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UKMT Maths Challenge Team

Congratulations to the Heritage School UKMT Maths Challenge team, who finished a commendable 25th out of 30 participating schools in the recent UKMT Team Maths Challenge. The team, consisting of Emma R & William L (Year 8), Peter G & Edmund O (Year 9), took part in four different rounds of challenging questions. These included […]

‘Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere’

As the new term begins, we are proud to have Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett’s blue plaque join that of her husband Henry Fawcett outside no. 18 Brookside – where they both lived. Her plaque reads : Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, 1847-1929. Leading Suffragist. A co-founder of Newnham College. A lifelong campaigner for women’s education and […]

Our Spring Recital

Parents,  pupils and staff alike enjoyed a wonderful evening last night. It was fantastic to see so many pupils taking part and loving music – whether singing in an ensemble or performing as a soloist.  The programme was varied, beautiful and exciting, demonstrating the great developments that have taken place in our Music Department with the […]

A Dramatic Production of ‘The Tempest’

Many congratulations to Y8 on their dramatic retelling of ‘The Tempest’.  Regarded as Shakespeare’s farewell to the theatre, it was noted that this would be Mr Stokes last production with Y8.  However, they did him proud, with notable performances by the comic duo Trinculo and Stephano, and  the brooding character of Caliban – should we […]

Poetry by Heart

Many congratulations to Martha G, the winner of our Poetry by Heart School Competition 2018 and runners up Benjy D and Owain W (all Y9).  Poetry by Heart is a national poetry reciting competition, in which students recite two poems of their choice, one that has been written before 1914 and one after. The initial […]