News from our latest Newsletter
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Logoed School Uniform & PE Kit
As of 1st April 2018, Trutex (both on-line www.trutexdirect.com and Trutex Didcot) will be increasing their prices by 10% on logoed school uniform. Any uniform purchased prior to this date will be at the current, lower price. We have also taken the decision to change our PE kit from September 2018. This will only be compulsory for our new intake, next year’s Year 7 students, and will be phased in throughout the rest of our year groups as and when they need to replace PE kit. -
Key Stage Three Exams 2018
We will be starting our Key Stage Three Exams with the Year 9 fortnight at the start of term five, followed by Year 8 and then Year 7 at the start of term six.
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‘Read for Good’
A big thank you to all the students who have participated in our “Read for Good” sponsored read. It has been a brilliant way to encourage more reading and has raised money to help provide much needed books and storytellers for children in hospital. - Year 7s visit the Opal Coast
Last Thursday, 80 overexcited year 7s led by the capable Mrs Loomes set off at an unearthly hour to visit Le Touquet and Boulogne. The purpose of the trip was to enable everyone to have a go at speaking French – and polish their shopping skills. -
Author Visit by Jo Cotterill
As part of our programme to provide enrichment opportunities in English, we were lucky enough to secure the prize winning author Jo Cotterill to come into school; she led writing workshops and talked to years 6 and 7 about her latest series ‘Electrigirl’ – and signed books for the lucky few.
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Headteacher's Welcome
In a rapidly changing world, we want to ensure that all our students at Icknield Community College are prepared and motivated to make a difference, both now and in the future and wherever they may go. Under our guiding principle of ‘Excellence for All’ , we want all connected with the school to realise the potential they have in as many aspects of their lives as possible.
Our Ofsted Report (March 2015) stated that "The headteacher, leadership team and other senior leaders set very high expectations for the school.They have established an ethos that encourages and supports good behaviour, attitudes and learning." Collectively, students, staff, governors and parents work together to achieve the challenging targets of excellence we have set for ourselves.
We always aim to improve so that we can meet the needs of all students, guiding them to achieve excellence in whatever path they choose. We all take great pleasure in hearing about the successes of our students after they move on, whether at Oxford and Cambridge or completing their apprenticeship with flying colours. These successes are down to individual hard work and the individually-focused learning, challenge and support Icknield Community College keeps at the heart of its teaching.
I hope this website will encourage you to come and join us and find out more about what we are doing to shape the future of our school and the futures of our students.
To see what Icknield has to offer, please view our School Review of the Year 2016-17
Mat Hunter Headteacher
