Regents Review Summer 2024

The Regents Review Summer 2024

WELCOME Headteacher’s Welcome

Another fantastic year celebrating all that is special about working in education and the genuine privilege of watching our students develop into wonderful leaders of the future. The voice of our young generation has never been more important and this year we have increased our student voice leadership for the third year in a row. In this bumper version of our Regents Review, you will note that on almost every page, we are celebrating the independence and resilience of our students: Duke of Edinburgh, allotment leaders, mentors during Transition Day, careers leaders, competition winners, digital leaders and sports leaders. We know our students are passionate about changing their school for the better, so we embrace the superb views of our Student Ambassadors and College Council, who lead regular meetings and they always set us targets that they expect us to achieve. This year, we took our school leaders to another level when they attended the Secondary Education Forum and presented to a wide range of educational leaders on key topics they feel very passionate about, a very proud moment for any Headteacher. We also continue to develop school leaders of the future, with our staff completing leadership qualifications including Masters, Apprenticeships and NPQs, to mention a few. With this success, comes the celebrations of promotions and this year we celebrate the success of several of our staff team moving to new promotional posts in the autumn term. We wish Mr Grainey and Miss Birch the very best of luck, as they embrace change and new challenges moving to new leadership posts. We must also celebrate the creativity that we love so much at Regents Park and some of our staff are certainly being creative, as they move to new schools and new posts. We wish Mr Selfe, Mrs Smith and Mrs Sturdy a very successful move to their new schools and we look forward to hearing all about the adventures of working in other schools. Mrs Freeman has been leading the creative arts department at Regents Park, for over twenty years and this year, she will retire from teaching. I would like to thank her for her commitment to our school community over these years and we hope that she will enjoy all the adventures that she has planned in her retirement. As many of you will know, Mrs Bishop has worked alongside Mrs Freeman and together they have been the dream team, just

quietly making things happen. This year has been very challenging for Mrs Bishop as she has battled illness and despite her determination, she has decided that she needs to step away from teaching. Mrs Bishop has been the most supportive Head of Year to hundreds of students over her years at RPCC and I know you will all join me in wishing her well. A new year always starts with the next generation of RPCC staff and they are all ready to join our community. I know you will give a warm RPCC welcome to the following staff who will join us in September: Mrs Holloway, will be our new Head of Creative Arts and she will be joined by Miss Buckle (Art/DT), Miss Coull (Art/Photography), Miss Poole (Drama/English) and Mrs Green (Food Technology). Mrs Meeghan will be joined in maths by Mrs Becker and Mr Faur, as we continue to develop our RPCC mathematicians. The MFL team will welcome Miss Gurung. We also welcome Mrs Petals who will teach computing & business and Mrs Osborne who will join the English team. Our amazing support team will also see some changes with Mrs Thompson, who has been an Art/ DT technician for many years, retiring to support her family. Mr Demollari will take over all her amazing work. We will miss Mrs Thompson with her organisation to keep everything working so smoothly across creative arts and we wish her well as she embraces these changes. With the ever increasing level of practicals in science, I am delighted that Mrs Stear will be joining the science team and I know we will value her passion and knowledge linked to STEM. In a challenging recruitment landscape, the warmth of our community means that we have employed new staff that are passionate about making the difference to young people and although there is always an additional challenge for new staff to build relationships and learn our systems, I am confident that this is a truly wonderful opportunity to add to our Regents Park family. The final message from me is to wish you an enjoyable, safe and happy summer and I look forward to leading Regents Park once again in September for another wonderful school year. Mrs Barnes Headteacher

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