With an exciting new year of Young Enterprise starting very soon, Lower 6 (Year 12) had a practice with a quickfire Business Challenge last Friday, designing a brand new pair of crocs to take the market by storm! After a crash course in product design and creative crocs from over the years, teams had just
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How fantastic to start this year of sport on a high! Yesterday we had our first fixture of 2025-26, with our amazing U14 netball players facing Mount Kelly in the first round of the ‘Sisters n Sport’ competition. They jumped straight into the action and it paid off, solidly securing a win and their place
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Today brought a lot of excitement for many of our young readers with the first ever session of the Upper 3 (Year 7) Library Club! In perfect sync with International Literacy Day, new club members had a brilliant time making a range of colourful bookmarks for themselves and other library goers, setting them up well
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Our Gold Duke of Edinburgh adventurers never sit still for long – they spent the last week of the summer holidays enjoying their big expedition to the stunning Lake District! Their practice in the Brecon Beacons mountain range earlier this year set them up perfectly for this four day expedition involving camping, canoeing and hiking
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We are delighted to share that our brilliant Year 11 (Upper 5) students have once again excelled, delivering some incredibly strong GCSE results that far outweigh the national averages on every level. This year: “I couldn’t be prouder of the girls,” said Liz Gregory, Head. “These are exceptional results that reflect their unwavering focus, hard
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Our first ever Summer Drama Workshop has come to a close after three jam-packed days of fun with everything performing arts! Young actors aged 10-13 have had a blast learning about the magic of theatre, from making props and controlling stage lights to putting together their very own performance under the guidance of our expert
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The Maynard is thrilled to announce record-breaking A-level results for 2025, marking another triumphant year of academic excellence and confirming our position as the Sunday Times Independent Secondary School of Year South West. “Our 2025 results speak volumes – reflecting the drive, resilience and brilliance of our students, and the unwavering support and dedication of
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Another momentous South Africa Sports Tour has come to a close after a whirlwind two weeks for our incredible athletes! To round off this experience of a lifetime, the group finished up their fixtures (and made a good many new friends in the process!), followed by enjoying a Kayamandi Township Day spent drinking in the
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We’re into the second week of the epic South Africa Sports Tour and the unforgettable experiences just keep coming! Here’s a lightning fast rundown of what our amazing athletes have been up to since we last checked in… We’re out of breath just reading about it! The adventure continues – we can’t wait to see
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The South Africa Sports Tour is off to an exceptionally strong start! In just the first few days, the dream team have played their first hockey and netball fixtures at the Connect Festival of Unity, hit Camps Bay Beach for some sun and sea, browsed local shops at the V&A Waterfront and Canal Walk (Cape
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Seven of our fearless Lower 6 (Year 12) students are returning today from their incredible Gold Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) qualifying expedition to the natural wonders of Slovenia! The group finally embarked on their adventure last Tuesday after a year of training and working hard on their Gold DofE award, including a practice walk in
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The great big South Africa Sports Tour has officially begun! Everyone has arrived safely in Cape Town and are gearing up for the experience of a lifetime over the next couple of weeks, playing matches with local schools and clubs and adventuring out on exhilarating excursions. Stay tuned to hear how our sports stars are
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The Upper 6 (Year 13) Leavers’ Ball was a fabulous evening celebrating our oldest Maynardians’ amazing accomplishments! Our leavers enjoyed a prize-giving ceremony, some bubbles and a delicious three course meal followed by dancing the night away. What a delightful last hurrah for our Upper 6 – now time for them to enjoy a very
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The classrooms are quiet and our hearts are full after yesterday’s triumphant Summer Celebration, marking the end of another academic year of learning, laughter, success and so many memories made. A huge number of our school community gathered at Sandy Park for a fantastic send-off, including a huge prizegiving ceremony recognising our absolutely amazing students
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It’s hard to find a more perfect end to the school year for our younger Maynardians than the excitement and energy of the Pre-Prep & Junior School Summer Show! This year was no different, and our wonderful Pre-Preppers and Juniors treated audiences to stunning performances following the theme of “Musical travels around the world”. The
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How bittersweet – we had our last fixture of the school year yesterday evening! The brilliant U15 cricket team took on St James in glorious sunshine and ended an amazing year for sports on a high, taking the final win. Well done to all our amazing girls for an awesome last match!
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Following a brilliantly successful first year of our academic mentoring scheme, we invited mentees from Paignton Academy to enjoy a relaxing summer lunch with their Maynard mentors! It was such a wonderful opportunity for our Lower 6 students and their friends from Paignton to meet after working together on regular video calls for most of
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The InterSchools Athletics Competition at Exeter Arena was an amazing day in the sunshine for 20 of our Upper 3 to Upper 4 (Years 7 to 9) athletes. Overall, they finished in 2nd place in every year group – an insanely impressive result! Well done girls!
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The Year 10 Girls into STEM event on Friday was an incredibly exciting opportunity for girls to have a taste of all things STEM and get a unique insight into Engineering and Technology careers! Run jointly by The Maynard and The STEM Workshop Ltd, the day saw seven schools and 100 students (50 from local
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Last Friday’s GCSE and A-level Art Exhibition was a dazzling display of our spectacular artists’ creativity and talent, sharing work they’ve poured innumerable hours into over the last few months. Their tremendous artistic achievements have blown us away! Take a look at some of the many highlights from what has been yet another inspired year
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Our lovely Lower 5 and Lower 6 (Years 10 and 12) historians thoroughly enjoyed a trip to the Chalke Valley History Festival on Thursday, an event packed full of fascinating ‘living history’ exhibitions, immersive experiences and features from the most eminent historians from television and academia. There was an immense amount to take in, from
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Year 6 and Upper 3 (Year 7) are looking fabulously stylish with their brand new makeup bags, designed and made by themselves in our Fashion and Textiles Suite! Check out all the gorgeous summery colours and patterns!
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The Maynard Summer Netball League had its long awaited edge-of-your-seat finale on Wednesday! Our top teams went head-to-head in thrilling matches to decide who would take the podium. In the final we were wowed by some absolutely outstanding play, Tamar and Sophia’s teams both giving their all and taking it all the way to a
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Year 1 had a fantastic time exploring the amazing natural world at Haldon Forest on Tuesday. Luckily dodging the showers, our little adventurers followed the Discovery Trail around the forest and spotted characters from Julia Donaldson’s story ‘The Stick Man’, as well as keeping an eye out for the different types of trees and animals
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We welcomed a whopping 17 teams from local schools and The Maynard to the PAC yesterday for the ultimate test of wits – the Year 5 Primary Mathematics Team Challenge! Budding mathematicians went head-to-head in a series of fun rounds, split up by a delicious lunch outside in the Rose Garden. After a full day
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WOW! Yesterday’s Senior School Sports Day was just the most spectacular show of unstoppable Maynard spirit! Our students brought their A game to field and track events, and kept up that energy excitedly cheering on their friends and Houses, decked out as always in vibrant House colours and matching paint. This year’s athletes absolutely flew,
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Brilliant actors in Upper 3 (Year 7) shared their most recent dramatic work with guests at their Evening of Drama on Monday, bringing the compelling mystery of ‘The Demon Headmaster’ to the stage! Based on the very popular children’s book by Gillian Cross, a group of students take it upon themselves to get to the
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Yesterday saw our amazing Junior girls running, hopping, ice-cream carrying and more at Exeter Arena for Junior School Sports Day! They had an absolutely fantastic time taking part in so many fun sporty activities and a host of traditional Sports Day fare too. Everyone threw themselves into the day with enthusiasm and showed brilliant sportsmanship,
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Adventurous Year 4 truly made the most of last week’s beautiful sunny weather with three days of fun outdoor activities at Haven Banks! They got to enjoy team building, archery, canoeing and stand-up paddle boarding, all just a quick walk away at the quay. Everyone had an absolute blast!
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The Maynard Summer Prom was, without a doubt, a sparkling evening to remember – a most wonderful way for our Upper 5 (Year 11) students to celebrate the end of their GCSEs! After working immensely hard in the lead up to their exams and in all their previous years at The Maynard so far, this
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