We were thrilled to welcome Athlete Mentor and Olympian, Tom Haffield, to Vandyke on Friday 11th June as part of our Girls ‘Active in Mind’ YST training programme. The day started with a talk from the former British Olympic and Commonwealth 400m Individual Medley Swimmer to our Sixth Form ‘Girls’ Activators’ and Year 10 ‘Girls  [...]

Very well done to 71 students in Year 10 who completed their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award training walk on Saturday 8th May. Along with 14 staff members, they braved wet and windy conditions with a positive approach and got stuck into the navigation and map reading. Students completed circuit routes from Vandyke to either [...]

What a fantastic day our Year 12 Health and Social Care students had at the HealthTec day at Aylesbury College. HealthTec is a unique health simulation centre based at Aylesbury College. It provides young people with a practical insight into the 350+ careers available within the NHS and the Health  and Social care sector, and [...]

Students returned after the half-term break and   began their new timetables with Year 9 students beginning their option courses. Both before the break and again on their return we have spoken very clearly about expectations for uniform and phone use.  The small number of students who do not yet always follow our simple and reasonable expectations [...]