Dear parents and carers

Given the severe weather forecast for overnight, I'm taking the step of deciding today that Chaucer School will be closed tomorrow (Tuesday 19th November 2024). Many students travel from across the city, and staff from further afield, and I must consider their safety. Even though many students could walk into school with heavy snow, I cannot guarantee there will be enough staff to run school safely.

Year 11 Parents evening - Wednesday 4th December 2024
Booking is now available for Year 11 parents evening. You can book via MCAS or by calling the school office.

All appointments are face to face and are available from 4pm - 6.30pm.

We are letting you know that we will be talking about White Ribbon UK in school this month in preparation for White Ribbon Day on Monday 25th November. We will be undertaking activities that help students understand the attitudes and behaviours that encourage greater gender equality and challenge harmful attitudes that impede equality. White Ribbon is a global movement working towards ending violence against women and girls by engaging men and boys to stop it before it starts. You can find out more about White Ribbon UK at: www.whiteribbon.org.uk

As we return to school, I wanted to thank the staff, students, parents and carers who shared in and contributed to Black History Month with us, last month.

Just a reminder, Chaucer school closes today at 3pm today (Friday 25th October) for the half-term holidays. We hope you all have a great holiday, and we look forward to welcoming all students back to school on Monday 4th November 2024 at 8.30am.

Tapton School Academy Trust - Online Safety Newsletters for October 2024.

School nurses will be attending schools to vaccinate students with the Seasonal Flu Vaccine starting from September 2024.

Please visit https://www.sheffieldchildrensvaccinations.co.uk/Forms/Flu to complete the consent form. The option to consent or decline the vaccination is at the end of the questionnaire so please complete this even if you do not want your child to have the vaccination.

The nasal flu vaccine contains products derived from pigs (porcine gelatine). To opt for the gelatine-free inactive injection, select ‘NO’ on the nasal spray option and you will be given further options to choose.                 

Your unique school code for Chaucer School is SF138414

Vaccination date: 12/Dec/2024

We are looking forward to welcoming all students back to Chaucer on Tuesday, 3rd September 2024 at 8.30am. Students in Years 8, 9, 10 and 11 are to go directly to their form room.

All Year 7s are to go straight to the main hall when they arrive in school for 8:30am (similar to their transition days) and look for their allocated form tutor. The year team will be on hand to help anyone who does not know who their form tutor is. We are excited to see you all next week!

Friday 19th July 2024 is our House Fundraising Morning, where students will be running an in-school fair to raise funds from each other and staff for House activities in 2024-25.

This will be a non-uniform day for all students. Please ensure you check our non-uniform expectations at School Uniform (chaucer.sheffield.sch.uk)

We will close for the year at 12.20pm.

Students who wish to collect a grab bag to take home should order from the kitchen or office by 11.30am on Thursday 18th July.

Your child is being given the opportunity to take part in an “It’s A Knockout” style school event at Chaucer School, as part of our House Celebration Day. This event is for all students. This will take place on Friday the 12th of July 2024 in the school grounds.

Tapton School Academy Trust - Online Safety Newsletters for July 2024.

Booking is now available for Year 10 parents evening. You can book via MCAS or by calling the school office.

Year 10 Parents evening - Wednesday 19th June 2024

All appointments are face to face and are available from 4pm - 6.30pm.

Chaucer staff are collectively running a marathon for our local food bank. The total distance of 26.2 miles is equivalent to 105 laps of the Chaucer track! Please support your staff team by donating to our chosen charity. Students are welcome to come and support.

Friday 21st June 2024 - 3.30pm start.

Chaucer Athletics track.

Funds can be donated at: https://www.stewardship.org.uk/pages/ChaucerMarathon

We're really proud to share with you OFSTED's letter from the recent monitoring visit, just before the Easter break. This was the third monitoring visit after the Special Measures judgement in June 2022, and although each visit has been a positive one, inspectors were very impressed during this visit with the amount of improvements they saw across all aspects of school.

Please follow the link below for Local Authority changes to attendance guidance from Sheffield City Council