Headteacher's Welcome
At Chenderit School we have established a strong and supportive community where staff and students strive to "Aim High, Work Hard and Be Nice". Our students are valued as individuals and are actively encouraged to pursue excellence, not only academically, but in all other spheres of school life. Our aim is to unlock each student's potential and to celebrate every individual's progress and achievements.
Chenderit School is a forward looking school with proud traditions. We encourage our students to embrace all opportunities at school and, through these, to develop into increasingly resilient, independent, adaptable, respectful and resourceful learners. We have high expectations of our school community and pride ourselves on our safe, supportive yet challenging environment in which students are able to enjoy, flourish and achieve.
I hope you find the information you are looking for on our website and that it gives you a flavour of what is unique and special about our school. If you are considering whether Chenderit School is the right school for your child, please contact us for more information or, better still, arrange a visit to meet our staff and students and to experience our welcoming atmosphere, our sense of purpose and the wide variety of opportunities that Chenderit has to offer.
Jane Cartwright
Headteacher
Headteacher’s Blog
27 Jan 2023
I hope you have had the opportunity to read the letter that was sent home to all parents, carers and
students on Wednesday of this week about next Wednesday’s industrial action and how this will affect
students at our school. If you have not yet had the opportunity to digest our arrangements, please read
them here; further information in regards to lesson arrangements can be found here and here.
You may be aware that before Christmas, Northamptonshire Police visited our school to promote awareness of the problems surrounding knife crime in Northamptonshire. They brought with them a knife arch as part of their
initiative and students were able to engage in conversation with the Police about their work and discover for themselves how the arch is used. The student feedback from this initiative was very positive.
In terms of using equipment such as screening arches and wands, the law (see link) allows the following:
- "Schools’ statutory power to make rules on pupil behaviour and their duty as an employer to
manage the safety of staff, pupils and visitors enables them to impose a requirement that pupils
undergo screening.
Also note:
- If a pupil refuses to be screened, the school may refuse to have the pupil on the premises. Health
and safety legislation requires a school to be managed in a way which does not expose pupils or
staff to risks to their health and safety and this would include making reasonable rules as a
condition of admittance.
- If a pupil fails to comply, and the school does not let the pupil in, the school has not excluded the
pupil and the pupil’s absence should be treated as unauthorised. The pupil should comply with the
rules and attend.”
I feel privileged that, only rarely, do we have to screen or search students; however, in response to the growing concern nationally about vapes and vaping in schools as presented in last week’s newsletter, we may use a hand-held metal detector in the future where we suspect that students may be in possession of such
items. Should we find that a student has a vape in their possession, I shall have no hesitation in internally suspending (B6) a student for the possession of such prohibited substances or articles (including "by association”). If a student is found to have consumed any prohibited substance on the school’s premises, I shall have no hesitation in suspending a student from school (B7).
I hope I have your full support in securing a totally non-vaping school community for the benefit of us all
Jane Cartwright
Headteacher