17 January 2025 – Issue 2
HEAD’S REVIEW
Netball vs Tonbridge Boys
Head’s Introduction
A team of 9 Inspectors from ISI joined us at Roedean this week. As part of their work, they analysed the results of over 1500 questionnaires, they interviewed over 140 students and met with over 75 members of staff, as well as reading all of our policies – they squeezed a lot into the three days they were here, and there is no doubt that they undertook a very thorough investigation of everything which goes on at Roedean in order to produce their report, which will be published in 3-4 weeks.
Culture Day at Roedean
I am very grateful indeed to everyone in the community for responding so positively to the Inspection – it really was a team effort to show the Inspectors the School in its best light, and I am very confident that they will have been impressed by the snapshot of Roedean life which they saw this week. Well done, and thank you. The Netball fixtures have been in full swing this week, and I am delighted that there have been some very positive results, particularly for the U13As who won the Hurst tournament. The social activities running between Roedean and Tonbridge School also continued this week, and the Year 13s took on a team of very tall and competitive boys in a charity Netball match – I am pleased to say that we won, and there was an excellent atmosphere down on the courts. There have been a number of individual successes this week, including impressive results in last term’s LAMDA exams, Vanessa in Year 12 has been awarded her Performance Diploma on the Harp, Dr Black attended her PhD graduation, and Beth in Year 9 is the first student to complete the new Roedean Diploma – well done to you all! It has been lovely to see students and staff embracing Culture Day today, either wearing traditional dress or an item of clothing or a colour which is of cultural significance – this highlights and celebrates the wonderful diversity within our school community perfectly and I am grateful to the Prefects for driving this initiative forward at School. Well done again for an excellent week, and I hope you all have a restful weekend!
Harp Diploma for Vanessa
Sunrise Over Roedean