Dear Parents and Carers

Later today you will receive a letter about our proposal to join the Stowe Valley Multi Academy Trust (MAT). Please check your SchoolPost account for this letter which outlines our proposal and gives information on how you can raise any questions or views.

Please also look out on SchoolPost for my letter about our Parent Governor vacancy. Parent governors are a vital part of our governing board, helping ensure that the board is connected with parents.

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Dear Parents and Carers

Our annual Careers and Apprenticeships Fair took place this week. This is always a fantastic and well attended event, and this year was no exception. Students, parents and carers spoke to representatives from 40 local businesses, colleges and universities about the opportunities available to students when they leave school, including career choices, apprenticeships and higher education pathways.

Thank you to our Careers Advisor Mrs Wedgbrow, for organising this event, the students and their families who attended, and finally to the many exhibitors who made this such a successful and informative evening.

Best wishes

Andy Perry

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Dear Parents and Carers

We had a really nice evening with our Year 8s and their parents and carers yesterday as they considered their Year 9 curriculum. We have made some changes to this process over recent years and feel that it now balances the needs of students to have a broad curriculum together with the skills they will require. Students progressing into Year 9 will maintain nearly all their current subjects but where we do facilitate some choice is around the creative and technical subjects. Whilst the traditional “English Baccalaureate” subjects of English, Maths, Science, Humanities and Languages certainly provide a balanced and strong education, especially if a student is likely to progress to university, we must also keep in mind that students making these choices now won’t retire until around 2080. 

To be successful until this date will require creativity and confidence in using technology. Therefore, our Year 9 curriculum brings into play subjects such as Photography, Creative imedia, Computer Science and the Arts, allowing students to choose some new experiences whilst keeping the core subjects, Humanities and Languages. Then, at the end of Year 9 these students will choose which subjects to take forward to GCSE having had a far broader range of experiences from which to make an informed choice.

It is always a nice evening discussing these options with the Year 8s and their parents and carers and I thank all those who came last night. 

Best wishes

Andy Perry

Dear Parents and Carers

In between celebrating our good news on getting a school rebuild, we have been pushing and pushing a particular exam board to get adjustments for our Year 11 music students. Alerting the exam boards to our RAAC situation was one of the first things we did, and they all went straight to their default offer of extensions for coursework. We have taken advantage of this where needed but for our musicians it isn’t that simple, they have lost their facilities and for the first half term couldn’t access any of their coursework at all so an extension is of little use, particularly extending into the GCSE exam season.

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It is with great pleasure I can announce that Myton will now get a school rebuild.  We got the call yesterday afternoon from the DfE confirming this and whilst it has been a protracted process and, at times, a bit of a battle, it is brilliant news.  Our students and this community deserve to have the very best school and some of our buildings are tired and old, and although they contain some great memories (and a lovely big office with a balcony for me), they are past their useful life and cost a fortune to maintain. 

Myton has been put into the Schools Rebuild Programme.  This means that all our buildings will be assessed on their conditions so we expect that along with the RAAC area of lower school, upper school will also get replaced as it is 70 years old with all the same issues as lower school apart from the RAAC.  The rest of our buildings are far newer so will most likely remain, but this is speculation at this point, we will have a far more detailed picture at some time in the summer term as well as a timeline.  However, we do know that following the assessment of our buildings and the decision as to what gets rebuilt, there is a design phase, then planning and also going out to tender.  After that, a build of this size will be two years or so meaning the whole process could take up to 4 years. 

In the meantime, we continue to push the delivery of our modular build which will give us lots of space and lovely big rooms to use whilst everything else continues.  It is important the students currently at Myton get the best facilities and the modular build will provide this.  On top of that, Oakley School is on track, so we are scheduled to take full possession of our new building at the front in September.

Overall, this year has been and will continue to be a battle but from next year we will have more space than ever, great rooms and can enjoy them until we move into our brand new Myton School.  The future looks far brighter now than it did in September, and in the meantime, I’ll continue to enjoy my view and balcony!

With best wishes for half term

Andy Perry – Head Teacher

Our school library (LRC) has been relocated to the LINC and thanks to the hard work of our staff the area is now up and running for students to use both for lessons and for pleasure.

Next week the LRC are holding some interesting events, more details are included in this Weekly News, please have a look and encourage your children to get involved and inspire a love of reading. One of the greatest pleasures in life is settling down with a good book and switching off your brain from the day-to-day stresses and it’s excellent for wellbeing.

There is also the opportunity for parents to sign up for a Bedrock Information Evening. This programme is used within school with students in Years 7 and 8 and really helps to improve their vocabulary. More information and details for signing up to the online event are in this Weekly News.

Our weekly articles are there to keep you up to date with what is happening around school and also for celebrating the achievements of our students. If you have any successes that your children are happy to share in this way, please let us know by emailing [email protected] – we always like to hear the good news.

With Best Wishes – Andy Perry – Head Teacher

There was a very positive meeting at Myton yesterday with the District Council.  It’s been easy to forget but outside of RAACgate, we have another infrastructure project underway to build another entry to the school, at the back of our site, which comes from the new road (Fusiliers Way) that is yet to open.  This is work we are doing with the District Council and is linked to a potential cycle track which provides Warwick with a North/South cycle connection.  This track would run down the perimeter of our site, between us and the Warwick Foundation, connecting Fusiliers Way to Myton Road at the pedestrian crossing and then into St Nicks Park.  We are very positive about this project as it is vital we get Myton traffic off Myton Road which is far too busy and, if I’m honest about it, the scene of some appalling driving by a tiny minority of our parents; bouncing up the curb onto the cycle lane, parking on peoples front garden, blocking buses and ignoring other motorists etc – please stop doing this.  The additional entrance at the back of the site would cut the journey for most of our students who come from the Leamington side and Warwick Gates and would increase the numbers actively travelling to school (walking or cycling) – all good news.

What was clear in the meeting is that there is a renewed determination to deliver this project coming from the District Council which is great news.  If we can all work together to get this over the line, it seems that the District Council, the Myton community, local residents and the whole town will benefit.  I will keep you informed.

Best wishes

Andy Perry

Some start of term notices today……

Work is now underway on our “modular village” with the digging of the foundations on the school field and work taking place on a sound dampening barrier between the worksite and the Maths Department as this is so close by.  Whilst this is a temporary structure, it is robust and built to a high standard with the foundations being quite extensive to cover a large footprint.  We continue to work with PortaKabin on the details for inside the building and we are looking forward to getting it handed over to us around summer half term so we can get our students out of the Titan units we currently have on the yards.

We have unfortunately not yet been told what the long-term solution is to our RAAC building.  Initially they said we’d know by Christmas but have now pushed that back to January/February time.  We continue to pressure the DfE for this information as our community need certainty and, whilst every indication is we will get a rebuild, they won’t commit to it just yet.  We will let you know as soon as we find out and will do everything we can to ensure we get the modular village delivered on time.

Students have come back well rested and motivated which is great to see.  However, I would like to remind all parents that students need to be here by 8.35am so they can be in their tutor rooms when the bell goes at 8.40am.  Punctuality is a quality appreciated by all future employers and something all students need to learn.  As is appropriate dress.  Please don’t send your child into school in a hoodie especially if it is under the blazer, coats, jackets etc worn over the blazer will keep them nice and warm.

Finally, we are having to send staff to the park to stop kids trying to walk on the ice on the pond.  I’ve no need to spell out the dangers of kids going through the ice, yet some are still doing so – please make sure, if your child walks through St Nicks, that it isn’t your child taking this risk.

With best wishes

Andy Perry – Head Teacher

Dear Parents and Carers

Happy New Year! I hope you had a restful break and are full of energy to face 2024, especially those of us who are doing dry January!

Our students have returned full of enthusiasm and ready to work, especially those with exams coming up fast and furiously. Years 12 and 13 are currently in the middle of progress exams and Year 11 have received their mock results and will know what they need to work on to achieve their best outcomes when the real ones come around. 

This is a very short and busy term with only 9 more weeks of school before Easter, so it really is important that we all start off with the right attitude. 

Best wishes

Andy Perry