Parental Bulletin – 6th June 2025
MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER
Dear Parents and Carers,
WELCOME BACK to parents/carers and students, to the final half term of the academic year. Time really does fly, and it seems like this academic year has gone by in a flash. I must say, this is one of my favourite half terms of the academic year, as the calendar is packed with events and activities that celebrate success, reward achievement and progress and allow memorable experiences for students throughout the next 7 weeks.
This half term, please save the date of Tuesday 15th July for our summer rewards evening, which is our biggest rewards event in the school calendar, and at this evening we award not just our Excellence for All awards, but our subject prizes and special prizes. There will be VIP guests, canapes and mocktails!! We really look forward to celebrating with you all and urge you to save the date, in the hope that your child is receiving an award of some description.
Also, this half term, we get ready to welcome our new intake and their parents/carers from middle schools, we will run cultural capital trips, host our annual sports day and enjoy our Year 11 leavers prom. We, of course, look forward to sharing all these events on our social media channels and you will obviously also hear about them all here in the parent bulletin.
This week, my highlights of the week have included welcoming our Year 11 and 13 examination year groups and seeing them approach the second half of their exams with the same attitude as they did the first half. We remain extremely proud of them, and we are urging them to stay focussed and keep going – not long now!!
Also, this week, I gathered my senior leadership team to plan the school development priorities and calendar for 2025-26. I can’t thank my fellow leaders enough; they are a talented group of leaders, and I can’t wait to unveil our plans for the next stage in our journey. I also had the pleasure of handing out lots of YOU’RE AMAZING POSTCARDS to my staff, with handwritten thank you’ s for going the extra mile for our students. Our staff are amazing, and I thought it important to spend a moment in this week’s bulletin thanking them for all their efforts.
This week, I returned back from the half term break to the news that the school had been successful in its bid for £1.2 million pounds worth of CIF funding (condition improvement funding) from the Department for Education. In the current national educational landscape, school budgets are getting squeezed more and more and it is only with bidding for additional funding that you can hope to create a safe and happy learning environment for students and staff.
The funding that we have been successful in securing will be used primarily to replace significant numbers of doors, glazing and fire detection systems in our oldest buildings, to ensure that we are compliant with fire safety regulations.
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. If we make any adjustments this summer term in our uniform due to hot weather conditions, we will let you know. However, for now, students should wear full school uniform, but they are welcome to remove their blazer in class.
I am looking forward to sharing news from around the school next week.
Mr Ford
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 summer term.
ATTENDANCE FIGURES FOR LAST WEEK
YEAR 9 – 89.7%
YEAR 10 – 92.0%
YEAR 11 – 90.8%
YEAR 12 – 91.7%
OVERALL – 90.9%
Well done to Year 10 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 – Emojis
Please see attached.
For further guides, hints and tips please visit nationalcollege.com.
CAREERS CORNER
Opportunity: L2 Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship Closing Date 10th June 2025
WHCA Apprenticeship advert is now live for applications on NHS Jobs: Job Advert
Worcester job (reference C9365-25-0475) for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
This is the main pathway into Nursing and other routes within the NHS.
Competitive Interviews on 27th June 2025
Thinking of Taking a Gap year? This guide will provide some support in planning Gap Year Guide 2025
College Open Days SCCB 21st June 2025 10-2pm. Book tickets for this event 21st June Open Day 2025 – South and City College Birmingham Year 11 . Please email kenderdiner@trinityhigh.net if you have not yet secured the next step in your career for September and would like career support exploring your opportunities.
The Sutton Trust offers Summer School and programmes to support apprenticeship and University Applicants.
In partnership with universities and employers, Sutton Trust run programmes to provide students practical advice a to inspire and gain confidence about their future. Eligibility Criteria Apply.
Free to attend. All costs – including travel, accommodation, food and activities – are paid for by the Trust and partners.
Closing Date 26th August 2025
Sutton Trust Online (STO) – The Sutton Trust
TALKING TEENS GROUP
Please see attached flyer.
REPORTING A CHILD’S ABSENCE
Please email attendance@trinityhigh.net NOT office@trinityhigh.net Please can you ensure you put your child’s full name and year group in the title, thank you.
CULTURE CAPITAL TRIP
Parents of students in year 9 and 10 – Cultural Capital trip payments can be made via the MCAS app under the trips tab. Deadline for payments is Monday 30th June. Thank you.
SCHOOL TERM DATES 2025-2026
Please note a change to TED day from 19th December to 24th October. Please see attached.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR TIMETABLE
Please find the latest version attached.
WORD OF THE WEEK
Our New Word of the Week ‘dyspeptic’
An adjective that describes someone who is bad tempered.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
| 7 JULY | New Intake Evening |
| 9 JULY | Year 9 Culture Capital Trip – Lickey Hills |
| 10 JULY | Year 10 Culture Capital Trip – Lickey Hills |
| 15 July | Summer Rewards Evening |
| 18 JULY | End of Term |
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. If your child is absent please only email attendance@trinityhigh.net and NOT office@trinityhigh.net thank you.
