It was smiles all around this morning as our GCSE students nervously peeled open their results’ envelopes with anxious parents watching on. “I wasn’t all that worried until I got out of the car but then the butterflies came! I’m just glad it’s all over as the whole process has been quite stressful. I am

The Maynard maintains 100% pass rate for the sixth consecutive year “Although steadfast in their ambitions, the girls have shown remarkable flexibility since the start of the pandemic to pave the way for justifiably bright futures.” Sarah Dunn, Headmistress 50:50 split between the Arts and STEM subjects being studied at degree level Record number of

Congratulations to our brilliant Young Enterprise team who took on the best in Devon, Dorset and Somerset on Wednesday 28 April 2021 for the YE County Finals! Not only did they scoop the Customer Service trophy, but they also qualified through to the Regional Finals as overall runners-up. Squeezing them all into one zoom call

No words can describe how thankful we are to be back on the sports pitches again and it’s full steam ahead with clubs and training to suit all tastes and abilities. We are so lucky to have forged some amazing partnerships with top coaches and specialist venues, providing some unrivalled opportunities for all our students

This week (w/c 26 April 2021) started off with great excitement when the girls took ownership of their caterpillars. Scratch, Dorothy, Boo, Lettuce, Bob, Fern Ley and Alecko, amongst many others, are now safely housed in their classroom and have become quite the centre of attention! The girls will be raising and feeding them over

It has been a whirlwind of activity in our Food & Nutrition Department since lockdown was lifted and we could all be back in school again. This week (w/c 26 April 2021), the Year 6s baked delicious cookies, the Upper 4s (Year 9s) made panna cotta and crème brûlée (as part of their module on

During the recent lockdowns, here at The Maynard we gained an enviable reputation as having some of the best remote learning opportunities of any school in the county and beyond. By example, and with the demise of all public examinations last summer, we took the unprecedented step of offering our entire GCSE year group the

As proud sponsors of the Exeter Chiefs Women’s team, we were delighted to welcome them back for specific in-person training on the first day of the Summer Term, kicking off with an energetic session involving the Lower 4s (Year 8s) to hone their passing skills. Every week, they will be putting both the Lower 4

Pre-Prep and Junior School had great fun this morning with Easter egg hunts and the annual Easter bonnet parade. Some wonderful creations were on show as the girls made their way across the Double Courts (more pics on our FB page) – what a lovely way to end the spring term.

A big shout to the U6 girls who enjoyed a slightly more relaxed feel to their final senior games session this term – personal training sessions in the CV suite for those who wanted a solid workout, alongside games outside in the sunshine for some fun and time out from studies and exam stress… reliving

Great news! Our CyberCenturion VII team of Emma, Hannah Sophia, India and Tess (in Year 9) have made it through to the National Finals. They are just one of only five junior teams across the entire country to have qualified and we are justifiably super-proud of them! Due to COVID restrictions they have been working

Year 4 have been busy working collaboratively in their art lessons to create some fantastic displays in their classrooms. Working with different media on a butterfly theme (4H) and an underwater theme (4F) the girls have enjoyed creating some eye catching individual and group pieces to put together as a class display. Final pictures to

Year 6 have been studying Alice in Wonderland this term and have included many extra activities such as writing nonsense poetry, making picture book versions, creating games for the garden and writing ‘shrinking’ stories. They have had great fun and, to celebrate the end of their studies, enjoyed a traditional Alice in Wonderland tea party.

Four of our Upper 6 (Year 13) Chemists participated in the Chemistry Olympiad, a national competition organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The material is highly challenging and, this year, included the added challenge of having to complete the two-hour paper during remote learning. Shweta and Mandy achieved Bronze awards and Margaret and Nicole

Our Lower 4s (Year 8) have been busy this week creating show-stopping choux pastry swans as one of their ‘Bake Off’ challenges. Meanwhile, the Lower 5 (Year 10) GCSE class have honed their flaky pastry skills since returning to school and learned how to make crème patisserie to create these stunning looking Mille Feuilles.  Finally,

It has been a Law filled week with external speakers joining in the Lower 5 (Year 10) tutorial sessions as part of the PSHE programme. We welcomed ‘Magistrates in the Community’ via Teams conferencing, who talked about the structure of the Law Courts in England and how magistrates contribute to this. They also organised a

The last week of term sees a calendar packed with House fixtures and the girls are out in force playing for their various teams which is such a wonderful sight to behold. We held our first ever Upper 3 House Tag Rugby competition in the sunshine. On the back of them all doing so well

The Drama Department is back in the rehearsal room (hurray!) working towards an exciting in-the-round performance of Macbeth. The show will take place in the Performing Arts Centre toward the end of the summer term with a cast and crew consisting of the Lower 6 students. Mr Ganley is directing and has said, “It is

The Year 2 girls have been finding different ways of recording information. They have learned about Carroll Diagrams (named after the famous author, Lewis Carroll), tally charts and Venn Diagrams. The girls really enjoyed finding out more about each other’s likes and dislikes before recording the information using Venn Diagrams. There were quite a few

The Year Three Iceni tribe rounded off their Iron Age topic by having their final battle, attacking and overthrowing the Year Five Roman Army led by Emperor Smerdon. They planned their battle strategies first and made wonderful speeches to gain confidence and boost their morale before facing their older enemies. Creeping cautiously across the grounds

Being able to rehearse with real people actually in the room together has been wonderful! No more little faces on Zoom, all trying not to interrupt each other and not able to get any idea of what the action on stage will look like. We have now completed our first full week of real life

Five girls in the Lower 6 participated in the Physics Olympiad, a national competition organised by the University of Oxford. All five girls received certificates: Charlotte, Althea and Alice all achieved Bronze awards; Isabelle achieved a Silver award; and Gloria achieved a Gold award. Gloria was ranked in the top 780 Physics students nationally, which

In their computing lessons, Year 4 have been discussing what makes a good animation, before using software to create their own simple cartoons. They have learned how to move an object or character across a background by making gradual movements, frame by frame. Then sound effects have been added to certain frames. The girls have

It is so wonderful to be able to host group activities again, albeit in our bubbles. School is positively humming with so many different clubs before lessons, as part of lessons, during lunch and after school! Fitness classes abound for staff and students, the double courts are constantly buzzing with football, rugby and netball clubs

It was lovely to have all of our girls from Year 3 to Year 6 running around Leebourne in the sunshine (thankfully) as we started our cross country lessons. Year 6 were relieved and disappointed in equal measure not to be going down to Bull Meadow Park as we would ordinarily do for their route

Satara in Lower 6 is taking part in the 27 miles over 27 days for Mind charity. “I have started halfway through so this will be more of a challenge for me, but I know I will complete it. I run and walk a lot anyway, so I thought this would be a great thing

Team Bath Netball has announced that another hub of South West sports development excellence – The Maynard in Exeter – is joining its Academy Development Centre network. On the back of our recently announced sponsorship of the Exeter Chiefs Women’s Team (offering a realm of top quality rugby opportunities for our students) we are now

A new and exciting chapter in the history of women’s sport is about to take off with The Maynard School, the oldest girls’ school in the country, collaborating with the newly formed Exeter Chiefs Women’s side. Set to be part of the elite Premier 15s competition, the Chiefs side – who will come under the

Our very many and rather belated congratulations to the current Head Girl Team of Elizabeth, Lara, Peggy, Verity, Amelie, Miri, Eleanor, Emily, Raily and Miller. These wonderful girls were actually voted into post just before lockdown, so taking a group photo has been impossible until the Summer Term started. However, they have been working tirelessly

We extend a very warm welcome to all of our many new joiners but particularly to our youngest students in Reception Class. They are all settling in really well and have enjoyed drawing, painting and playing with each other so far. It goes without saying that we look forward to working with them as they