Training is now in full swing as we prepare for the Ten Tors Challenge in May 2020. The Maynard will be submitting two 35-mile and 45-mile teams and one 55-mile team for the event and the squad is being superbly prepped on the winter wilds of Dartmoor. Undeterred by the forecast of horizontal rain and

The entire Year 5 recently performed at the St Thomas Dementia Group ‘Remember that Song’ session and certainly impressed all those who were there. The coordinator of the event wrote in to express her gratitude and her comments made us extremely proud of the girls: “Thank you SO much for your visit to Remember that

An elf has arrived in Year 2 with a letter from the North Pole, and is causing much excitement! We have been correcting his spellings and grammar in Literacy, and writing sentences about him using conjunctions. In Maths, we have taken a poll from the children in Year 3 and Year 5 to help us

Congratulations to Polly in Year 6 who put in some incredible performances on her pony, Rosie, in the Junior Show Jumping class during the Westcountry Equine Fair on Saturday 7 December 2019. They both finished clear at 70cm, 80cm, 90cm, 1m and then in the final round at 1.10m. At only 10-years old (in a

Our Middle School Choir had the honour, once again, of performing at the Lord Mayor’s Christmas Carol Service in the Cathedral on Monday 2 December. The girls sung beautifully alongside The City of Exeter Railway Band and The Exeter Police & Community Choir – a wonderful afternoon which marks the start of Christmas in Exeter!

Our thanks to the three professionals who spared their time to give some fascinating talks with the Lower 5, Upper 5 and Sixth Formers about their careers for this month’s Biz Whizz session. Richard Daws drew an interested crowd to his session about ‘A career less ordinary’ in the Entertainment Industry, Corporal Callum Hales talked

Huge congratulations to our four cross country runners who all performed superbly at the Exeter versus East Devon round despite the damp, chilly and slippery conditions. Our Lower 5 squad all qualified for the County Round in the Intermediate Girls section and Emma in Lower Sixth also put in an excellent performance, finishing third to

The school was buzzing with creativity when the Upper 3 and Lower 4 took to the stage for an informal showcase of their recent classwork. Both of the Upper 3 classes took poems from ‘Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats’ by T.S. Elliot (the inspiration for the musical ‘Cats’) while Lower 4 focused on using

This year we sent out nearly 150 shoeboxes to Moldova for the Christmas Shoebox Appeal with the charity, Christian Response to Eastern Europe. Hugh Scudder, our link with the charity has remarked that the poverty is so great for the children living in Moldova that receiving one of these boxes can very often be ‘the

Congratulations to our swimming team who all enjoyed a wonderful experience at the ESSA Secondary Schools’ Team Championships on Saturday 16 November. It was an amazing experience to swim in the London 2012 Olympic Pool and they were very impressive to finish 25th out of the whole country, a move up from their 27th ranking

What better way to spend a wet and miserable evening than in the company of 80 talented musicians! This year’s Autumn Concert saw a large variety of ensembles and soloists perform and all their hard work and rehearsing really paid off, with performances to be proud of. Our Sixth Form soloists shone and the music

We are delighted to have been awarded the Sunday Times Schools Guide 2020 Southwest Independent Secondary School of the Year. This prestigious award, officially published in the 27th edition of Parent Power on Sunday 24 November 2019, is triggered byour incredible A-level and GCSE results in the summer, but is also judged on the wider ethos and

We are looking forward to our next Biz Whizz careers talks taking place on Friday 29 November 2019. We have three incredibly talented and successful speakers booked covering the Armed Forces (with a particular focus on the RAF), the realm of opportunities within the entertainment industry (by Emmy Award winning film editor) and Artificial Intelligence,

Despite continuous sleet, snow and torrential rain at the recent Tier 4 U18 Hockey Finals held at Clifton College, our Under 18 Team played on undeterred to win all bar one of their six pool games to secure a place in the semi-finals. Faced with a very strong Wycliffe College, they continued their winning streak to take a

Full credit to the Sixth Form for their inspired idea to put on ‘a fashion show with a twist’ to raise money for Children in Need on Friday 15 November 2019. Bradley Hall was packed with students, all coming to see how each staff member had been dressed by their tutor groups. To name but

We had great fun welcoming over 80 prospective and current pupils to our ‘Enchanted Forest’ Discovery Morning on Saturday 16 November 2019. They all had a great time at the various activities which included cosying up around the fire at Forest School, baking delicious Christmas Tree themed patisseries in the Food & Nutrition department, deciphering

Students across the school enjoyed some incredible presentations and a gymnastic workshop with former GB Olympic gymnast, Craig Heap. The Junior School and Pre-Prep were treated to a very entertaining assembly about the trials and tribulations of being a top-level athlete. Likewise, the Sixth Formers were reminded that hard work is key to everything and

Tickets are now on sale for our Autumn Concert, being held on Thursday 21 November 2019 in the Performing Arts Centre from 7.30pm. This is always a truly colourful affair, showcasing our wide range of music ensembles and promises to be yet another fabulous night out! Tickets can be purchased from School Reception at £5

This year’s Christmas Fair will take place on Saturday 30 November, so please do come along and enjoy all the festivities on offer. With over 30 stalls, it’s a fabulous way to pick up gorgeous gifts that you won’t find on the High Street or internet. Doors will open at 10am and we look forward

Fourteen of our Year 9 and 10 girls enjoyed another excellent exchange with our partner school, the Scharnhorst Gymnasium in Hildesheim, northwest Germany during the October half term. Run in partnership with Exeter School, this was the 53rd visit to Germany making this one of the oldest school exchange programmes in the country. Each of the

Members of the Senior Choir began their half term by joining with the Exeter University Chapel Choir and the ISCA ensemble to perform a concert of music by Haydn in Exeter Cathedral. This was not only a wonderful chance to sing with tenors and basses and to be accompanied by a full symphony orchestra, but

We welcomed three brilliant speakers on 18 October 2019 to talk to the Senior Girls about their careers and, once again, we cannot thank these professionals for so willingly giving of their time to inform and inspire. Architect, Lee Ferris (who was instrumental in the design of Wimbledon’s retractable roof as well as many other

Congratulations to Harleigh in Lower 4, who competed at the South West Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships at the weekend. She and her trio won Gold and are now South West Champions at Grade 3 level – this is only the second competition for this trio so is a great start to the competition season! Well done!

Year 4 had a brilliant time at the Bristol Science Museum, ‘We the Curious’ last week. They explored all the hands-on science exhibits and also spent some time working on different types of animations based on the work of Nick Park. A fabulously fun (and educational) day out!

The Under 8s and Under 9s had a great time at the Hockey Festival hosted by Exeter Cathedral School last week. Both teams really enjoyed playing multiple matches and gaining some experience of a proper hockey match. They are looking forward to their fun, friendly fixture against Exeter School this week to finish off their first half term of hockey.

Good luck to the Upper Five GCSE Drama students who will be performing their absolutely outstanding devised pieces tonight (Friday) for their final exams. The theme is ‘Dreams and Nightmares’ and the performances are both very clever and excellently executed.

Scientific studies have proven that dogs can reduce stress, anxiety and depression and we are thrilled to have a good core of canines at The Maynard who bring so much joy and happiness to our entire school community. Parents of girls in the Pre-Prep and Junior School will be familiar with the lovely Nula, a

We said #HelloYellow on Thursday 10 October to show our support for World Mental Health Day by wearing a yellow accessory to school. The Pre-Prep girls also enjoyed a group mindfulness session using the mindfulness programme Headspace which we use across the Pre-Prep and Junior School with their soft toys from home. 

Our Hockey teams are continuing to impress with the U18s winning 2-1 against Blundells 2nd X1 earlier this week. They play their next round tournament in November.  Meanwhile the U11s played St Peters Lympstone with the A’s winning 2-0 and the Bs winning 3-2. Great team play for their first games of the season! The A team