Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Thankfully we came out of Storm Ciara unscathed save a few knocked over bins……and this week  things have been a bit calmer (just waiting for storm Dennis at the weekend!) as we hurtle towards the end of another half term already! We...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends This time last year, we were battling with the ‘Beast from the East’ and enjoyed two snow days! No signs of snow right now instead we are enjoying mild temperatures albeit wet and windy. Life in school is good with Year 12 receiving...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends With the end of January in sight…….(the dark mornings and dark evenings will soon be a mere memory),  the green shoots of spring are on the horizon to give us all a lift. There is definitely a feeling of “heads down” in January...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends At last, the frost has arrived on Monday prompting a discussion in the bike sheds with hardy students about the quality of gloves as we lock up our bikes in the shed at school!  More hardy girls took to the racecourse in Newbury on...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends With PPEs still in full swing, the school is very quiet at the moment at least for the students……. however, for staff, last Thursday evening we held a really helpful and productive training “twilight” inset evening. The theme was on...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Happy New Year! We welcomed back our students on Monday.  Year 11 have gone straight into sitting their PPEs – good luck!  I hope that revision over the break will have helped them feel calm for the exams as well as prepared them...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends As our last week of term is now in full swing, we have certainly turned even more Christmassy! The results of the House Christmas tree competition during the Christmas Fair are now in and I am delighted to announce a joint victory...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Two more weeks of such a long 16 week term!  Festive celebrations began in earnest last week with the arrival of the beautiful tree in the school hall and the school Christmas Fair on Friday. At least the students are getting more...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends The end of last week was something of an assemblies’ marathon, as alongside our weekly schedule of teaching staff leading assemblies to all groups, we also had some external speakers. Mrs Dakovic presented a very useful and...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, Year 11 have had an intense two weeks with three maths PPE (mock) exams and one English Literature exam. They coped really well with the relentless nature of one after the other and seemed in good spirits. Our dedicated English and...