Parental Bulletin – 14th November 2025
MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER
Dear Parents, Carers and Students,
I hope you have all had a good week and firstly, I must offer a personal thank you for the significant number of messages I’ve received from parents/carers, following my letter this week. Hopefully, I have set the school up to run successfully in my absence, and I look forward to being back as soon as I’m able.
This week, I want to start by congratulating our Sports Studies students on their practical exams. One of the features of the exam is that they have to lead and coach first school children and the feedback regarding the professionalism and skill of our students, to lead the sports sessions with such quality. Miss Taylor, the PE team and all of the staff at Trinity are mightily impressed with our Sports Studies cohort.
This week, the first series of mock examinations come to an end. I would like to thank the Year 11 and 13 cohorts and their parents and carers, for their approach to the exams, which was with maturity and diligence. Our teachers are now busy marking and moderating the papers and the results will be available soon. It is important students understand their performance, but also most importantly, their knowledge and skills gaps, so they can perform better in the next mock examination series. I look forward to analysing the results.
At Trinity, it is also the time of year where lots of reviews take place, to validate my judgements and ensure we’re doing a good job. This week we had our annual safeguarding review. To say it was a rigorous review was an understatement, but our safeguarding practice was cited as exceptional and I must thank Mrs Chinn, our designated safeguarding lead for her amazing safeguarding instincts and her incredible attention to detail. We are very blessed to have you as our safeguarding lead.
In and around the school, there are many extra-curricular events going on, such as pop up and busk, cross country, football matches and house activities. It is always amazing to see students doing their absolute best in the wider curriculum, as well as in the classroom.
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 – 90.6%
YEAR 10 – 91.7%
YEAR 11 – 93.2%
YEAR 12 – 92.7%
YEAR 13 – 89.1%
OVERALL – 91.6%
Well done to Year 11 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 – AI Generated Videos
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CAREERS CORNER
Free Guide to support Parents/Carers in Supporting a Student In Exploring University The Parents Guide to University
Open Events:
How College Open Events | Heart of Worcestershire College 15 November 10-1pm Worcester, Redditch and Bromsgrove campuses
Cadbury College Cadbury Sixth Form College Birmingham | CadCol
15 November – various slots available
South and City College Birmingham Open Day 2025 – South and City College Birmingham 26 November 4-7pm
Warwickshire College Group Open Days – WCG – Warwickshire College 29 November 10-2pm
Solihull College and University Centre School Leaver Open Event (Blossomfield Campus) | Solihull College & University Centre 29 November 10-2pm
Join the Dunelm webinar on 1st December 16:00
Find out about apprenticeships from Retail, Supply Chain & Logistics, Commercial, Fitting Management and more and early careers programmes with hints and tips for your apprenticeship application.
Don’t worry if you can’t attend live, sign up anyway and they send you a link to the recording afterwards.
Discover Apprenticeships with Dunelm Webinar – Amazing Apprenticeships
Join us to hear from the Early Careers team at Dunelm and learn more about their amazing apprenticeship opportunities opening for applications in January 2026.
Virtual Work Experience with Dunelm via Spring pod- 7 hours of interactive experience Sign up here: Dunelm x Springpod
Discover life and careers at the Home of Homes. Try this free Virtual Work Experience programme with Dunelm, powered by Springpod.
Parents and Carers- Please contact Mrs Kenderdine kenderdiner@trinity.bmat.co.uk if you would like to offer any work experience opportunities to students for our upcoming experience of the world of work. If you are a Parent/ Carer who is an employer or employee or even entrepreneur and would like to contribute to our Careers Programme and share your career story with students, please let Mrs Kenderdine know. We welcome guest speakers and attendees at Career Events, so do let us know if you have contacts you could recommend.
STREET SAFE
Please see attached information from West Mercia Police.
SMART PHONE SAFETY AND CYBER-BULLYING WEBINAR
For Families: Smartphone Safety & cyberbullying
SEND NEWSLETTER
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REDDITCH CARNIVAL OF LIGHT PARADE
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FOOD PRACTICAL LESSONS
Food Practical Lessons – Year 9 and 10 Ingredients for practical’s are shared on MCAS-My Child at School App as homework. Students are also advised when they are cooking, and it is also set on TEAMS for them as well. Students should be taking part in all practical lessons, please could we ask for your support with this. If you do not have the App, the school website provides guidance. MCAS – MyChildAtSchool – Trinity High School & Sixth Form Centre
GOLD DUKE of EDINBURGH
Gold Duke of Edinburgh training sessions have moved to a Thursday. The first session is on Thursday 20 November at 3:15pm in the cube. All pupils enrolled onto the award must attend.
SCHOOL TERM DATES 2025-2026
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EXTRA-CURRICULAR TIMETABLE
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WORD OF THE WEEK
Our New Word of the Week ‘’vamoose”
A verb that means to leave somewhere quickly.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
| 02 December | More Able Parents Information Evening 6.30-7.30pm |
| 04 December | Christmas Concert |
| 11 December | Year 11 Parents Evening |
| 16 December | Autumn Milestone Awards Evening |
| 19 December | End of Term |
