The Cripps Hall Theatre was bouncing last Sunday evening to the musical vibrancy of the NSB and BBC Big Bands. A rapt audience enjoyed the tremendously skilled range of NSB Big Bands 1 and 2 before the BBC Big Band performed at their brilliant best, with several mesmerising displays - not least by t...

Our Accelerated Reader Programme, under the leadership of Mrs Rutherford, is continuing to have fantastic positive impact on the literacy levels of our Year 7 / 8 students. The programme has a competitive edge to it with the four School Houses gaining House Points according to the numbers of words r...

We have been delighted to welcome students back after the holidays and there has been a very positive overall start to term. Year 11, Year 12 Further Maths and Year 13 students have been particularly impressive in their attitude and approach to the Trial Examinations which started on Monday and whic...

The school was in full festive swing on Thursday Evening with a royally entertaining Christmas Concert, overseen expertly by Mr Druker. The students made light of any Covid-19 induced rehearsal obstacles with performances either side of the interval of great skill and verve. We now look forward to o...

As we approach the second half of this busy term, students across all year groups are preparing for / taking their end of term assessments. These assessments will feed into the end of Term 2 reports which will be issued to all year groups on Friday, December 17th. These reports will be accessible to...

It has been a poignant week of remembrance at the school in memory of all those connected to NSB who lost their lives in war. The silence on Thursday was impeccably observed by the students and the associated assemblies for the Sixth Form and the lower school year groups were powerfully thought prov...