Letters and Messages

Dear parent/carer, You are likely to be aware from recent media coverage that the National Education Union (NEU) have declared strike action, which will take place on the following four dates: Wednesday 1 February 2023 Tuesday 28 February 2023 Wednesday 15 March 2023 Thursday 16 March 2023 It is important […]

Dear parent / carer As we head toward the festive season, I look back on the term so far and it has certainly been another very busy time.  There have been so many fantastic achievements, activities and events taking place and there has been much to celebrate.  Despite the current […]

Dear parent / carer, As we reach the halfway point of the year, it is a genuine pleasure to be able to look back on the last six months and reflect positively on the wide range of achievements and improvements we have seen within school in spite of the inevitable […]

Dear parent/carer, Further to my letter on Wednesday 17 November, where I wrote about the contingency plans we are expected to have in place in case of the extremely unlikely event of exams being cancelled in the summer, I am now able to confirm that the second set of assessments […]

Dear parent/carer Given the adverse weather today and the forecast for tomorrow I wanted to explain the arrangements should we have to make the difficult decision to close the school and revert to remote learning. The forecast for the morning according to the current met office predictions is for snow […]

Dear parent/carer, I hope that you have been able to enjoy some time off with loved ones over the festive period and I wish a Happy New Year to you and your family.  I’m sure I am not alone in looking forward to 2022 in the hope that it will […]

Dear parent/carer The end of term is fast approaching and it is fair to say that there is a great deal to celebrate. Our whole school community has continued to work together to offer the best possible experience for our children in very difficult circumstances and we greatly appreciate your […]

Dear parent/carer, The GCSE awards evening is an important date in our calendar and is another fantastic opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the many successes of our students, the hard work and expertise of our staff, the support from our governors and significantly, to allow parents an opportunity to see […]

Dear parent/carer, Today was the first day of the year 11 mock examinations and I just wanted to pass on the wonderful feedback from our invigilation team, some of whom have been working with us for some time, and others that are new to the school.  The team were really […]

Dear parent/carer In September I wrote to all parents to discuss how we were monitoring Covid transmission in school and set out our associated contingency plan, a copy of which can be found by following this link. We are continuing to monitor the number of cases on a daily basis […]

Dear parent/carer, On Thursday of last week, we were informed that the rollout of vaccinations for 12-15-year-olds would commence imminently. We are now aware that the School Age Immunisation Service (SAIS) will visit school on Thursday 7 October to deliver the vaccine to those students for whom they have received […]

Dear parent/carer It has been a genuine pleasure to see students returning to school and experiencing a much more rounded education following the disruption seen during the last 18 months. I have been made to feel very welcome by the staff and students and it is clearly a fantastic school […]

Dear parent / carer I would like to begin by offering my gratitude in relation to your continued support; the traffic before and after school has been significantly reduced on Greens Lane, making it a much safer environment for our students.  Secondly, please can I thank you for your support […]

Dear parent/carer Today sees the return of our open day and open evening and it is wonderful to see so many of our students volunteer their time to support both events. There will be additional covid measures put in place following discussions with Public Health Lancashire, ensuring that these are […]

Dear parent/carer, It was wonderful to see the overwhelming majority of students back in school last week and to have the privilege to formally welcome our Year 7 students as new and valued members of the Haslingden High School family. They have collectively made a fantastic start to the new […]

Dear parent/carer, I hope this letter finds you well and that you share in our excitement ahead of the new academic year. It was only a fortnight ago that we had the pleasure of seeing our year 11 and year 13 students collecting their fantastic results and look forward to […]

Dear parent/carer, I hope this letter finds you well and that the summer holidays have started in a positive fashion for you all. Given the combination of warm weather, the Olympics, and the increasing reduction in covid restrictions, I sincerely hope that we can all begin to look forward optimistically […]

Dear parent/carer As I am sure many of you are aware, I am leaving Haslingden High School at the end of this term. I have worked in education for 36 years, in five different schools within Lancashire, with the last ten as headteacher at our school. I often say at […]

Dear parent/carer I hope you are well and coping with the difficulties presented by the government’s current rules on the isolation of close contacts. I have no doubt this a frustrating time for many families. Please see below the arrangements for the final day of term. The school will break […]

Message to all our Year 13 students regarding the collection of A level and vocational grades I hope this message finds you safe and well.  The vast majority of you will be looking forward to starting the next stages of your career and, whether this is employment, an apprenticeship or […]

Message to all our Year 11 students regarding the collection of GCSE and vocational grades I hope this message finds you safe and well, with the vast majority of you, no doubt, looking forward to September and starting your new courses or apprenticeship programmes. We are excited at the prospect […]

Introducing Edulink One At Haslingden High School we see communication between school and home as a vital means of ensuring your child has an excellent education.  As well as sending messages out by SMS and email, we also use a system called Edulink One.  Many of you will already be […]

Yesterday’s government decision to delay the easing of restrictions in England for four weeks, unfortunately, means that we have had to take the incredibly difficult decision to cancel our Year 11 Prom, planned for Wednesday 23 June. I’m sure we have all been watching the worrying rise in infections across Lancashire […]

Message from Sakthi Karunanithi, Director of Public Health, Lancashire County Council, to parents of students at Haslingden High School We have invited your school to take part in additional testing as a precautionary measure due to a number of positive cases of Covid-19 at your school. We are requesting your […]

I hope you are well and have had the opportunity to enjoy some of the lovely weather we have seen over the half-term break. The infection rates in Rossendale continue to be a concern and the latest data indicates the area continues to have the third-highest rate in the country, […]

I hope you are well. The last week of the post-16 educational journey for our Year 13 students was undoubtedly not what we wanted with the escalating infection rates of students over the weekend and on Monday, giving Mr Jackson no other option but to revert to remote learning for […]

I hope you are well.  The last week of the 11-16 educational journey for our Year 11 students was undoubtedly not what we wanted.  Unfortunately, escalating infection rates of students over the weekend and on Monday led me to make the decision to close the school for students until the […]

We hope this message finds you well at what is undoubtedly a difficult time given the current Covid rates locally.  We are obviously aware that a number of families are required to self-isolate due to a positive Covid-19 test result, along with significant numbers of students who have been a […]

As Mr Jackson has mentioned in a previous letter, the decision to revert to remote learning for the school to address the rise in Covid cases does impact on some Y13 students who have some assessments still outstanding.  Of course, we want these individuals to have the opportunity to demonstrate […]

As I have said on many occasions, this is a difficult time for everyone, but I have no doubt this has been an extremely stressful time for students preparing for exams this summer. Although exams have been cancelled, I am sure it has not felt like this to the students […]

Following the return on March 8, we tested students three times in school within the first fortnight and then provided home testing kits for use, ideally on Sunday and Thursday evenings. In the thousands of tests conducted up until last weekend, we had only had one positive case. Over the […]

Last Monday the government announced that from May 17, face coverings would no longer be required in secondary schools. As we have done throughout the pandemic, we followed the DfE guidance and I wrote to you on Wednesday to inform you of the planned change. However, the guidance pointed out […]

There is no doubt that the last 14 months have been incredibly challenging for everyone and that life in school has been increasingly very, very different for both staff and students. The significant disruption to learning as a result of the need to self isolate in the first term of […]

We have now received the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) guidance on the determination of these grades and this has confirmed the guidelines which we are expected to follow.  A key inclusion in this document was that all centres are required to have a policy in place which all staff […]

It has been a pleasure to welcome students back over the past week and we have all been impressed with the overwhelmingly positive attitude with which they have approached this return to school or sixth form. It is important that we also acknowledge the support that has been offered by […]

Here is some information about coronavirus home testing kits and how to report test results.   If you have provided consent for coronavirus testing, we will provide your child with a testing kit to take home along with some instructions about how to carry out a home test.  We kindly ask […]

Thank you for your support in helping us to deliver lateral flow tests to over 1300 of our students.  It has certainly been a huge team effort to deliver these tests and I am proud of the way our students have responded in an extremely sensible and mature manner to […]

We have just completed our third day of lateral flow testing and have overseen over 1300 individual tests for students.  The vast majority of our students, where consent has been given, have now had their first test and we will be testing those students again twice over the next six […]

I am very mindful of the long letter containing lots of important information which Mr Jackson sent you earlier this week, but I am also aware that there may still be questions around the experiences which our students will meet on their return to school, starting next week.  I am […]

Apologies for the length of this letter! As I am sure you are aware secondary school students will be returning to school from Monday 8 March and I am delighted to confirm that we have plans in place that will see all our students back in school full time from […]