GCSE Geography students will be undertaking their required GCSE geography fieldwork on Tuesday 10th September 2024. Students need to arrive at school at 7:45 for a prompt departure and will return to school, traffic depending, by 3:30.  

We will be collecting data on the downstream changes of a river at Edale in the Peak District, this will be assessed in the Paper 3 exam at the end of year 11. 

Students will need the required kit list – if there are any issues with this then please get in touch. Students will need to be prepared for weather changes and being outdoors all day. 

Please complete this consent/medical form to help us to support your child on this fieldwork. The deadline for this is 2nd September 2024.

If you have any questions about the fieldwork, please email me at [email protected]

Thank you 

Harriet Woodward

Dear parents,

We have recently received next year’s prices from our current catering providers, Doncaster Council Schools Catering Service.

Due to rising food and labour costs, they have significantly increased the price to all of our schools across the Trust. 

Even with the schools heavily subsidising this, we may still need to increase the cost per meal for parents to £3.00. We are greatly disappointed to ask this of our parents, but this is a decision we have had to make due to reasons out of our control. 

We will continue to work with Schools Catering over the summer holidays to try and bring these costs down, whilst ensuring a high quality meal will be provided to each of our students. We will keep parents informed with any updates on this.

We are exploring other providers, and if necessary, we will look to change providers if a more cost effective offer is available elsewhere.

We will do everything we can to keep the price of school meals affordable to our parents, but we wanted to provide early warning that our prices are likely to increase from September 2024.

What an amazing day we had during sports day. It was great to see all students getting involved. Here are some fantastic moments from the day.

The last of the taster days will take place on Tuesday the 16th students will be leaving school at 9am and should arrive back between 3:15 and 3:30pm depending on traffic. All students will be provided with a lunch at the college and will take part in three taster sessions and an enrichment session. The students have chosen the sessions that they would like to attend. XP Is proud to offer students a range of opportunities to help them make informed decisions about their next steps as they prepare to move into year 11.

Huge well done to the year 7 rounders team for their first rounders tournament at XP Doncaster. Unfortunately we lost our 1st game however we reflected and learnt from our mistakes and won our 2nd game. It has been a fantastic year for rounders, well done it all the players involved.

Dear parent,

RE: Ofsted Inspection Report 

You will be aware that XP East had an Ofsted inspection in June, (exactly 12 months to the date since the XP inspection) and we have now received the report to share with you. The inspectors concluded that our School has a ‘unique curriculum which emphasises creativity and the relevance of learning to local and global themes.’ The behaviour and personal development of the school were both given an ‘outstanding’ judgement. In addition, the Post 16 off-site provision offered at Harrison College and Higher Rhythm was graded as ‘good’.  In addition, the work of leaders was noted and the school improvement work recognised. ‘Pupils are beginning to benefit from these changes, but it is too soon to see the impact on published outcomes in external examinations and assessments.’

In some areas of inspection, Ofsted has made recommendations for improvement, due to the measures made by leadership of the school not yet showing the expected impact the inspection team felt they needed to see. Therefore, the school’s overall grade is ‘requires improvement’. We wanted to take this opportunity to highlight some of the report’s findings and set out the steps the school is taking to make these improvements.

Ofsted recognised the impact of our work around positive relationships with students, parents and carers, particularly noticing that ‘Pupils show very high levels of respect to each other and to staff. They frequently contribute to the life of the school and the wider community. Pupils are trained to hold each other to account for their actions. Pupils feel safe at the school.’

The inspection team commented on the extensive range of opportunities to develop students’ character. We are proud that inspectors recognised the behaviour of our students stating, ‘at both the main school and off-site settings, behaviour is exemplary. Pupils have highly positive relationships with their teachers and with each other. They are nurtured to have compassion and respect for each other.’

These are just a few examples of the many positive comments that are throughout the report. The staff and I are proud of the students in the school and the many positive comments that inspectors made about them, a few of which have been included within the report. 

Ofsted have identified two areas for continued improvement to help the school to be judged good overall. Unsurprisingly, we had already identified these as a leadership team and we acknowledge that this work is continued from the XP inspection in June 2023, where the same school leaders and curriculum were judged ‘good’. The actions to improve these areas continue and our inspectors acknowledged that the leadership team has started to take action around this, however, unlike the XP inspection, this team felt they needed to see evidence in outcomes at GCSE. 

I would like to appreciate all of the staff for their hard work. We have an amazing staff crew who support our school community and learning provision to enable students to truly realise the best version of themselves.

Our students should be proud of themselves for the very positive impression that they gave during the inspection. I would further like to express my thanks to the governors, directors and executive team of the XP Trust for their commitment to the school and finally, to you as parents, who continue to provide the support to help your children achieve things that are truly remarkable and also voiced your positivity around our school. 

We are starting the new academic year on a very positive note with the mandate to continue the amazing work we do throughout expeditions whilst also continuing to develop students who recognise character growth, beautiful work and academic success in equal measure and as such truly are the best versions of themselves. I am looking forward to the implementation of the improvements across both XP and XP East as we continue to share our stories.

A copy of the report can be found here.

Thank you for your continued support

Mrs Claira Salter 

Principal 

Hello Everyone!

We’re really looking forward to welcoming you to the inaugural XP Festival of Arts and Culture! We just wanted to share some information about the event with you before the excitement begins!

• Please park in Doncaster Rovers Car Park 3 – the parking here is free for the event. 
• Accessible parking is available in the XP School Car Park
• Doors open at 15:30 and last admission is at 19:00.
• We advise you to bring a camping chair or blanket if you require seating.
• We also advise bringing an umbrella and/or waterproofs in case of bad weather.
• Light refreshments are available to buy, but we also advise bringing a bottle of water,
• Entry is only admitted via your ticket – these will be available here until 19:00 for any additional guests who require entry.
• The site is a no smoking/vaping area – should you want to do this, you will need to leave the site. 

We look forward to seeing you later on!

XP Festival of Arts and Culture Crew

Members of crew Ardern have been working hard on their poetry, preparing for the Arts festival this week! Students have been critiquing the poems being kind, specific and helpful to improve their work.

The Netball squad and cheerleading team are taking part in a sponsored 5k run on Monday 15th July. We are raising money to go towards netball dresses and cheerleading uniforms ready for next year. The students would love your support and contributions towards their efforts. If you interested in sponsoring the teams please either speak to the student taking part or email Miss Bowser – [email protected] for further details.

Good Luck to all the students taking part. From Team PE.

Dear Parents and Families C27,

Next Wednesday, students in Year 10 from both XP and XP East will be holding our third annual climate conference at XP East school. This important event will highlight the ongoing issue of climate change and see our students inform you of the current challenges and what you can do to help.

The climate conference will also serve as the Presentation of Learning for students, so we would love to see you all here at XP East!