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WELCOME TO LE ROCQUIER SCHOOL
Headteacher of Le Rocquier School
I am delighted to be able to inform you that after a long and thorough process of selection Mr Philip Slater has been appointed as Headteacher of Le Rocquier School.
I know he has the support of the Board of Governors, parents, staff and students and I am confident that under Mr Slater’s leadership the school will go from strength to strength.
Anne Lane
Chairman of Governing Body
Le Rocquier is a successful and oversubscribed 11-16 school serving the east of the Island of Jersey. It occupies a superb site with the new school buildings opened in 2006. Le Rocquier has extensive playing fields and excellent facilities for sport.
Within the past few years Le Rocquier has won numerous high profile awards including:
- The International School Award 2005 to 2008, 2008 to 2011 and now 2011 to 2014 - and is the only school in the Channel Islands with this designation.
- The Jersey Enterprise Sandpiper Training in Business Award in 2007 for developing the people within the school community and is the only school to have won this award.
- Leading Parent Partnership Award 2009.
- The Jersey Enterprise Skills Jersey Development of People Award 2010.
- Investors in People at Profile level 2007 and was the first business in the Channel Islands to achieve this.
- 0Investors in People Silver 2010.
- Investors in People Champion 2011.
- Jersey Institute of Directors 2011 Public Sector Director of the Year – Richard Rolfe, Headteacher
- Institute of Directors National Public Sector / Third Sector Director of the Year 2011: Richard Rolfe, former Headteacher. Richard was also the runner up in the overall Director of the Year category.
This demonstrates the school’s continued determination to be the best so that it can serve the community.
In a recent report by independent inspectors the school was called “outstanding” and the curriculum was also rated as outstanding.
Last year some students achieved all A/A*grades in their GCSEs, some reached their potential by achieving 5 grade Ds. Others completed their First Aid certificates or Duke of Edinburgh Awards.
We support a huge range of abilities at Le Rocquier School and we are proud ·to celebrate all achievements. We are also proud that we are a school that supports children and their families whatever their starting point in life is.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Tuesday 31st January and Wednesday 1st February Year 11 Parents evening: meetings by appointment
Thursday 2nd February Family photographs by appointment 3.30 to 5.30 pm
Tuesday 7th February "Mock interview" evening Year 11 students
(by appointment)
Wednesday 8th February International day: students and staff wear national costumes
Thursday 9th February Meeting for Year 11 parents about English 5.30 pm
Monday 13th to Friday 17th February Half term
SCHOOL CLOSURES IN SEVERE WEATHER
Parents and staff should listen to Radio Jersey broadcasts for announcements regarding the opening of schools should bad weather conditions exist. If the decision is taken to close the school during the school day students will be dispersed in accordance with the information parents have given to the school and which is held on our records. Every effort will be made to open the school on days when students have GCSE examinations.
ACCESS TO THE VLE
If any student wishes to complete some work at home they will find work from different subject areas on the school VLE. Click here to access the VLE .There is a link on the navigation menu, on the left hand side of the screen, called ‘Working from Home’. Log in using your own username and password.
If you have forgotten it, or are having problems, you can log in with the username and password which can be can be found on the latest newsletter. Students should not try to save any work using this login as it is a generic one, not individual.
If they wish to pass work to a member of staff they should:-
: Upload it to their resources
: If using the generic log in save it on your USB or e-mail to school |
