Over the last few weeks the Food Department have been receiving some beautiful entries for the ‘Cram it on a Cupcake House Competition’. Students from all year groups were challenged to decorate a cupcake in the most extravagant way possible, literally cramming everything they could onto one cupcake. From the entries we received (and after [...]

This is the Sixth year Vandyke Upper School has organised this trip to obtain the John Muir Award and it still remains the Geography department’s favourite trip. Once again the students were a pleasure to spend 4 days with. They conducted themselves in a respectful and fun manner throughout the experience; showing consideration to each [...]

All our GCSE and A-level Drama students had a  fantastic opportunity when Splendid Productions brought their production of "UBU" to our theatre. "UBU" is a new creative adaption of Alfred Jarry's surrealist classic. It explored, power, leadership and ambition with a heady concoction of music, laughter, politics, foolishness and hard-hitting theatrical nonsense. Year 11 student [...]

A huge thank you to Steve Root from M & M Properties in Leighton Buzzard for sponsoring our Rugby team, this has allowed us to invest in a new set of match shirts. Without M & M Properties this would not have been possible and we are grateful for their generosity. This will allow students [...]

Over the last half-term, students from Years 9 and 11 took part in a national writing competition.  They were challenged to write a story with only 100 words on the theme: Twisted Tales - Words of the Wicked. We had seven entries for the Young Writers competition from our very own creative writing club (every [...]

On the 26th January, a group of thirteen Year 9 students, as well as Miss Smith and Mr Bowes, travelled to the University of Bedfordshire (Bedford) to attend a climate conference. The summit contained several different events and lasted the better part of a school day. This was the first trip for the Eco, STEM [...]

Well done to our Year 9 after school Art Club Attendees who produced this fantastic collaborative portrait of the artist Michael-Jean Basquiat, an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s for his neo-expressionist artwork. Students looked at a series of his work in lessons and produced studies around their favourite icons and celebrities. [...]

At the beginning of the school year, an eager group of musical theatre-loving students embarked on a term-long rehearsal process to culminate in a full-scale production in December of We Will Rock You – school edition; a musical that celebrates the music of Queen. All students who wanted to be involved in the show were [...]

As COVID-19 had curtailed our usual autumn SMILE extravaganza in 2020, the Senior Student Team were emphatic that SMILE Week should return in 2021. The usual activities of Vandyke's Got Talent and the enterprising activities of the Sixth Form tutor groups were reminiscent of previous years. Some outstanding performances in Vandyke's Got Talent kept the [...]

On the 16th November the Year 13 Commercial  Music students had the opportunity to visit ​Studio Infinity, a professional photography studio ​in Leighton Buzzard. Students were lucky enough to spend thirty minutes with a photographer who worked one-to-one with them to create professional headshots for the students to use for their music portfolios both in school and in the future.  With many [...]