Letter from Executive Headteacher & Headteacher

Incredibly another year has passed and we are now in 2026. Happy New Year and welcome back to the new term. As always there is a great deal to celebrate and look forward to- just take a look at our website and Instagram posts and stories. 

 The Trust website and the school websites are going to be refreshed in the coming weeks and many of the changes are in response to your feedback. Within the schools, we continue to prioritise the core business of educating children and supporting families, especially those experiencing challenges. 

With that in mind, please can we urge all parents to maximise their child’s opportunities at school, by ensuring they attend every day and arrive promptly.

We all know about the traffic in Slough, especially around our schools, but if we work together to park, drive and even walk, considerately, it makes everyone’s life much easier.  Children who consistently arrive in school on time, have a better start to their day and those who attend more than 95% of the time have considerably better outcomes, both now and into adulthood than those who miss out on even a few school days, especially in the primary phase. These outcomes transfer into life chances and what parent doesn’t want the best possible life chances for their child?

Pippins Primary school is set to become the third school within Marish Academy Trust during 2026. As often happens there has been a slight delay in the conversion process, but it looks likely that Pippins will convert on 1^st April 2026.

 Despite much turmoil and strife in the world and even within our local community, our children in both school’s role model consistently how to serve others and make a difference for good. As parents and teachers, we are often inspired by their resilience and joy in the small pleasures of life. Therefore, we are confident that children, parents, staff and governors will make the Pippins Community very welcome within Marish Academy Trust.

 This year we wanted to introduce to you, our new Marish Values. These are not actually new at all, but we have recently created the graphic below as a way of easily sharing the Trust values with the children. Ask them about them. I am sure they will be able to explain the values better than we do, because they embody these values, as they work and play together in school.