Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends It was lovely to see our students basking in the glorious sunshine at the end of last week. Our grounds are lovely areas to sit with friends and enjoy………although we were joined by some buzzing “brown burrowing bees” on one of our...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends We were able to give a very warm welcome to all our students over the last week! Year 7 and 12 were in school on Wednesday for their induction days and were joined by Year 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13 on Thursday.  Year 7 have settled in...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Welcome to our final blog of this academic year! The long summer holiday beckons for students and staff at the busy end of a busy term. As we say farewell until September, I will leave you with some updates from recent weeks. In our...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends I was pleased for it to be my turn on the SLT blog this week, because it has been a bumper week of events for our sixth form students. Last week we saw the final goodbye for our Year 13 students who had their leavers’ party at...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends The Holt becomes a hive of activity in the final few weeks of term…Year 10 have been out on work experience, Year 8 went on a three day adventure to PGL and there have been many day trips and activities.  In this week’s blog, I have...

Dear Parents/Guardians and Friends Well summer is definitely here - blazers are left at home, the queues at water fountains are long and air-conditioned classrooms are very popular!  School, however, remains as busy as ever. Last week the summer music concert took...

Dear Parents/Guardians and Friends The hot weather has finally arrived, which means we are ready for all our amazing sporting events that happen during the summer term. The PE department have been very busy of late with numerous events that have involved everyone from...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends I hope you all had a restful half term with family and friends.  The next six weeks are busy for sure with lots of summery events. Monday 12th June – Monday 26th June  Year 12 PPEs Wednesday 14th June Summer music concert 6pm Monday...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends In this week’s blog, I will give you a quick round up of what’s been happening as we approach the half term break and then give you some reminders about what lies beyond. It is always busy at The Holt but, as GCSE and A level...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, It certainly feels a lot quieter around the school as I write this from my office in the sixth form centre, as we said farewell to Year 13 and Year 11 last week to start their public exams.Year 11 had their final day last Thursday...