At a time when careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine are crying out for women to join their professional ranks, we are delighted to become the first school in the South West to sign up to the new Youth STEMM Award. Although launched in 2015, the Award has only been opened up this
Read MoreUnder 16 Netball team through to the County Finals
Our Under 16 Netball team drew their rematch against Exeter School on Wednesday 14 November to clinch their place in the County Finals on Thursday 29 November. This game was the culmination of the recent Area Tournament in which a scoring mix-up between the two sides resulted in another fixture to decipher who would go
Read MoreBluebird Care returns to the Pre-Prep
The Pre-Prep once again gave a very warm welcome to four ladies from Bluebird Care on Tuesday 13 November and a great afternoon was had by all! The girls gave a sterling performance of some of the songs they have been learning with Mrs Smith, including those for the Christmas Show, which had our elderly
Read MoreGeographers enjoy a stunning Iceland trip
The A-level and GCSE Geography girls enjoyed an amazing trip to Iceland over the October half term, taking in many of the most popular sites this incredible country has to offer. Highlights included the Glazier Walk where everyone was kitted out with ice axes, crampons and helmets before climbing up one of the glaciers, Solheimjokull.
Read MoreRaising the roof at the House Song Competition
The Mamma Mia-themed House Song competition on Thursday 8 November 2018 proved another hugely competitive affair and, although only in its second year, this latest rendition certainly raised the bar for future events. The House Captains did a fabulous job leading the rehearsals in the build-up and all four houses produced some slick performances peppered
Read More‘Tommy’ graces our grounds to mark Remembrance Day
Our thanks to Mrs Wilks and all those members of staff who contributed so generously to the Royal British Legion’s campaign and enabling us to install our very own Tommy Silhouette in time for the build up to Remembrance Day. We felt it especially important to mark the World War One centenary this year with
Read MoreIncredible creativity in the Textiles room
The Textiles room has been a hive of activity this term, again playing host to two popular and very well attended weekly clubs in addition to the curriculum learning. The creative output from Mrs Finnegan and her girls is always quite spectacular but none more so than this fabulous costume, meticulously hand stitched, by Lowena
Read MoreGigi banks a life-long memory playing at the Royal Albert Hall
“On Wednesday 10 October I was lucky enough to be asked to play in the Royal Albert Hall for the National Schools’ Primary Proms. As part of my studies at the Royal College of Music on Saturdays, I play with an octet which is super friendly and something I have never done before so I
Read MoreEngland netballer helps Under 14 team to victory
Congratulations to our talented Under 14 Netball team who secured some convincing wins against three local sides in the Area Netball Tournament on Wednesday 10 October to breeze through to the Devon County Round in November. We thank ex-England netballer and Maynard alumna, Jo Vann, who returned to inspire this generation of players with some
Read MoreOne of The Telegraph’s ‘ten of the best value private schools in the UK’
We are delighted to be voted, once again, as one of the top ten best value private schools in the UK by The Daily Telegraph on 27 September 2018. The Maynard was also the only school in the South West (extending as far afield as Reading and Oxford) to feature in the ratings. The rankings
Read MoreHuge attendance at Open Morning
Over 50 families joined us for a hugely successful Open Morning on Saturday 29 September 2018. The school was alive with a plethora of different activities, run by the students themselves, from coding, pond dipping in Biology, fashion design, celebrating the centenary of the end of World War I right through to meeting ‘Shakespeare’ in
Read MoreSixth Former wins prestigious Oxford University essay prize
Huge congratulations to Chloe Lamb (Upper 6), for winning the politics section of the Oxford University’s Stubbs Society essay prize for her complex piece entitled: War is the continuation of politics by other means (Clausewitz 1780-1831). Discuss. Chloe was originally one of 10 shortlisted for this prestigious award for showing the “most impressive aptitude in
Read MoreBiz Whizz: Film Production and Directing
We enjoyed another excellent careers talk on Friday 21 September 2018, this time from Philippa Waddell, the founder and owner of Wildhorse Films. Over thirty girls attended this entirely voluntary session and they all listened avidly to Philippa recounting how she worked her way up in the industry to be where she is today. She
Read MoreLiterary Festival Poetry Slam
Two teams from Upper 4 (Year 9) took part in the Devon Schools’ Poetry Slam workshop and competition at the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival on Thursday 20 September 2018. The teams were Rose Finnegan and Alex Hudson, as well as Eleanor Cumbley and Daisy Hoban. Both teams wrote wonderful poems and performed them absolutely brilliantly,
Read MoreIdeal conditions for Bronze Duke of Edinburgh training
Twenty nine girls from the Lower 5 (Year 10) all successfully completed their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh training over the weekend of 15/16 September 2018 and they were treated to ideal walking conditions for their trek around the stunning East Devon countryside. They all set off on Saturday morning from Sidbury car park for their
Read MoreUp close with Clare Balding OBE at Girls Go Gold
Twelve of our elite athletes had the most amazing day at the Girls Go Gold Conference in Oxfordshire on Friday 14 September 2018 and the highlight for many was being able to meet and chat with Clare Balding OBE. They were treated to some particularly memorable keynote speakers and the event launched with brain tumour
Read More‘The Wipers Times’ at the Northcott Theatre
On Wednesday 12 September 2018, the GCSE and A-level Drama students went to see Ian Hislop’s funny and thought-provoking ‘The Wipers Times’ at The Northcott Theatre. Set in the trenches of WW1 the show charts the creation and rise of the real life story of the satirical newspaper, ‘The Wipers Times’. Following a sell-out West
Read MoreSettling in at the Pre-Prep
All ten new girls in the Reception class have enjoyed a great first full week getting to know their classmates and they already appear to be fully settled in their new life at The Maynard. There has been all sorts of fun and creativity in the classroom and they have been loving spending time with
Read MoreEquestrian individual and team success
Many congratulations to all our riders who competed at the National Schools NSEA Show Jumping qualifier at Bicton Arena on Sunday 9 September 2018. It was wonderful to welcome Isobel Davies (Lower 6) who was competing for the first time for The Maynard and she put in a fantastic double clear to finish second in
Read MoreMiss Blackwell plays alongside Sheku
Two days after his performance at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, Sheku Kanneh-Mason was in Budleigh Salterton to headline their Music Festival in July 2018. Sheku is the young cellist who performed at the wedding of Prince Harry, following winning BBC Young Musician of the Year and the success of his Number
Read MoreSensational South Africa Sports Tour
Twenty one girls had the trip of a lifetime during the summer holidays when travelling to South Africa for their hockey and netball sports tour. Aside from playing superbly in all their training opportunities and matches against local sides from Cape Town and beyond, they also had plenty of time to soak up the area’s
Read More100% completion rate in Gold DofE Expedition
Congratulations to all our many Sixth Formers who enjoyed a hugely successful four day and four night Gold Duke of Edinburgh expedition in the Brecon Beacons during the July heatwave. This was the final assessment for 20 of them and training for one (due to a foot injury causing a missed training walk) and, despite
Read MoreThe Maynard excels under the new GCSE grading system
After the success of last week’s A-Level results, The Maynard School is thrilled to have achieved another outstanding set of results at GCSE level. In a year of uncertainty and change with the well-publicised reforms to the Year 11 examination system, our students have performed superbly to triple the national average of the top grades
Read MoreExcellent A-level Results for Maynard Students
– The Maynard in Exeter doubles the national average for A*- A grades Maynard student, Charlotte Miller, was given the best possible 18th birthday present today when she opened her envelope to discover she had achieved three A*s in her Maths, Physics and Chemistry A-levels. Alongside her was her proud mother, pre-empting the celebrations with a
Read MoreSenior School Sports Day
The Senior School Sports Day was fortunate enough to coincide with the departure of the recent heatwave and the cloudier conditions were greeted with much relief when the school decamped to Exeter Arena on Tuesday 3 July 2018. As ever, there were some hugely competitive races and field events but, most importantly, the day was
Read MoreCross-curricular days celebrate the ‘vote for women’
The students in Years 7, 8 and 9 thoroughly enjoyed their cross-curricular days designed to celebrate the 100year anniversary since women were first allowed to vote in the UK. Starting off on Monday 25 June 2018 with an assembly covering topics such as the British suffragettes and the status of women’s rights in Saudi Arabia,
Read MoreProud to host the annual Primary Mathematics Challenge
On Tuesday 26 June, we welcomed 84 pupils from 20 primary schools across the region for the annual and very competitive Primary Mathematics Challenge. Teams of enthusiastic budding mathematicians from Year 5 represented their schools in this fun all-day competition by completing a variety of exciting and challenging problem-solving activities, from relay races to crossnumbers
Read MoreA busy penultimate week of summer fun
The penultimate week of the Summer Term has provided plenty of exciting new experiences for students in both the Junior and Senior School. Whilst the students in Upper 5 enjoyed a week of work experience in a number of companies both in Devon and further afield, the Lower 5 language girls were soaking up the
Read MoreFilm night fundraiser a huge success
We would like to extend a big thank you to all the Junior School girls who supported our South Africa Sports Tour 2018 fundraising event on Thursday 28 June 2018. Fifty five girls attended and had fun on Leebourne playing parachute games with the Lower 5 tour girls, followed by a hotdog before snuggling into
Read MorePre-Prep Sports Day a scorching success
The glorious summer sunshine has allowed for some exceptional sports days this term and on Friday 22 June 2018 the Pre-Prep girls enjoyed a brilliant day, supported by a large crowd of parents and relatives on Leebourne Lawn. Each and every one took part in a range of different challenges including the Turtle and Spoon
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