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  • 06/07/21

    BOCCIA SKILLS AWARD

    Eight of our students from our year 7 and 8 tutor groups have been given the opportunity to participate in the 5 week Boccia skills award programme. This programme is focused on Communication, Evaluating, Innovation, Resilience and being responsible. The first session has taken place and a...
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  • 18/06/21

    Delay to Surge Testing in Slough

    A delay to surge testing in Slough has been announced by East Berkshire Public Health. Please see letter below. 
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  • 14/06/21

    Surge Testing in Slough

    Surge testing for the new Delta variant of Coronavirus will commence in Slough this week. Please see attached letter from PHE East Berkshire.
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  • 06/06/21

    Reintroduction of face masks/coverings from 7th June

    In discussion with Slough Local Authority and PHE from Monday 7th June I am reintroducing the compulsory wearing of face masks/coverings inside buildings for the foreseeable for all students and staff unless they are exempt. Large numbers of students continued to wear face masks which was very good...
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  • 05/06/21

    A guide to regular rapid Covid-19 testing

    All parents that have consented to test their children at home via the test kits the school provides must test twice a week. Results must be uploaded to NHS Test and Trace. Inform the school if it is positive, isolate immediately and book a PCR test to confirm this result.  Reporting th...
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  • 02/03/21

    GCSE AND A LEVEL EXAMINATIONS 2021

    The Education Secretary announced on Wednesday 6th January that formal examinations for GCSE and A level subjects for 2021 have been cancelled. A consultation then took place to decide how students would be assessed. On Thursday 25th February schools were informed that it is up to us to decide how t...
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  • 02/03/21

    School Reopening - Update 2nd March

    All parents should now have received a letter through the post detailing the exact time their child is to attend school for their Rapid Lateral Flow Test for Covid 19. Unless a parent does not wish to consent to the test all students must be tested before they return to the classroom. In brief th...
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  • 21/02/21

    Update on Closure/Reopening/Testing/Examinations 21st February 2021

    Dear Parents and Carers First and foremost a huge thank you to all our parents/carers for your hard work at home to support our current remote learning. Through our monitoring of ‘Show My Homework’ and attendance in ‘live lessons’, positive engagement is really high. Obvio...
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  • 24/01/21

    Monday 25th January - Weather

    School will be open for keyworker / vulnerable students on Monday 25th January at the normal time. Live teaching and all other learning for Monday will continue as planned.  
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  • 08/01/21

    GCSE and A Level Examinations 2021

    The Education Secretary announced on Wednesday 6th January that formal examinations for GCSE and A level subjects for 2021 have been cancelled. Teacher Assessment will be used instead. At this stage we have not been informed of any further details. 
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  • 08/01/21

    School Closure from 5th January

    The School is now closed to all students except those that meet the criteria for our reduced provision. Please see link to letter below. 
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  • 01/01/21

    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...
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  • 19/12/20

    Urgent changes to start of term / testing - Updated 19th December 2020

    Please read letter in the link for full details.  
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  • 26/11/20

    The School will be fully open from 7th December.

    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...
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  • 09/11/20

    YR10 YOUNG AMBASSADOR CONFERENCE

    YR10 Young Ambassador Conference - Friday 6th November 2020
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  • 30/10/20

    SLOUGH BC have today released Free School Meal Vouchers for Half Term

       
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  • 27/10/20

    TIER 2 UPDATE - SLOUGH - FACE MASKS

    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. 
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  • 28/08/20

    Face Masks / Coverings

    Please click on the full story for the School's position on wearing face masks in school.  
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  • 28/08/20

    WEXHAM SCHOOL REOPENING

    We are exceptionally pleased that the School will be reopening to all students in September. 
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  • 03/06/20

    Secondary Schools Remain Closed

    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...
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  • 03/05/20

    Speculation over schools reopening

    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...
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  • 07/04/20

    Tribute to Cllr Shabnum Sadiq

    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...
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  • 07/04/20

    GCSE and A Level Grades

    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...
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  • 25/03/20

    FREE SCHOOL MEAL SCAM

    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...
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  • 23/03/20

    PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DURING SCHOOL CLOSURE

    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...
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