to 13: Miss Esposito – Year Manager (year 9) Email: aesposito@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk Direct line: 01629 832348 or ext 364 Mr Tidmarsh - Year Manager (year 10) Email: dtidmarsh@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk Direct line: 01629 832329 or ext 111

Mrs Weightman Edge - Year Manager (year 11) Email: hweightman-edge@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk Direct line: 01629 832345 or ext 159 Mrs Sargeant - Year Manager (sixth form) Email: rsargeant@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk Direct line: 01629 832389 or ext 165

General email contacts

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 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.