Students enjoy rewards trip to the bowling alley An exciting addition to our rewards calendar has been the end of year rewards trip. In response to invaluable feedback from our student council meetings, places were allocated via a weighted ballot for our top house point achievers. For every house point a student earned this year, they received […]

Alumni In The Limelight: Ben At Vandyke, we are incredibly proud of the outstanding achievements of our students. Students who leave Vandyke go on to secure places on a range of university courses including Russell Group and Oxbridge institutions. In addition, students have secured higher level degree apprenticeships with top employers such as Santander, Ernst […]

New Y13 Geography students head to Dorset Our New Y13 geographers recently enjoyed a fantastic field trip to Dorset, where they gained valuable first-hand experience to support their A Level studies. During the visit, students carried out physical fieldwork on the sand dunes at Studland, investigated coastal management strategies along Swanage Bay, and completed a […]

Y10 trip to ClimbQuest MK A group of Y10 students recently enjoyed a rewarding visit to ClimbQuest in Milton Keynes, where they challenged themselves on a variety of climbing walls and activities. Throughout the 90-minute climbing session, students stepped outside their comfort zones and demonstrated great resilience and determination. There was a really positive and […]

Mr Lally Represents Great Britain This month, Mr Lally had the honour of representing Great Britain in the Age Group Team at the European Triathlon Championships in Tarragona, Spain. After securing qualification last year, Mr Lally competed in the sprint distance race against some of Europe’s best age-group triathletes. The event comprised a 750m sea […]

Y10 drama students throw themselves into stage combat workshop On Friday 19th June, our New Y10 drama students had the opportunity to work with the incredible Mark Ruddick from Squire Stage Combat. Mark works extensively in the theatre and film world, as well as touring round the UK with his stage combat company. He has […]

Celebrating success at DofE Awards Evening Always upbeat and a highlight of the DofE year, we were delighted to welcome students and their families to our special DofE Awards Evening earlier this month. A huge congratulations to all award recipients – 105 Bronze, 42 Silver and 27 Gold. Mrs Ferguson-Moore was absolutely delighted to celebrate our […]

Vandyke achieves Platinum success for second year in a row We are delighted to announce that Vandyke has achieved the School Games Platinum Mark Award for the 2025/26 academic year. A second year running! The School Games Mark is a government-led award scheme, launched in 2012 and facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust, which recognises […]

Alumni In The Limelight: Evie At Vandyke, we are incredibly proud of the outstanding achievements of our students. Students who leave Vandyke go on to secure places on a range of university courses including Russell Group and Oxbridge institutions. In addition, students have secured higher level degree apprenticeships with top employers such as Santander, Ernst […]

Gold DofE Award Celebration Ceremonies at Buckingham Palace A record-breaking 24 Gold participants celebrated their tremendous achievements during ceremonies at Buckingham Palace before half term.  Students from current and previous cohorts who achieved their Gold Awards were guests of honour in the beautiful sun-filled gardens at the palace, which were transformed to create a festival feel […]