What a difference a week makes… When I wrote to you last week, we were anticipating an Ofsted inspection in the not too distant future. We’ve now had the inspection and lived to tell the tale! It was a gruelling two days, but led and managed by a strong, thoughtful and positive team of inspectors. You will no doubt be aware that I am not permitted to disclose the outcome of the inspection until after publication of the report (probably in about three weeks). This is because the document has legal status and needs to be quality assured first. Suffice it to say that we are very pleased with the inspection and believe that it allows us to move forward securely and confidently towards a great future. The inspectors recognised the quality, strength and depth of our students, staff and community and were very fair in their analysis. They’ve recognised the improvements that have been made and the extent to which this is embedded. As a community you have been brilliant and I am very proud of our school. Now we can get on with the real work of improving the community we serve!
Mr P German

We are offering the community the opportunity to take part in making bunting for the school to use at celebratory events.

• Yateley School students and staff are invited to make one pennant each
• Yateley’s primary and junior schools’ Year 6 pupils are invited to make one pennant each
• Yateley community groups are invited to make up to four pennants per group

For more details see below!

After two weeks of hard work just before Christmas it was fantastic to gather our Y11 students together in January 2018 to share their mock results. Naturally there was delight and despair amongst our 240 students but the key message of hope remains – there are 15 weeks to change what they’re not happy with and work hard to achieve their very best! 15 weeks remain and if this Year 11 group improve from their mocks to their exams by the same amount as last year’s students they will be a record breaking group; achieving the best results @yateleyschool has ever had. We’re so very proud of each and every student and now is the time to go out and show the world what Yateley students are all about! #empoweredforlife

Having been in the job a few months Mr German took some time out to speak to That’s Surrey TV and chat about the future at Yateley School and our objectives. Have a watch below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXEYWCIR1cA

As always there’s a wealth of activities for students in all year groups taking place at Yateley School. From acting to chess club and ancient Greek to spelling bees we’ve absolutely got you covered! The attached PDF outlines everything we do, so what are you waiting for?

Get involved and click the document below to open!

An absolute highlight of the week, indeed the year was the annual House Drama competition which took
place on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. After weeks of painstaking preparation the House teams
produced unique and wonderful work for audiences who were proud, impressed and enthralled. I cannot
commend the Sixth Form Captains and their teams of talented younger actors highly enough. I had high
hopes and they were exceeded! It is a clear example of the power of the house system; developing
leadership, building talent and above all giving students memorable experiences that will last them a life
time. Thank you also to my wonderful staff who worked tirelessly behind the scenes and especially, of
course, to the Drama team.
The individual student awards are:

• Best actor: Archie Westland-Rose
• Best supporting actor: Louis Double
• Best actress: Sophie Green
• Best supporting actress: Zoe Clarke
• Best team player: Muaz Zaman

Great performances all round, but particular congratulations to the victors of House Drama 2017 –
Nightingale House!

We are offering our Year 11 students the opportunity to purchase a stationery pack to assist them with revision for their up and coming mock exams as well as their final examinations in the summer term.
The pack contains the following items:

• 1 x pack of felt tipped pens
• 1 x blue, black, red, and green pen
• 1 x ruler
• 1 x pencil
• 1 x eraser
• 1 x pencil sharpener
• 1 x blue, yellow, green and pink highlighter pen
• 1 x pack of post-it notes
• 1 x pack of revision/record cards
• 1 x zipper bag

It is hoped this pack will help to motivate students to organise themselves and begin their revision with some useful tools. The clear zipper bag/pencil case is suitable for use during their GCSEs later in the year. The cost of this pack is £3.00 and should you wish to purchase one, please complete the attached order form and return this to Reception by no later than Friday, 17th November 2017. Unfortunately, we will not be able to process any orders received after this date.

Please pay £3.00 using the school on-line payment system, or enclose cash or cheque and return the completed form to Reception by the deadline of Friday, 17th November 2017.

Student’s Name: _________________________________ Form: _______________
Please indicate with 
 I have made an online payment
 I enclose cash (correct change only)
 I enclose a cheque (payable to Yateley School, please write your son/daughter’s name on the reverse).