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.

As you are probably aware, Shutts Lane is very busy at the beginning and end of the school day. With nearly 1,400 students arriving or leaving the site at the same time, safety is our prime concern.

Lady Manners School Sixth Former, Isobella Cottrell, has beaten off a very high level of competition to win the Sports Volunteer of the Year award in the Derby Telegraph Sports Awards.

It's not just new students who have been welcomed to Lady Manners School this term.  New heads of Maths, English and Languages are bringing with them a fresh perspective to the school.

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

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.

We are delighted to have been awarded The Prince's Teaching Institute (PTI) Mark in recognition of the work of the Science Department during 2015/16.

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.

‘A’ level Drama students have just returned from a packed 3 days, experiencing live theatre in London’s West End.

Six Lady Manners School students have won the regional First Lego League competition.

Lady Manners School competed at the Annual Derbyshire Dales Cross Country competition in December. They ran alongside Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Anthony Gell School and Highfields School.

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.

Students, parents and staff have thrown their support behind Head Boy, Andrew Davies by raising £2,000 for Children in Need.

Lady Manners School Head Boy, Andrew Davies, has made an appearance on BBC1’s The One Show during which he was announced as one of the team chosen to take part in the show’s 2016 Rickshaw Challenge in aid of Children in Need.

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.

Andrew Davies, a Sixth Former at Lady Manners School has raised over £8,500 for The Children’s Hospital Charity in one day, with the help of more than 800 fellow students.

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.

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.