Letter From The Headmaster - January 2019
A very Happy New Year to you all, I hope you had a good Christmas break with your families.
We have had a good start to the year and as I write, the Year 11s have just finished the first of two sets of mock GCSE examinations. It will be another busy term and so I would like to remind you of an important evening entitled: Princethorpe a Vision for the Future at 7.30pm on Thursday 14 March, when I shall be giving a presentation on our plans for development, with the opportunity for Q&As afterwards. Prior to this we will be undertaking another full on-line parental questionnaire which will be emailed to you in the first half of the term; I would be very grateful if you could spend 15 minutes or so completing this.
At the end of last term we said goodbye to Bella Fogarty our GAP student from Downlands, our Missionaries of the Sacred Heart ‘sister school’ in Toowoomba, Australia. We have also said goodbye to pupil hub manager Emma Nobes who takes up a new career opportunity in the business world. Bella and Emma have both been wonderful additions to the staff over the past year, working hard across all areas and lighting up the school with their kindness and good humour. This term, former Head Girl Miriam Isaacs joins our TA support team and in other staffing news, Tomi Owens has stepped down as Head of Mathematics with Karen Bannister and Sharon McBride now leading the department.
As we look forward to our main school production, Little Shop of Horrors and the sixth annual Princethorpe Oscars Ceremony, it was nice to see recent Old Princethorpian Declan Wyer featuring in the new Olivia Coleman film The Favourite – if you see this award-winning film, Dec is the footman who gets a real tongue-lashing from Rachel Weisz’ character, Lady Marlborough, early in the film!
Finally, I wish you all well for the year ahead and thank you for your continued support for the College.
Yours sincerely
Ed Hester
Headmaster