Dear Parents and Carers

I am writing to let you know about some very sad news.

Following on from record A Level results for Year 13, GCSE results this year show that Year 11 students have performed well at Lady Manners School.

A level results will be published on Thursday 16 August and GCSE results on Thursday 23 August.

At Lady Manners School, we know that we have an amazing team of Science Technicians. This knowledge was confirmed yesterday when Ms Clinton, our Senior Science Technician, was announced as Science Technician of the Year in a national competition!

The General Data Protection Regulation takes effect from Friday 25 May.

Sporting achievement and spirit were celebrated by students, parents and staff at the biennial Lady Manners School Sports Awards on Thursday 26 April.

A decision last Friday, by the Peak District National Park Authority, to approve plans for 30 new affordable homes to be built, is one of the final steps in our journey to improve the sports facilities that we offer our students, and within the wider community.

Students at Lady Manners School achieve amazing things every day.  None of this would be possible without the school’s staff – no more so than the dedicated Premises Team.

The election for the four Parent Governor vacancies took place on 1 November.  As a result Mrs Emma Goldsack, Mrs Laura McNulty, Mr Keith Shivers and Dr Chasca Twyman have been elected to the Board of Governors.

GCSE results this year show that Year 11 students have performed well at Lady Manners School in Bakewell. In the core subjects where there is a new grading system this year 85% of students gained at least a ‘4’ in Maths (nearest equivalent to Grade C) and 80% gained at least a ‘4’ in at least one of their English GCSEs.

The weather favoured us on Sports Day, held yesterday, Tuesday 20 June.  Conditions were ideal for a wonderful day of sport, which saw Glossop lift the house trophy with a lead over Barker of just 1 ½ points!

In light of recent communications about school funding – both at a national level and about our school in particular - the Lady Manners School Parents’ Association hosted a discussion on this topic at their meeting on Tuesday 4 April. We are delighted that a wide range of parents attended and a variety of views existed about the best way to move forward.

Second hand Lady Manners School uniform is now available from the Cancer Research UK Charity Shop, 6 Matlock Street, Bakewell (near the Rutland Arms Hotel).

Due to the impending closure of Lady Fair, one of our uniform suppliers, Lady Manners School uniform will now also be available to buy from Kick Off Sport on Firs Parade in Matlock.

Over the past few years, we have been making changes to the way we communicate with parents in order to improve the effectiveness of our communications and to respond to the wishes of parents.  Changes have included the redesign of our website; the introduction of text messages to inform of school closure; and termly ‘News and Information’ emails.

The Lady Manners School catering team provide up to 1,300 healthy and delicious meals every school day.  Here we focus some well-deserved attention on them, in one of an occasional series of articles on some of the unsung heroes of our school.

Information and advice on how to help your children to stay safe online is available on our 'Keeping Safe' page.  Click here to have a look.

We appreciate that, sometimes, it can be difficult to know who to contact at school.  In order to assist, we have three easily remembered email addresses for parents' use