Our Ethos

A number of our dance students from Year 11, 12 and 13 have been working with dancers from The Matthew Bourne dance company, New Adventures this week. During the session, our students learnt some of the professional repertoire from Cinderella as well as being involved...

This week our Duke of Edinburgh students gave their expedition presentations to an audience of staff, students and families. The presentations finalised the expedition part of the award.

A number of our GCSE historians recently attended the Great War Debate hosted by King Edwards. The aim of the debate was to hear an insight into World War One as we mark 100 years since its end and to complement the work students have completed in lessons.

Our newly announced school prefects met for the first time recently to lay out their roles and responsibilities as ambassadors of our school. The prefect body comprises of students from Year 11, 12 and 13 who will be leading on a number of new projects this year.

Our Year 11 geographers have recently completed two external fieldwork visits as part of their GCSE course. The first was to Burbage Brook as part of the physical geography unit looking at the flow and the course of the river. The second fieldwork visit was to a town...

Our Year 7 history students had the opportunity to experience local history when they visited Manor Lodge. During the trip, they looked around the grounds, completed some Tudor style inventories with quill and ink pen and got to meet a Tudor legend! This trip formed...

On Tuesday 16 October, all Year 10 students were involved in the Restart a Heart Day, a Europe wide initiative aimed at teaching secondary school students how to perform lifesaving CPR skills. The event, led by Yorkshire Ambulance Service and the British Heart...

Our Year 9 Spanish students had a fantastic week in Murcia in the south east of the country learning lots of Spanish with sessions led by native Spanish speakers. Apart from really fun Spanish lessons each morning; students took part in water sports, cooked Spanish...

A group of our Year 8 linguists recently visited La Grande Ferme in Normandy for an experience of French culture and language. They spent the week putting their language skills to the test by visiting the market, taking part in various activities from archery to...

Our new Year 12 students spent two days at Thornbridge outdoor activity centre for a residential experience aimed at getting to know each other. The students took part in team building activities; learning new skills, and challenging themselves to try something...