Parental Bulletin – 28th March 2025
MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER
Dear Parents and Carers,
As we approach the long and well-deserved Easter break, our school community has been busy living the HEART values in school, in the community and as far as Cyprus!! No sooner than we celebrated our staff and students when they safely returned from an epic adventure to Madrid, this week, some of our Year 13 students embarked on a trip of a lifetime to Cyprus. So far, they have had an amazing time, and you will be able to see some of the things that they got up to when they update our social media platforms.
In terms of our ongoing commitment to personal development at Trinity, there have been more photography trips this week, the English department hosted the Box Clever Theatre Company to perform to our Year 11 students, our cadets have been learning all about weapon handling and in a Trinity first, Mrs Lester, Mrs Senior and Mrs Harvey planned, set up and ran the first ever Trinity Prom Dress event, where donated dresses and prom accessories were available for students to borrow. The event was a huge success, and we will be looking to expand the event to the community next year.
It won’t escape any parents/carers who keep in touch with the mainstream media that there is a national recruitment crisis in teaching. However, I am delighted to celebrate the fact that, at Trinity, we are bucking the trend in terms of recruitment into the profession, as we have already recruited 12 new initial teacher trainees into our initial teacher trainee hub for 2025-26. Mrs Jordan and Mrs Morris represented us at another local ‘get into teaching’ event and we are extremely proud of, not only how many new entrants to the profession we are recruiting, but the fact that we are attracting trainees into shortage subjects where other providers cannot recruit. We are very proud of this fact.
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. If you would like support or guidance with any of these things, please speak to the relevant Head of Year or Pastoral Manager and we will be happy to support you.
Finally, a few weeks ago, we wished the Muslim members of our Trinity community a prosperous and peaceful Ramadan. This Sunday and into Monday, it will be Eid, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. We will be authorising absence on Monday 31st March for religious observance and on behalf of all the Trinity community, I would like to wish everyone celebrating ‘Eid Mubarak’.
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 and to re-iterate Mr Ford’s comments, we receive an exceptionally high volume of calls on a daily basis. Unfortunately, we do not have the capacity either 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@trinityhigh.net
Year 9
Head of Year – Miss M Rowley (teacher) – rowleym@trinityhigh.net
Pastoral Manager – Mrs L Lester – lesterl@trinityhigh.net
Year 10
Head of Year – Mr S Green (teacher) – greens@trinityhigh.net
Pastoral Manager – Mrs M Senior – seniorm@trinityhigh.net
Year 11
Head of Year – Mr D Kesterton (teacher) – kestertond@trinityhigh.net
Pastoral Manager – Mrs S Harvey – harveys@trinityhigh.net
Sixth Form
Head of Sixth Form – Mr K Brannan – brannank@trinityhigh.net
Assistant Head of Sixth Form – Mrs C Packet (teacher) – packettc@trinityhigh.net
Assistant Headteacher (teacher) – Mr J Petit – petitj@trinityhigh.net
All staff – https://www.trinity.worcs.sch.uk/uncategorised/staff-emails/
WHEN EMAILING SHOOL
If you email office@trinityhigh.net or attandance@trinityhigh.net please can you ensure you put your child’s full name and year group in the title, thank you.
ATTENDANCE FIGURES FOR LAST WEEK
YEAR 9 – 92.3%
YEAR 10 – 91.6%
YEAR 11 – 89.5%
YEAR 12 – 94.6%
YEAR 13 – 94.0%
OVERALL – 91.8%
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 – In-game Chat
Please see attached.
For further guides, hints and tips please visit nationalcollege.com.
CAREERS CORNER
Parents/ Carers If you are considering employing a student in your construction company in September, Apprenticeship grants – CITB can offer advice and support for apprenticeship grants.
Preparing for Independence Parents and Carers Evening- Supporting a young person with SEND Event held at Kidderminster College 14th May 2025 4-6pm, please see attached information.
Still looking for a college place? Upcoming Open Events below:
Pre-Register for Heart of Worcester College Taster Days – Worcester Bromsgrove and Redditch 5th April 2025
Book a place for the WCG Taster Day 2025 | Heart of Worcestershire College Various dates from 15th March to 1st April
Book a place for SCCB College 21st June Open Day 2025 – South and City College Birmingham
YMCA WORCESTERSHIRE EASTER HOLIDAY CLUB
Please see attached flyer.
ENERGY DRINKS
Reminder that energy drinks are not allowed on the school site, if students are found to have an energy drink it will be confiscated.
ELECTRIC SCOOTERS
No E-Scooters allowed in school – it is illegal to ride an electric scooter on public roads or pavements. You could face a fine and your scooter could be impounded.
BRONZE DofE
Training sessions for Bronze DofE – Students must attend all sessions to qualify for the expedition.
| Kit Inspection | Main Hall | Thurs 3rd Apr |
| Bronze Practice Expedition | Malvern | Sun 6th – Mon 7th Apr |
EXTRA-CURRICULAR TIMETABLE
Please find the latest version attached.
WORD OF THE WEEK
Our New Word of the Week ‘vernal’
An adjective which describes something related to spring.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
| 8 April | Awards Ceremony |
| 10 April | Break up for Easter |
| 11 April | TED Day |
| 28 April | School starts at 8.40am |
| 1 May | Year 10 Parents Evening |
