Dear Parents and Carers

Hello everyone !

Northwood Road Campus - will now open wc 28/9.  This week, staff have been working hard all week to be ready to receive students soon.  This is a really exciting time for our school and the facilities and opportunities they will give our young people are second to none.  It was also great to see so many of the students and parents at our Great Northwood Road Bake Off on Friday 11th September.

Students at Royal Lane have settled in really well to the new academic year having been back for two full weeks now.  They have been really engaged in all of their classes and are moving with purpose around the school.  This has included unstructured time at break and lunch where our newly installed swings and our now fully open field have been very popular.  

We have continued to use our assembly time to reinforce our values and new code of conduct. We are asking all students to arrive ready to learn, to aim high in lessons and to be kind and respectful to all members of our school community.  These are being reinforced in our form time activities and in lessons over the next few weeks.

One of our school priorities this year, linked to the Ready to Learn aspect of our Code of Conduct, is attendance.  We aspire for every student to be in school for at least 95% of the time.  Even if students are hitting this excellent level of attendance, it is worth remembering that they will have had 10 days off in the school year.  If a student's attendance has dropped to 90%, they will have missed 20 days.  Please can I encourage all parents to work with the school to maximise their child’s attendance, as attendance has a direct impact on educational outcomes.  

We have also introduced a few changes since we have returned to school.  We are now mobile phone free and students have been hading in their phones to go into classroom safes at the start of each day.  We have also introduced door fobs to zone the school to manage the flow of students and to prevent them wandering without purpose when needing a regulation break.  We will be reviewing these changes in the next couple of weeks and will make adjustments as necessary.  I will keep you informed via the bulletin and I will talk about it further in my first parent's coffee morning of the year (on Thursday 15 October).

Now that we are back into the swing of school, please can I remind parents that the turning circle on Royal Lane Campus is not to be used by parents for drop off and pick up.  We have to unload multiple buses, taxis and minibuses of students at the start and end of each day and this cannot be done safely and swiftly if we also have to manage parents.  Students arriving by car should be dropped on Royal Lane or the other streets nearby or the Mosque Car Park.  

With the weather also cooling off, please can I remind parents that students should be arriving with coats for outdoor wear as they will be going outside each day unless the weather is very poor.  Hoodies should not be worn instead of a coat and will be confiscated if seen.

I thank you for your support and wish you an enjoyable weekend.

Mr G Cunningham
Headteacher

Northwood Road Bake Off

Work Experience

Our Sixth Form students started their external work experience placements last week, and we are delighted to report that they all had successful shifts. Their employers were very pleased with the support and help they provided and were happy to welcome them back!

The Careers Department is always looking for new and meaningful work experience opportunities for our students, on Thursdays and Fridays.

If you have any business contacts, work within an organisation, or run your own business where you could offer a work experience placement to one of our students, we would be extremely grateful to hear from you.

Your support can make a real difference by helping our students gain valuable workplace skills, build confidence and explore future career pathways.

If you can offer a placement or would like further information, please contact
Mrs Perry or Mrs Kaboo in the Careers Team.

Thank you for supporting our students and helping them prepare for their futures.

Mrs Perry 
Job Coach

Friday 25 September
Macmillan Coffee Morning !
(Royal Lane Campus only)

Dear Parent/Carer, 

On Friday 25th September 2026, Meadow High School will be hosting a Macmillan Coffee Morning! 

We will be hosting a bake sale at breaktime, so please send your child in with change on the day,  we will also be selling hot chocolate too. 

If you would like to donate any cupcakes, please send them in with your child by Thursday 24th September.

Pupils will also be learning about the charity during tutor time and assemblies next week. 

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs Mistry via the school office.

Kind Regards, 
Mrs Tudor, Ms Perry, Mrs Mistry

Useful Information

Term Dates for 2026/2027 - Issue 3

School Lunches

Monday 21 September - Friday 25 September 2026

Week 3 (Autumn Menu 2026) 

There are additional options every day as follows:

• Pasta King
• Jacket Potato with various fillings
• "Meal Deal" - sandwich (various fillings), fruit and water.

The menu and options are also on the school website here

Download and print a copy of the menu here