Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends This week’s blog is an extracurricular extravaganza…..there has been so much going on here in the last week that I am not sure where to start……. Last Wednesday, Mrs McCarville in the technology department led a really exciting heat...

Dear Parent, Guardians and Friends On Monday, we welcomed Father Richard from St Pauls Church, John Cornish, Chair of Arborfield British Legion and Chris Hall their poppy appeal organiser to our Remembrance Day service. Father Richard led the congregation in an...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Welcome back to a new half term. I hope you all had a lovely break and managed to get in some rest and relaxation to set you up for the next seven weeks of term. This is always a very busy half term, with PPEs for Year 13 and maths...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Mr Marrison and three colleagues departed this morning with 50 girls from Year 11 and 12 for an exciting four days in Iceland, where they will learn about volcanos and earthquakes at the LAVA centre, visit beaches and a sun glacier,...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Last Thursday, we opened our doors to prospective Year 12s to join our successful Sixth Form in 2020. It was lovely to see so many of our Year 11 students along with a large number of external students. The evening started in the...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends It is week 5 of a long 7 week half term…..Year 7 seem confident in finding their way round school, getting to the snack shack on the bell at break and knowing how to dodge the rain via buildings and underpasses!  Mr Furlong...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Our annual celebration of Harvest was the key event of last week! Thanks to your generosity, our House prefects and student volunteers from each form had lots of produce with which to build their displays- the first House...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends It has been a busy but quiet week at The Holt.  Mrs Pearce and I have been meeting with Heads of Department all week to discuss their exams analysis and the key strategies that worked alongside areas to develop that will...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Excitement filled the air at The Holt this week as members of the English, PE, drama and music department opened their doors to auditions for our school production of Beauty and the Beast. Over one hundred students from all year...

Dear Parent, Guardian and Friends Mrs Pearce and I hope you all had a good summer break and enjoyed some lazy, relaxing days with your families.  We are into our first full week of term and have another six to go until the next holiday! We are always very happy...