Dear Parents and Carers,

I am pleased to finally be able to share with you our confirmed term dates for the remainder of this academic year. As you will all be aware, Olton will be shortly joining Summit Learning Trust and in doing so we have now aligned our term dates and training opportunities to the academy.

Looking at our calendar, you will notice that we do not have an INSET day in January. In May, when our school is used as a polling station, there will be a partial closure. This means that for our KS2 children (Years 3 to 6) they will be in school learning and importantly, for our Year 6 children, they will not miss vital sessions just before their SATs.

All staff will be in school on this day and for those not directly teaching children, they will continue with their professional development training. For our Nursery, Reception, Y1 and Y2 pupils, they will not be in school on this day but as it is not an INSET across the school, children in these year groups will have some home learning options to choose from. More information will follow nearer the time.

Many of you will also notice that the end of the summer term is earlier than non-academy schools in Solihull, with our school finishing on Friday 16^th July. Over the academic year, our team have and will be continuing to join the professional development opportunities that Summit support for their team outside of school hours and this explains the earlier finish to the term which many of you may wish to take advantage of regarding your summer holidays this year.

In a few weeks’ time, we shall be launching our new and improved school website, which we hope you will find both informative and easier to navigate and I shall write to you nearer the time about this.

Thank you for your ongoing support. 

Mr Chamberlain and the team at Olton.

Head Teacher