Letters / Newsletters

Please find below  a selection of letters that have been sent home to parents/carers.

This page does not contain all letters (and certainly doesn’t contain any letters that are specific to individual children) but is a representation of some of the general letters home.

College Letters 2024 – 2025

The City Herald

City Herald is our students very own newspaper. It is an opportunity for them to raise their voices, share their concerns and engage with our community.

Students work incredibly hard to get the papers completed each term. Please have a read and let us know what you think.

TCOLC Newsletters

Please have a look at our latest school newsletters below to keep up to date with everything that’s happening in our school. 

Consultation: The City of Leicester College - SEN Unit

Dear Stakeholder,

The Aspire Learning Partnership is exploring the opening of a Special Education Needs unit at The City
of Leicester College. We have been working in collaboration with representatives from the local
authority to help meet the needs of students who need additional support to access mainstream
education. There is a shortage of places for secondary school aged students who need this support
in the East of the city and as you may have seen in the news recently, the team at The City of Leicester
College have a successful track record of providing this support.

The unit would be what the Local Authority call a “Designated Specialist Provision” or DSP. The DSP
at The City of Leicester College would be for twenty students in total and it would be housed in the
main school building. The DSP would be catering for Communication and Interaction needs and
students would attend mainstream lessons as and when appropriate, though a large amount of their
schooling will take place within the DSP.

The DSP would be funded separately, so will not affect existing budgets and students would be
allocated to The City of Leicester College in collaboration with school staff to ensure the students
have an Education and Healthcare Plan and that the DSP is able to meet their individual needs.
Before committing to a DSP however, we feel it is important to seek the feedback of those who may
be affected by this change so we can understand the views of our school and local communities.

If you would like to contribute to the consultation, please complete this online form:
https://forms.office.com/e/ZP1BButFUk Alternatively, you can request a paper copy from Reception
at The City of Leicester College. The consultation will run from Monday 6th – Monday 27th January
2025.

Responses will be considered and results published in advance of a final decision being made in
February 2025. If the Trust decides to proceed with opening a DSP, we will publish final arrangements
with a view to opening the DSP at the start of the 2025-2026 academic year.

Yours sincerely,

            Julie Robinson                                                Ken Vernon
CEO, The Aspire Learning Partnership          Headteacher, The City of Leicester College