Parent / Carer Welcome 2024

All students have made a great start to their time at college, and you should by now have received an email with parent / carer guidance to the College Portal which will allow you to report an absence for the young person in your care as well as view their attendance, timetable, apply for bursaries and alike. Please read the Parent / Carer guide to the college portal.

If you have any queries, or require assistance logging in to the College Portal, please do not hesitate to get in touch with a member of the Central Administration Team (CAT) on 01208 224000,.

Below, we have prepared some useful videos and links and information on Individual Learning Plans (ILP) and Progress Evenings.

Please watch the welcome video from Callywith Principal Jon Grey, as well as the relevant Personal Development Tutor (PDT) video for your young person in your care which will be emailed to you.

We hope that you find this information helpful and we really look forward to working with you in the near future.

You will be sent a link by email to a Personal Development Tutor (PDT) video for your young person.

Find out more about the role of our Personal Development Tutors in supporting your young person at college here.

Please find some useful links below:

Parent / carer page

How to support your young person

Student handbook 2024/25

All new students will create their own Individual Learning Plan (ILP) with guidance from their Personal Development Tutor. This process is about starting a goal setting and action planning process for success at college and beyond. As part of this process, all students are given Minimum Target Grades (MTGs). These are set for all students based on the average national progress made from the GCSE grades they achieved in year 11. The grades given are an average projection from their starting point at the college and form a Minimum Target that we believe all students should be aiming to exceed.  The MTG is neither a predicted grade nor a promise so the grade given during the ILP process does not limit what students can achieve in any way.

May we also take this opportunity to invite you to attend our progress evenings this year. These events provide you with the opportunity to make appointments with lecturers who teach your young person. Each progress evening will be preceded by a report that compares current projected performance to MTG and sets key targets to improve. You will be emailed an invitation link to book appointments via SchoolCloud. You are, of course, encouraged to contact your young person’s Personal Development Tutor (PDT) or Programme Team Leader should you have any concerns at any stage.

The dates for progress evenings are below:

Tuesday 26 November 2024 - Year 2 Progress Evening - remote
Monday 16 December 2024 - Year 1 Progress Evening - remote
Tuesday 11 February 2025 - Year 2 Progress Evening - remote
Thursday 3 April 2025 - Year 1 Progress Evening - remote 

Please find below some other dates to note:

Friday 6th December 2024 - Spring term bus pass deadline – please visit our transport page here

Friday 24th January 2025 - Staff training day (college closed to students)

Friday 21st March 2025 - Summer term bus pass deadline – please visit our transport page here

Monday 30th June - Friday 4th July 2025 - Work Experience – all first-year students must arrange and complete a work experience placement.

View all term dates here.