On Tuesday 13th July we were very fortunate to have Sara Mitchell, a lead designer from the world famous Alexander McQueen fashion design studios, give a virtual talk to our students studying A level art, photography and product design. Showing us plenty of examples in her presentation, Sara underlined how important research is to the design process, with a fascinating explanation of [...]

So, in the end it all came down to Sports Day - and a strong performance which saw the 2021 Vandyke House champions crowned as Zephaniah House. Hard work and stunning effort from the Zephaniah students in events as diverse as the History Poster Competition to Rounders; together with a high level of participation in [...]

This year’s Big Bang Fair was once more planned as a digital online event; this year’s focus was how STEM could change the world including human challenges and the environment so we decided that it was a great opportunity to have a collaboration between Maths, Science, IT and Geography. This meant that even more students [...]

We always hope to run this trip in June to get the very best of the great British weather, but with storms forecast for 3 days straight, we kitted out the students in waterproof coats and trousers and boarded our coach for sea, sand and rain. To our surprise, we managed to remain dry and [...]