We have highlighted a number of issues we wish to address by changing the calendar this year, and in further years:
- Last year, we used Doncaster Rovers staff and Duke of Edinburgh volunteers on Friday from 2:15pm to allow staff to be together and plan. This hasn’t been effective, as we have had to support DRFC staff, resulting in staff losing valuable development time, and increased contact time.
- The staffing of exams and revision sessions in the May holiday for Year 11s needed to be addressed.
- Given we will be staffing results days for Year 11 in August, this makes the summer holiday very tight at just four weeks.
We propose that:
- The extra staffing hours lost every Friday are aggregated to form 5 staff days to run in the first week of the May holiday. This is to ensure coverage for Year 11s during the exam period.
- As staff lose 5 days holiday because of this change, we propose the school finishes a week earlier in Summer. This gives a five week summer holiday for all Year groups.
This now gives a consistent calendar for all year groups with minimal impact. The only differences being that:
- All year groups this year will get an extra week’s holiday. This is made up during the year through extra contact time on Friday afternoons.
- Year 11s will need to attend school in the first week of the existing May holiday next academic year, in order for them to attend exams and revision sessions.
If you do have any concerns/queries please contact the school on 01302 898792 or email us on [email protected].
Please find below the new calendars for this academic year and 2018/19 academic year:
