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- 22/05/20
Update from the Head 22nd May
Dear Parents and Students, Welcome to the weekly update from Balcarras. I hope you are all well as we head towards another Bank Holiday weekend. I’d like to wish everyone a nice break over half term and I would urge all of our students to make sure that they rest from their school work. As...Read Full Story - 20/05/20
Update from the Head 20th May
Update 20th May 2020 Dear parents and students, I hope you are all well. Partial Re-opening I thought I should update you on our plans to re-open the school. As you will know the government has stated that they would like secondary schools to provide some...Read Full Story - 15/05/20
Update from the Head 15th May
Update 15th May 2020 Dear students and parents, I hope you have all had a good week. Well done to all of you for doing so well in keeping up to date with your work on the VLE. Since the lockdown began the VLE has had 1,855,443 hits and 184,686 tasks have been completed. That is quite some...Read Full Story - 10/05/20
- 07/05/20
Update from the Head 7th May
Update 7th May 2020 Dear students and parents, I hope everyone is well. Here is my usual weekly update. A tribute to the young people of Balcarras I wanted to start this week’s update by paying tribute to our young people. I think collectively you have done an amazing job of c...Read Full Story - 07/05/20
- 01/05/20
Update from the Head 1st May
Dear students and parents, I hope you are all well and coping during lockdown. It is a strange time for all of us and as I said in my update last week I firmly believe that we should all just try to do our best during such a difficult time. I think it is crucial that our pupils understand this...Read Full Story - 30/04/20
Getting ready for Sixth form
This advice is for all pupils who have applied to start Year 12 in Sept 2020Read Full Story - 27/04/20
Balcarras Centre Assessed Grades
Please see the letter below for information on how Balcarras will award centre assessed grades.Read Full Story - 27/04/20
EdTech Demonstrator Programme
Balcarras School and National Star have been selected for a new Government programme to improve virtual learning. Balcarras an outstanding 11-18 comprehensive secondary school, based in Cheltenham and National Star, a national charity based in Gloucestershire,are among the 20 schoo...Read Full Story - 24/04/20
Update from the Head 24th April
Dear students and parents, I hope that you all had a nice Easter and that the first week of the summer term has gone well. These continue to be difficult times for all of us and we simply have to just do our best to try to get through them. I hope that you are all able to access the VLE and...Read Full Story - 19/04/20
Bake Off under Lockdown
Food Tech teachers at Balcarrs have managed to find innovative ways to still inspire pupils to keep Baking over Easter.Read Full Story - 19/04/20
- 03/04/20
Summer 2020 Guidance from Ofqual
Please click here to read a letter to pupils from Ofqual about GCSE, AS and A Level grades. Please click here for detailed guidance from Ofqual.Read Full Story - 28/03/20
- 25/03/20
All DFE Guidance for Educational Providers
The DFE have put all of their guidance for educational providers in one place. Please follow the link for the most up to date advice. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-schools-and-other-educational-settingsRead Full Story - 22/03/20
DFE Statement on Exam Grades
The DFE have issued a statement about how exam grades at GCSE and A Level will be issued. Please click on the link below to read this statement. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/further-details-on-exams-and-grades-announced We will be in contact again when we are given...Read Full Story - 13/03/20
- 12/03/20
- 12/03/20
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