The Sydney Russell School

10/09/2026

📚 Get ready for our Book of the Term - a brilliant chance to dive into a new story, discover unforgettable characters and share the reading experience with other students across the school.

🎉 We'll be sharing an audio version of Chapter 1 from each book during our Drop Everything and Read event on Wednesday 16th September - a chance for students to put down their pens for a moment and enjoy a book!

👇 Here are the books we’re recommending this term - you can find them in our library!

🔗 Find out more about the books here:

https://www.sydneyrussellschool.com/news/2026-09-10-recommended-book-of-the-term-2026-27-term-1

10/09/2026

🗳️ Applications for this year's Student Principal Elections are now OPEN to Year 12!

🤔 If you think you're the ideal candidate for our next Student Principal, you can sign up and submit your application.

👉 This year, you will be working alongside the SLT to unpick the School Improvement Plan.

For your application, you'll need to identify one action per school area to focus on.

Manifesto Points:

✅ Attendance and Behaviour
🏆 Curriculum and Achievement
🏛️ Personal Development and Wellbeing
❓ Other Priorities

ℹ️ For more information on how to apply, speak to Mr Dimakos in Durrant.

❗️Deadline for application:
Wednesday 16th September | 10am

📲 We will be sharing regular updates when our elections begin - stay tuned on SRS social media platforms!

10/09/2026

🎉SRS Celebrates the Success of Alumnus Hollie Ridley

We are incredibly proud of SRS alumnus Hollie Ridley, as she steps down as General Secretary of the Labour Party following this autumn’s Party Conference.

An SRS student, made in Dagenham, Hollie has kept her roots and her community at the heart of everything she does. Her achievements are an inspiration to our students and wider school community.

Wishing Hollie every happiness and success in her next chapter — we are so proud of you!

Read more here: https://www.sydneyrussellschool.com/news/2026-09-10-srs-celebrates-the-success-of-alumnus-hollie-ridley



The Labour Party
Keir Starmer

08/09/2026

🎉 Sydney Russell has worked hard to achieve the Gold standard in the School Games Mark by providing a broad and inclusive range of sporting opportunities for all pupils.

👉 Read more about the award on our website:

🔗: https://www.sydneyrussellschool.com/news/2026-09-08-sydney-russell-achieves-the-gold-standard-in-the-school-games-mark

08/09/2026

The Sydney Russell School Open Evening 2026 (for students starting in 2027)

👉 We are hosting our Open Evening to Year 6 students on Monday 21st September | 5pm – 7pm (Last entry – 6:30PM)

All Year 6 students and their parents are welcome, no appointment is required.

📲 Keep up to date with any updates on our website:

🔗 www.sydneyrussellschool.com

07/09/2026

ℹ️ SRS Open Evening 2026 (for students joining Year 7 in 2027)

👉 We are hosting our Open Evening to Year 6 students on Monday 21st September | 5pm – 7pm (Last entry – 6:30PM)

All Year 6 students and their parents are welcome, no appointment is required.

More information will be available soon on our social media pages and website:

SRS Open Evening (for prospective Year 7 students – September 2027)

07/09/2026

🏛️ PD at SRS this week 👇

04/09/2026

🗣️ We want our Year 7 students to have a voice in their new school.

👇 Here is what some of them had to say about their first week:

04/09/2026

The first edition of The Globe - Sydney Russell School's newsletter is out now! 🌎

You can read it using the link below 👇

https://www.sydneyrussellschool.com/news/2026-09-04-the-globe-4th-september-2026-welcome-to-the-new-school-year

Read this week's newsletter here.

02/09/2026

💚 Today we welcomed our new Year 7 students!

👉 Students got to meet their new form class, make new friends, and get a taste of what secondary school lite is going to be like!

💪 Through our Right Start programme, we introduced our 3 C's - Cultural Capital, Character and Currency.

✨ These values are embedded in their every day lives, both inside and outside of the classroom.