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Parent Governor letter
Dear Parents, Carers and Guardians,
A welcome back to all students following another period of remote learning. The governors have been pleased to hear about the high levels of engagement and attendance to the remote learning, and that high quality teaching and learning has continued to be delivered through this challenging period. The roll out of the rapid flow testing has gone well, and we thank students and their families in continuing to support the roll out, with the testing now taking place at home.
The governors met remotely for the Governing Body meeting, and welcomed our newly elected parent governor, Tom Castle, to the Governing Body. Thank you to all parents that applied for the parent governor role, and to the parent body for voting for our new parent governor.
The governors reviewed the finance reports, IT report, and continued to receive reassurance from the central executive report on the highly effective work that has been in place to support student progress over the extended lockdown period. The focus now returns to continuing student progress now the students have returned, and addressing and targeting any identified gaps in learning across the subject areas.
The Academy leadership team have continued to prepare for the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) authorisation visit, and thanks are raised to all staff for the rigorous work being undertaken in delivering the MYP framework.
We wish you all a healthy, happy and safe spring break.
Best regards
LAB Governing Body
Leigh Academy Blackheath is a cashless school. Our e-payment system, ParentPay is used to make payments such as dinners, trips, clubs etc. ParentPay is a secure website and cash payments can be made at local stores where you see the PayPoint logo.
Already have a ParentPay account?
If you already have a ParentPay account, either with another ParentPay school, you can simply login to that account and add your other children via the ‘Add a child’ tab on your home page. You will need the below activation username and password to do this.
New to ParentPay account?
You have a secure online account, activated using a unique activation username and password; you will be prompted to change these and to keep them safe and secure as your Username and Password for future logins.
If you have two or more children at a ParentPay school, you only need to activate one account to create your ‘main account’ and then add your other children via the ‘Add a child’ tab on your home page. Please visit www.parentpay.com and activate your account via the Account login area on the home page of the site.
For lost or forgotten password, please click forgot my password.
For new login detail please contact the main Admin office on info@leighacademyblackheath.org.uk.
ParentPay holds an electronic record of your payments to view at a later date. Once you have activated your account you can make online payments straight away.
Those parents wishing to pay cash should take this letter to their local PayPoint store to make a payment. The minimum payment is £10. Please do not hesitate to contact the school office if you need assistance. Your support in using ParentPay will help the Academy enormously, thank you.
A 5* Achievement at LAB
Following on from an unannounced visit from The RBG Environmental Health team on the 17th March, we would like to pass on our congratulations to our Head Chef, Fabrice Bellier, and his Cucina team for achieving a 5* rating.
This is the highest possible rating that can be awarded. Moreover, the lead inspector was so impressed by the standards of cleanliness seen that, on departure, she commented to Ms Smith that LAB’s was “probably the best kitchen I’ve seen in the 25 years of doing inspections.” This is a great result, and is testament to the high standards of performance that exist, not only in the classroom, but across the academy.
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