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Head of School’s Blog – 1 February 2024

We are now officially in February and hopefully spring is beginning to emerge. I would first of all like to remind everyone that it is a Staff Development Day tomorrow with our colleagues from the new academy trust we will be joining. We will focus on increasing diversity in our curriculum and how to better support disadvantaged students.

Next week sees the last week of term before we break up for the half term holidays, so Friday 9 February is the last day.

We are very much looking forward to the Year 7 Disco later and, hopefully, it will be a really enjoyable event to celebrate their time with us so far.

The Year 9 Parents’ Evening booking system goes live today, so please make sure you are booking your face to face appointments with teachers to help students understand their progress and also guide you with the GCSE option choice process.

Finally, we really appreciate parental engagement as it makes our job much more productive and purposeful. However, could I ask that if you would like to see a member of staff could you please ensure you phone to make an appointment. This will ensure the right member of staff can see you and come prepared to answer any query you may have.

Have a lovely weekend and I will see all students back to school on Monday.

Mr Pearce-Jones
Head of School – Medina College

School Transport Policies Consultation

The Isle of Wight Council is seeking residents and stakeholders view on proposed changes to the School Transport Policy (previously called the ‘Home to School Transport Policy). The School Transport Policy sets out the legal responsibilities that the Council has in order to provide assistance with transport to school or another education setting for children and young people living in the local authority area.

The Council is required by law to consult on any changes to its School Transport Policy. In addition, the council is consulting in relation to post 16 travel arrangements  Although there is no automatic entitlement to local authority funded school or college transport once a student is over the age of 16, Isle of Wight Council makes discretionary funding available in certain circumstances. If approved, changes to the policy will be applied to new applications from September 2024.

The consultation is open now and will close at 11.59 pm on Wednesday 13 March 2024.

Before giving your views via the online response form we ask that you read the Consultation Information Packs, both of which can be accessed via the consultation webpage www.iow.gov.uk/consultations. If you require a paper copy of the consultation pack or response form please email, transport.info@iow.gov.uk.