A letter from the Head of Student Experience

Dear Parent / Guardian,

We have really enjoyed welcoming your son/daughter/young person to Exeter College this week and we will look forward to meeting you at some point in their journey through the College.

We want this year to be a happy and successful one for all students and we know that the key to this is open and honest communication between the College, parents/guardians and students.

From research, we know that attendance has a major impact on student achievement. We expect students to attend fully and to be on time for all of their classes. We would really value your support in this and would ask that you assist us by encouraging your son/daughter/young person to attend their sessions and be punctual at all times. Please note that we expect students to make routine appointments e.g. G.P./Dental appointments, driving lessons etc. outside of college time.

All absences must be reported using our online absence reporting system, which your son/daughter/young person can access on their Exeter College home page. As a parent/guardian of a student at Exeter College, you can access information on your son/daughter/young person’s attendance, timetable and progress, via their home page. Please ask them to show you their home page, which can be accessed via logging on to the College’s website.

You can find more detailed information about the College including, safeguarding information, our range of support services and the dates of Parent/Guardian Progress evenings for 17/18, as well as other useful information, on our Parents’ page on the College website.

We would be grateful, if you could let us know of any changes in your personal circumstances as soon as possible; such as a change of address or phone number and would ask that you contact us if you have any queries or concerns about your son/daughter/young person’s progress. You can contact their tutor via email; by including their full name, all lowercase and no space, before the generic email address @exe-coll.ac.uk; for example jenniehamilton@exe-coll.ac.uk or you can contact the College by telephone and be asked to be put through to your son/young person’s faculty and tutor.

I hope that we can work together to make your son/daughter/young person’s time at Exeter College happy, fulfilling and successful. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you wish to discuss anything to do with their education, welfare and progress whilst they are at the College.

Yours sincerely

Jennie Hamilton

Head of Student Experience