Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Today marks the end of lockdown 2.0. With only 29 days of the year remaining and 11.5 school days, I wanted to take the opportunity to look ahead to some of the exciting events that are due to take place in the coming weeks. We...

Dear Parents Guardians and Friends Last Thursday morning, Tamanna Steven and I were nervously waiting for a phone call from Radio Berkshire – they wanted to talk to us about the overwhelming response we have had to the Just Giving page for Mr Furlong. Tamanna spoke...

Dear parents, guardians and friends November is not many people’s favourite month. The dark evenings have set in, and the twinkling lights of Christmas are still some way off – although Diwali has brought some brightness this past weekend. School life, however, is...

Dear parents, guardians and friends After an exhausting week for the Year 13 students completing their PPE exams, it is now the turn of our Year 11 students sitting their Maths and English PPEs ahead of the full mock exam season in January. The hall and surrounding...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends I hope you all had a restful half term with your families and managed to see relatives before Lockdown 2.0 on Thursday. The engineers managed to fix the burst water pipe and now the science, maths, MFL blocks are warm again...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Just a few days now to go to make it to the end of what must be one of the most challenging half terms anyone of us can remember! From my comfort zone as custodian of school finances and operations, I’ve had to get out of the office...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends With only one more week to go before half term, I have been reflecting on what a busy, successful and inspiring term it has been for students and staff across the school. Being a new member of the senior leadership team and head of...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends   Autumn is well and truly upon us. The nights are drawing in, the central heating is on and my winter coat is out of storage. I am fortunate to have the most beautiful view from my office, where you can see the lovely autumnal...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends I was looking through some old emails at the weekend when I came across one that started,  ‘There is an ancient Chinese curse ‘May you live in interesting times’ and we are most certainly living in interesting times.’  Our current...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends At The Holt, we always mark the seasons and special times of the year. Doing so helps to bring us together and lends a rhythm that weaves its way through our learning and teaching. This includes House competitions such as sports...