Reaching high for the best for your child

As a result of latest DfE advice on admissions arrangements, we’re consulting on some changes to our admission arrangements.

The consultation runs from 15 November 2021 to 31 December 2021. The final admission arrangements will be determined by 28th February 2022 and published by 14th March 2022.

We’re proposing the following changes to clarify our admission arrangements for 2023/24:

• To amend the definition and explanation for home address, where two applications are received for the same child

Our full proposed admissions arrangements 2023/24 can be found on our website https://www.fairlands.herts.sch.uk/info/145-admissions-arrangements

For clarity, changes in our proposed admission arrangements 2023/24 are highlighted in yellow. All other text is identical to our determined admission arrangements for 2022/23.

Our timetable for consultation is as follows:

To comment on or respond to the proposed admission arrangements 2023/24, contact the school directly. Your responses will be taken into account by the school when determining their arrangements.

We have been thinking with WaterAid UK about the right to clean, safe water and have created artwork which will be displayed at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow!

Take a look at our video message to world leaders: https://twitter.com/fairlands/status/1456565525635547144?s=20

We have had an amazing last day of term at Fairlands, celebrating our recent GOOD Ofsted inspection!

We had an energetic dance in assembly with the Techno Trolls and we have spent the day doing loads of fun activities in our party clothes.

Thank you to Mr Ellis for this lovely artwork which he drew with his class to mark the occasion!

I am delighted to say that the wait is over and the final report has been published from Fairlands’ recent Ofsted inspection.

As you will read from the report, the inspectors have judged that Fairlands continues to be a GOOD school!

We want to say an enormous, heartfelt thank you to the whole school community for this wonderful outcome. To have achieved this after the challenges of going through 18 months of pandemic is nothing short of amazing and shows how resilient and committed you have been in sustaining high standards for the children all the way through. Everyone has played a part and I am sure you feel as proud as we do to be part of the Fairlands team!

Our Value for the month of October is thinking about respecting each other's rights. 

We will be celebrating Black History Month as part of this value... and this year, we will be learning in particular about the achieivements of Black men & women in Computing, Science and Technology.

Keep an eye on our blog posts to see what we are learning about in class!

Typically, since the pupils returned to school we’ve seen some wonderful weather, which hopefully everyone has managed to enjoy…. although Tuesday’s rain was a reminder that autumn is truly on its way.

You will have probably noticed we’ve had some special visitors in school this week. Our last Ofsted inspection took place in October 2012, so we have been expecting an inspection for some time. Our inspection was led by Katherine Douglas, Her Majesty's Inspector (HMI). Katherine and her team spent Tuesday and Wednesday in school speaking with and observing staff and pupils across the whole school and reviewing your parent/carer feedback. The governors met with Katherine over Zoom and were able to provide her with examples and evidence of the strong governance, quality of education, behaviour and curriculum we have here at Fairlands.

As a governing body, we want to thank all the staff, pupils and parents/carers who have supported the inspection over the last few days and making it such a positive process. We won’t get the official report for a few weeks, so watch this space! In the meantime, take a look at the Parent View results here!

In other news, we will be holding a parent governor election later in September. I wanted to give everyone a chance to get back into school/work life before reaching out.

Finally, I couldn’t write a blog without mentioning COVID-19, given the current outbreak within the school. I wish everyone currently impacted by COVID-19 a speedy recovery and a safe return to school.

Kind regards,

Claire Peacock, Chair of Governors