Youth Speaks Competition

With the cup freshly engraved from last year’s win, our two debating teams returned to this year’s Youth Speaks competition to defend their title. Held at Bloxham School, in conjunction with Banbury Cherwell Rotary Club, the teams faced stiff competition from Bloxham School and Bicester’s Cooper School. The Year 11 team took on the weighty debate of ‘Justice is […]

Sporting Successes

Tahlia Davidson-Wright and Elin Pereira-Morey competed for Team GB in the U18 Women’s World Ice Hockey Championships in Riga, Latvia in January. Team GB won gold, winning all their games! Both girls played an important role in this incredible achievement. Tahlia scored six points and received Players’ Player and Team Spirit awards. Elin and Tahlia […]

Wendy & Peter Pan

After months of rehearsals our student actors were delighted to finally be able to perform the play Wendy & Peter Pan. Through a delightful blend of humour and imagination, we were treated to a truly beautiful performance, by turns amusing and whimsical, and then incredibly moving and poignant. Congratulations to Mr Moss and everyone who […]

Supporting Charities at Christmas

We collected over 60 shoeboxes for the charity Teams4U. The shoeboxes are given to vulnerable children in Eastern Europe and contain basic necessities as well as fun Christmas gifts. We asked families to donate Christmas jumpers to help us raise funds for Aspire. Alongside our annual Christmas jumper day, students and staff took to the […]

German Christmas Markets Trip

Our annual trip to the Christmas markets in Cologne this year coincided with Storm Darragh, which made for an interesting journey across the English Channel on the ferry.  However, this did not dampen the excitement and enthusiasm of the 55 students and staff who travelled to Germany and, once again, we had a wonderful time […]