Vandyke excel in Code Quest Competition Last month, six Vandyke students spent a Saturday morning competing in the Lockheed Martin Code Quest Competition.  Each year, Lockheed Martin hosts this special computer programming competition where teams of two to three students work together to solve problems using Java, Python, C#, and/or C++ programming to complete the […]

OAA Interhouse Competition During the last week of term, all year groups participated in the OAA (Outdoor Adventurous Activities) Interhouse competition within their PE lessons. This task however, wasn’t your average orienteering mission… Instead of a compass and a map, students were armed with phones and cameras, given locations outside, and tasked with recreating scenes […]

STEMx by Oracle Red Bull Racing visit Vandyke Last month, 35 Year 9 students had the opportunity to work with members of the STEMx by Oracle Red Bull Racing team here at Vandyke. The students were put through their pit crew paces, literally – F1 style post-race interviews, coding remote control cars round famous F1 […]

School Council discuss the issues that matter to students In the last week of term, the theatre was buzzing as the School Council came together to discuss current issues which matter to our students. The agenda of each meeting is decided following feedback from class meetings and Year Council meetings. This time, topics under discussion […]

Box Clever Theatre inspire English students Last week, the English department were delighted to once again welcome Box Clever Theatre, who performed their adaptation of Macbeth for students in Y10 and Y11. Y10 students additionally took part in an interactive workshop led by Box Clever, to explore the main themes of the play. This was […]

Leighton-Linslade School Sports Partnership Schools Join Forces for 2026 Run 4 Fun Hundreds of local youngsters dashed into action as part of the annual Leighton-Linslade School Games fun run at Astral Park Sports and Community Centre. At the start line were young runners from 17 local schools: St Leonards Lower, Heathwood Lower, Rushmere Park Academy, […]

Girls Football Update Our girls’ football teams have been busy in recent weeks. Our Under 16 squad have made it to the Bedfordshire County Cup Final, which will take place in May. They secured a brilliant 6-1 win in the semi-final against Manshead, Dunstable. The Under 15 team have also progressed to the semi-final of […]

Finley & Cerys compete in Liverpool at the National ESAA Cross Country Finals Congratulations to Finley (Y9) and Cerys (Y12) who competed on behalf of Vandyke and Bedfordshire at the National Cross Country finals. Both had qualified through the South Bedfordshire District event and then placing high enough at the Bedfordshire County finals to reach […]

Y12 trip to Wadham College, Oxford University Last month, I had the opportunity to go on the sixth form trip to Wadham College at Oxford University, in order to explore the site and gain an in-depth insight into university life at Oxford. We spent the entire day completing various activities, including academic taster sessions, a […]

Alumni In The Limelight: Issy 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 […]