January 23rd 2026  

Dear Parents and Students

 

Students have worked very hard this week – welcoming some midweek visitors along the way with Brockhill Care, Courtesy and Consideration - and had earned 3911 Excellent Effort Points by midday today! 

We are blessed with a wonderful parental body, who support and encourage their children to achieve so very much.

On Tuesday, 28 Year 8 students visited the Hawthorne Trenches in Elham in connection with their study of First World War poetry. Our sports teams have been in action this week with notable victories by our Year 8 girls’ basketball team against Folkestone School for Girls and by our Year 10 boys’ football team in the League Final against Towers School in what can only be described as a dramatic ending!

Please encourage your daughter or son to attend a Club Activity at least once a week. Please see Lunchtime Clubs listed on our website. Students can attend these with their friends or just make new friends, as they try a new sport or activity, or even ones they already know and enjoy.

Please ensure your daughter or son chooses a book from our Digital Library for this term. It contains exciting and enjoyable books for each year group from Years 7–13. We want every student to read for pleasure for 20 minutes daily. Students who read regularly perform better across the range of school subjects.

Digital Library Spring Term 2025 - 26

We are emphasising the importance of 98%+ attendance in our conversations with students together with punctuality to school in the mornings. Regular and high levels of attendance at school are so important, and there is clear evidence to show student’s progress less well when their attendance falls below 95%. Please check your daughter or son’s attendance percentage.

The difference in outcomes for Brockhill students (GCSE Results 2025) with 95% attendance and 90% attendance was stunning.

Student Attendance	Percentage of students achieving 5 + GCSEs at Grade 4 and above (standard pass)	Most frequent GCSE grade
95% and above	68.7%	5/6
90-95%	55%	4
90% and below	28%	2

We send simple messages via the SIMs Parent App to parents if a student has not submitted homework, even after a deadline extension. We hope the messages sent enable a dialogue between children and parents at home about homework and between school and parents where helpful. Importantly, though you need to be logged into the SIMs Parent App to receive these and other notifications. If you are unable to log in, please let us know by mailing office@brockhill.kent.sch.uk  

In Examination Year Groups, students who do not submit homework assignments will simply perform less well in Public Examinations. Your support is vital here. Please see our homework durations aide memoir to teachers, which sets out expectations for homework in each subject. 

The aims of our Independent Learning Folders – ILFs are to give students greater ownership and responsibility for their homework and for this to align more fully with what they learn in class, as well as to support parents to oversee their child’s homework assignments. By way of reminder please see our Independent Learning Folder Reminders

A reminder from Monday:

Year 11 Revision Tips – Monday, January 19^th          Year 13 Revision Tips – Monday, January 19th

 

Have a wonderful weekend. 

Yours sincerely,  

 

Charles Joseph 

Principal