Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends This week we have enjoyed a fabulous spell of “warm weather” with temperatures topping 30c on Monday. Personally, this feels like “hot” weather to me, rather than “warm”. However, I was watching a weather item on the news on Monday...

Dear Parent, Guardians and Friends, Over the summer, I read a book of excerpts from Eleanor Roosevelt’s newspaper columns, radio talks, speeches and correspondence about the challenges in life and her thoughts and arguments are as relevant today as they were 70 years...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Well, we have finally made it to the end of a very difficult year. Never did we imagine, when we set out our new school year in September, that our Year 11 and 13 would finish their school days so abruptly and the rest of our...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Just one more week to go until the summer holidays. It certainly feels like the end of term – which is a good sign! Your sons and daughters have done so well during school closure – they have shown incredible endurance and of course...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends This week, we continue to be overwhelmed by the kindness of Holt friends and the local community as well as strangers, offering their condolences and paying tribute to James and his contribution not only to our school, but to...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends It has been a difficult and challenging week for everyone and we are truly humbled by the support of our kind and vibrant community.  James was a wonderful teacher – the tributes are incredible and we will all miss him dearly....

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends How lovely it was to welcome back our Year 10 and 12 students to school on Monday. The site team have been working hard for many weeks now to make the site compliant with the Government guidance for partial re-opening, and they have...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends It is week 9 of Holt@home and we are excited to welcome Year 10 and 12 students on site next week. Here is an update of things going on in the next couple of weeks Year 12 Mock exams next week – students have been revising for the...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends I hope you all had a lovely and restful half term. The weather was glorious and definitely had a “holiday feel” about it, we even had the paddling pool out chez Pearce! So, this half term is the “home straight” of the year and the...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends It seems longer but it is now week 6 of Holt@home and week 9 of lockdown, albeit slightly relaxed as we stay alert. Just as we have settled into a lockdown routine (which has had many positive unintended outcomes), where our...