News
Fundraising fun
On the last day before half term our Lower School students turned up in a terrifying array of costumes to celebrate the holiday and raise funds for the Parent/ Staff…
Poetry please: National Poetry Day
World Poetry Day came around again on October 1st which the school marked with our annual poetry competition in the Upper School. This year’s theme was ‘Vision’ and we were…
Axemonsters is coming!
The legendary KAS Axemonsters concert is happening virtually this year. It’s still a live concert – giving students the opportunity to practice their performance skills in front of a live…
Year 3 get poetic with their art
Lower School Artist in Residence Kat worked with students in Y3 to create drawings using oil and chalk pastels in response to a poem by Michael Rosen called ‘Introduction Song’….
New Sixth Form Centre on track for Spring opening
The new Sixth Form Centre is on track to be completed before the end of this school year – great news for the current Y13 students who will get to…
Getting brains buzzing with cross-curricular learning in Year 2
Y2 students in Ilona’s class have been busy bees in this first half term. A project which started out with students looking at masks has led them all the way…
Drawing with light – Y10 photography
“Year 10 photographers have continued in their exploration of camera-less photography with a session on photograms. These light drawings go right back to the origins of photography and are simply…
New faces in the Upper School
This term we’ve welcomed two new members of teaching staff to the Upper School. Lauren Weston joins us as Director of Sport (with some big Edo-shaped shoes to fill!) and…
Head’s Blog –
‘The Terror’ of exam-driven assessment
As part of the Rethinking Assessment group, our Head, Robert, is helping to drive conversations around GCSE reform. Rethinking Assessment is a group of state, independent and special schools, business…
The Village Reimagined
The Village has become a rite of passage for Y8 students. Normally taking place in the Summer term students live on site at the school for a week in huts…
