Following two of our ex-students deciding it was appropriate to visit the school without prior permission, bypassing our current procedures to visit their friends, we have reviewed the ways we will permit access to our school moving forward.
As an interim safeguarding measure our front (vehicle) gate from the Avenue will be locked from 0840 to 1545 each day. We remind you that student drop-off and collection are not allowed via this gate except by permit. There is a phone number displayed on the gate to gain access for deliveries and another number for pre-booked appointments.
There will no longer be free access for visitors to drop-off PE kit, forgotten packed lunches etc. during the school day. The gate will only be opened for those who are making school supplies deliveries, pre-booked appointments, and in a genuine emergency situation, Staff will not open these gates for non-emergency reasons.
All other site access will be from the public car park off Jacklyn’s Lane, through the gate adjacent to Stephenson building. We are arranging an intercom for this gate; in the meantime, there will be a number displayed to call to gain access. 
Collecting students from first aid will require the person collecting to park in the public car park off Jacklyn’s Lane, call the school reception and our staff will escort the child off site.
The Jacklyn’s Lane pedestrian gates by Nightingale and Stephenson buildings will remain open until 0840. Students arriving after this time are late for school and will have to report to the duty staff by the Stephenson gate to be admitted into the school. A basic map is available here.
Students leaving school to attend a planned medical appointment should continue to sign out at Student Services and will then be able to leave via the pedestrian gates to Jacklyn’s Lane. Students arriving from medical appointments during the school day will also need to use the Jacklyn’s Lane entrance via the Stephenson building.
We appreciate this will cause a degree of inconvenience in the short term, we are looking at longer-term plans which will be less disruptive; however, this is a necessary step to increase the safeguarding of our young people.
