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12.03.26 (162.65 KB) Chromebook online assessments reporting (295.74 KB) Banned Items and Searching (198.48 KB) Best of BDA Autumn 2026 (4.87 MB) Attendance at BDA (6.29 MB) Y11 - Mock Exams (308.99 KB) Year 11 February Mock Exams End of Term Letter - December 2025 (229.95 KB) Y13 - November Mock Exams (139.33 KB) Y12 - November Mock Exams (126.09 KB) Y11 - November Mock Exams (326.89 KB) 11En4 Parents Evening (155.38 KB) Y11 - Year Ahead (134.06 KB) Academic Year - 2024-2025 Parent Letter - August 2025 (264.37 KB) Best of BDA Summer 2025 (8.16 MB) Y11 Academic Review Day 3rd September 2025 (191.95 KB) End of Year Parent Letter July 2025 (287.5 KB) Thorpe Park Letter (48.72 KB) Toca Social Letter (44.8 KB) Y7 Parents' evening letter (51.89 KB) Y9 Graduation Letter (117.04 KB) Sports Day Letter (128.89 KB) Y7 and Y8 Camping Letter June (273.85 KB) Y9 Camping Letter June (273.95 KB) Year 11 May Half-Term Exam Revision Letter 2025 (154.67 KB) End of Year Exams Letter Y7-Y10 May 2025 (128.9 KB) End of Year Exams timetable Y7-Y10 (20.02 KB) Parent- School Hours Letter (164.15 KB) Best of BDA Spring 2025 (4.41 MB) School Day Consultation Letter April 2025 (122.53 KB) Year 9 Camping Letter 2025 (65.6 KB) Year 7 & Year 8 Camping Letter 2025 (64.75 KB) Attendance Letter Easter (152.4 KB) Y13 Easter Revision Letter (63.11 KB) Y11 Easter Intervention (18.37 KB) End of Term Letter April 2025 (217.09 KB) Cultural Gala 2025 (541.34 KB) Y11 Prep Timetable (27 KB) Y11 Prep Timetable from 6th May 2025 KS3 Homework Letter February 2025 (132.58 KB) Year 9 Options Evening Letter 2025 (31.2 KB) February Mock Exam Letter (147.34 KB) Parent Letter - Start of School Year (329.53 KB) Preparing for exams and beyond [Year 11 and Year 13] (103.51 KB) Year 7 - Meet the Tutor (107.49 KB) Extra-Curricular Sports Programme (117.85 KB) Sixth Form Open Evening Letter (75.98 KB) Year 11 Mock Exams- Autumn (321.12 KB) Year 8- Parents' Evening (115.62 KB) Year 9 - Parents' Evening (113.25 KB) Year 13 - November Mock Exams (113.79 KB) Year 13 Parents Evening (95.12 KB) End of Term Letter - December 2024 (235.94 KB) Best of BDA Autumn 2024 (6.46 MB) Year 12 Parents' Evening (108.65 KB) Academic Year - 2022-2023 OFSTED letter.pdf (175.7 KB) Year 11 Mock Exams.pdf (160.03 KB) HPV- Yr8 Parent letter.pdf (131.87 KB) End of Term Letter - Dec 2022.pdf (320.41 KB) BDA's Best of Autumn.pdf (1.67 MB) Best of BDA - Spring.pdf (669.52 KB) Strike Letter.pdf (167.48 KB) Best of BDA - Feb 2023 (732.49 KB) Start of Term Parent Letter -February (191.24 KB) Best of BDA - March 2023 (892.32 KB) End of Term Letter - March 2023 (244.15 KB) Best of BDA - Spring term 2023 (2.8 MB) Strike Days- Parent Letter (177 KB) Jamie's Farm Trip - 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