Earlier in the autumn term, on a crisp and sunny morning, a beautiful tree – an Autumn Blaze (Acer Rubrum) – was planted in a newly sown lawn outside the staff room, in memory of a much loved member of the Shottery family: Don Sidaway, who passed away in August 2013. But who was Don...

During the early days of the Second Battle of Ypres a young Canadian artillery officer, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, was killed on 2nd May, 1915 in the gun positions near Ypres. An exploding German artillery shell landed near him. He was serving in the same Canadian artillery unit as a friend of h...

Philosophy students attended a conference in Nottinghamshire over half term, and Year 12's Issy gives us an overview of the fantastic day they had.

At the end of October, Year 10's Lily was lucky enough to win a place on the new backstage work experience pilot scheme at the RSC Theatre.  This involved working with several different departments: Lighting, Front of House, Marketing, Stage Management and Set Creation, to learn about how a...

On Thursday 8th October a group of six Year 12 girls, accompanied by Miss Drinkwater, visited BAE Systems, a global defence, aerospace and security company in London. They spent the whole day there, meeting girls from other schools, completing activities and learning a great deal about engineering w...

Year 12's Government and Politics student Imogen gives us an amusing recount of the trip to Westminster...