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Big Ideas with Barnes

We welcomed Year 6 pupils from Barnes for our latest Insight Day. Pupils took the opportunity to test out some interesting topics with some seriously big ideas covering subjects such as ‘what makes us who we are?’ and ‘how to decode foreign languages’. After enjoying lunch,...
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A Helping Hand for Exam Success

With the first of our Mock Exams now only a handful of school days away we are giving Year 11 students the best support to prepare and achieve exam success. Students are receiving top exam tips every day as well directed tutoring. Mock exams are essential to identify...
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Beauty & the Beast Begins

The cast for our next school musical performance of Beauty & the Beast was announced with much anticipation amongst our students. Wasting no time, cast members got straight to work with their first rehearsals for the show that will take place in February next year....
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Sixth Form Open Evening 2019

We saw a fantastic turnout for our Sixth Form Open Evening with over 150 students from 13 schools in the region joining us to find out why we are quickly growing in popularity.  There was a chance to chat with students, teachers and also representatives from top...
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Down to Earth with the RAF

The RAF Regiment, the ground fighting force of the RAF classified as an infantry based unit, delivered a presentation to Year 10 and selected Sixth Formers about the many careers available in their field.  Students had the opportunity to experience some of the training and...
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Year 6 Continue their Insight

Year 6 students from Hill View Junior Academy returned to complete the second part of our aspirations programme this week.   After joining us for the first part as Year 5 they had the chance to delve deeper into some of the advanced subjects they touched on last year...
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GIMME at Nissan

A group of Year 9 girls visited Nissan for a ‘GIMME’ event aimed to encourage women into engineering.  The girls heard from women currently working at Nissan and practised their own engineering skills by building spaghetti towers to hold a marshmallow!
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Why Queue?

Year 7 students attended an interactive theatre-style presentation delivered by ’The Riot Act’. The presentation encouraged students to think carefully about safe and sustainable travel options and raise awareness of the range of benefits for young people who choose to travel...
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Oxploring Big Questions

Our Aspiring Scholars in Year 10 attended a welcome event with Oxford University focusing on answering ‘Big Questions’ with Oxplore.  They discussed whether footballers should be paid more than nurses which culminated in a final debate on the topic of...
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Joining the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning

The bake-off came to Southmoor with sixth form students hosting a Macmillan Coffee Morning joining thousands of other businesses and organisations across the UK in peddling a selection of tasty treats in aid of this fantastic charity. Well done!
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