November 13th 2026

Dear Parents and Students

Thank you for all your support this week.

On Wednesday morning Mr Boston delivered the school's Remembrance reading and led our 2 minute silence at 11am.

Students and Staff represented Brockhill at a number of Remembrance Sunday services throughout the area, with our Years 12 and 13 Dance students performing at The War Memorial at the Grove in Hythe on Wednesday. I am so proud of our students for their part in commemorating such important national events and grateful to our teachers and associates for their leadership of the student body at such important moments in our national life.

Thank you for your contributions to the School Voluntary Fund following my appeals. We have set the requested amount at £2 per month by standing order for each family to donate to enable all or nearly all families to respond. We are doing well but still have a long way to go.

Bank: Lloyds TSB                                                Account Name: Brockhill Park Performing Arts Voluntary Fund

Sort Code: 30-93-34                                          Account No: 02941356

This fund will allow us to continue to offer access to school trips, clubs and uniform for all.

Thank you also for taking the time to fill in our surveys during or following the Parent Subject Consultations (Years 10 - 13). We were touched by the many kind words and are contacting anyone who noted a concern or left a suggestion.

We run weekly Meet the SENDCO sessions on Tuesdays during the morning. If you have any questions or concerns about SEND provision and how it relates to your child, you will be able to make an appointment to meet a member of our SENDCO team. If you would like to take this opportunity, please email send@brockhill.kent.sch.uk by the end of Thursday of the previous week, so we can get back to you with a suitable time. This is a popular initiative, so please bear with us if demand is high.  

Our Sixth Form Open Evening was a great success. It was such a pleasure to welcome so many of our Year 11 parents to Brockhill as we start a collective conversation about next steps after GCSEs. It was a particularly special evening for me, as I watched our Principal, Mr Haisell and Vice Principal, Mrs Ashlee lead the evening with Ms Martin, our Acting Sixth Form Director.

We also welcomed former student, Morgan O'Callaghan back to Brockhill. He spoke movingly about his time in Sixth Form and how it was cut short by the pandemic. Morgan is now a successful independent film maker and credits his time in Sixth Form  at Brockhill and Mr Bennett's teaching for setting him on this path.

Today, students have undertaken Children in Need fundraising activities in their Academy Tutor Groups over period 5 and lunchtime. We will of course let you know how much they have raised next week. We thank them all for their engagement and support of each other.

Also, beyond the classroom this week 25 Brockhill students have travelled to Berlin for History fieldwork where they will consider democracy and dictatorship and some of the darkest periods and events of history. Others have taken in a performance of Matilda in London, and again I am delighted with our student volunteers, who have been out litter picking in the local area. Their determination to 'do good as they go' and 'make a difference' marks them out as outstanding citizens. Our sportswomen and sportsmen fought bravely through difficult football fixtures this week and were great ambassadors for Brockhill.

Please encourage your daughter or son to attend a Club Activity at least once a week. Please see Lunchtime Clubs listed on our website.

Again today, we are sending simple SMS messages to parents if a student has not submitted homework, even after a deadline extension. Our homework durations aide memoir to teachers, sets out expectations for homework in each subject. In Examination Year Groups though, students who do not submit homework assignments will simply perform less well in Public Examinations. Your support is vital here.

If any of you are completing or have completed a Degree and are thinking about entering teaching, we train a large number of teachers each year. If this is a path you might be interested in pursuing then please do get in touch with Mr Travers via office@brockhill.kent.sch.uk

As of 10.30am am this morning, we had sent 3988 Excellent Effort points to parents in recognition of their daughter or son's hard work. We wish to recognize every student, so please encourage your daughter or son to submit their personal best class- and homework assignments.

Have a peaceful weekend.

Yours Sincerely,  

 

CJoseph

 

Charles Joseph

Executive Principal

 

 

 

Letter to Parents November 6th 2026