09/07/24
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We would like to wish all our families, students and staff a restful summer break!
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12/07/24Futures Fair
We were delighted to offer our prospective Year 12 students the opportunity to join in the Futures Fair alongside the current Year 12. We welcomed representatives from a range of universities, including Imperial, City, Westminster, Brunel, LSBU and Leicester, in addition to specialist providers such...Read Full Story
04/07/24Year 12 - Post 18 Options/UCAS Day and Alumni event
On July 4th, all Year 12 were off timetable for the day to focus on preparing for their post-18 applications. The day was dedicated to getting our KS5 students ready to make the best possible post-18 choices, how to do effective research and how to put in an excellent application that will...Read Full Story
29/06/24Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Expedition!
This week, 20 Year 9 students completed their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh expedition! They walked 15 miles from Croxley to Phasels Wood, where they camped overnight and walked back the next day. Thank you to all the staff we supported us!Read Full Story
14/06/24Preparation for DofE Bronze Award Program
Twenty-two of our Year 9 students, who are completing the DofE Bronze Award Program, participated in a trial walk on Friday 14 June! They received some training beforehand and some of the equipment they will use for the actual expedition on the 29th-30th of June. They took the Metropolita...Read Full Story
12/06/24What do Lawyers really do?
Knowing how a top legal business operates and what goes on behind the scenes at a global investment firm isn’t something that most Year 12 students can claim to have. But this is precisely what 8 of our students can now add to their CVs. The students spent their half-term break finding out abo...Read Full Story
07/06/24Year 12 with a visit to the UCAS Discovery Fair
This half-term kicked off for Year 12 with a visit to the UCAS Discovery Fair. This was an excellent opportunity for all students to meet representatives from a wide range of universities and businesses offering apprenticeships and School Leavers’ Schemes. UCAS, the organisation tha...Read Full Story
06/06/24Year 12 students complete CABI work experience
In May, three of our Year 12 students, Isadora, Sarah and Raymond, had the fantastic opportunity to complete work experience at CABI, shadowing the work of one of Preston Manor’s ex-students, Dr Charith Perera, PhD, who works there as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Charith’s work focuss...Read Full Story
23/05/24DofE Bronze Award program
On Wednesday 22 May 2024, a group of enthusiastic Year 9 students participated in the DofE Bronze Award program, along with their parents. The event featured a presentation highlighting the expedition and other achievements, followed by the distribution of certificates to the participants. To make t...Read Full Story
01/05/24Year 9 Count on Us Maths Challenge
On Wednesday 1 May, five Year 9 students participated in the Count on Us Maths Secondary Challenge held at Hammersmith Academy, organised by the Jack Petchey Foundation in partnership with the Mayor’s Fund for London. It is a unique, interschool maths programme fo...Read Full Story
30/04/24Year 8 Cambridge Physics Experience
On Thursday 30 April, 23 Year 8 students visited Cambridge University. Upon arrival, we were given a great presentation about why one would like to go to university and how it is beneficial for our career, as well as understanding the workload involved in joining a major college. There- after w...Read Full Story
26/04/24Learning has no borders!
We were delighted to welcome school leaders from the Charter Institute at Erskine, in South Carolina this week as part of their tour to observe English schools and see how the system here differs from theirs and to exchange ideas and strategies to improve student learning. We thoroughly en...Read Full Story