Parents' Handbook 2017-18

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Communication - the
human connection - is
the key to success.
COMMUNICATION
Philosophy
The School is keen to have a close relationship with its
parents to ensure that there is clear communication about
all areas of school life. We welcome parents contacting the
School and will do all we can to assist you with your
questions and enquiries.
Sources of Information
Up-to-date information about School events and activities
is provided in:
The school website ) is updated
daily and is the principal source of news and information
about the School. School mailings are archived in the
‘News’ section of the website.
Weekly mailings from the Second Master are sent by
email to parents and nominated guardians. These are an
important source of information, containing letters to
specific year groups and details of forthcoming events.
They should be consulted carefully.
The online school calendar is available from the School
website ( ).
The school Other Half Activities booklet contains
information about both compulsory and voluntary sports,
school societies and service activities.
School Policies, which are available on the school website
under the ‘Administration’ menu. These policies also
contain general information for parents, which we are
required to provide. Information about staff, including
temporary staff, and qualifications, is available from the
School website, under Contact > Teaching Staff
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Parents contacting staff:
Parents of boys at the School are encouraged to
contact members of staff by e-mail wherever possible.
(Details at ). If the
appropriate e-mail address is not evident, please use
the Common Room e-mail address, indicating who the
message is for. General telephone enquiries from
parents should be directed in the first instance to the
Common Room Secretary
( ; 01235 521563).
Direct telephone line information for some members of
staff is available on the website under the Contact tab.
The principal school number 01235 521563 will be
answered by a receptionist between 08:00 and 17:30
Monday to Friday during term-time and between 09.00
and 16.00 on week-days during the school holidays. On
Saturdays contact should be made with the Sports
Centre receptionist: 01235 849062 for matters relating
to sport. Outside office hours, messages can be left on
the answer machine. The porters’ mobile, for out of
hours emergencies only, is 0333 0062963.
Staff contacting parents:
We keep contact information for the purpose of sending
reports, fee invoices and so forth and also we rely upon
the same information in the case of emergencies. We
therefore ask parents and guardians to keep us up-to-
date as and when necessary with any changes of
address, email and phone numbers for each contact.
This can be done by sending an email to
The information supplied is
subject to the terms of the Data Protection Act of 1998.