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Cologne Information Evening Tuesday 11th November 5pm

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Cologne Information Evening Tuesday 11th November 5pm

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Copies of communications sent to our families can be found on the website.

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Chailey School is a mixed, non-selective, community secondary school located in the village of South Chailey, Chailey, just outside Lewes in East Sussex, UK. Chailey School offers a wide range of aca…

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Add new guardians and contacts for your child on the Parent Portal and Parent App

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This article explains how primary guardians can add new guardians and contacts for their child using the Parent Portal or Parent App. It details the steps to view the child’s profile, add new conta…

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School Calendar (What’s On) - Chailey School

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Chailey School is a mixed, non-selective, community secondary school located in the village of South Chailey, Chailey, just outside Lewes in East Sussex, UK. Chailey School offers a wide range of aca…

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TO REPORT YOUR CHILD ABSENT DUE TO ILLNESS OR A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT

·         Log into Arbor

·         Navigate to 'Quick Actions' and click - this is usually in the top left of the screen

·         Click 'Attendance'

·         Click 'Log Absence'

·         Enter the reason for absence

·         Click 'Log Absence'

FOR GENERAL ENQUIRIES

office@chaileyschool.org

01273 890407

TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE SEND SURGERY

(Friday Mornings)

srodd@chaileyschool.org

01273 890407

TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE SLT SURGERY

(Friday after school)

srodd@chaileyschool.org

01273 890407

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Open Events

These events are open to Year 10 & 11 students.

We encourage Year 11 students to visit at least two colleges in advance of applications being made.  Application deadlines vary, but many are by end of December this year, so please do your best to make time to attend open events at any college you are considering.

For information about colleges, open events, apprenticeships and much more, visit the Careers & Work-Related Learning Padlet.

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Year 10 Parents Evening - Thursday 20th November 2025 - 3.30pm - 6.30pm

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Year 10 Parents Evening - Thursday 20th November 2025 - 3.30pm - 6.30pm

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Our apologies this event has been re-scheduled to Wednesday 26th November @ 5.30pm

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Festive Wreath Making - Wednesday 26th November 2025

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Festive Wreath Making - Wednesday 26th November 2025

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We were delighted to receive some feedback from a Year 11 family:

I just wanted to take a minute to say thank you to the teaching staff at Chailey for going above and beyond specifically with their additional support for the year 11s approaching GCSEs.

My child left the house this morning for school really pleased for achieving higher predicted grades in their report for English which they find really difficult. I’ve been having a look online at the revision materials provided by each department and was amazed at the detailed files offered, especially in Science. I know a lot of that preparation is done by the teachers out of school hours or in lunchtimes etc (thank you Mr Deacon!) and just wanted to say how grateful we are for teachers going above and beyond. It’s definitely having the desired effect!

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Following Pret-a-Portrait’s recent visit to take school photographs, a viewing card explaining how you can view and order pictures, will be sent home with pupils shortly.

Please ask your children to give it to you as soon as possible so you have the chance to order any pictures you would like at a discounted price before the Early Bird Deadline 19/11/2025.

If for any reason your viewing card doesn’t make it to you in the next few days, please contact Pret-a-Portrait directly on 0800 021 7626 or customerservice@pret-a-portrait.net

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School will be closed to all students on Friday 28th November and Monday 1st December 2025

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Battle of the Voices Tuesday 9th December 6pm

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Battle of the Voices Tuesday 9th December 6pm

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More details to follow

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School Concert Thursday 11th December 6pm

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School Concert Thursday 11th December 6pm

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More details to follow

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Can we please politely remind families that only authorised vehicles should be using the school car park for drop off and collection at the beginning and end of the school day

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As part of Chailey School's growing connection with St John's College at Oxford University and its Inspire Programme, a group of our Year 10 Scholars on the programme visited St John's on Tuesday with two members of our own school staff. Here they learnt more about thinking ahead to potential decisions about university, had a tour of the college (and lunch in Hall), visited the Pitts Rivers Museum (where they had an artefact-handling and discovery session), and then a Q&A discussion with current students at the university. It was a great and, indeed, inspiring day! Whilst we can only take a small group onto the Inspire Programme itself, there are also other ways students and Chailey families can get involved. For example, St John's runs a series of online critical thinking workshops for which students in Years 9 to 11 for which further information can be found here: https://sjcinspire.com/inspire-critical-thinking/ .

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Please register for this terms homework club on Arbor.

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Bertie (year 7) starred as the policeman O’Dreary in Ariel Theatre Company’s Bugsy Malone (along with Mr Baxter who played trumpet fantastically in the orchestra!) He did a whopping 6 shows over the half term, the show was a real success and a lot of fun!

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We kindly ask that all families ensure their child’s school uniform items—particularly ties and blazers—are clearly labelled with their name. This helps us quickly return any lost items to their owners and keeps our lost property to a minimum. Thank you for your support!

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Christmas Fair 2025 Poster Gradwell Park

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Well done to Amber (Year 7) and Paige (Year 8) who last week both swam a mile non-stop! An incredible achievement

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We are delighted to invite you to visit our school and take a guided tour with our Headteacher. This is a wonderful opportunity to see our classrooms in action, explore our facilities, and get a feel for our warm and welcoming school community. During the tour, you’ll also have the chance to ask any questions you may have about our curriculum, daily routines, or the many ways we support our pupils’ learning and wellbeing. If you would like to arrange a visit, please complete the form above.

We look forward to welcoming you.

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w/c 17th November 2025

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This week our Year 8 winning football team received a participation key from Mr Holt for their excellent win against Downlands Community College.

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We were thrilled that our rugby team achieved a great win over Uckfield College this week. Both teams were exemplary in their sportsmanship and both coaches were incredibly proud of their team's performances.

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This is just to remind you that the Year 7 Bake-off competition is on Monday 10 November. Your child may choose to bring two cupcakes for the competition, but even if they don't, they can bring in money to buy the cakes at break-time. Each cake will be 50p and the money is going towards Movember: Changing the Face of Men's Health.

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It's that time of year where many of our Chailey community come together to take part in the act of remembrance. We are very aware that many of our students are involved in youth organisations, be that army cadets, sea cadets, air cadets, guided or scouts who are selling poppies and attending remembrance parades over the next week.

We would love to celebrate the selfless commitment of our students by making a spread in the newsletter.

If you and your child are happy to send in pictures of their activities over the next week (selling poppies or on remembrance parade) we would be very grateful.