Letters for Parents
2025-2026 All Years
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- Parent and Carer – Ofsted visit summary 15.7.26
- The Crisis of School Funding in West Sussex
- Downlands HB Cover 2026 A
- Spring Concert 26
- End of Term Arrangements December 2025
- Winter Concert 2025
- Trips Booklet 2025-2026
- Return to school September 2025
- Smartphone Policy
- Late Start for Students – Friday, 3rd October
- Hello Yellow
- World Book Day
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2025-2026 Year 7
- 1st July – Year 7 students not in school
- Y7 Camp Group A
- Y7 Camp Group B
- Y7 assessment 2 F Sparx revision list
- How to use Sparx independent learning
- Y7 assessment 2 C Sparx revision list
- Y7 Non-Calculator Assessment 15.4.26
- Unifrog Parent Year 7
- Revised Y7 Forest School Information
- Year 7 Information Evening Presentation
2025-2026 Year 8
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- FRANCE-2027– Information regarding the France Trips that this year group will take when they are in Year 9
- Year 8 Science Assessment
- How to use Sparx independent learning
- Y8 assessment 2 H Sparx revision list
- CEA 2026 LETTER Y8 and Y9
- Ski & Snowboard Launch Letter 2027
- Year8 Information Evening 2025 Presentation
- HPV parent letter 2025-26
2025-2026 Year 9
2025-2026 Year 10
2025-2026 Year 11
Academic Year 2024/2025 Letters to Parents Archive
All Years
- Summer arrangements and KS4 uniform update
- Smartphones 31.3.25
- Comic Relief 21 Mar 2025
- CoG Headteacher’s Resignation
- PE and Dance Clubs – Spring Term
- Headteacher’s Letter to Potential Governors
- End of Term Arrangements
- Christmas Hamper Project 2024
- Christmas lunch 2024
- Children in Need 2024 – Non Uniform Day
- Silver Equaliteach Diversity Award letter
- FINAL Speech & Drama lessons @ Downlands School
- Clinic information for missed Flu vaccinations
- External Sporting Achievements
- Visiting Music Teachers
- Trips Booklet 2024-2025 FINAL
- Downlands Community School – Flu Parent Carer Letter
- PE and Dance TT Autumn 1 2024-25
Year 7
- Y7 Camp Wed to Fri parents presentation (1)
- Y7 Camp Monday to Wed parents presentation (2)
- Y7 Summer Assessment Knowledge Questions 24-25
- Y7 Summer Assessment Revision Plan
- Yr 7 Science Summer Assessment
- Sri Lanka Launch Letter 2026
- Sri Lanka Netball-Rugby – Presentation
- Y7 Science Spring Assessment Revision Plan 2025
- Y7 Spring Assessment 2025
- Y7 Science Spring Assessment Knowledge Questions 2025
- Social Media letter – Year 7
- Year 7 Autumn Knowledge Questions 24-25
- Y7 Autumn Assessment Revision Plan
- Year 7 Science Autumn Assessment
- Y7 Camp 2025 Initial letter
- Mud Run Letter 2024
- Y7 Settling In Evening
- Character Day -Theatre Trip letter Jan25
- Library letter re. restricted access
- Y7 Forest School
- Additional Music Lessons
- Key Stage Three Science revision guides
- 1066 Re-enactment 2024 Letter to parents
Year 8
- Y9 FRANCE 2026
- Y8 Consultation Evening 8.5.25
- Sri Lanka Launch Letter 2026
- Sri Lanka Netball-Rugby – Presentation
- Y8 Spring Knowledge Questions 24-25
- Y8 Spring Assessment Revision Plan
- Year 8 Science Assessment
- Initial hosting letter
- CEA Choices Letter 2025 final
- Inital letter Ski 2026
- Year 8 Jan Character Day- London Museums
- Mud Run Letter 2024
- Y8 Info Eve 24
- Y8 Autumn Assessment Letter 24-25
- Y8 Autumn Assessment Revision Plan
- Yr 8 Autumn Knowledge Questions 24-25
- Year 8 and 9 Information Evening
- Additional Music Lessons
- Key Stage Three Science revision guides
- Year 8 and 9 Maths Information
Year 9
- photography kit letter 2025
- Year 9 Options Booklet & Information letter 2025
- Options Booklet 2025
- Year 9 Options Evening Notification – January 2025
- Downlands Community School – Parent consent letter
- Initial hosting letter
- CEA Choices Letter 2025
- Y9 Christmas revision plan
- Atomic Structure and The Periodic Table
- Atomic structure and the periodic table knowledge
- Y9 Christmas Assessment
- Inital letter Ski 2026
- Mud Run Letter 2024
- FC Bayern Munich Football Tour Presentation – Oct 2025
- Iceland Initial letter 2026 (Open to Current Y9)
- Year 9 Information Evening
- Year 8 and 9 Information Evening
- Year 9 Autumn Assessment PLC 2024
- Y9 Autumn revision plan
- Biomimicry Knowledge Questions
- Y9 Autumn Science Assessment letter
- Key Stage Three Science revision guides
- Year 8 and 9 Maths Information
Year 10
- Parent presentation 2025 India Trip
- Y10 Consultation Evening
- Y10 Spring 2025 PLCs
- C4 Chem Knowledge Questions
- P5 Knowledge questions
- Y10 Spring 2025 PLCs
- Y10 Spring Combined Sciences revision plan
- Y10 Spring separate revision plan
- Year 10 Spring email 2025
- Prefect application information
- Initial hosting letter
- Yr 10 parents round up of careers
- Year 10-11 Revision Guides KS4
- FC Bayern Munich Football Tour Presentation- Oct 2025
- Y10 Autumn Science Letter 20.9.24
- Y10 Biology B1, B2 Knowledge Questions
- Y10 Biology B3 Knowledge Questions
- Y10 Chemistry C1, C2 Knowledge Questions
- Y10 Chemistry C3, Knowledge Questions
- Y10 P1 Knowledge questions
- Y10 P2 Knowledge Questions
- Y10 P3 Knowledge Questions
- Y10 P4 Knowledge questions
- Year 10 Biology Autumn assessment PLC 3.0
- Year 10 Chemistry Autumn test PLC
- Year 10 Physics Autumn PLC
- 2024-2026 Year 10 Exam Guide
- Year 10 Information Evening
Year 11
- GCSE Textiles
- parent presentation 2025 India Trip July
- PROM Information letter 280325
- PROM TICKETS LETTER 2025
- Year 11 Yearbook, Hoody & Prom letter 170125.doc
- Y11 Character Day 22.1.25
- Revision list for Year 11 2025
- 2024 -25 Downlands Revision and Exam booklet
- Y11 Feb Mock 2025 Science
- Bio P2 F RAG
- Bio P2 H RAG
- Bio P2 Separates RAG
- Chem P2 F RAG
- Chem P2 H RAG
- Chem P2 Separates RAG
- Combined Science Paper 2 Foundation revision guide
- Combined Science Paper 2 Higher revision guide
- Physics Equation Sheet – Combined Science
- Physics Equation Sheet – Separate Science
- Physics P2 F RAG
- Physics P2 H RAG
- Physics P2 Separate RAG
- Separate Science Paper 2 revision guide
- Y11 Consultation Evening
- Y11 AYP letter
- Year 10-11 Revision Guides KS4
- Y11 Information Evening
- Find Your Path booklet 2024
- Find Your Path Evening 2024 presentation
- Find Your Path feedback
- Y11 Combined Science Paper 1 Foundation revision guide
- Y11 Combined Science Paper 1 Higher revision guide
- Y11 GCSE Mock Assessments
- Y11 Separate Science Paper 1 revision guide
- College Open Events Autumn 2024
- Find Your Path Information Letter 2024
Our Communities
All students at Downlands belong to one of 4 Communities, all named after areas of natural beauty in Sussex
- Beacon
- South Downs
- Weald
- Wolstonbury