Mr Carroll speaks to the LBO as he prepares for retirement Mr Carroll has recently spoken to the LBO about his forthcoming retirement, after 21 years of leadership at Vandyke. He told the LBO: “It’s mixed feelings – it’s difficult to leave a job that I’ve been doing for 21 years, and that I have […]

UEFA Women’s Euro Trophy comes to Vandyke Vandyke Upper School was honoured to host the UEFA Women’s Euro Trophy in conjunction with the Leighton Linslade School Sports Partnership (LLSSP), in recognition of the Partnership’s success in offering girls equal opportunities to participate in football. Various schools from the locality who have benefitted from the partnership were […]

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award: Presentation Evening Congratulations to all participants who received awards at our recent presentation evening. We were delighted to hand out 81 Bronze, 59 Silver and 14 Gold awards. There were so many award achievers that we needed to hold two ceremonies this year! It was wonderful to celebrate everyone’s achievements with Mr […]

Election Fever hits Vandyke! In the build up to the 4th July general election, students at Vandyke have been involved in an engaging mock election programme. Our cohort of A-Level politics students produced an informative and thoroughly researched assembly delivered to all year groups, and have subsequently led the mock election days. The assembly focused […]

Thaila dominates Anglian Schools Heptathlon Y11 student Thaila-Jade Mason dominated the Inter Girls heptathlon at the Anglian Regional Schools Championships held at Chelmsford, winning by an incredible 679 points. A time of 11.9sec in the 80m hurdles (only 3/100ths short of her lifetime best) saw her off to a flying start and sharing the lead. […]

PE End of Year Review by Mr Turney, Team Leader of PE As we approach the final weeks of term, I feel it is a great opportunity to reflect on the year that has gone. The opportunities the PE team provide have again been recognised through our ‘Gold’ Sports Mark award. This recognises and rewards […]

A-Level Psychology students study brains in the lab New Y13 psychology students were in the science labs recently, dissecting brains! Students have covered two main topics in the last academic year – biopsychology and memory. Dissecting the brains helped them to learn about the structure/function of different areas of the brain, and learn about various […]

Uniformed Protective Services visit RAF Brize Norton Last month, the Y12 Uniformed Protective Service class visited RAF Brize Norton. Brize Norton is the largest Station in the RAF, with approximately 5,800 Service Personnel, 300 civilian staff and 1,200 contractors. The Station is home to the RAF’s Air Mobility Force, encompassing Strategic and Tactical Air Transport, […]

Showjumping Success for the Vandyke Equestrian Team After qualifying for the national finals of the National Schools Equestrian Association showjumping competition at Hickstead, our team of Taija, Amelie, Joanne and Evie produced four wonderful performances at 80cms. All four students jumped totally clear rounds. Their combined time gave the team a 4th place finish in […]

Sixth Form raise funds for Willen Hospice Last month, the Senior Student Team organised a fundraising day for Willen Hospice. It was ‘Wear Something Blue for Willen’ in the Sixth Form, and students also ran a bake sale of epic proportions! Many goodies were sold to Sixth Form students and school staff, and a fantastic £404 […]