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Thank you to the actors from Narrative Alchemy for performing ‘Chelsea’s Choice’ to our Year 9 students this afternoon. ...
01/10/2026

Thank you to the actors from Narrative Alchemy for performing ‘Chelsea’s Choice’ to our Year 9 students this afternoon. This hard-hitting drama is about unhealthy relationships and exploitation. Other themes include, safe internet use, grooming and consent. It is a great way to initiate discussions around these issues and to help young people identify warning signs and learn how to seek help.

Science Arts and Crafts Club members were busy making various biomes out of egg boxes in their session after school yest...
01/10/2026

Science Arts and Crafts Club members were busy making various biomes out of egg boxes in their session after school yesterday with Miss Wheatstone! The club runs after school every Wednesday.

Today, students were treated to Swedish style meatballs as part of our European Languages Day celebrations in the school...
30/09/2026

Today, students were treated to Swedish style meatballs as part of our European Languages Day celebrations in the school restaurant this week. Tomorrow, English roast with all the trimmings!

Today, our Year 10 and 11 Computing students participated in a workshop run by the South West Regional Organised Crime U...
30/09/2026

Today, our Year 10 and 11 Computing students participated in a workshop run by the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWRCCU) Cyber Prevent who investigate serious cyber crime and help organisations improve their ability to defend against cyber attacks.
Working in groups, they took part in a scenario called ‘Operation Breach’ acting as an IT team in an organisation responding to a cyber incident. They worked together to identify, respond to and recover from prevalent cyber threats, ensuring that the business continues to run.
Based on SWRCCU’s investigations, and aligning with concepts in the national curriculum, this workshop brings cyber threats to life, exploring how they can impact organisations and what IT teams face on a daily basis. A massive thank you to the representatives who visited us today giving our students a valuable insight into this.

For European Languages Day, the school restaurant staff served up some delicious Greek dishes, including lemon chicken a...
29/09/2026

For European Languages Day, the school restaurant staff served up some delicious Greek dishes, including lemon chicken and falafel with herby rice, tzatziki and a flat bread which proved very popular with our students.
Tomorrow students can sample Swedish cuisine. There will also be a treasure hunt and screening of a foreign film as part of the celebrations!

Our Year 11s have made a great start to the year so far. This morning, after their assembly, they had their first ‘Embra...
29/09/2026

Our Year 11s have made a great start to the year so far. This morning, after their assembly, they had their first ‘Embrace the Geek’ raffle draw with Mr Fessey in the canteen. There were some fantastic prizes up for grabs, including vouchers and TDA merchandise! Congratulations to the winners. Keep up the hard work!

As part of our celebrations for European Languages Day, the canteen staff served up some delicious Italian food today. S...
28/09/2026

As part of our celebrations for European Languages Day, the canteen staff served up some delicious Italian food today. Students enjoyed pizza, with arancini and Caprese salad. We're looking forward to the Greek themed menu tomorrow!

It was great to welcome so many families to our annual Open Evening this week, we hope everyone enjoyed their evening wi...
24/09/2026

It was great to welcome so many families to our annual Open Evening this week, we hope everyone enjoyed their evening with us! There were lots of fun activities to enjoy in all subject areas. It was also a great opportunity to meet with staff and our wonderful students. Families could sample food in our school restaurant, try out the sports facilities in PE, bake a cup cake in the Food Technology rooms, take part in fun experiments in Science and toast marshmallows with our DofE participants. There were also some fantastic musical performances from our talented students and a chance to dress up in Drama. A massive thank you to our student helpers who took families on tours of the school and helped in the departments. Well done, you were all a real credit to the school.

Our very talented Year 11 Art students are currently working on creating a realistic self portrait using the tonal shadi...
24/09/2026

Our very talented Year 11 Art students are currently working on creating a realistic self portrait using the tonal shading skills they have learned in class. Fantastic work!

Year 7s have been getting to grips with microscopes in their Science lessons this week. They did a fantastic job of prep...
24/09/2026

Year 7s have been getting to grips with microscopes in their Science lessons this week. They did a fantastic job of preparing their own slide with onion skin so that they could observe the cells under the microscope. Well done!

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