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Dear Parents/Carers, Please find attached our Welcome Backpack with key information relating to the start of the new academic year. The return to school dates and times for each of the year groups are as follows: Wednesday 4th September - Year 7 (8:30am) and Year 11...

Parents/Carers are warmly invited to attend the parent/carer evening which will be held on Thursday the 25th April from 4:30PM to 7:00PM. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet your child's teachers and to discuss their progress. Please contact your child's head of year if ther...

Parents/Carers are warmly invited to attend the parent/carer evening on Thursday the 14th of March. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet your child's teachers and to discuss their progress. Please contact your child's head of year if there are any issues with attending...

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On Tuesday 5th December the school will be closed in order to host our Review Day Meetings for students in Years 7 and 8. On this day, parents and carers have the opportunity to meet with their child’s tutor here at Gladesmore or online via schoolcloud. Parents in Years 7 and 8 should...

Gladesmore Community School is proud to act as host for Middlesex Crickets' successful disability programs, which are dedicated to fostering inclusivity and a love for cricket amongst individuals of diverse abilities. Working in collaboration with the Haringey London Council, our school...

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Dear Parents/Carers and pupils, We hope that this finds you all well.  Results will be available on Thursday 24th August. We intend to send results to you by email at 8:00am, however, pupils who wish to come in to collect their results in person should come to the Success Lounge from 9:00...

Dear Parent/Carers, Gladesmore Community School is running a summer school programme for Year 10 students to help them prepare for Year 11. Where possible, we expect all Year 10 students to take up this exciting opportunity that is offered free of charge.  This two-week programme starts o...

Dear Parents and Carers, please see the attached information regarding End of Year and Start of Term arrangements for 2023.

Dear Parents/Carers, please find attached information regarding the NEU Strike Action on the 5th and 7th of July 2023.

Please note that the school will be closed from Wednesday 28th June to the 30th of June and will resume as normal on Monday 3rd July.  For more information, please see the attached letter below.

On Friday the 9th of June, Gladesmore Community School will be celebrating International Culture and Diversity Day. We recognise that Gladesmore has an impressive diversity of students and staff from a range of nationalities and this should be celebrated. We hope that through this celebration we can...

Gladesmore Community School is very much looking forward to Year 7 Parent/Carer evening. We warmly invite all our parent/carers to attend. The evening will begin at 4:30PM and families will have the opportunity to speak to subject teachers.  Parent/carers should note that the best en...

A group of enthusiastic Year 9 pupils took part in an exciting visit to the Biochemical Faculty at University College London. Led by Professor Ramos, the pupils were treated to an insightful journey through the university's rich heritage and the core values it upholds. This visit marked another...

Gladesmore Community School will be closed on Monday 8th May as part of the country's activities to mark the coronation of King Charles III. On Friday 5th May, pupils in Year 7/8/9 participated in a special PSHE lesson which explored what will happen during the coronation ceremony, and a range o...

Gladesmore Community School are delighted to continue our partnership with Royal Holloway university. On Thursday 4th May, students from Royal Holloway came to speak to Year 8 about university life and to answer pupil questions about their experience. 

Parents/Carers are warmly invited to attend the parent/carer evening on Thursday the 4th of May. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet your child's teachers and to discuss their progress. Please contact your child's head of year if there are any issues with attending. 

Gladesmore Community School is very much looking forward to our rescheduled Year 8 Parent/Carer evening. We warmly invite all our parent/carers to attend. The evening will begin at 4:30PM and families will have the opportunity to speak to subject teachers.  Parent/carers should note that the...

Although Year 11 are on the verge of sitting their GCSE exams, our commitment to their wider social and emotional development is undimmed. Haringey Public Health Team have highlighted that gambling is a public health risk in Haringey and that young people are especially vulnerable to gambling addict...

The Geography department are delighted to announce that two of our teams have been shortlisted for the next stage of the Big Ideas Competition.

Gladesmore Community School is aware that many of our pupils, families and staff will be observing Ramadan over the next month. Prayer spaces are available at lunch time and the school is setting aside an area of the dining hall for pupils who are fasting.  Friday prayers will continue to run a...

Gladesmore Community School is looking forward to the Easter Holidays. For our Year 7 and Year 11, we are offering an Easter Holiday programme to consolidate key skills (Year 7) and to help Year 11 prepare for their upcoming GCSE exams.  The Year 7 programme will run from Monday 3rd to...

Gladesmore Community School were delighted to see a significant increase in the number of students opting to receive the DTP vaccination on 20th March 2023.  For those who don’t know, the DPT vaccine is a teenage booster which boosts protection against 3 separate diseases: tetanus, d...

On the 22nd of February, the year 10 Drama Cohort were lucky enough to attend a performance of the west end show Wicked: the Musical. Pupils were very enthusiastic and commented that it helped to develop their understanding of dramatisation, staging and performance. 

Parents/Carers are warmly invited to attend the parent/carer evening on Thursday the 23rd of March. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet your child's teachers and to discuss their progress. Please contact your child's head of year if there are any issues with attending. 

Dear Parents/Carers, please find attached information regarding the NEU Strike Action on the 15th and 16th of March 2023. 

Students in Year 10 were invited to attend a small workshop led by senior figures within Framestore.  Framestore are a world-leading Visual Effects company based in London.  If you have laughed at Paddington or watched in awe as Dr Strange manipulates his universe, you have seen...

Students in Year 7 have just started their first Citizenship Unit which is titled: What is democracy?  As part of this unit, we arranged for UK Parliament to visit to present to Year 7 about the role of parliament and also about how young people can engage with parliament (even before they...

We hope that all parents and carers of pupils in Year 6 have received notification of their secondary school place for 2023. We would remind parents that they need to respond online to confirm the place.  What if my child has not managed to secure a place at GCS? Whilst we know that 94% o...

Gladesmore Community School has a long standing relationship with Moodys. A core part of our work is the mentoring programme which links Year 10 pupils to Moodys employees. On the 23rd of March, pupils in the Year 10 cohort travelled to Canary Wharf to meet their mentors in person and also to gai...

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On Thursday 9th of February, a small group of Year 9 students were lucky enough to visit the BFI for a day of activities, building their understanding of the links between languages and history. 

Year 9 event

Gladesmore Community School would like to thank all the parents and carers who attended our Year 9 parents evening last night. The conversations were extremely productive and we are confident that Year 9 will go on to achieve great things.  If you are a Year 9 parent/carer and you were unabl...

On January 10th, Gladesmore Community School hosted Haringey's "Cabinet in the Community" event, which was focused around the issue of the rising cost of living. Gerry Robinson (Executive Headteacher and Designated Safeguarding Lead, Haringey Learning Partnership) emailed to say tha...

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On Friday 16th December, students will have the opportunity to wear their own comfortable and warm clothing on the last day of term. In return, we are asking for a £1 donation from each child. We are collecting money to provide some much-needed funds to Haringey Food Bank, supporting those who...

Royal Holloway University of London visited Gladesmore, delivering two amazing taster lectures and seminars for our Y10 students. To give students a taste of what learning at university is like, students had student ambassadors who are currently studying those degrees at Royal Holloway- deliver o...

Interested in studying T-Levels but want to learn more? On Monday 12th December 2022 from 4.00pm - 5.00pm, Sir George Monoux Sixth Form College will be hosting a free 60-minute virtual Q&A session aimed at answering all of your questions. The attached flyer has detail...

Dear parent/carers, please find attached below information regarding Group A Strep, Scarlet Fever & Invasive Group A Strep, and the actions you need to take in the event that your child shows any signs of symptoms.

On the 24th November 2022, a group of our Year 10 students were lucky enough to participate in a workshop called Onsite News Editing - where the pupils research the news and create their own newspaper front page. The pupils enjoyed it and worked very hard, and they received some glowing feedback fro...

This week is a very exciting week for a small number of students in Year 11.  They are going on work experience placement as part of their Work Skills qualification.   We look forward to hearing all their stories and finding out what they learn.

Staff briefing today was taken over by the final stage of the Head Prefect elections.  Students have already submitted an application, made a presentation to their peers and won a vote of their peers. The final stage was a 1-minute presentation to staff before a vote.  The quality...

On Thursday the 10th of November, the school will be closed in order to host our annual Year 11 Pathways Day. The school will be hosting a number of 6th Forms and Further Education colleges from around London to give Year 11 students an opportunity to discuss their next step on their...

Solutions for the Planet came to Gladesmore on 1st November to begin a project which will run for a number of weeks.   Approximately 60 students from Year 9 began developing ideas which may act as Solutions for the Planet. This project will continue through the Autu...

Please click here to find the schedule for the tuition classes running for KS4 over the October Half-Term Please note that any tuition for KS3 is through invitation only.

On Wednesday 12th October 2022, Haringey Sixth Form College will be hosting their Pathways to Employment event aimed at Young People with SEND and their families.  This event will include an opportunity for you to; hear from young people with SEND and their routes into employ...

Gladesmore Community School is enthusiastic about Black History Month. This year's theme will be Representation Matters. 

This Tuesday is the first evening meeting of the new academic year for Year 10 Parents/Carers. The purpose of the meeting will be to guide you through your child’s up-coming year of secondary education and to ensure your child can manage the new demands of Year 10. In order to support...

On 20th September 2022, a group of keen scientists visited Cambridge University to gain a greater insight into science at university and explore some of the opportunities available beyond school. Pupils attended 6 interactive physics talks and then spent the afternoon at Murray Edwards College...

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Saturday 10th of September marked the first day of our ever-popular Saturday school. All Year 7 are invited to attend and attendance for the start of the 2022-2023 academic year was impressive. At Saturday school, pupils develop their literacy and numeracy skills alongside fun creative activ...

I am writing to update you on the situation following the heavy rainfall earlier this month which caused severe flooding in parts of the school site. This led to extensive damage to ceilings, lighting, and to the electrical power supply to parts of the Main building. This has required the electri...

Results day will be held in the Success Lounge from 9:00am to 10:30am on Thursday 25/08/2022. Access will be via Gladesmore Road.

It is an extremely busy but exciting end of term for us. Gladesmore are again hosting a team of executives from the Premier League accompanied by football coaches from the 92 football clubs that make up the Premier League and the EFL (English Football League). The coaches are parti...

To support with meals during the Summer Holidays, a number of retailers and restaurants are offering discounted (or even free) meals for children. We hope families find this information useful. 

Stepping Stones is now a well-established tradition at Gladesmore. Our morning peer mentoring programme is now delivered across London in more than 50 schools. On Monday 11th July, the Stepping Stones team were delighted to be able to reward regular attenders with a trip to Rowans Bowling. Despit...

On Wednesday 6th and Thursday 8th of July, a select group of our Year 8 and Year 10 pupils took part in the Royal Society’s annual Summer Science Exhibition to present the Science departments geoengineering project looking at mitigating climate change via carbon capture and temperatu...

On Wednesday 6th July, a select group of our year 10 pupils were invited to join the Literature Festival hosted at LAET Sixth Form, where they were given a chance to get involved in a variety of different creative workshops such as drama, poetry and singing. The poetry workshop was led by an ex...

Gladesmore Community School is delighted that we are once again able to host Year 6 induction days in person. Every Year 6 who has secured a place at Gladesmore Community School will have been invited to an induction day on either Tuesday 5th of July or Wednesday 6th of July. If you are not sur...

Gladesmore Community School understands that the transition to secondary school can be exciting for some and nerve racking for others. We therefore run a very comprehensive transition package for both pupils and parents/carers.  Following on from the one-to-one interviews on Saturdays, all p...

Gladesmore Community School continues to be a lead school for the GLA Stepping Stones Project. More than 50 Year 9 pupils applied to be mentors to the class of 2027. The first training session took place on Friday the 1st of July in preparation for Year 6 transition days. 

Mathematicians in Year 9 were excited to attend an enrichment activity at LAE Tottenham on the 29th of June, 2022. Many of the pupils commented that they would be interested in applying to LAET in the future. 

Pupils studying Art at GCSE are always looking for new sources of inspiration. Whilst books and the Internet are fantastic for providing access to all forms of Art, there is no substitute for seeing Art in person! The Art department are therefore dedicated to ensuring that pupils make the most of...

Gladesmore Community School takes health and safety extremely seriously. Today we conducted a whole school fire drill with all staff and pupils assembling in Markfield Park.  It is vital that everyone knows what to do should there be an emergency and the evacuation training is understood by all...

Gladesmore Community School knows that our pupils take a huge pride in their appearance. This week pastoral teams and the senior leadership team will be conducting spot checks to ensure that all pupils are looking their best.  Please click here if you wish to know the uniform guidelines.

Tony Hartney CBE has announced that he will be retiring from teaching at the end of this academic year.  After being at Gladesmore since 1999 as headteacher this is going to be his final year. The Governing Body will look to appoint a new headteacher for September 2022...

Gladesmore Community School's highly successful Year 7 transition school ended today. Pupils were lucky enough to visit our partner Highgate School for a celebration. Pupils enjoyed using the excellent sporting facilities at Highgate and they commented that they would miss Saturday school in Yea...

Year 11 Pupils are currently revising for their GCSE exams. As part of this preparation, the English department organised a special screening of An Inspector Calls. Pupils commented afterwards that the screening reminded them of core themes and kick-started their final revision activities.

On Wednesday 11th May the Art Department were visited by representatives of ‘Junk Kouture’, a global company creating opportunities for young people to make their mark in the fashion industry. Our Year 10 Art students found the visit really inspirational, and ‘Junk Kouture...

To mark World Earth Day, the GladeDiner switched to a vegetarian menu for the day. Whilst the change wasn't universally popular, everyone agreed that it successfully drew attention to the challenges facing our planet. The GladeDiner will be incorporating some of the vegetarian dishes into our ma...

Pupils in Year 7 were invited to attend the transition school over the Easter Holidays. The school combined fun with learning. A particular feature of the Easter School was the focus on nutrition and healthy eating. Pupils demonstrated their creativity by making dishes and eating them enthusiastical...

Gladesmore Community School were proud to see members of our school choir performing at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium before the match against Everton FC. The choir, led by Mr T. Lowe (Head of Music), performed ‘One Day’, a song expressing hope that one day our world wi...

The Gladesmore Choir has been rehearsing hard since the start of the year and were last night delighted to be part of a concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Pupils said that it was an unforgettable experience and the school were very proud of the performance.

Gladesmore Community School is always delighted to share events which may be of use to our local community. This week, we are particularly proud to be supporting World Autism Acceptance Week and would like to draw your attention to the events below organised by #ActuallyHaringey.

The Geography department are taking the lead on our preparations for World Earth Day on April 22nd. Gladesmore Community School will be vegetarian for a day to highlight the challenges facing our planet

Gladesmore Community School will be continuing its ongoing partnership with Royal Holloway University on Friday, 11th of March. Year 8 participated in an interactive workshop focused on what to expect from university life. As you would expect, pupils had lots of questions and many pupils commente...

Today marks the start of National Careers Week - 'a celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. The aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people'.   Stu...

Pupils in Year 9, please remember to submit your Year 9 Pathways form before Monday 7th of March. All the information that you require is on the Gladesmore Student Portal and forms should be submitted using SIMS. If you have any issues, please speak to Mr Larvin (Deputy Head Teacher)

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The Year 11 mock exam window begins on Monday 7th of February. Pupils will be on study leave until the 25th of February. If pupils wish to study in school, the school has created a silent study zone in the success lounge. Entry is by lanyard only and pupils who wish to acquire a lanyard should...

Year 11 will shortly begin their mock exams. We know that most pupils are confident that they know how to revise independently, however, the school wanted to provide additional support for pupils. Royal Holloway University kindly agreed to run a remote revision workshop for all Year 11 pupils. Wh...

Shmuel Davidsohn, a leading member of our local Jewish community, visited Gladesmore as our special guest for Year 10. Students were very interested in their Religious Education lessons to learn more about the Jewish festival of Purim. They also had the opportunity to a...

Gladesmore Community School will be continuing its ongoing partnership with Royal Holloway University on Friday, 10th of December. The Royal Holloway team will be sharing information about post-6 options with all the students in Year 9.

From November 15th to the 19th, Gladesmore Community School were involved in events to mark Anti-Bullying Week. This year's theme was "One Kind Word" and the school enthusiastically embraced this message as it fits with our REACH values.  On Monday, students celebrated what...

Ofsted has published the findings of their inspection of the Haringey Council SEND Provision. Please click here to access the full report.

The Class of 2021 are celebrating excellent examination results See summary attached below If you were not able to attend on the day or have a query then please contact exams@gladesmore.com. For appeals, please refer to the documentation attached below.

Active Travel At Gladesmore Community School, we encourage our pupils to consider active travel when possible, particularly if they live close by. By choosing to walk and cycle to school, you will keep yourself fit and healthy — it’s much cheaper than joining a gym! Active tr...

Haringey has received notice that their SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) provision is to be inspected next week (5th-9th July). The focus of the inspection is on how well the needs of children and young people with SEND are identified and met by the local authority, health services, e...

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To support the children’s mental well-being during what has been a particularly difficult time we are launching "Wellbeing Wednesday", where no home learning will be set on a Wednesday. Instead, we will encourage students to put extra focus on feeling positive and their mental health...

DESIGN A NEW MARKFIELD PARK LOGO COMPETITION. TASK – To design a new logo for the Markfield Park Heritage which must include: - logo of a green environment, e.g. tree with children holding hands (protecting the green space and enjoying) - it would be great to incorporate the beam engine...

As part of the Academy of Football's commemorations, the Club undertook a Remembrance Sunday Service and also produced a video which told the story of the ‘West Ham Pals’ ; a battalion that served in the First World War. These videos were organised and recorded by members of...

We hope that this finds you all well. We understand how unsettling the past weeks have been for you, and that you are now urgently waiting for the examination results.   GCSE & BTEC Results Day. Results for students will be available on Thursday 20th August. We intend to send these...

Players at Tottenham Hotspur FC have made a special video to send a special thank you to our staff for their continued efforts and to our wonderful students of Gladesmore to help keep spirits up. What a lovely gesture by the club, for which we are grateful. Gladesmore is very...

Please see attached parent news letter regarding coronavirus CORONAVIRUS UPDATE  Schools have been instructed to close to almost all children until further notice.   FREE SCHOOL MEALS - Parents and carers of children who are eligible for Free School...

  Thursday 5th December 2019 Lunchtime - Main hall Friday 6th December 2019 Lunchtime - Main hall Wednesday 11th December 2019 All day - Main hall

If you would like to order a copy of your child's school photo, please return the completed form together with your payment to the school office by Wednesday 16th October 2019.   Orders that were placed through the school are now available to collect. Please see Mr Mao in room...

In our effort to be more environmentally friendly, we ask all parent to please consider passing any items of uniform that no longer fit your child to the school office. We would ask that the items are washed and are in a good condition to be reused. Many thanks to parents who have already...

Sunday 19/05/2019 Hello from sunny Cyprus. After a very tiring flight we arrived at our hotel at 1.30am on Saturday morning. We still managed to get up early though and spent the morning in Kilitkaya with Lois and her husband Ismael, baking fresh bread in an outside oven and buying some of the...

Please find below details of the revision classes run over the Easter half term.

The 2018 pantomime is presented by Year 10 Drama students. This performance will feature a cast of 50. Wednesday 19th December 2018 Start time: 6:00pm (Late comers will not be admitted). £1 per ticket. Tickets available from the school office and Drama department until Fr...

  Open Mornings: Wednesday 19th & 26th September and Wednesday 10th October & 17th October. (The 45 minute tour starts at 9:15am, no appointment needed, meet at our reception Meet our wonderful student and staff See our fantastic facilities Experience our fri...

The sun was blazing, the sky was a beautiful blue and the summer holidays had just started.  Monday 23rd July saw the first day of our fantastic Summer School.  We had a phenomenal turnout with over 160 students consistently attending across the two weeks. Students took part in Literacy...

Dear Parent/Carer, A reminder that the Year 9 Graduation is on Tuesday 10/07/2018. Please arrive at the school by 2:20PM via the Gladesmore Road entrance.

Thursday 17/05/2018 Hello, we safely cleared customs and are waiting to board the plane to Istanbul.  Everyone is very excitedand looking forward to a great trip!  Will let you all know when we arrive at the hotel in sunny Cyprus  Friday 18/05/2018 We have arrived safely a...

Please find attached below details of the revision classes scheduled to take place over the February 2018 half term.

Dear Parents and Carers Saturday 11th November All arrived back safely after a wonderful educational visit. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Follow us on our...

School children from all over London have come together to make this single to show #thereisloveinmyhometown. There have been a lot of negative stories coming out of London recently: knife crime, inner city gang culture, terrorism, the Grenfell Tower fire, young men dying in police custody but amids...

Video of Gladesmore GCSE results day - Thursday 24th August 2017.      

Year 11 Graduation and Prom - Friday 30th June 2017. Venue: The Decorium, Wood Green Time: 10:45AM For more information please click here.

It is important that the contact details we have for your child is always kept up to date as letters, emails and text messages are sent out on a regular basis with important information relating to your child or the school. The quickest and most efficient way to update any changes to your de...

We are very proud of how smart our students look in their school uniform. Occasionally, some students are not dressed appropriately and we ask for your support in ensuring everyone is correctly dressed. All students have been issued with a letter to remind them of our uniform expectations (see attac...

Wednesday November 30th 2016. 6:00pm — 8:00pm Wed, Nov. 30, 2016 6:00pm — 8:00pm   It is never too early to start thinking about your future.Haringey Sixth Form College, in partnership with leading Russell Group Universities and other providers, is giving you...

Jack and the Beanstalk. Thursday 15/12/2016 6:00pm - 7:00pm Tickets cost £1 Doors will open at 5:45pm. Please note, entry will not be allowed after 6:00pm. Tickets can be purchased at the main school office or the drama department. Only 400 seats are available, be quick to avoid dis...