The normal beginning of term buzz has been sharply missing this week as we have progressed through the first week of National Lockdown. Students have largely responded very well however, to the switch to remote learning and there have been consistent reports of excellent overall student engagement w...

We were delighted this week to congratulate Edward Baker from Year 12 who successfully defended his 500m British Indoor Rowing title last weekend. All races were held virtually with Edward’s rower at home linked up to the organiser’s central online platform. The event was also doubling u...

Next week will see the return of our after school extra-curricular programme when National Lockdown ends. Activities will resume after school from Wednesday 2nd December and departmental staff will send out relevant information to parents and students for activities relevant to their areas. The NSB...

Unfortunately, due to the pandemic restrictions we were unable to hold our normal Sixth Form Remembrance Assembly and Sixth Form Procession past the War Memorial in the 1911 Hall. The Sixth Form instead followed a very moving virtual Remembrance Assembly led by the House Leadership Team and the Head...

There has been plenty of outstanding student successes to celebrate at the school this week: The Term 1 reports are out for students today following rigorous termly assessments aimed at identifying gaps in achievement following the national lockdown. Intervention will be put in place for individu...

Since the national lockdown in March the school has worked hard to further develop its remote learning provision and there has been extensive staff training in this area led ably by Mr Roger, Mr Peck and Mr Barker. The work has proved to be particularly important this week following a number of stud...