Redmaids' High School GDST

Whether your daughter achieves the A Level results she was hoping for or finds herself considering a different path, as parents and carers, your support can make all the difference. ❤️

Our 'top tips' guide (link below) shares practical advice on everything from preparing for the day and understanding UCAS, to navigating Clearing and exploring alternative options, helping you feel ready for whatever the day brings! ✉️📝

Good luck to everyone receiving their results next week! ✨

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Huge congratulations to Mr Mortimore for his performances on the international stage last week.

Playing for Wales O35's in the Hockey Masters World Cup, his team finished 4th overall with Mr Mortimore being awarded Man of the Match in the bronze medal playoff. A fabulous achievement! 🏑👏

Mr Armsby, Hockey Coach

We are delighted to share that our Head of English, Mrs Rodliffe, has graduated with Distinction in a Master's in Creative Writing from the University of Hull. 🎓

Mrs Rodliffe has been studying for two years online to achieve this, and has thoroughly enjoyed being a student again! She told us, "As I teach the AFA in Creative Writing to Sixth Form students, this course has been invaluable in enhancing my understanding, ability and enjoyment of this wonderful subject. 📖

"There are many talented writers at Redmaids' High, and I am looking forward to using what I have learnt to help them develop their own writing in the future."✍️

From all of us at school, a huge congratulations Mrs Rodliffe on your graduation! ✨

Before the end of term, we came together for a truly memorable garden party to celebrate the Junior School’s 40th anniversary and to bid farewell to Mrs Brown. It was a wonderful sunny afternoon shared with generations of staff, pupils and their families, all reflecting on the school’s history ☀️.

Guests enjoyed a nostalgic photographic journey with a walk down memory lane and outstanding performances from our whole school choir, staff band and music ensembles throughout the afternoon 🎶. Lively entertainment with a bubble artist and magician helped to make the occasion one to remember 🫧🪄.

The garden party was a fitting celebration of 40 remarkable years with a special community and the people at the heart of it. ♥️

Well done to our Years 3 and 4 House Cricketers! 🏏

The girls demonstrated impressive batting, bowling and fielding throughout the afternoon and it was great to see lots of support amongst teammates and house spirit on display. ⭐

Mrs Lisa Brown has been at the heart of our very special Junior School community for many memorable years, with today marking her last day in school as Junior Headteacher.

Everyone here thanks Lisa for her leadership in girls' education and her dedication to the school. We wish her all the best for her next chapter! ✨

👉Read her farewell message here in her final Headteacher's Blog Post: https://bit.ly/3SIDQ9w

Today we held our annual Prizegiving service, a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the endeavours and achievements of our students. We were thrilled to be joined by alumna Rebecca Kearney from the Class of 2000 as guest of honour. Rebecca gave insight into her career path to date from Languages graduate to Regional Director of Arcadis, a global design and engineering consultancy firm. She spoke of the foundation her Red Maids’ education gave her; an encouragement to be curious and ambitious in her life goals. She also reinforced a point our own Head of Futures and Guidance often tells our students; ’not all pathways are straight’. It was curiosity and an invitation to a topping out ceremony that sparked an interest in property and surveying. Her role now requires her to think about what makes for good design and how a building needs to work to fully meet needs. Her favourite project has been to design a new garden town in Kent. With a blank sheet of paper and land, how would you design a successful community of 10,000 homes? Rebecca concluded with a reflection on what she would tell her 16-year-old self. The answer? Celebrate all successes as you never know what is around the corner but most of all to do your best and enjoy yourself.

The afternoon was Paul Dwyer’s last Prizegiving as Head. Paul observed that at Redmaids’ High the sense of community is tangible and that he was rightly proud of the school’s success with talent and achievements in every single facet of school life. Thank you Paul for your commitment to the success and vibrancy of our school. As the school song says ‘Forever Redmaids’ High’. 🏆❤️