The term ends at 12.30pm on Thursday 16th December

Summer Half Term

School will finish at 12.30pm on this day

The second term of the school year

Monday 25th October to Friday 29th October

Welcome to the 2021/2022 school year!

This is the Tik Tok Family Safety Tool Kit

With the assistance of the Department for Education, our Head Teacher, Sara, has put together a guide for parents and carers who are engaged in helping to educate their child remotely.

Staff Training

Early school closure

This term's Academic Review Day was conducted very differently

UNITED AGAINST BULLYING

Please find our policy by clicking on the attached PDF

From June 15th we will be welcoming back our Year 10 students as per Government guidelines

The following advice has been issued by Transport for London for students restarting school in June 2020

We have been working very hard on behalf of our parents and carers to secure funding for school meals whilst our students are not attending school.

Safeguarding and Child Protection Information

Our staff are talking to our students on a daily basis during the school closure and are providing activities and work to keep young brains functioning.

Our Year 11 students will be sitting their GCSE Art exam

Message from Jason Dornelly, Assistant Deputy Head, PE Teacher and LSA Co-ordinator

POSTPONED

The following information has been sent to all parents and carers:

Safer Internet Day 2019 will take place on the Tuesday 11th February

School closed to Students.

This year's Christmas Lunch will be held on Wednesday 11th December

Our annual fundraising event for Cancer Research

This year's event will be dedicated to Anne-Marie Beale

Paper 3

Paper 2 - with calculators

Paper 1 - Non calculator

Exam starts at 9.00am and finishes at 10.00am

We are delighted to be invited to work on this local project by Art in the Park. We will be hosting a series of workshops and visiting St Mary's Church to see the burial site of Prince Lee Boo.

This project was made possible by the generous funding and support of United St Saviours.Charity.

Here are the dates and times of the GCSE Public Exams being sat by several of our students this summer.

Please note: To facilitate these exams taking place the school may open or close earlier or later than usual.

"How to get Rich and Respect in 2 Hours"

Workshop hosted by Louis Howell
Entrepreneur, Speaker, Educator, Activist

Our MD Cheryl Stepton recently recorded podcast for the charity One Small Thing. Click on the link to listen.

The school holidays are a time to relax and recharge, but for some of our young people the unstructured time can be a cause for concern.

At the Heygate Estate

We are sad to announce that our friend and colleague Anne-Marie lost her fight to cancer on 22nd August 2018

Sheik wins GOLD in Shot Putt and Timi wins GOLD in 100 metres

"The school provides its pupils with an outstanding education".

The annual Football tournament will be held at Hackney Marshes.

Term dates for the 2018/2019 school year are now available

Dates for the Entry Level Exams are:

Workshops & Football Tournament

In aid of Save the Children

Training for Ted

Spooky outfits and face painting

Cavendish took part in our first SEN League matches this autumn term.

We have come to the end of another school year and what an eventful one this has been. Below are some of the things we have experienced and achieved over the past year.

We have dedicated one of our classrooms as an Art Gallery to display our children's fantastic work. We have named the Gallery after our Art Teacher and Deputy Head, Patricia Shaw.

Dedicated to our colleague Pat Shaw, the Gallery will be named "The Shaw Gallery"

Official opening of the new garden.

This year's Race for Life event in aid of Cancer Research will take place on Friday 30th June in Southwark Park.

We would like to thank Smith & Wollensky Restaurants and their staff for hosting a special lunch for the students and staff involved in winning the London Youth Games Cup.

The second of the Science exams

This year's event will take place at Hackney Marshes on Tuesday 23rd May

We are proud to work with therapists from Guys & St Thomas Trust for our Speech and Language Therapy sessions.

Our very own Lauren Murray will be running in this year's London Marathon to raise funds for Make A Wish Foundation.

We welcome our new chef Nigel Denne.

IS IT WORTH IT?

February 7th is Safer Internet Day.

Our yorkie-poo Lexi has successfully completed her Therapy Dog assessment ad passed with flying colours.

"Sexting" has been hitting the news headlines recently and as a school we have a duty to educate and inform our young people on the laws and consequences of engaging in this kind of activity.

The theme for this years Anti-Bullying Week is "Power for Good"

Website for Parents/Carers

Outing organised by Metropolitan Police

The 2016/2017 term dates have been finalised.

Hosted by Hippodrome Casino, Leicester Square WC2

3rd Place for Team Southwark

Staff training on Safeguarding referrals using the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub

Several of our students recently went on trips organised by the Metropolitan Police

The second ever Children's Mental Health Week will be held from 8th to 14th February 2016

We had a visit from Chloe from Zoolab early in the spring term as part of our Science curriculum.

Congratulation to our Chef Maria on the birth of her new baby daughter.

We are sad to announce that our K9 helper Lucy sadly passed away on 28th October 2015.

Last term some of our year 10 and 11 students made a film on cyber bullying.

The government has recently launched a new website to support parents about e-safety. The website has been developed with ParentZone and CEOP.

Last term's Race for Life and Jump into Action events have raised over £750 for Cancer Research and British Heart Foundation

The new school year saw all staff undergo mandatory training on Positive Handling in Schools and Use of Restraint.

Our annual Race for Life event in aid of Cancer Research was held on Friday 3rd July. We also included a fundraising event for British Heart Foundation.

Editing session

We are honoured to have this exhibition visit our school.

Outdoor Space Regeneration Project

"Straight Talking" is a charity working to reduce the high rates of teenage pregnancy in the UK.

The recent warm weather has meant that the Bike Maintenance Project can resume and students can get back on their bikes for the summer term.

Wednesday 18th March is National Child Sexual Exploitation Day and is also sees the launch of Operation Makesafe in support of CSE.

Staff attended training on this subject on Thursday 26th March.

This year's Red Nose Day was celebrated in a variety of ways to raise funds for Comic Relief.

Our two students undertaking the AQA Awards in Horticulture completed a module in Willow Weaving.

We are delighted to welcome back Chris Haydon from Community Trust TV and actress Siren Turner to work with us on two film projects over the spring and summer terms.

Lets Create A Better Internet Together

Next Travel Training session taking place on Wednesday 14th January 2015

We are delighted to announce that Ellie Alder has been promoted to Learning Support Assistant.

On Thursday 11th December in Southwark Park,we hosted a Sponsored Dog Walk to raise money for Guide Dogs.

We are delighted to announce that Shelby and Michael have passed their AQA Award Introduction to Horticulture.

In conjunction with Time and Talents and Urban Growth

Our students in Key Stage 3 have been learning about the First World War as part of the Humanities curriculum. Key Stage 4 students have been learning specifically about Armistice Day during PSHE lessons.

The whole school observed a minutes silence at 11am on the 11th November as a mark of respect to those who gave their lives in WW1 and subsequent conflicts. Some of our year 9 students went to look at the poppies at the Tower of London and Aiden has written the following article about the day.

In partnership with Goldsmiths College we welcome our second PGCE placement for this term.

In conjunction with Princes Trust, European Social Fund, Skills Funding Council and Education Funding Agency.

We restart the gardening project for this school year on 2nd October.

The Children & Families Act (2014) sets out new requirements to be implemented in September 2014 for supporting children and young people with Special Education Needs & Disabilities (SEND) from birth to 25.

Parents and carers of our year 11 students attended the late afternoon talk about their children's examinations for the coming year.

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