Parental Bulletin – 12th December 2025
MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER
Dear Parents, Carers and Students,
Happy penultimate Friday of term and I hope everyone in the Trinity family has had a good week. This is the last parent bulletin of the 2025, with the newsletter being the last formal communication next week. Thank you for your positive feedback on the parent bulletin and its content. This week has been a typical penultimate week of Autumn term where traditional academic educational activity meets the craziness of Christmas. We were delighted to welcome so many Year 11 parents/carers to parents evening last night, for what is a very important evening in the Year 11 calendar. We hope that parents, carers and students benefitted from the evening and understand the key practice that they need to do, to perform better in the second mock exam series in late January.
Trinity High School and Sixth Form has always placed a high degree of value on the power of sport to change lives of young people, so you can imagine our delight when this week we learnt that we achieved the School Games GOLD MARK for the 2024/25 academic year. This award recognises Trinity’s commitment to youth sport and as part of the application we were able to showcase how we encourage mass participation in sport, competition in sport and partnerships with the community. This award and recognition wouldn’t be possible without the dedication and commitment of our exceptional PE team – we are so lucky to have them; congratulations on this national recognition from us all at Trinity.
This week, we also had our Christmas Jumper day today to raise money for Save the Children. Year 10 and 12 have been busy completing their assessments and there have been various careers trips to HOW college. Thank you to Mrs Kenderdine for facilitating these.
Every week, we remind parents/carers and politely ask, that you work with us to ensure that your child is in school every day, unless they are extremely unwell or there are other exceptional circumstances. We would also ask that you work with us to ensure they arrive well ahead of 8.40am and that they present to school each day in immaculate school uniform. In Autumn Term, full school uniform is expected, and appearance should be immaculate. Facial piercings are NOT permitted, and students should understand that blazers are compulsory and jumpers are optional. We will only accept the Trinity sweatshirt or knitted v neck available from Orchard clothing. As it gets colder, the rule is coats are fine to wear but must be worn OVER the blazer and not instead of it. Hoodies or tracksuit tops are not permitted.
If you would like support or guidance with any of these things, please speak to the relevant Form Tutor, Head of Year or Pastoral Manager and we will be happy to support you.
I am looking forward to sharing news from around the school next week.
Mr Ford
CONTACTING SCHOOL
As many of you will have heard on the school answer phone message, we receive an exceptionally high volume of calls on a daily basis. Unfortunately, we do not have the capacity to answer a high percentage of these calls or to listen to all voice messages left. We would therefore urge you to email the relevant person/people you wish to contact. Not only does this ensure that we have a written trail of communication between you and school, but it also means that the person you wish to speak to is guaranteed to receive your message.
Please find below key contact email addresses: –
Attendance – for planned absences and recording illness absences
Admissions / appeals
General Enquiries
Safeguarding
Designated Safeguarding Lead – Mrs L Chinn – chinnl@trinity.bmat.co.uk
Year 9
Head of Year – Mr D Kesterton (teacher) – kestertond@trinity.bmat.co.uk
Pastoral Manager – Mrs S Harvey – harveys@trinity.bmat.co.uk
Year 10
Head of Year – Miss M Rowley (teacher) – rowleym@trinity.bmat.co.uk
Pastoral Manager – Mrs L Lester – lesterl@trinity.bmat.co.uk
Year 11
Head of Year – Mr S Green (teacher) – greens@trinity.bmat.co.uk
Pastoral Manager – Mrs M Senior – seniorm@trinity.bmat.co.uk
Sixth Form
Assistant Head of Sixth Form – Mrs C Packet (teacher) – packettc@trinity.bmat
Assistant Headteacher – Mr J Petit (teacher) – petitj@trinity.bmat.co.uk
All staff – https://www.trinity.worcs.sch.uk/uncategorised/staff-emails/
WHEN EMAILING SHOOL
If you email Office@trinity.bmat.co.uk or Attendance@trinity.bmat.co.uk please can you ensure you put your child’s full name and year group in the title. If your child is absent, please only email Attendance@trinity.bmat.co.uk and NOT Office@trinity.bmat.co.uk thank you.
STUDENT EQUIPMENT
Please ensure your child has pens, pencils and any equipment needed for their day. Please also ensure your child has a refillable water bottle to keep them hydrated throughout the day.
ATTENDANCE FIGURES FOR LAST WEEK
YEAR 9 – 89.1%
YEAR 10 – 88.0%
YEAR 11 – 89.2%
YEAR 12 – 91.7%
YEAR 13 – 86.0%
OVERALL – 88.8%
Well done to Year 12 for being the Year group with the highest attendance for last week.
WHAT PARENTS, CARERS AND EDUCATORS NEED TO KNOW
What Parents and Educators Need to Know About – Toy Scalping, Fakes and scams
Please see attached.
For further guides, hints and tips please visit nationalcollege.com.
CAREERS CORNER
Free Guide to support Parents/Carers in Supporting a Student In Exploring University The Parents Guide to University
Year 10 Work Experience
Some students have already found their work experience and uploaded details on Unifrog.
How is your work experience progressing?
This Christmas break is the perfect time to explore your options for work experience:
Talk to people you know, find out what they do and ask if they have a contact at their organisation. You can contact them directly to see if they offer work experience
Create a CV using the Unifrog CV/ resume tool
Contact employers and see if they offer work experience
Open Events:
HOW College – January Open Event 2026! | Heart of Worcestershire College
Cadbury College and Sixth Form 2nd and 24th January Open Days – Cadbury Sixth Form College Birmingham
Stratford Upon Avon College– There are no new dates released yet. Call 01789 266245 for new dates relevant to you
Year 11 – Need support with looking at the options available to your child when they finish school? Take a look at the support from : Parents & Carers – Aimhigher West Midlands
Apprenticeship Webinars:
Stronger Starts Retail Apprenticeship | Tesco Careers
https://www.tesco.com/careers/en-GB/early-careers/apprenticeships/maintenance
Parents and caregivers’ session: make the most out of using Unifrog to support your child with SEND
Join this session to learn how to use the Unifrog platform to support your child with SEND and additional needs and find out how to access your parent account, navigate specific resources, and use the “student side” to see the some of the tools your child has access to. Understand how to make the most of these features and hear from our careers guidance specialist on having effective careers conversations and ensuring your child has the support they may need in 1:1 guidance session. https://www.unifrog.org/teacher/webinars/upcoming/1638-preview
Careers Fair – 13th February 2026 – All year Groups
We are planning a Careers Fair on 13/2/2026 and would be delighted to hear from any parent/carer that works for an organisation or has their own business that may be interested in attending.
Please email: Kenderdiner@trinity.bmat.co.uk
Careers Talk with Young People – BT Group offer a checklist for parent/carers to support career conversations. It offers a way of connecting the dots how tech hobbies can develop employability skills and open future opportunities Work Ready – Toolkit for parents and carers
Year 11 Next Steps after Trinity High School – still deciding / unsure what to do?
Some steps that may help:
- Attend open events at Sixth Forms, Colleges and training providers
- Check out the Unifrog Apprenticeship and College/Sixth Form tools
- Drop into the Careers Room at break or lunchtime and speak to Mrs Kenderdine or email kenderdiner@trinity.bmat.co.uk for a meeting
PATHWAY PIONEERS – LAUNCHING FOR YEAR 9
We’re excited to launch Pathway Pioneers, a new Year 9 programme designed to help students explore future pathways and careers through engaging activities—ranging from using Unifrog to investigate post-16 options, to developing transferable skills through team projects (including solving a mock “murder mystery”)—students will build confidence and curiosity about their next steps. Places are limited, so students who wish to take part should sign up with their tutors as soon as possible.
REDDITCH UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB CHRISTMAS FAIR
FREE ENTRY FOOTBALL & CHRISTMAS FAIR | Sat 20th Dec – Redditch United Football Club
Please see attached letter.
AV ROBOTS IN LESSONS
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MATILDA THE MUSICAL Jnr
Tickets are now on sale for what is going to be a fabulous show. These are seated tickets, so it is advised to purchase your tickets early.
Please follow the link or scan the QR code on attached poster.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/trinity-high-school-vith-form-centre
BICYCLIST SAFETY
Please can we remind parents and students they need to get off their bikes and walk through the pedestrian gate and walk across the car park when they arrive to school on their bikes, rather than cycle through the vehicle gates and cycle through the car park. Thank you.
Please see the attached bicyclist safety information.
FACE JANUARY TIMETABLE
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EDUCATION BULLETIN NEWSLETTER
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WINTER FAMILY FUN DAY
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MAGICAL CHRISTMAS FAMILY FUN DAY
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DECEMBER CALENDAR
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WINTER UNIFORM
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REVERSE ADVENT CALENDAR 2025
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TOUCHSTONES LANTERN WALK
Please see attached flyer.
SCHOOL TERM DATES 2025-2026
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EXTRA-CURRICULAR TIMETABLE
Please find the latest version attached.
WORD OF THE WEEK
Our New Word of the Week ‘’frowsy”
An adjective that describes something with a messy appearance.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
| 16 December | Autumn Milestone Awards Evening 6-8pm |
| 19 December | End of Term 12.40pm finish |
| 05 January | Term starts 8.40am |
