Dear Parents and Carers, 

I hope you are all well. 

A video version of this update can be found here:

Please be aware that the term finishes at 1.40pm on Friday 19th December and we reopen after the festive break at 8.30am on Monday 5th January 2026. Our first week back will be Week A.

Year 11
We are delighted with the progress our Year 11s are making and their predictions for the summer examinations are the highest we have ever recorded.  The final set of mock examinations take place from the week commencing the 19th of January 2026.  The main factor that will determine the final results is each learners’ work ethic outside of the school day.  The partnership and collaboration with families to ensure learners are working hard is crucial.  Please do not hesitate to contact the school if you require any further guidance on how best to support and challenge your child to achieve their potential next summer.

Attendance at D6 on a Saturday morning is high for many learners in Year 10 and 11.  Over recent years learners who attend D6 regularly have typically achieved more than a grade higher across all their subjects than learners nationally with the same starting points. 

No mobile phones
Our learners are to be commended for how well they have embraced the tighter rules around mobile phones this year.  We have confiscated far fewer mobile phones than we expected and generally learners have accepted the new approach with very little resistance.  Thank you for your support with this.

Consistency push
We have fewer ‘new things’ this academic year compared with previous years.  One of our main priorities this year is to ensure we are more consistent with the everyday quality of what we do.  This also applies to greater consistency regarding uniform, as well as mobile phones.  Again, we are grateful to our learners that they have embraced this push for consistency with a high degree of cooperation. Please support us with the consistency push by ensuring your child has a bag and equipment for school each day, along with the full Ladybridge uniform.

New block
Building work is ahead of schedule for the new block at the front of school.  The block is due to be completed at the end of June 2026.  It will accommodate a new library, careers base, Art classrooms and Humanities classrooms. 

Real World Learning Projects and Personal Development
We were delighted with the success of our Year 7-10 real world learning projects last year and the changes to Personal Development (form time).  Both of these areas are helping us to prepare learners well for life, as well as the examinations they face at the end of Year 11.  The projects are running again this year, with some refinements and improvements.  Destination data for Bolton schools shows that we have fewer former learners not in education or employment after leaving school than almost all other schools in Bolton.  This provides some indication of the impact of our personal development programme, careers education and the emphasis on personal qualities as well as academic knowledge.

Punctuality Push
Thankfully punctuality has improved this year.  Please can I request that you check the information from us each week regarding the punctuality of your child.  If your child’s punctuality is not green or blue, please help us by tackling this issue at home to support the action we take in school.

Many thanks for all your support this term.  I hope you have a restful and enjoyable Christmas break.

Yours faithfully,

Paddy Russell
Headteacher

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Autumn Term Highlights

Please click on the ‘Read More’ link against each event for some of the highlights from this term!

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Here are our family email addresses:

aslansupport@ladybridgehigh.co.uk
intaresupport@ladybridgehigh.co.uk
leonsupport@ladybridgehigh.co.uk
raionsupport@ladybridgehigh.co.uk
simbasupport@ladybridgehigh.co.uk
tausupport@ladybridgehigh.co.uk