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Friday, Jul 12

11

MHS Open Evening 2024

We are delighted to invite parents and primary school students to come to our Open Evening on Thursday 19th September from 4.30pm to 8pm. We look forward to welcoming you

Thursday, Jul 11

16

Summer 2024

I know that the term hasn’t ended yet, far from it. There is Spark Evening tonight followed by Spark day tomorrow, both celebrations of the creative spirit that lives at

15

MHS Year 5 Art Competition

Congratulations to the talented Year 5 students from our local primary schools for their outstanding participation in the Marple Hall School art competition! This year’s theme, ‘Self Portrait,’ inspired these

14

Marple Gallery Walk!

Discover the creativity and talent of our Year 10 students at the Marple Gallery Walk! This exciting event showcases their amazing artwork displayed in the windows of local shops and

Thursday, Jul 4

20

Summer reading challenge!

As we approach the final two weeks of the year, and as this is the penultimate blog of 2023-2024, I wanted to return to the well worn path of reading.

13

Holocaust Survivor – Ike Alterman at MHS

This week over 300 Year 9 students and many staff had the honour of listening to Holocaust survivor, Ike Alterman, share his life story, as part of a visit organised

Thursday, Jun 27

14

Creative Arts Technician

37 hours per week, permanent, term time only. Salary: NJC scale 3 £23,500 – £23,893 pro rata (actual salary £20,100 – £20,436). We require, for September 2024, a Creative Arts

09

Moving on, Moving up!

Firstly, huge thanks to everyone who took the opportunity last week to ‘thank a teacher’ (or any member of staff) by visiting this website: www.thankateacher.co.uk I know that colleagues really

Tuesday, Jun 18

13

National ‘Thank a Teacher’ day

I’m sending this week’s blog a few days early to correspond with National Thank a Teacher Day which takes place tomorrow, Wednesday 19th June. We’re amazingly lucky at MHS to

Thursday, Jun 13

14

Confirmation of Term Dates 2024-2025

Three months ago the school opened a consultation to make a change to the published term dates for the 2024-2025 academic year. The original consultation information can be see here.

Friday, Jun 7

11

Looking ahead to Spark Day

If you’ve visited our website recently you’ll have seen the ‘pop up’ advertising our Spark Night taking place on Thursday 11th July. It’s always a great event I hope to

Tuesday, Jun 4

12

Teacher of Computing/ICT – Fixed Term

Required for September 2024 Temporary for 1 year, Full Time Teacher of Computing (Main Scale/UPR) Governors are seeking to appoint an ambitious, inspirational and energetic teacher of Computing and ICT.

Teacher of Computing/ICT

Required for September 2024 Permanent, Full Time Teacher of Computing/ICT (Main Scale/UPR) Governors are seeking to appoint an ambitious, inspirational and energetic teacher of Computing and ICT. The successful candidate

Friday, May 24

09

Happy half-term

I’m writing this blog on a very wet Friday morning in late May, at a time when I think it’s been raining pretty much constantly for 48 hours. As a

Wednesday, May 22

12

GCSE Art Exhibition Event

Join us for the GCSE Art Exhibition on the evening of Thursday 13th June 2024 from 3.30pm -6.30pm. The exhibition will showcase the work of the talented MHS GCSE students

Save The Date For MHS Spark Night!

BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE Join us for an Unforgettable Evening at Marple Hall School’s Creative Art Spark Night! Mark your calendars for an extraordinary night of artistic brilliance as Marple

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Teacher of Computing/ICT

Required for September 2024 Permanent, Full Time Teacher of Computing/ICT (Main Scale/UPR) Governors are seeking to appoint an ambitious, inspirational and energetic teacher of Computing and ICT. The successful candidate

Teacher of Computing/ICT – Fixed Term

Required for September 2024 Temporary for 1 year, Full Time Teacher of Computing (Main Scale/UPR) Governors are seeking to appoint an ambitious, inspirational and energetic teacher of Computing and ICT.

Friday, May 17

12

KS3 Art Exhibition Event

Join us for the KS3 Art Exhibition on the evening of Thursday 20th June 2024 from 6pm -7pm. The exhibition will showcase the work of the talented MHS KS3 students

09

Turning up is more than half the battle

One of the themes of my blogs this year has been to highlight the important of regular attendance to school. Good attendance (alongside reading good quality fiction) is the best

Thursday, May 9

23

Now is the time

Five years, 200 school weeks, 1000 days (give or take a few)…that’s the length of a secondary school journey from day one in Year 7 to the end of Year

Thursday, May 2

22

Camera phone safety

Every now and again the Government talks about how schools should take a firm line with mobile phones, encouraging tough policies to ensure that phones are not a distraction to

11

Food Studies Technician

Required as soon as possible: Food Studies Technician Permanent, 37 hours per week, term time only. Salary scale 3 £23,500 – £23,893 pro rata (actual £20,100 – £20,436) We require

Monday, Apr 29

12

Teacher of English

Required for September 2024, Teacher of English, maternity cover, full time. We require for September 2024, a well-qualified, enthusiastic and innovative Teacher of English to join our successful department. This

Thursday, Apr 25

22

Another milestone passed

I write my blog this week on Thursday evening, looking back to the annual Year 11 whole year group photograph that took place this morning. I know that not every

Monday, Apr 22

14

Wellbeing Intervention Manager (Maternity Cover)

37 hours per week, term time only. NJC Salary Scale 5 £26,421 to £28,770 pro rata (actual £22,598 to £24,608) We require an excellent practitioner to join our pastoral team

Friday, Apr 19

09

Welcome to the summer term!

Ok…so the rain, hail and strong winds might not have felt much like summer…but it’s the summer term nonetheless! Like all schools we have a lot to look forward to

Monday, Apr 15

12

Teacher of English

Required for September 2024, Teacher of English, maternity cover, full time. We require for September 2024, a well-qualified, enthusiastic and innovative Teacher of English to join our successful department. This

Wednesday, Mar 27

16

Assistant Headteacher

Required for September 2024 Salary: L15-20 Assistant Headteacher We require a resilient, enthusiastic, and creative leader to join our highly experienced and effective leadership team. We are seeking the right

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Happy Holidays

A very quick blog to wish all members of our school community a happy holiday, whether celebrating a religious festival such as Easter or Eid, spending time with friends and