Category: Principal’s Blog
From The Principal #172
For many of us at DLD, February has felt like an extremely busy month. Half term for most of the Year 13s and Year 11s was spent finishing coursework modules…
From The Principal #171
Are we in a winning position at this stage? Only time will tell, but I hope we are; otherwise, I would be doing the school a disservice. This year, the…
From The Principal #170
The Spring term has continued this week with a packed schedule as ever. IFP and BTEC students are settling back into coursework following the exams of December and January. Meanwhile…
From The Principal #169
It’s been a few weeks since we came back from the Christmas holidays and time has passed by so quickly. We wanted to take this opportunity to say well done…
From The Principal #168
As the cold weather continues to make for a chilly start to the day, the heat has been ramping up this week for our BTEC students, as their public examinations…
From The Principal #167
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2023. I hope you and your loved ones had a peaceful and relaxing Christmas holiday and are looking forward to what the new year brings….
From The Principal #166
And so another Autumn term comes hurtling to an end. I have always defined the arrival of the end of this term by the completion of reports (and Christmas cards),…
FROM THE PRINCIPAL #165
As the end of our last full week of this term comes to an end, students have been enjoying lessons, Christmas Jumper Day and a Christmas Party that involved biscuit…
FROM THE PRINCIPAL #164
The festive season is in full swing this week at DLD, with the arrival of our magnificent 10ft tall Christmas tree standing proudly in the atrium and posters advertising festive…
From the Principal #163
It seems like only yesterday that we were welcoming back our students from half term and now as I write this latest FTP update, it is less than three weeks…
