Our community today joins the rest of the United Kingdom in a period of national mourning for the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

We will consider as a community how we can best commemorate HM Queen Elizabeth’s reign over the coming days and weeks.

We encourage the community to respect one another. Not everyone will feel the same thing. Some people will be feeling this loss deeply. Even if others do not share that feeling, they should be respectful and sensitive.

Schools remain open, and we will share further details in due course when we are clearer about the arrangements for schools at the time of the state funeral, and subsequent coronation of the King.