We have just been informed that Ofsted will inspecting Chaucer School on Wednesday 11^th and Thursday 12^th October 2023, and they would like to know what you think about the school. Your views about the school are important.

If you are a registered parent or carer of a student at Chaucer, you can share your views by completing Ofsted's online survey, Ofsted Parent View, at: https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk

Ofsted Parent View asks for your opinion on some aspects of the school, including the progress made by your child, the quality of teaching, how the school deals with bullying and poor behaviour. It also provides a free-text box for you to make additional comments, if you wish. The inspectors will use the online survey responses when inspecting Chaucer School.

To register your views, you will need to provide your email address, which will be held securely. It will not be used for any purpose other than providing access to the online survey. Neither schools nor Ofsted will have access to any email addresses.

Please complete the online survey as soon as possible, preferably by 11am on the first day of the inspection, as this will give the inspection team more time to consider your views. However, we will consider all online responses that are completed during the inspection, although the free-text box facility will not be available after noon on the final on-site day of the inspection.

A reminder to all parents and students. Chaucer School is closed Monday 2nd October 2023 due to a staff training day.

MCAS has recently updated if you are experiencing any issues, please ensure you are using the latest version of the app. Further information on setting up MCAS can be found at https://www.chaucer.sheffield.sch.uk/mcas if you need to reset your password at any time please visit https://www.mychildatschool.com/MCAS/MCSForgottenLogin

Grassroots trial: evaluation of an anti-conflict intervention

Information for Parents/Carers

The project will involve Year 7-9 pupils (and a small number of Year 10 pupils) in around 100 schools, starting in September 2023 and continuing until Summer 2024.

We hope you all have had a great summer. We look forward to welcoming ALL students at 8.30am on Tuesday 5^th of September ready to start the new school year, with some new faces, lots of new activities, and opportunities all day to learn and succeed. 

Please see the link below to our newly launched end of term Newsletter!

Please see the guide below for help on setting up parental controls and adjusting privacy settings to provide your
Child with a safer online environment.

We have been participating in the Autism in Schools Project for the past 20 months. This has enabled us to access support from the Sheffield parent / carer forum and access to an intervention for students entitled ‘Understanding Myself’ led by KIDS. As a school we have also had access to a range of training materials to develop and embed our practice at Chaucer.

In the spring of 2022 we agreed to contribute to a training video which included how we support students with ASD, both diagnosed and those awaiting assessment. This video is now being shared city wide to support training of school staff to develop skills and expertise to ensure young people across the city access the right support. A trailer has now been released that can be shared publicly.

We are really proud of the fact that Chaucer’s good practice has been recognised, and you can have a brief look at our contribution in the video below.

Mrs Tolley

Year 11 2023 Exams results day will take place on Thursday 24th August.
Students can come to collect results in person at any time between 09:30am 11:30am on the day.
Please see the letter below for more information for collection options.

On Wednesday 12^th July 2023 we will be holding our whole school sports day. Students will be taking part in a range of sports activities including Athletics, Football, Dodgeball, Basketball and Table Tennis.  

Students will be expected to attend school in full PE uniform please see https://www.chaucer.sheffield.sch.uk/uniform for information about acceptable PE Uniform.  

Access to drinks and food will be available at normal break and lunch times. However, we would encourage all students to bring a water bottle with them.  

If the weather does not permit the activities to take place on the planned date we will update as soon as possible, with further information.

Mr Hammonds is reading for our next episode of the Chaucer Book Podcast He's chosen a fantastic extract from 'My Brilliant Friend', sit back and enjoy! 

Chaucer School will remain fully open to all students on the next strike days (Wednesday 5th July and Friday 7th July 2023) Please see the letter below for more information.

Y6 to Y7 transition Wednesday 5th, Thursday 6th and Friday 7th July. 

On Tuesday 13^th of June a group of our year 7 students visited the University of Sheffield to take part in the Sir Harry Kroto Day. The day is a celebration of the Nobel prize winning work of Sir Harry Kroto and his discovery of Buckminster Fullerene which was given the nick name “Bucky Ball” due to its structure. The students took part in workshop activities in the morning learning about the scientific scale from the gigantic gigametres to opposite extreme of nanometres. They built their own Bucky Balls and explored the unique geometry of this amazing molecule.

In the afternoon the students got their lab coats, goggles and gloves on to take part in some experiments to explore the chemistry of different molecules in the teaching laboratories in the Dainton Building. Students made their own bath bombs, explored the slippery and stretchy world of slime and watched various demonstrations including elephant’s toothpaste and the wonders of liquid nitrogen.

The students were impeccably behaved and were an absolute credit to themselves and the school. I was proud to be able to accompany them and share their experience. I hope that they had as much fun as I did and consider the opportunities that life at university can provide.

Well done doesn’t seem quite enough to congratulate them on their participation in the event! I am immensely proud of their conduct and engagement in the day, and it really did remind me of the reasons I chose to be a teacher. Thank you, year 7!

Dr Aitken