Letters to parents
Year 10 Letter
24th April 2025
Dear Parents and Carers,
Re:
LEAP late starts/early finishes and closures for Year10 students during exam season.
I am writing to inform you that we will be entering the GCSE exam season for 2025 on week beginning Monday 05th May.
All Year 11 and 12 students will be undertaking their GCSE exams starting with Citizenship GCSE exam on Thursday 08th May at 13:00.
LEAP Harpley Centre will either be closed, late start or early finish for year 10 students during the exam season; this will allow us to provide support to Year 11/12 students during the exam period.
Please find below a timetable showing: an early finish, late starts and closures for the exam season.
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Date |
Start |
Subject |
Year 10 time in Harpley |
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Thurs 08th May |
13:00 |
Citizenship Paper 1 |
Early finish for all year 10s (12:25) |
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Thurs 15th May |
09:00 |
Maths Paper 1 |
School closed for all year 10s |
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Thurs 15th May |
13:00 |
Citizenship Paper 2 |
School closed for all year 10s |
|
Fri 23rd May |
09:00 |
English Language Paper 1 |
School closed for all year 10s |
|
Wed 04th June |
09:00 |
Maths Paper 2 |
Late start for all year 10s (11:25 – 14:45) |
|
Fri 06th June |
09:00 |
English Language Paper 2 |
School closed for all year 10s |
|
Wed 11th June |
09:00 |
Maths Paper 3 |
Late start for all year 10s (11:25 – 14:45) |
Thank you for your support and understanding.
Yours faithfully,
Af Hannan
Deputy Headteacher
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Year 11 Letter
24th April 2025
Dear Parents and Carers,
Re: GCSE Exam Season.
I am writing to inform you that we will be entering the GCSE exam season for 2025 on week beginning Monday 05th May.
All Year 11 and 12 students will be undertaking their GCSE exams in their respective centres starting with Citizenship GCSE Exam on Thursday 08th May 2025 at 13:00.
All morning exams will begin at 9.00am and afternoon exams at 13:00pm.
It is vital that pupils are punctual for all exams. Latecomers disrupt the exam conditions for those who have already started, and they also run the risk of not being allowed access to the exam, and so failing the exam.
London East AP expects the highest standards from its pupils during the exam season and this applies to uniform as well. Normal full school uniform must be worn.
Please find enclosed an examination timetable.
Thank you for your support and understanding.
Yours faithfully,
Af Hannan
Deputy Headteacher
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23/04/2025
Dear Parents and Carers,
I am writing to inform you that year 11 students will be taking Functional Skills English and Maths exam in Harpley Centre on:
- Functional Skills Maths exam Thursday 1st May 2025
- Functional Skills English exam Friday 2nd May 2025
Students sitting the exam need to arrive onsite by 09:00.
On Thursday 1st (Maths)
Yr 11 students will stay on site and complete the rest of their day at school.
All of Yr 10 and Yr 11 students that aren’t entered will start school at 11:25.
On Friday 2nd (English)
Yr 11 students that have been entered will leave after their exam at 11:30.
Yr 10 will not have school.
These timings are essential to ensure that all students have the right support with exam arrangements. Please remember we are a small school and all teachers and learning support will be needed to facilitate the exam accordance with legal requirements
Thank you for your support and understanding.
Yours faithfully,
Ian Bruce
Assistant Headteacher
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22 April 2025
Helping Your Child Prepare for GCSE Exams
Dear Parent or Carer,
Your child will soon be sitting their GCSE exams. This is an important time, and we are asking for your support at home to help them do their very best.
How You Can Help at Home
- Create a quiet space: Please help your child find a place at home to revise. A table or desk in a quiet room is ideal. Try to keep them away from noise, younger siblings, and distractions like TV or phones.
- Encourage short, regular revision sessions: little and often is best. A short break every 30 minutes helps keep the brain focused.
- Ask them what they’ve revised: A simple chat can help them remember what they’ve learned.
Useful Websites for Revision
These free websites offer helpful revision tools, practice papers, and videos:
• - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
• - https://www.physicsandmathstutor.co.uk
• - https://www.savemyexams.co.uk
• - https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk
• - https://www.corbettmaths.com – includes 'Five-a-Day' revision tasks
• - YouTube: Mr Salles (English), Mr Everything English, Free Science Lessons • - https://www.cognitoresources.org
Your child also has access to MathsWatch, a maths revision website we use to support learning maths at LEAP. All students have been given their own usernames and passwords. If you are not sure what they are, please let your child’s key worker know.
Attendance is Key
It is very important that your child attends all their exams. To get full grades, they must be present for all these CORE subject exams at LEAP:
- 3 Maths papers
- 2 English papers
- 2 Citizenship papers
These are the core subjects at LEAP and give them the best chance for success after school.
We thank you for your continued support in helping your child get the best possible results. If you have any questions or need support, please contact us - we are here to help.
Yours sincerely,
Astrid Schon
Headteacher
London East Alternative Provision (LEAP
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2024-2025 Term Dates
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Autumn Term 1 |
Tuesday, 3rd September 2024 - Friday, 25th October 2024 |
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Autumn Term 2 |
Monday, 4th November - Wednesday, 18th December 2024 |
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Spring Term 1 |
Monday, 6th January – Friday, 14th February 2025 |
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Spring Term 2 |
Monday, 24th February – Friday, 4th April 2025 |
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Summer Term 1 |
Tuesday, 22nd April – Friday, 23rd May 2025 |
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Summer Term 2 |
Monday, 2nd June– Friday, 18th July 2025 |
NHS Guidance - Is my child too ill for school?
Coughs and colds
It's fine to send your child to school with a minor cough or common cold. But if they have a fever, keep them off school until the fever goes.
Encourage your child to throw away any used tissues and to wash their hands regularly.
High temperature
If your child has a high temperature, keep them off school until it goes away.
Chickenpox
If your child has chickenpox, keep them off school until all the spots have crusted over.
This is usually about 5 days after the spots first appeared.
Cold sores
There's no need to keep your child off school if they have a cold sore.
Encourage them not to touch the blister or kiss anyone while they have the cold sore, or to share things like cups and towels.
Conjunctivitis
You don't need to keep your child away from school if they have conjunctivitis.
Do get advice from your pharmacist. Encourage your child not to rub their eyes and to wash their hands regularly.
COVID-19
If your child has mild symptoms, such as a runny nose, sore throat, or slight cough, and feels well enough, they can go to school.
Your child should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people if they have symptoms of COVID-19 and they either:
- have a high temperature
- do not feel well enough to go to school or do their normal activities
Ear infection
If your child has an ear infection and a high temperature or severe earache, keep them off school until they're feeling better or their high temperature goes away.
Head lice and nits
There's no need to keep your child off school if they have head lice.
You can treat head lice and nits without seeing a GP. Let us know if we can support with treatments, which are commonly available in supermarkets and pharmacies.
Ringworm
If your child has ringworm, see your pharmacist unless it's on their scalp, in which case you should see a GP.
It's fine for your child to go to school once they have started treatment.
Scarlet fever
If your child has scarlet fever, they'll need treatment with antibiotics from a GP. Otherwise they'll be infectious for 2 to 3 weeks.
Your child can go back to school 24 hours after starting antibiotics.
Sore throat
You can still send your child to school if they have a sore throat. But if they also have a high temperature, they should stay at home until it goes away.
A sore throat and a high temperature can be symptoms of tonsillitis.
Threadworms
You don't need to keep your child off school if they have threadworms.
Speak to your pharmacist, who can recommend a treatment.
Vomiting and diarrhoea
Children with diarrhoea or vomiting should stay away from school until they have not been sick or had diarrhoea for at least 2 days (48 hours).