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Dear Chailey Families,

We hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend.

We have had a brilliant week here at Chailey with a great turnout at Year 10 parents evening, as well as our Year 11s doing us proud in their trial exams, and all other year groups taking to cross country with mixed enthusiasm (very much depending on the weather!)

We have got lots to look forward to in the coming week, including the trip to Cologne, Year 10 Work Experience Evening, and continued rehearsals for the school show 'Back to The Eighties.'

Just a reminder, we are proud of our school and want families to come and see it in all its glory, so if you are able to, please sign up to one of our parent tours.

Head Teacher School Tours – Fill out form

Finally, with the colder weather very much with us, please remind students to bring coats to school.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend,

Mr Holt

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Pret-a-Portrait’s discount for the recent photos is due to expire tomorrow. They have extended this until Tuesday 25th November so you can take advantage of the discount for longer!

Head to their website www.pret-a-portrait.net and enter your sitting ID, the discount will automatically be applied

If you’ve misplaced your sitting ID, please contact Pret-a-Portrait directly on 0800 021 7626 or customerservice@pret-a-portrait.net

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Our amazing catering team are looking for a kitchen assistant. This is an ideal position for someone looking to fit working around school hours. Full details on our website

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Chailey is a thriving, successful school set in rural Sussex, just north of Lewes, and within easy reach of Brighton and Haywards Heath. We are proud of our traditional values and innovative approaches to Teaching and Learning.

Staff are friendly, dedicated and supportive; our students are happy and proud to be part of the school. We have a very low level of staff turnover because we are kind and supportive to each other. Chailey is a school where teachers and students can thrive. Of course, working in a school is demanding and all of our staff are hard-working and go above and beyond to support our young people.

Visitors to Chailey School often comment on the calm teaching environment and fantastic relationships between students and teachers.

We had our last Ofsted visit in January 2022 which we were very pleased with.

The Ofsted report contained comments such as:

'This is a kind school. The school's values of kindness, resilience, independence and creativity permeate everything.'

'Welfare and wellbeing are high priorities in this small rural community school.'

'Pupils are knowledgeable about diversity including Black history and gender equality, sexual orientation and gender identity. Pupils respect different ethnicities and cultures. They value the different contributions that everyone makes.'

'The curriculum is designed well to meet the needs and aspirations of all pupils including the most able.'

'Leaders and governors are ambitious for what pupils can achieve. Parents and guardians speak enthusiastically about the school.'

We believe that this is a very strong foundation from which to aspire to excellence in everything we do.

Current Vacancies
Student Support Manager
We are looking to recruit an additional Student Support Manager to increase capacity in this area of the school. This is an important role in the school and you will be able to make a real difference to the welfare and wellbeing of our students. Our Student Support Managers work under the direction of a Head of Year, to offer support and care for one year group of our students. At Chailey School we value our staff. We know that we are can only look after the youngsters in our care if we look after ourselves and each other too. By joining our staff, you will be part of a supportive network of colleagues that value each other. We have four other Student Support Manager in school and all of them will support and help you.

Full details on this role can be found in the application pack.

We would be very happy to offer an informal chat and tour to any prospective applicants. Just contact us by emailing Serena Rodd, PA to the Head Teacher srodd@chaileyschool.org

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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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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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School Calendar (What’s On) - Chailey School

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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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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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WEX Evening - Wednesday 26th November 2025 5.30pm

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WEX Evening - Wednesday 26th November 2025 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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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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School Concert Thursday 11th December 6pm

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School Concert Thursday 11th December 6pm

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Please register for this terms homework club on Arbor.

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From the 27th November, aesthetics will run from 3:10-4:45pm to allow sufficient rehearsal time.

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Last week was the final of the Hooton Cup – a public speaking competition which each and every year 9 has participated in. The evening saw ten of the best speakers from across the year group perform their speeches in front of an audience of parents and a panel of judges. Previous headteacher Mrs Key returned for the role, joined by Peggy Hooton, school governor, and Ms Turner. They had the very  difficult decision to decide on the overall winner of this year's event.

The calibre of the entries was outstanding and the judges were most definitely put to the test. Leo took the top award with his speech persuading us that we all need to learn about the impact of politics and democracy with Felicia (the importance of allergy education) and Kwashi (the importance of understanding white privilege) taking the runner up positions.

Congratulations to all the finalists. It was a privilege to see you perform and you can all be immensely proud of your achievements.

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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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We’re looking for enthusiastic external coaches and facilitators to run after-school clubs for our young people.

Whether your passion is sport, art, music, drama, STEM, games, or something completely unique, we’d love to hear from you!

If you can offer an engaging and inspiring club experience, please get in touch to discuss opportunities.

Serena Rodd - srodd@chaileyschool.org

Let’s work together to give our young people even more opportunities to learn, play, and grow!

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The Year 7 boys travelled to Seaford Head for their first taste of County Cup Rugby action. A great performance from a team who hadn’t play together before! Archie R man of the match for some monstrous tackles and quick feet, but all the boys played well!

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Our Year 7 Girls travelled to Uckfield for a round robin tournament, the girls grew in confidence game by game and enjoyed a fun evening! Thank you to Uckfield for hosting

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This week has been our cross-country week for Years 7, 8 and 9. With the week starting quite mild before turning wet and wintery the students have been met with a course that has become increasingly more challenging as the days went by. However, meet that challenge they have and with some outstanding individual performances.

Although we know that we have some very keen and able runners, we also know that, for some, this can prove a significantly difficult event. With our emphasis on setting personal goals and trying their best we are so pleased with the number of students who persevered, showed great resilience and completed their runs with a sense of pride and achievement that they couldn’t help but share with us at the finish. This has been a complete pleasure to see.

Chailey School Values and Cross Country

Independence – The setting of personal targets and striving to achieve them.

Resilience – Persevering even when finding it challenging.

Community – Working together to secure inter house points for their tutor groups.

Kindness – Offering support and encouragement to peers.

Participation – Getting involve and tackling the course, even when that felt challenging.

Well done to all of our students that completed the races. We hope you are truly proud of what you managed to achieve and can take confidence in what you have proven capable of.

Interform Results can be found here: https://www.chaileyschool.org/chailey-life/sport-at-chailey

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Thank you to our amazing Chailey families who raised a total of £1266.00 for Children In Need

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Thank you to our amazing Chailey families who raised a total of £1266.00 for Children In Need

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Please ensure students do not bring nut products into school (including Nutella and chocolate bars with nuts in). We have students in school with extreme allergies. Thank you