Academy news and announcements
20th April 2012
Secretary of State visit
The Secretary of State for Education visited us on Friday 20th April and met with students and staff.
Mr Gove spent about an hour in School and spoke with Miss Robins and Mr Gauthier about Francis Bacon’s conversion to Academy status including the project developments so far, our plans for the future and the challenges that the school faces as it nears the launch date of the ‘Samuel Ryder Academy’. He also sought their views on current Government education policy before visiting a Year 10 English lesson and the library where the School Council were taking part in an anti-bullying workshop. He then asked the students questions about the changes to the school so far and their hopes for the future.
29th February 2012
Future plans for Francis Bacon School
The development plans for Francis Bacon School and the opening of the Samuel Ryder Academy have moved on considerably in recent months. For further details please download the letter from Justin Donovan at Herts County Council.
Letter_to_parents-carers_290212.pdf
24th January 2012
Parental questionnaire
On 24th January we wrote to all parents and carers to seek their views on school uniform, the proposal to change the timings of the school day and the opening of the Samuel Ryder Academy in September 2012.
You can download a copy of the letter below:
Parental_questionnaire_letter.pdf
6th December 2011
New Principal Designate for the Samuel Ryder Academy
We are delighted to announce that after a rigorous recruitment process which attracted a high number of very well qualified candidates, the new Principal Designate of the Samuel Ryder Academy has now been appointed.
Download the letter to parents and carers below:
Appointment_of_Principal_Designate_SRA.pdf
6th December 2011
Consultation on the proposed Samuel Ryder Academy
What is the consultation asking?
In this consultation the Sponsor (Sir John Lawes School) are seeking your views on the proposal that Francis Bacon Maths and Computing College should close and re-open as Samuel Ryder Academy, an All-Through Academy catering for 3-19 Pupils.
You can download the full consultation document at the bottom of this page under the 'Consultation documents and letters' heading.
This document sets out the reasons for the proposal and how the consultation period will run. No final decision has yet been made and will not be made until the consultation process is complete and the views of all interested parties have been considered. You can respond to the consultation in a number of ways which are listed in the document. One of the ways that you can respond is by completing the online response form.
If you want to complete the online response form then copy and paste this link into your browser:
http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e5ftyn28gvy3xcb7/start
You can download the FAQ's here:
Samuel_Ryder_Academy_FAQs.pdf
30th November 2011
PRIMARY OPEN SESSIONS
Open sessions for parents considering reception class provision at the new Samuel Ryder Academy from September 2012 will be taking place on the following days.
6th December 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm
8th December 6.00 pm to 8.30 pm
22nd September 2011
Samuel Ryder Academy Open Evening
Thursday 29th September 2011
6.00pm to 9.00pm
5th September 2011
Project management company chosen for new academy
We are delighted to announce that EC Harris have been appointed as the project management company for the new Samuel Ryder Academy.
EC Harris are a Department for Education framework provider of Overall Project Management (OPM) services and have worked on 18 academy projects in the last two years
