Dear HP families,

Update From The Headteacher, Mr Hudson

Earlier this week, our community came together for our Act of Remembrance, which was immaculately observed across HP. We saw outstanding contributions from Year 12 students Jac Griffiths, Lami Isa and Danielle Clarke, who led the whole school reflections, alongside Year 11 student Sapphira Anderson, who delivered the Exhortation recital. It was powerful to see our incredible students leading such an important and respectful event, marked by the marching of our Combined Cadet Force.

I would also like to congratulate Eloise Medd on her amazing singing performance at the Festival of Reflections, held last Friday at Severn Vale School. Her performance was so impressive that members of the public who attended the event have emailed us to congratulate her.

It has also been a fantastic week for student sporting achievements. Congratulations to Isla Van Leer in Year 11, who kickboxed her way to becoming world number one in her category at the ISKA World Championships in Madrid over the weekend, including beating the Spanish number one. At the District Cross Country Championships, our runners delivered fantastic performances, including Toby Brooks, who won the Year 9 event with a staggeringly good time of 17 minutes and 52 seconds. In the Greenshaw Learning Trust Rugby Tournament, our Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 teams won every single game, making the tournament an HP clean sweep without losing a match. Finally, congratulations to our Senior Netball team on their victory over Crypt this week.

I would also like to remind all families to complete our parent survey, which is available here: https://edurio.com/s/open/survey/3JpPVpKPz7olYNw84styxOkZ5GI. Your feedback is invaluable to us in continuing to make HP better. For example, the introduction of positive telephone calls from tutors for every child was a direct result of last year’s parent survey. Please complete the survey by the closing date of Friday 20th November. It should take around five minutes to complete and must be finished in one sitting for your responses to be saved, as answers cannot be edited once you click 'Finish survey'.

I wish you all a lovely weekend,

Mr Hudson
Headteacher