Information for Parents
Dear parent/carer
I would like to welcome you to our website, and trust that it contains the information or help you are looking for – if not, please contact us. We have tried to meet the needs of prospective students, their parents, and also the parents of current students – see the links below.
I am very proud of Greenhead College and what its students and staff have achieved. Visitors often comment on the happy and purposeful atmosphere they find here, which I believe comes from the warm relationships which exist between staff and students, creating a community in which each person is valued, can flourish, and achieve their full potential.
We have tried to offer some insights into this on the website, and I invite you to ‘wander round’, like you might on one of our Open Evenings, and have a look at what is on offer!
Martin Rostron - Principal
This section of the website is divided into two sections:
- information for parents of prospective students and
- information for parents who already have a son or daughter studying here at Greenhead college
Information for parents of prospective students
Please follow the following links to the relevant pages of our site:
- Open Evenings
- Application process
- What happens after you have received an offer?
- Key dates (including term dates)
- Mission statement and College Charter
- College inspections
- Latest exam results
- Financial matters (including EMA)
- Transport arrangements
- The college day
Kirklees & Calderdale Careers Service website provides information on the various options at 16
Information for parents of current Greenhead students
Please follow the following links to the relevant pages of our site:
- Key dates (including term dates and parents evenings)
- Reports and parents' evenings
- Financial matters (including EMA)
- Transport arrangements
- Reporting absence
- Who do I contact if I have concerns about my son or daughter?
- Personal tutor's email address
- Higher Education Student Finance
- Powerpoint Presentation on HE Student Finance
Reports and Parents' Evenings
Our value-added/monitoring system provides an effective means of measuring student and staff performance. Students' GCSE results on entry are measured against their subsequent progress every term and what this suggests about the likely consequences for their future achievement at AS and A-level. Praise, encouragement and help are given as needed in order to try and ensure that all students fulfil their potential.
Personal tutors and subject teachers invite parents of new students to an evening meeting in the third week of the Autumn term to answer general queries and discuss any matters of concern. There are two Parents' Evenings in the first year and one in the second year when you can make appointments with your son's or daughter's teachers to discuss their progress. The dates are published in the calendar and on the report which comes out shortly before the appropriate Parents' Evening.
Who do I contact if I have concerns about my son or daughter?
Your son's or daughter's personal tutor is your first point of contact, they will then discuss any of your concerns with subject teachers if you wish. Parents are always free to contact the Principal or another senior member of staff and you have the right to approach the Chair of Governors.
Personal Tutors
| Personal tutor | Initials | |
| Kim Askew | KA | kaskew@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Paul Burnham | PBU | PBurnham@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Matthew Burrows | MB | mburrows@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Rowena Burton | RB | rburton@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Liz Charles | EC | ECharles@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Sue Creamer | SC | screamer@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Barbara Farmer | BF | bfarmer@greenhead.ac.uk |
| David Greenwood | DG | dgreenwood@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Lorraine Hales | LH | lhales@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Christine Henderson | CH | chenderson@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Lynsey Jones | LJ | ljones@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Julia Musoke | JM | jmusoke@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Gillian Peers | GP | gpeers@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Mike Pickerden | MPI | mrp@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Janet Pitts | JP | jpitts@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Zoe Rainferd | ZR | zrainferd@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Jane Rylah | JR | jrylah@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Jane Roberts | JE | jroberts@greenhead.ac.uk |
| David Scales | DS | dscales@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Alyson Starling | AS | astarling@greenhead.ac.uk |
| Graham Thackray | GT | gthackray@greenhead.ac.uk |
NB: Staff check their email with different degrees of regularity! If your request is urgent please contact the tutor by phone.
