The Flagpole

Please be aware that the College will be carrying out essential electrical and IT maintenance over the Christmas holidays and as a result email and some other IT services will not be operational from 3.00pm on Friday 22 December, when the school office will close. Email and other IT services will be operational again on Friday 29 December, however the school office will not re-open until 8.00am on Tuesday 2 January 2018.

The Foundation websites (Princethorpe, Crescent School, Crackley Hall and Little Crackers Nursery) will also be down for essential maintenance between Wednesday 27 December and Friday 29 December. 

For any emergency situation whereby you need to contact the senior leadership at the school during these time frames please use the following emergency number - 07951 074649.

Required to start as soon as possible, we require an After School Assistant to work as part of a team to provide after school care for children on three evenings per week, term time only from 3.45pm until 6.00pm each day. The exact days will be open to some negotiation with the applicant. They will support the smooth running of After Care and undertake duties in supervising homework as required.

Salary: £7.47 to £8.56 per hour (B7-B18 on the Princethorpe Foundation Pay Scale) by negotiation, depending on qualifications and relevant experience.

This is an excellent opportunity to join the fast growing Foundation that values its staff and offers a rewarding benefits package including discounted places for staff, a pension scheme, child care vouchers and a cycle to work scheme.

Application: To apply for this vacancy applicants must submit a Foundation application form, together with a CV and covering letter detailing your personal qualities, experience and how you meet the person specification for the role. Applicants must ensure the application form is fully completed, including a detailed career history with specific dates.

Closing date: Monday 22 January 2018, at 9.00am, although candidates are advised to apply immediately as interviews may be held prior to the closing date and the closing date brought forward.

Further details and an application form are available from the College website www.princethorpe.co.uk/employment-opportunities

Julie is delighted to join the Administration Team at Princethorpe College and to be working in such a beautiful and historical environment having recently relocated from Oxfordshire. Julie has a wealth of administrative experience, having worked for the last five years for a clinical research organisation and for six years prior to that she was PA to an Independent Financial Advisor.

This is her first time officially working in a school although throughout the school life of her two daughters, she was involved in many school activities ranging from pupil reading, cookery lessons and even cycling proficiency.

A keen knitter, sewer and baker, Julie has offered her assistance to Mary Benham should anybody require assistance with any trickier knitting questions and feels it only fair to forewarn everyone that they will be ‘Guinea Pigs’ for any baking experiments. Honest feedback will obviously be necessary and Julie sincerely hopes it will not result in too many staff absences due to sickness.

Please remember that all bus tickets must be purchased in advance of travel.  The emergency bus sheet is only to be signed, as it suggests, in the case of an emergency.

Tickest are available from the School Shop and can be paid for by cash, cheque or card.

Purchases of ten or more bus tickets can be added to the school bill with written permission from home.

Please note that bus tickets billed in arrears for pupils signing the emergency bus sheet more than 4 times in any given term, will be charged at an extra cost of £1.00 per ticket, regardless of jouney direction or length.

Why not consider a Bus Pass?

If your child is travelling to or from school on a regular basis then we would suggest that you purchase a bus pass.  This is more cost effective for you and is chargeable, per term, in line with the school fees.  Please see out 

Please note that the School Shop will reopen at the beginning of the Lent term on Monday 8 January 2018.

Shop opening hours are Monday to Friday during the following times:
      For pupils - break and lunch break
      For parents - 3.30pm until 4.30pm 

Remember you can email orders for uniform and bus tickets to nicolabrowne@princethorpe.co.uk  or call direct on 01926 634272.

If your child would like to try on any uniform before purchasing, then please contact the school shop to give permission for them to do so. Items can be paid for in cash, by cheque, card or added to the school bill.

Nicola Browne
Shop Manager

With the cold weather setting in, just a reminder that school jumpers are available from the School Shop.  The school jumper for girls is red in Years 7 and 8 and green for Years 9 to 11.  The boys' school jumper is black.  Sixth Form students wear a plain dark coloured jumper.

All of the above are readily available at between £25 and £33 dependant on size.  Written permission from home is needed to add items to the school fee account.  Cash, cheque or card payments are of course welcome.

Nicola Brown
Shop Manager

Coats worn by pupils should be of a plain and dark, preferably black, material.

Coats are not permitted to be worn inside any school building and we recommend wearing a school jumper instead.

Nicola Browne
Shop Manager

Please click on the links below to access the Term Dates:

2017-18 (Two-page document)

2018-19