Sixth Form students marked World Mental Health day on Thursday October 10th by wearing yellow, in aid of raising money for the charity 'Young Minds'. The day felt uplifting, with many choosing to dress head to toe in yellow, and using yellow face paints to decorate their faces. The Senior Student Team had raised awareness [...]

The foyer area received a refreshed display this autumn term with large scale photographs taken by some of our talented GCSE photography students. These vibrant prints feature a comment by the student that explains how they made the work and what inspired them. We have also started to display a 'fine artist of the fortnight' [...]

On Wednesday 16th October a group of Year 10 students attended the ‘Engineering your Future’ event with MKBiztech, an event which provides an insight into engineering careers for young people. The students heard from a number of engineering companies, including McLaren, Niftylift, SMC, Starship and more, and were able to interview working engineers from a [...]

On Wednesday 18th September Andrew Selous, MP for South West Bedfordshire, visited Vandyke to discover more about our plans for the future. During his visit he discussed the plans for 12 new science laboratories and visited students in their science lessons to find out how the state-of-the-art new labs will enhance their experience and learning [...]

Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) has requested that as a popular and successful school, Vandyke create additional capacity for students as the town grows and more families move into the area.  We are pleased to accept this invitation and CBC has provided the school with the funding for this development. School governors have appointed AMR Consult to [...]

Georgi has been selected to represent Great Britain in the 2019 World Tumbling Championships in Tokyo, Japan this December. Both frustratingly and disappointingly there is no funding or support for individual athletes from British Gymnastics from the local authorities. Georgi has set up a 'Go Fund Me' to try and help with the exceptional costs [...]

In September, Year 11 geographers visited the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to research the success of Olympic regeneration project as part of their paper 3 GCSE preparation. They toured the park, taking in sights such as the Aquatic Centre, the new West Ham Stadium and the Copper Box Arena, and interviewed local residents to get their [...]