School times
The School Day is as follows:
Registration – 8.45am – 8.55am check in/learning ready
Period 1 – WALK time – 8.55am -9.15am
Period 2 – 9.15am – 10.15am
Break – 10.15am – 10.35am
Period 3 – 10.35am – 11.35am
Period 4 – 11.35am -12.35am
Lunch – 12.35pm- 1.25pm
Period 5 – 1.25pm – 2.25pm
Period 6 – 2.25pm-3.25pm
End of School Day – 3.25pm
Adverse weather
Click here for information on our adverse weather policy.
Where we are
If you are coming to the school or need to contact us, click here for assistance.
Mental health resources
To view some useful resources about young peoples mental health click here
School transport
For information on all aspects of travelling to and from school click here.
School uniform
Our school uniform ensures that you are smartly dressed while at school and identified as a member of St. Aidan’s. Please keep your uniform neat at all times. This means your top button fastened and shirt tucked in. Your hair too should be kept tidy and smart and no extreme styles are allowed. All items of uniform and kit should be clearly marked with your name. You must wear full, correct school uniform each day. The school governors and staff insist on this and when your parents accept a place for you at St. Aidan’s they agree that you will abide by the uniform regulations. There are occasional ‘non-uniform’ days when you can wear sensible non-uniform clothes if you make a donation to charity.
Student absence
In the interest of our students’ safety it is important that we know that pupils are in school and which students are absent. If your child is absent from school for any reason, it is important that you contact us as early as possible on the first day of absence.
You can email the Attendance Officer direct on attendanceofficer@staidans.co.uk or telephone 01423 885814 and press option 1 to explain the reason for your child’s absence. If your child is absent for more than one day you do not need to contact us every day, but do let us know if the information or situation changes.
Going forward we remind parents that only emergency medical appointments should be made during the school day, routine dental examinations and orthodontist adjustments should be scheduled for either before or after school or during school holidays. Please make your dental practitioner aware for your next appointment.
For Sixth Form absences please contact the Sixth Form Attendance Officer by email – attendanceofficer6thform@staidans.co.uk
Queries
If you have any queries regarding your child’s education or welfare, in the first instance please contact their Head of Year via the main school office. If you are unsure who this may be, please click here to take you to a list of staff. If you would like to contact the Governors, this can be done via the school.
The Finance Department
For information relating to all financial issues click here.
Lost a letter?
If you have misplaced, or have not received a letter please click here to take you to copies of correspondence sent via the main school office this term
What’s on?
Click here to access the current school calendar or click here to see the wide range of clubs and activities that take place at lunchtime and after school, and here for up to date information on sporting activities.
News
Click here to find the latest news and information.
Policy Documents
For a full list of our policies and useful documents, click here.
The Parent Portal and Parent App
At St. Aidan’s we are proud to be a centre of excellence where all our students flourish because of the quality care, nurture, and education they are given. We firmly believe that a strong relationship between home and school is essential for this to continue and to support our values of Wisdom, Aspiration, Learning Well Together and Kindness.
We are delighted to announce that we will be using our Parent Portal and the Parent App in conjunction with our MIS provider Arbor.
The Parent Portal and Parent App will enable you to see information relating to many aspects of your child’s education and the information we hold for them at St. Aidan’s.
These include –
· Attendance
· Timetable
· Behaviour information
· Personal information
· Medical information
· Consents
· Assessment information (will be available in late December 2024)
The Parent Portal and Parent App will be launched in a staged roll out as detailed below-
Year 7 – W/C – 25/11/2024
Year 8 – W/C – 09/12/2024
Year 9 – W/C – 02/12/2024
Year 10 – W/C – 09/12/2024
Year 11 – W/C – 02/12/2024
Please note the Associated Sixth Form students’ information will not be available on the platforms until September 2025
How to Access the Parent Portal and Parent App
There are parents/carers within our school community who will be new to using Arbor. There will also be parents/carers who currently use it or who have previously used it and who may have already spotted St. Aidan’s appearing within the Portal and App.
All users, new and existing, will need to finish setting up the St Aidan’s account within the Portal to be able to access the system for this school.
During the course of the relevant roll out week detailed above you will receive an email from St Aidan’s, sent from arbor.noreply@staidans.co.uk with instructions on how to do this.
For existing users please note that when you navigate through the process you may receive automated emails from your other school(s) along with St. Aidan’s at the point that you request to change your password. Please ensure that you pick the email that relates to St Aidan’s only. A letter detailing our launch and roll out plans is located here – Arbor Parent Letter November 2024.
A help guide for logging in is available – here
A overview of the Portal and some support videos can be found – here (Scroll down to the quick videos section or select it from the right hand menu).
We appreciate you may have a variety of questions and enquires as we roll the Parent Portal and Parent App out. Your patience, understanding and kindness as we ‘Learn Well Together’ during this process will be appreciated.
If you do need to contact us about the Parent Portal and Parent App, can you please use the following contact streams. For log in and access issues please email us at – arbor@staidans.co.uk and we will aim to respond within 48 hours.
For enquires relating to information we hold that may need updating please email us at – arbor@staidans.co.uk and we will aim to respond within 48 hours.
For enquires relating to information displayed for attendance, behaviour and timetable please contact the relevant year teams as you normally would using the contact details on our website – admin@staidans.co.uk or by calling us on 01423 885814 and selecting the relevant options. We will aim to respond within the usual timescales for these enquires.
