Head’s Blog

No, not the Christmas season, but summer and all things exams! Having had a somewhat emotional goodbye with Year eleven last Friday, I was amazed to see a large number of them back in school this week. So, what’s brought […]

I hope everyone is looking forward to a little break this weekend, although sadly the bright sunshine seems to be leaving us for a bit. I would like to commend the overwhelming majority of the pupils for dealing well with […]

It was a joy to welcome the school back this week; I hope everyone had some time to rest and recuperate over Easter and feels ready to be back.  Friday seems to have come around very quickly this week, but then […]

The end of this term marks a good point of reflection, we’ve achieved so much in this term as Year 11 and Year 13 have completed their last non-examined assessments, Year 10 have completed work experience, we have raised money […]

My first words this week need to be: Thank You. As you are aware, we had a team of inspectors from ISI in school Tuesday to Thursday as part of the three-year review cycle. Thank you to all of you […]

I’ve done a lot of thinking about safety and security these last couple of weeks; it has been saddening to see what has been happening in our otherwise wonderful city of late. While it’s not the Nottingham I fondly recall […]

I began this week with an assembly at the Senior school in which I spoke about Anti-discrimination day (1st March) and what bearing this had on everyday life. While most of us are familiar with overt discrimination, being denied roles […]

As we come to the end of the half term, I want to extend my thanks to the pupils, parents, and staff; all of you have made me feel so welcome, it feels as though I have been here six […]

This week has been Children’s Mental Health week, and we started the week with an interactive assembly from Mr Cholerton. Mr Cholerton spoke to the Senior school about knowing yourself and recognising your emotions in order that you can grow […]

Finally, it’s Friday and the end of January! There’s a bit of a celebratory feel here at Hollygirt after Year 7 Parents’ Evening which featured many positive reports. I did see one or two nervous faces during the night, but […]

I end this week wondering how many individuals we all impacted with our words and actions in the past five days? Mr Rollinson introduced Sparkle week to the Seniors in their Monday assembly with the concept of paying forward kindness […]

Community, Teamwork, and Looking Out for Each Other  As the end of the second week of term approaches, I’m seeing a few tired faces around and must remind myself that this is the first full week for pupils and the stored-up […]