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.
Results day this year is scheduled for Thursday 22nd August. Students can come to collect results in person at any time between 09:30am 11:30am on the day.
Tapton School Academy Trust - Online Safety Newsletters for July 2024.
Year 11 students are required to attend all lessons until the end of the Physics exam on Friday 14th June 2024. After the Physics exam, Year 11 students must immediately leave the school site. This will be at approximately 2.30pm.
Any students participating in - or watching - the Staff vs Year 11 football match on Friday after school must not leave the school site at 2.30pm. Instead, they will be supervised by staff after the Physics exam. Students who leave the school site at 2.30pm will not be permitted back in later on.
On Monday 17th June 2024 there will be a Leavers' Assembly from 9am until 10:30am in the canteen for eligible students. Uniform is not required. Shirt signing will be permitted. The event will finish at 10:30am.
Please can students wishing to donate any uniform bring it with them to the Leavers' Assembly.
Students must go straight off site at 10:30am and not circulate the building.
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.
Tapton School Academy Trust - Online Safety Newsletters for June 2024.
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
🏆 Chaucer Languagenut competition! 🏆
This half-term we are launching the Languagenut competition.
To be in with the chance to win the prizes listed, all you need to do it log in and complete the Languagenut half-term tasks!
Good luck, and we wish you all an amazing half-term break!
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.
Are you a parent or carer of a young person with special educational needs and disabilities who’s preparing for adulthood?
Sheffield SEND will be holding their next Parent & Carer Coffee Morning on Friday 17th May 2024, 10am - 12 noon at Sharrow Community Forum, South View Road, Sheffield, S7 1DB.
Please follow the link below for Local Authority changes to attendance guidance from Sheffield City Council
Exam time can often build feelings of anxiety and stress amongst young people. That is why it's important that whilst students should be encouraged to work hard, this should not be at the expense of their wellbeing.
Please find a range of advice and guidance for students and parents to help support fears about sitting exams in the following links:
To all Y6 parents with children joining us in September, our Chaucer transition welcome evening is taking place tomorrow where you can find out key information about Chaucer school, meet our headteacher and Y7 team as well as discuss any questions you may have for us. There are 2 sessions available tomorrow evening:
Session 1 starts at 4:30pm
Session 2 starts at 5:30pm
We look forward to meeting you tomorrow.
Tapton School Academy Trust - Online Safety Newsletters for April 2024.
The following revision opportunities are available for Year 11 students over the Easter break.
We have just been informed that Ofsted will inspecting Chaucer School on Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th March 2024. Please see the message below from Ofsted:
On World Book Day, our Y7 English Superstars helped fill our brand new Book Swap Library! If you've read a book and fancy trying something new, swap it for a book on the shelf! Visit it down by student reception and see what grabs your attention. There's a range of fiction, non-fiction and comic books to choose from!
Join us on Thursday 7th March for World Book Day! 
Your challenge, should you choose to accept, is to dress as your favourite Hero
or Villain for the day!
Police have made us aware of children across the north of Sheffield being members of huge WhatsApp and Snapchat groups that are sharing extremely disturbing images and videos. Please check your child's phone and talk to them about staying safe in the world of social media, and help safeguard children from viewing or sharing disturbing imagery.
Please use these links for advice on supporting families with online safety.
Chaucer School - Safer Internet Day - Resources for Parents & Carers.
Sheffield Public Health team have requested we circulate the information below to parents / carers regarding measles. The Public Health team have put together a letter which covers some of the key information on measles, including symptoms to look out for and what to do if your child has come into contact with a measles case.
There are also links to further resources at the end of the letter, including information in a number of languages or visit Measles: Don't let you child catch it flyer (available in 22 languages)
Due to the weather conditions, the decision has been made that school will close to staff and students at 12.20pm.
Any students eligible for free school meals can collect a grab bag from the dining hall before leaving site.
Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity to focus on online safety with your child, whatever their age. This year’s theme is all about change and influence online, and the UK Safer Internet Centre have created a range of pages to help you talk about these issues and ideas with your child, no matter how much time you have and in an age-appropriate way.
Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology.
The internet can be a great place to have fun and inspire change, and we are encouraging all of our students to stay safe and positive online.
Booking is now available for Year 7 parents evening.
You can book via MCAS or by calling the school office.
Year 7 Parents evening - Wednesday 6th March 2024
All appointments are face to face and are available from 4pm - 6.30pm.
Tapton School Academy Trust - Online Safety Newsletters for February 2024.
Tapton School Academy Trust - Online Safety Newsletters for December 2023 & January 2024.
A message from the School Aged Immunisation Service (SAIS):
On behalf of all the staff at Chaucer we hope you all have a wonderful holiday and look forward to seeing you all in 2024!
School will start at the normal time for all students on Monday 8th January 2024!
