It was great to see such a healthy turnout at Parents’ Evening last night. Thank you for taking the time to complete our annual parent/carer questionnaire and for giving your feedback on our updated three-year strategic plan. This information will be collated over the next week and used to shape future developments and improvements in St Bartholomew’s.

Thank you too for all your kind words following the announcement that I will be beginning a secondment in headquarters at the end of this term. What was most encouraging for me, however, was the overwhelming sense of confidence and optimism amongst parents about the future of our school. If I have managed to lead the school to a place where it has the capacity to continue to develop and flourish without me, then I have succeeded in doing what I set out to do five years ago. Thank you for the huge vote of confidence in St Bart’s last night! As the letter that was sent out on Monday said: “One thing’s for sure: the future’s bright and exciting for St Bart’s!”

Our whole-school assembly this morning will focus on our school show, ‘A Night on Broadway’, which takes to the stage on Thursday 30th March. Each class will perform one of their songs to the rest of the school today to help build their confidence and get them over any wee touches of stage fright. The children are sounding fantastic already and the show’s guaranteed to be a fantastic end to the term. Tickets go on sale next week.