19/07/21
Chair's Report - Summer 2021
Governors’ activities this term have centred on three major areas: operational continuity in the school, Centre Assessed Grades; and financial management and budgeting.
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Chair's Report - Spring 2021
As we approach the end of a difficult term, it is good to see light at the end of the tunnel. Nationally, the retreat of the Covid virus offers all of us the prospect of a return to normality, or at least near-normality. Most immediately, it has resulted in a full reopening of the school and the rea...Read Full Story - 21/12/20
Chair's Report - Autumn 2020
It was good to see the school at the beginning of term back and ready for action. But it was a very different school from the norm, with Covid precautions making life at RPHS a matter of one-way systems, bubbles and blended learning. The school has been unable to welcome visitors and Governors did n...Read Full Story - 17/07/20
Chair's Report - Summer 2020
The summer term has been unique in the history of RPHS. Not since World War II has the school had to function with so many students off-site – in this case, sitting at home in front of PCs, laptops and phones rather than as evacuees in the countryside. It has been a real test of our resilience...Read Full Story - 20/12/19
Chair's Report - Autumn 2019
As the new Chair of Governors, I found myself probably as excited as the new Year 7 intake, which this year rose to a new all-time high of 229 pupils, an astonishing endorsement of the demand and popularity of RPHS in the area.Read Full Story - 19/07/19
Chair's Report - Summer 2019
The Summer term has passed with surprising speed but there has been plenty to occupy the Governing Body in challenging and supporting the school to provide the best outcomes for all our students – the bottom line in our vision for RPHS.Read Full Story - 05/04/19
Chair's Report - Spring 2019
The Spring term is the shortest of the year, but a good time to judge the school.Read Full Story - 21/12/18
Chair's Report - Autumn 2018
The Autumn term is always an exciting time as each year group settles into its new place.Read Full Story - 20/07/18
Chair's Report - Summer 2018
There is a great deal going on in RPHS currently, and it is sometimes hard to keep up.Read Full Story - 30/03/18
Chair's Report - Spring 2018
The Spring term this year has been uncommonly short, but it has still contained plenty of activity for the Governing Body.Read Full Story - 22/12/17
Chair's Report - Autumn 2017
The autumn term is always a very full one, as the school beds into the new academic year. This term has been no exception, but it has been a pleasure to be part of a vibrant school community, growing in strength and endeavour and confident in our future as a place where parents want to send their ch...Read Full Story - 21/07/17
Chair's Report - Summer 2017
The Governors have had a very full summer term. We are determined that our school should be one where the best in every student is developed, so that their potential can be fully realised. Social coherence and social inclusion are only policy-makers’ phrases unless comprehensive schools like o...Read Full Story