May 2021

Letter from Headteacher regarding cancellation of Year 11 leavers event.

I am sure that you have been watching the news over the weekend with increasing concern about the alarming rise in cases of the new Covid variant, which is practically on our doorstep and is spreading amongst younger people especially.

I wrote to you yesterday morning regarding the welcome change in guidance to end the use of face coverings in school. Late last night I received a joint statement from the Director of Public Health for Wigan and her counterparts across the Greater Manchester region…

Fred Longworth High School is giving you the opportunity to enter the Freddie’s summer football weekend 5 a-side (U6’s & U7’s) 6 a-side (U8’s & U9’s) football tournament. (Age groups for the current season 2020-21). To kick off the summer holidays we are hosting a U6 to U9’s tournament.

I write to you as we approach the end of the very strangest of terms. In spite of all the many challenges, it has been wonderful to see the vast majority of students being able to return to school successfully and safely; although I fully understand the frustration that some of you inevitably will have felt when we have had to close bubbles, a stark reminder that the pandemic is far from over.