Effective communication between WHJS and
parents is vital. We outline here the methods we use to keep you
informed. You will be given login details for these apps
at the start of term.
Please note that you will only be able to set up your Firefly account once your daughter has been admitted on her first day.
Please see a brief outline of various communication channels. More details can be found below.
SchoolPost – Week Ahead, notices, letters and events
We use SchoolPost for our communications, grouping emails where at all possible to our weekly Wednesday
Mail-out. Please make sure you read this. The first item every week will be the
Week Ahead message – showing the events on in school in the following week. You
will also be notified about community events that are open for booking – eg:
plays and concerts. We like to encourage all parents to come to different
events over the course of the year, whether or not your daughter is directly
involved. They are important markers for the school year and you will find
other parents, teachers and members of the senior management team there, to
talk to over refreshments. We do urge you to take up these opportunities where
work and family commitments allow. We mark in the subject heading where a
message needs your response – eg: an RSVP for specific permissions, etc. This
avoids us having to send any paperwork home. All emails sent out by the school
will be accessible to you in your SchoolPost inbox as well, where you can
search by subject or date. For urgent matters, we will use the text function in
SchoolPost, so please ensure we have up-to-date mobile numbers at all times.
Firefly and School Calendar
You can change your contact details
on Firefly. It is also your access point to your daughter’s attendance records
and where school reports will be published. There is also a link from Firefly
to the school calendar, weekly menus, etc.
For more notice on school events, we recommend parents subscribe to the school calendar.
If you'd like to understand more about how it works, you can access our How to Guide for Firefly.
Evolve
In
common with many other schools, we use Evolve for all administration for school
trips. You will receive emails from evolve.notifications@edufocus.co.uk. The subject line will say : ‘Booking Invitation.’ Once you click into a Booking Invitation you’ll see the Trip, the Organisers name and further details.
ParentPay and Fees
If you have any queries about fees
billing, please contact the GDST: feesdepartment@wes.gdst.net Lunches are compulsory and you are invoiced for these with
the school fees. Payment for any additional items, such as optional snacks,
trips and visits, is via ParentPay, a secure online system. New parents will
receive their login details before the start of term.
News, social media and website
Do subscribe to our social channels and news feed for
news, photos and reports from recent activities.
We will also update parents with specific news at least
once a half term, via Head’s letters and newsletters.
You can access all our key policies, recent academic results and leavers’ destinations on our website.
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Wimbledon High School music Instagram
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