Strike Action

If you have been following the news you will know that many of the trade unions that represent public sector workers have voted for industrial action on November 30th (next Wednesday). These include: Unison, NAHT, NUT, ATL, NASUWT. Between them these unions represent the majority of school staff across the country.
As a result we will have a significant number of staff not in work next Wednesday, and to ensure that we are Health & Safety compliant we will need to be shutting some classes for the day.

It is with great regret that I do this, but non-striking staff are advised by their unions not to cover the duties of striking staff, equally Supply Agencies will not offer cover teachers on these days.

For your information the following classes will not be open next Wednesday and the children should stay at home:
Nursery- Morning and Afternoon
Year 1- Venus (Mrs Fox)
Year 2- Galaxy (Mrs Grant)
Year 4- Both classes
Year 5- Both classes

All other classes are fully open and the Year 3 Chatham Dockyard trip will be going ahead as planned.

I apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.

Kind regards


Leigh

Mrs Bird

We are thrilled for Mrs Bird, who has just been given the opportunity to work as Acting Deputy Head at Darenth School from January. This is to cover the maternity leave of their Deputy and she will return to us at the end of this temporary period. In the meantime her class will be ably covered by Mrs Daniels who we appointed last week. This is a great career opportunity for Mrs Bird and we know she'll really enjoy the role.

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