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New headteachers' letters to parents
Use our template to create a new headteacher's letter to send to your parents. Read advice on what the letter should cover, and see an example of a letter sent by a new head in another school.
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- End-of-term gift-giving: template letter to parents
- GDPR: updating parents
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- Letters inviting parents to meetings
- Letters to aggressive parents
- Lockdown procedures: informing parents and pupils
- Newsletters: template and what to include
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- One-page profiles: letters to parents
- Online safety: resources for parents
- Parent governor elections: ballot letters
- Parent governor vacancies: informing parents
- Poor behaviour: letters to parents
- Pupil premium and FSM registration: template letter to parents
- Residential trips: examples of letters to parents
- Staffing changes: letters to parents
- Year 1 phonics screening check: letters to parents
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