Dear Parents/Carers, 

Townley Mastery 2024/2025 

We are writing to inform you about a new and tailored approach to support your child’s academic learning. Launching next week, Townley Mastery will offer a host of focused intervention and support sessions that aim to build upon the foundation of knowledge that your child has already gained within the classroom.  

Mastery is a proactive approach to help students hone specific skills and strategies to achieve greater academic success. Each session is designed to help students delve deeper into their subjects, strengthen their mastery, and approach their studies with increased confidence. 

Townley Mastery sessions will 

• Be held in addition to timetabled lessons.
• Be held at the end of the school day (3.45-5.00pm).
• Be run by teachers within that field of expertise.
• Be available to all year groups.
• Focus on specific skills, knowledge or (for the Middle and Upper Schools) examination questions. 

We are writing to parents/carers in advance of the schedule being published as there may be teachers who wish to discuss the Mastery sessions with their class or with individual students. In addition, although the sessions will be made available to all students, you may receive early communication from Arbor if your child has been identified as being someone who would particularly benefit from one of the sessions offered. If you receive this communication with an invitation to attend a specific session, could we ask that you respond promptly to confirm the place.  

Next week, all parents and carers will be provided with a timetable of the scheduled Mastery sessions until the end of the Autumn term. Details of how to sign up will be shared with you at the same time.  

We strongly recommend participation, especially if your child would benefit from additional practice or wants to excel in particular areas. When the schedule is published, please review it together with your child and decide which sessions would be most beneficial. Additional sessions will follow as each new term begins.

We look forward to sharing further details with you next week. 

Advance notice - Early Finish on Thursday 17^th October 2024 

Please note that due to our Sixth Form Open Event on 17^th October, students will finish lessons earlier at the end of period 5, at 2.35pm.  We have informed the 602 bus company and asked that Abbey Travel departs here at 2.55pm.  

Term dates for 2025-2026 

Please find attached the term dates for the next academic year, September 2025 – July 2026.  

I wish you all a pleasant weekend. 

Kind regards,  

Nevita Pandya 

Headteacher