Urgent changes to start of term / testing - Updated 1st January 2021
First and foremost I would like to wish all the school community a Happy New Year.
Urgent update to start of term / testing
Further to my letter dated 19th December the start of term has changed again, as was announced by the DFE on 30th December 2020.
Therefore the following arrangements...
The school will be open for all students from Monday 7th December.
Any students currently isolating at home must complete their period of isolation and not come to school.
We would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding during these difficult circumstances.
Remind...
When students return to school after the Half Term Break face coverings/masks will be compulsory in corridors and communal areas. This reflects Slough moving into Tier 2 restrictions and it is a requirement for all secondary schools and colleges to introduce this when this happens.
The School will be opening for meetings with Year 10 and 12 students week beginning 15th June. Parents will be notified by letter of these meetings and the rules and regulation surrounding them, for example, social distancing. From there until the end of term there may be some small group teaching o...
To all members of the School community
As you may be aware there is more speculation today in the media regarding the reopening date for schools. PLEASE IGNORE any speculation as it is so unhelpful at this time for all parents, students and teachers. Whilst many want to see the country come out o...
The Wexham School community wishes to share our condolences to the family of Cllr Sadiq after we have learned that she has passed away. As our local Councillor and as part of her role for a time as Lead Member for Education and Children Services Cllr Sadiq paid many visits to the school, meeting man...
I have written to all students and parents in Years 11 and 13 explaining how GCSE and A Levels will be assessed this year. This information was released by Ofqual on Friday. The letters were posted yesterday but understandably the post is taking longer to be delivered at the present time. Therefore...
Scam warning from the Department for Education in regards to Free School Meals.
Wexham School has personally contacted all but a handful of our parents in regards to setting up the Free School Meals Voucher System which you will be receiving very soon. If the two or three parents that we haven...
For all our students and their families it is vital for good physical and mental well-being that they maintain physical activity for the duration of the school closure when people will be spending lots of time at home. With that in mind the link below provides free YouTube home workout videos t...
22nd March 7pm
A new letter for parents and carers is now available in the letters to parent/carers section. Please read this carefully and follow instructions contained in the letter.
This also includes information on how Year 11 and 13 will be assessed, Free School Meal Provision and Sixth F...
Here at Wexham we run Homework Club for our year 7 to 9 students in the fully equipped Orchard Library with staff available to support the students, this runs from 3.15pm until 4.00pm every Wednesday and Thursday and all students from these year groups are welcome to attend...
During the week of 3rd February our year 7 students were given the opportunity to take part in a rugby taster session. This session was led by a coach from the Slough Rugby Club. This proved to be a very valuable addition to their normal timetabled PE curriculum and with nearly 150 studen...
On Wednesday 5th February our Year 9 students attended the Slough Aspires Careers The event is organised to encourage students to think about future career pathways and discuss career opportunities by having the chance to meet and engage with potential employers, training and education providers and...
On Monday 27th January a team of Year 8 students competed at the annual Slough Schools Sportshall Athletics competition, hosted at Langley Grammar School. Although we did not finish at the top, the students had a positive afternoon and it was a good competitive experience for them.
This week we delivered inter-form dodgeball competitions for students in year groups 7, 8 and 9. who had significantly improved their attendance, these events were very successful and the students had a great time participating. The winners were:
Year 7...
On Monday 27th January former GB track athlete Lesley Owusu visited the school, she spent the morning training five of our Year 12 students to be mentors for a Youth Sport Trust programme called 'Active in Mind'. Our five mentors will work with a nurture group of Year 7 and Year 8 child...
On Monday 9th December, a group of our students took part in the Wexham School Cookery Competition, they chose their menus, prepped the ingredients and prepared their dishes finishing this with setting the table and presentation of the dishes ready for the Judges. There was a variety of menus and it...
During their last Computing Club, the student were busy working on programming stars using the repeat statement, this is for their Christmas Project with Mrs Karalkar. The students really enjoyed being part of this and are looking forward to be back in Computing Club next week.
On Tuesday 3rd December a team of our Year 7 boys competed in the annual Slough Schools Year 7 5-a-side Football Tournament hosted at Slough Power League. This is always a popular event with 12 teams participating. Our boys performed extremely well, finishing second in their group of six, they then...