The Maynard is crowned The Sunday Times Independent School of the Year South West

Posted on December 6, 2024

 

We are delighted to announce that we’ve been crowned The Sunday Times Independent School of the Year in the South West. This prestigious title recognises our exceptional academic achievements in addition to our dedication to fostering a nurturing and happy environment for all students. The Times & Sunday Times Parent Power identifies more than 1,600

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Willow wins Blue Boy Award

Posted on December 4, 2024

 

We’re so incredibly proud to offer a tremendous congratulations to outstanding Upper Sixth (Year 13) student Willow for being one of the latest recipients of a prestigious Blue Boy Award! Blue Boy Awards are given by the St John’s Hospital Educational Foundation to selected local students going above and beyond to be as true pillars

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Lord Mayor’s Carol Service

Posted on December 4, 2024

 

The Lord Mayor’s Carol Service was once again a spectacularly enchanting event for our remarkable singers and musicians, who lent their musical talents to this wonderful annual celebration of the festive season. Performers came together to fill the lofty heights of Exeter Cathedral with beloved carols and raise money for FORCE Cancer Charity – donations

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U14 netball team become third best in the county

Posted on December 3, 2024

 

The exceptional U14 netball team truly did themselves and the school proud – as they always do! – at yesterday’s National Schools County Round! They played superbly and thoroughly earned their spot on the podium to become the 3rd best team in the county, just narrowly missing out on the regionals and so will be

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A fantastically busy week for hockey

Posted on December 1, 2024

 

The hockey Tier 2 Regional Final results are in! We’re super proud to announce that the marvellous U16 team smashed it at Millfield on Thursday, playing some brilliant and nail-bitingly close games to finish 3rd in their pool. Then, only 24 hours later, the superb U14 team headed to Clifton College and similarly played incredible

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Exeter v East Devon Cross Country

Posted on November 30, 2024

 

Congratulations to all our remarkable runners who gave their all at Thursday’s Exeter v East Devon Cross Country! They tackled wet and slippery courses with great grit and determination, and particular mention goes to Upper 3 (Year 7) Maya (centre in photo), Upper 4 (Year 9) Issy and Upper 5 (Year 11) Izzy, who performed

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Upper 4’s Drama Showcase

Posted on November 30, 2024

 

The amazing Upper 4 (Year 9) unveiled their impressive array of dramatic talents at their very own Drama Showcase on Thursday! The year’s budding actresses brought the emotional tale of children fighting for their right to a comprehensive education to the Main School Hall stage, transporting audiences to a time of scholastic revolution with immersive

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Darts Farm Indulgence Evening

Posted on November 29, 2024

 

The Chamber Choir had the privilege of adding extra festive sparkle to the always lovely Darts Farm Festive Indulgence Evening on Wednesday! Our fantastic singers performed a range of enchanting carols to add to the merry atmosphere, delighting visitors coming to taking part in innovative masterclasses, delicious tastings and a spot of Christmas shopping. It’s

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Blasting off to the UK Space Design national finals!

Posted on November 28, 2024

 

The sky is most certainly NOT the limit for our Sixth Form STEM students, who came away from last Saturday’s UK Space Design regional finals with a truly tremendous win! The out-of-this-world challenge held at the University of Exeter tasked students from eight schools with drawing on their knowledge of physics, engineering, economics, design and

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Chris-maths fun in Year 5

Posted on November 27, 2024

 

It’s beginning to look a lot like Chris-maths! Our Junior School Governor, Mr Holland, brought Christmas fun with a maths twist to Year 5 yesterday – using paper and Christmas cards, girls got stuck in to making beautiful festive stars out of kite shapes and sparkling dodecahedron baubles. Their brilliant handiwork is now decorating the

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U14 netball for the ages!

Posted on November 27, 2024

 

Whoop whoop – we did it! Through to the Devon County Netball Finals and huge, huge congratulations to our incredibly talented U14 team for persevering in what can only be described as quite the most thrilling netball in recent memory! Following competitive games against Tiverton and Blundell’s earlier in the day, we faced Exeter School in

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Emphatic wins for U12 A and B hockey

Posted on November 26, 2024

 

The U12 A and B hockey teams have truly ended this season on a high! Girls played Uffculme in the final game of the season last night and drew on everything they’ve been working on this term, including the press, using their pivot player and keeping the ball wide, to come away with two emphatic

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Capturing the majesty of Stonehenge with collages

Posted on November 25, 2024

 

Year 3 have been learning all about the Neolithic wonder that is Stonehenge, and created these beautifully atmospheric mixed media collages to capture some of the monument’s awe-inspiring presence. Tying in with their lessons on the prehistoric world, they mixed vibrant paints together to create a stunning sunset backdrop, then used collage skills to carefully

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Over £1000 raised for Children In Need!

Posted on November 22, 2024

 

We have extremely exciting news to share from last Friday’s Children In Need Day fundraising fun! Thanks to the incredible kindness and generosity of our wonderful school community, we raised a whopping £1,020.34 for this amazing charity. How brilliant it was to see so many of our girls and families fully embracing the spirit of

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Brilliant U16 Badminton

Posted on November 20, 2024

 

The brilliant U16 badminton players absolutely smashed it at their latest fixture! They were amazing advocates for the school and incredible on the court at yesterday’s District Badminton Competition, winning a mightily impressive 7/10 games and coming 2nd overall. Very well done to them for such a fantastic result!

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Rising to new heights at the Cityscape Architectural Design competition

Posted on November 18, 2024

 

What could the space outside Exeter Library be transformed into with the help of fresh ideas and creativity? At the Cityscape Architectural Design competition organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects, two amazing Maynard teams had the chance to explore their wildest imaginations and come up with their own answers to this question! Girls

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U14 hockey gearing up for the Regional finals

Posted on November 17, 2024

 

The incredible U14 hockey team had a brilliant match against Kings Ottery this week and worked super hard to practice their tactics ahead of the Regional finals, having boatloads of fun in the process. Great job as always everyone!

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Spectacular Staff Play: Murder at Checkmate Manor

Posted on November 17, 2024

 

The Maynard Staff Players enchanted hundreds of our lovely school community this week with three showings of their latest theatrical endeavour, Murder at Checkmate Manor! This scintillating, scandalous and shocking murder mystery had the audience in peals of laughter the entire time, with cackle-worthy performances from the industrious butler, the brooding (yet charming) detective, the

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Year 6 STEM Day

Posted on November 16, 2024

 

Year 6 girls from The Maynard and other local schools combined creativity and STEM with truly amazing results at the Year 6 STEM Day earlier this week! We were thrilled to welcome guests from St Leonard’s School and St Michael’s School to take part in a structural engineering challenge with a twist, guided by Colin

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Children in Need

Posted on November 15, 2024

 

Seeing fluffy yellow ears and bright polka dots everywhere you look can only mean one thing… it’s Children in Need Day! Girls enjoyed a Mufti Day and a range of Pudsey activities, from making their own Pudsey mask in Forest School to a themed inter-house quiz in assembly. In true unique and whacky Maynard fashion,

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Cross Country brilliance

Posted on November 15, 2024

 

Maynard sport just isn’t slowing down! The Area Cross Country at Blundell’s School earlier this week saw vibrant sunshine – not your typical cross country weather! – and all our girls having a great time pushing themselves to their limits despite the unusually warm temperatures. They ran brilliantly with amazing results – special shout-out to

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U14 badminton players through to the Regional Finals

Posted on November 14, 2024

 

We’re continually blown away by the absolutely amazing sporting achievements coming in every day this term! Today we’re celebrating the fabulous U14 badminton players who had a fantastic time at their Area Badminton Competition at Clyst Vale on Tuesday. Girls had a terrific attitude as always and it was lovely to see them cheering each

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Friendly fun in U12 and U13 hockey

Posted on November 13, 2024

 

Earlier this week our U12 and U13 hockey teams thoroughly enjoyed fun fixtures with our local friends, Exeter Cathedral School! Girls played some amazing hockey, putting everything they’ve been learning in training into practice, and came away in brilliantly high spirits. It’s always lovely to play a great game with our neighbours – thank you

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Odd Socks Day for Anti-Bullying Week!

Posted on November 12, 2024

 

One sock, two sock, red sock, blue sock… it’s Odd Socks Day! We’ve seen mismatched socks of all shapes, patterns and colours today, all in the name of celebrating what makes us unique this Anti-Bullying Week!

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The Ten Tors 2025 season begins

Posted on November 12, 2024

 

The Ten Tors 2025 season is off to a flying start! Last weekend 45 girls put their best foot forward, ‘trying out’ for this year’s squad and the opportunity to take on one of the most ambitious challenges for young people in the South West. Our amazing adventurers threw themselves wholeheartedly into this initial outing

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U12 hockey team through to the Regionals

Posted on November 11, 2024

 

What a fantastic performance from our U12 hockey team to end the week last Friday! Their teamwork in the In2Hockey Devon Tournament was simply impeccable and helped them take 2nd place in the county overall, as well as earning them a coveted spot in the Regionals in March. Huge congratulations to the team for their

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Remembrance Day

Posted on November 11, 2024

 

Today we joined the rest of the nation in remembering the men and women who have served and sacrificed for our freedoms, forever grateful for their bravery. Across the school, our girls have been making beautiful poppies to mark the day, and we began Remembrance Day with a thought-provoking whole school assembly led by our

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Year 4 read ‘The Lion Inside’

Posted on November 10, 2024

 

In PSHCE, Year 4 have been talking all about courage and the importance of standing up and doing the right thing, even when it feels difficult. Finding your voice in these situations needs us to be brave, but with the help of the book ‘The Lion Inside’, girls have learnt that no matter how small

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Spooktacular dancing!

Posted on November 10, 2024

 

With Halloween season coming to a close, some of our dazzling Junior dancers put on a spooktacular show in assembly this week! They’ve been working hard in Modern Dance Club to choreograph their own dances, performed in full costume – a wonderful celebration of all things spine-chilling and hair-raising!

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Year 2 tea party with the Head

Posted on November 9, 2024

 

Our Head, Mrs Gregory, had some very special guests visiting her office for a lovely tea party this week! Year 2 had a wonderful time sitting with Mrs Gregory and sipping tasty hot chocolate together. Mrs Gregory loved hearing how all the girls are enjoying being in Year 2 as well as what their favourite

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