We reported the excellent results of our GCSE students back in August.  We are delighted to learn that the hard work put in by the students and their teachers puts Lady Manners School amongst the top performing schools in Derbyshire.

The premises team, and others, have been very busy over the summer with dozens of projects, big and small, which all improve the environment for our students, staff and visitors.

Lady Manners School Sixth Form students can, once again, be congratulated that their hard work has enabled them to achieve strong A Level results.

It is with a sense of privilege and excitement that I take up the position of Headteacher at Lady Manners School from Duncan Meikle. I am sure that I echo the views of the whole school community in expressing our gratitude to Mr Meikle for all his hard work and in wishing him a well-earned and enjoyable retirement.

We are fundraising to enable us to refurbish one of our science laboratories.

We were delighted to welcome Mr Peat to school earlier this week.

Lady Manners School has been awarded the British Council’s prestigious International School Award in recognition of its work to bring the world into the classroom.

Lady Manners School Sixth Form students have, once again, added to the school’s consistently strong record of A Level success, with a bumper set of results.

Lady Manners School has been awarded the Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark by the British Dyslexia Association.

I am now able to let you know about our recent Section 8 Short Inspection, conducted on Tuesday 15 May 2018.

Emily Porter, a student at Lady Manners School, has received a national accolade for achieving the highest mark in the country in GCSE Geography.

Rebecca Marrow, Lady Manners School student, has stormed through a national biology competition to be chosen to represent the UK in the international competition in Iran in the summer.

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.

Lady Manners School is delighted to be one of only 11 schools in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire to have been awarded National Citizen Service (NCS) Champion School status.

If you join www.thegivingmachine.co.uk and then shop online, over 2000 shops will donate cash to us at no extra cost to you.

As you are probably aware, Shutts Lane is very busy at the beginning and end of the school day.

You can now hear of school news, as it happens, via your Apple or android mobile phone or tablet.

Details of the procedures that we follow should we have to close the school in the event of bad weather are available on the 'Emergency Closure Procedure' page of this website.

Please help us to help your children to get their lunch more quickly by checking regularly that their WisePay account contains sufficient funds.