Welcome to Kingstone High School
Letter for parents about COVID-19 symptoms
Public Health England have produced a letter for schools to distribute to parents which explains when a person requires a coronavirus test and what the symptoms of coronavirus are. The intention of the letter is to help prevent children being taken out of school unnecessarily and answer some of the questions parents may have around testing.
We have emailed the letter to Parents and Carers and have also put it in the Letters and Information Home section.
Longtown Trip
It is with great disappointment that we announce that we are postponing the Year 7 trip to Longtown Outdoor Centre on Monday 28th September 2020.
We have taken this decision based on national and local government guidelines. As you will be aware, there has been an increase in daily cases and tighter restrictions being put into place.
I do appreciate that the students have been looking forward to this trip, however, we have booked a provisional date in January. The money that you have already paid for the trip, can be held in school ready for January. Alternatively, if you would rather the money was refunded, please contact the school office.
OPEN DAYS
We have been receiving many enquiries about Open days and Tours of Kingstone High School.
We would very much like to be able to welcome you to the usual open day experience on a normal working day but unfortunately are not able to offer this to prospective parents and students this year.
We will be providing virtual tours and meetings which will go live after 5th October. Please contact the school office if you are interested in booking on one of these.
Cashless Catering
The new catering payment system is now up and running. Your child will also be given a payment card that they can use instead of the normal biometric thumb print. This has been brought in to support our covid-safe measures. Please ensure your child keeps this card safe as they will cost £5.00 for you to replace.
We would like to limit the handling of money to a minimum, therefore could you pre load Parentpay in advance where possible.
Could you also regularly check the balance on your child’s account as at times students can overspend. A daily limit of £5.00 has been set, but this will be reviewed as we go through the year.
If you have any questions regarding this please do not hesitate to contact us on ksadmin@kingstoneacademy.co.uk
It was wonderful to see our year 11 students coming in to collect their GCSE results. The school has again achieved excellent results which is a true reflection of the hard work of all students in the year group. There were also many fantastic individual results which left students with beaming smiles.
A huge thank you to all the staff for their hard work with this cohort over the last five years – many students were keen to express their thanks and gratitude to our dedicated staff.
'I am immensely proud of the achievements of all our students. As a year group, they have worked extremely hard and have seen the benefits of their perseverance in their final grades'. - Lee Butler
WELCOME TO THE JUNIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM 2020-2021
This year there were lots of really strong applicants and the final choices were:
Head Boy-Josh Duggan
Head Girl- Emilie Ross-Hoffman
Deputy Head Boy- Nathan McMillan
Deputy Head Girl- Lauren Watkins
Mr Lee Butler
Acting Headteacher
"Kingstone is a welcoming school. Pupils enjoy their education and staff are proud of the school." Ofsted 2018