Headteacher’s Update
Dear Families
This has been quite a week, only four days long, but a lot has been packed in.
On Tuesday, our students put their STEM skills to the test, competing in the IET Faraday Challenge Day against other local schools. They thoroughly enjoyed the experience!
At the same time we had some of our year 7 and 8 students being trained to be Digital Leaders in school. With the development and use of iPads going from strength to strength these students will be key in being our digital ambassadors and helping students and staff develop use even further. There are lots of top tips to share and they are raring to go!
Wednesday saw our Trust Art Exhibition, hosted upstairs in our new Sports Centre. This was a huge success and an opportunity for families to see some of the wonderful artwork displayed from not only Manor High, but also from our Trust Primaries, Brookside, Woodland Grange and Overdale Infants and Juniors. It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces and proud families from all ages, primary and secondary aged.
We have many other events occurring next week including our first school cricket match of the season- it is great when the cricket season starts and this is the first sign of summer approaching. A further sign is when we manage to open our school field this week, and we hope this can continue. Certainly this week we have been impressed by the responsible use of the space.
Yesterday our GCSE examinations got underway with Drama, and our first Business exam has taken place today, Friday. We have prepared students as best we can over their five years with us, and they are now ready to perform their best. Support at home is crucial to the success of this stage of their development. As a result of their exams, we do restrict access to parts of the school and we do re timetable some lessons to ensure that if they for example, have an English exam in the afternoon, they have an English lesson in the morning to prepare. This causes some changes to timetables in the lower school as a result and we are grateful for students’ patience and understanding as the same thing will happen for them one day! Next week we are back to a five day week and one that will see our first cohort exams with English Literature on Monday morning. We wish all Year 11s good luck with their examinations.
With best wishes
Mr S Greiff
School Uniform Changes 2025-26
As a school we pride ourselves in having a robust, functional, comfortable and smart school uniform that makes our students look and feel proud to be at Manor High School.
We have listened to feedback from past, current and future parents of students and as a result shall be making some changes to our school uniform. In doing so we have looked to try to reduce the cost of our current uniform and have re aligned our branded items to match the Department for Education’s guidance on limiting branded items.
The overall purpose of these changes is to maintain our student’s pride in wearing the Manor High School Uniform but to also allow parents to have more flexibility regarding where to purchase items that no longer have the school logo at different retailers that may be more cost effective.
These uniform changes are intended to come into effect from the next academic year (August 2025), but as the supplier begins to run down old stock there may be some items that are not available sooner than this. Please note that students may continue wearing the current uniform.
We do have a pre-loved uniform shop in school and anyone can access this via the school Reception. We will continue to stock and sell old uniform from our school pre-loved shop until our stock runs down. This gives all families the opportunity to purchase school uniform at a significantly reduced rate.
If you have any questions about the new uniform, please do email these in to admin@manorhigh.leics.sch.uk where we aim to respond as quickly as possible, if we see a pattern to the same questions, we will endeavour to add a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section to our website.
A full breakdown of our school uniform is here where any changes have been explained.
Year 11 – Positive Steps 16 Site (PS16)
Please can all year 11 be aware of these key next steps regarding Post 16 applications. Thank you.
Next steps:
- Regularly log into PS16 to see if you have had any offers or messages from schools or colleges. Be patient as different schools/colleges work with different time frames. You should hear back by the end of March latest.
- Regularly check your emails (the email address you gave on your PS16 profile e.g. school or personal email) as schools / colleges may email you here
- Do not worry if your friends have already heard from a school / college and you have not. This is totally normal.
- Accept all offers that are made to you. You can hold multiple offers. Do not ignore an offer whilst waiting for your favourite school/college. Accept any offers you are given. On results day you will choose where you go to (after you have seen the grades you get).
- If you wanted to make changes to any of your applications you need to call the school/college and speak to them. If you have any issues come and find Mr Croucher / Mrs Mahomed.
End of Year Art & Design Technology Exhibition
We had an outstanding turnout this week for the End of Year Art & Design Technology Exhibition!
It was an especially exciting evening to welcome the parents and families of selected students from Oak Trust Primary Schools, whose outstanding artwork had been chosen to be showcased as part of the exhibition.
Refreshments and canopies prepared by the talented Year 10 Food Technology students started off the evening while students and family were able to explore the new Sports Centre which we were fortunate enough to use for the first time to exhibit the students work.
After several awards were given to outstanding students in each class the doors were open to the exhibition which was full of diverse projects across various mediums and disciplines. It was inspiring to witness first-hand the remarkable results of these student’s hard work and dedication for the last 2 years.
The evening was also a wonderful opportunity for our Oak Trust young artists to celebrate their own art and be inspired by the work of older students, sparking new ideas and aspirations as they continue their own creative journeys.
Year 11 Prom
Alumni
We are really keen for former Manor High School students to share their experiences of the world of work with our students.
If you, a family member or even friend who was a Manor High School student and could possibly help us with this please email us via the Admin email (FAO Mr Croucher).
Many thanks.
After School Study Centre and Interventions
Please can you reinforce to students that if they are staying behind at school to use the study centre (either to work or to wait for a parent to collect them) they must not leave site first and then come back. We have had a number of students leave site at the end of the school day, head to the shop and then arrive back at school 15 minutes later saying they need to wait in the study centre. We cannot allow students to just come and go like this as it is not safe and also not fair to staff who are supporting in the study centre.
The same is the case for interventions. If a student has an intervention session after school they must leave session 3, stay on site and then head to their intervention. Some students have been leaving site at the end of the day, heading to the shops and then wanting to be let back onto site 15 minutes later. This is also not acceptable.
Thanks for your support with this.
Safeguarding Update
We would like to inform you about an important upcoming workshop focused on knife crime awareness and strategies for keeping young people safe. The session will provide valuable information and practical advice to help you support your child in navigating potential risks in today’s world.
This workshop is being ran by the Violence Reduction Network and covers the following topics:
- Understanding knife-related harm in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland.
- The impact of knife-related harm on individuals, families, and communities.
- The reasons why young people are vulnerable to knife-related harm.
- Approaches to preventing knife-related harm.
- How parents and carers can keep their children safe.
- Help and support.
There will be an opportunity for questions and answers during the workshop.
Parents and carers can remain anonymous if preferred. There is no requirement to use your cameras or microphones unless desired.
Please follow the link below.
NHS Mental Health Drop-ins
