We are looking for a parent to join our Governing Body. The Governors are an important team within the school. As a School Governor you will help make:

• Key decisions about the future of the school.

• A significant contribution to improving children's education.

Check out the special edition of the Twitter Newsletter, which contains reports concerning the Winter Inspire Week.  Highlights include Sixth Form "Employability Qualification", "Dragons' Den" and "Inspired by Art".

Other news in this week's newsletter include the annual Winter Celebration Evening, this time held in Coventry's Techno Centre, with special Olympic guest Mark Richardson.

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On the last day of term before Christmas, the Santa Express once again set off from Barr's Hill, visiting 4 of our feeder primary schools to sing carols and Christmas songs to the Reception and Nursery children. Father Christmas was also on hand to deliver some presents to the children.

The 6th form have spent their first term settling into their new media course by creating several short projects to get them used to the video cameras and the editing software as well as working independently, working as part of a team and meeting deadlines.

For some of their projects they had to create a 'Survival Guide' for new sixth form students to try and teach them the importance of having the right equipment and wearing the correct new school uniform.

Parent View is Ofsted's new on-line questionnaire that allows parents and carers to give their views on their child's school at anytime of the year. Ofsted will use the information to help make decisions about which schools to inspect and when. The results will also be available to inspectors at the point of inspection.