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Cricket season gets underway

2nd May 2025

The school cricket season started last week and, unsurprisingly, the April weather threw a few early season surprises our way with a wet weekend followed by a wonderful week of…

Laria’s gymnastics success

2nd May 2025

Over the Easter break, Laria, in Upper Two, passed her South West Performance Grade One gymnastics exam at ‘working above level’ for Artistic Gymnastics. This means that she is working…

U6 leavers’ fun

2nd May 2025

This week, pupils in Upper Sixth have been bidding farewell to sixth form life, before they heard off on study leave for their A Level exams. The fun began on…

Success at the Schools Challenge Quiz national finals

30th April 2025

On Saturday, five of our sixth form pupils, Toby, Henry, Lucas, Caspar and Tyler took part in the national finals of the Schools Challenge Quiz, in Winchester. This competition runs…

Reflections on the German exchange

25th April 2025

At the end of last term, we welcomed a number of pupils from Germany as part of our exchange programme. They were able to experience school life, taking part in…

The Music and Drama Education Awards 2025

23rd April 2025

In January, one of our peripatetic music teachers, Sam Massey, was one of seven nominees of the Music Inspiration Award at the Music and Drama Education Awards in London. This…

Snowdonia Adventure Training 2025

14th April 2025

It is the time of year where those keen individuals from CCF cadets throw themselves into a challenging environment in Snowdonia (Eryri) and embark on adventurous training. Adventure training is…

Easter reflections from Rev. Close

11th April 2025

In my time as a parish priest people always thought Christmas would be the hardest time in the year for me but, in reality, I found Christmas quite easy. Yes,…

Schools Challenge Quiz

4th April 2025

On Thursday 27 March, two teams took part in the National Schools Challenge Quiz Competition. The teams were well led by Toby P and Henry B from the sixth form….

Founder’s Day 2025

1st April 2025

The sun shone down on this year’s annual Founders’ Day service at Exeter Cathedral, where the whole school community came together to proudly celebrate almost 400 years of history at…