As she approaches the end of her first term at The Maynard, we asked Director of Sport, Mrs Lewis-Weeks, about her experience and ambitions. How has it been stepping into your new role at The Maynard School?  Busy! Starting a new school is always a challenge, but the environment at The Maynard School make it

We are absolutely delighted to have consolidated our place as the top school in Devon in the Daily Telegraph’s ‘Best UK private schools by A-level results 2022’. Not only that, but our 52nd place nationally also puts us (by some considerable distance) as the leading independent school this side of Bristol and Bath! And, when

Enormous congratulations to Joey (Upper 5) who scored so highly in last term’s Hamilton Mathematical Olympiad that she was awarded a distinction and, we have subsequently learned during the summer holidays, a bronze medal which puts her firmly in the top 1% nationally for students her age. Joey qualified into this particular Olympiad as one

Our talented and industrious Old Maynardian, Alice, has been awarded a prestigious Undergraduate Scholarship by IMechE (Institute of Mechanical Engineers) to fund her university studies. We asked her about the rigorous application process and how it feels to have successfully made it through. What led you to apply for the scholarship? Mr Bowler encouraged me

We are celebrating our best GCSE results EVER! One third of all results are graded 9 (A**) 60% of exams sat are awarded 8 (A*) or 9 (A**) An incredible 80% of results are Grade 7 (A) or above 100% Pass Rate Better results than Centre Assessed Grades (2020) and Teacher Assessed Grades (2021) Students

Remote Learning provision “saved the day”!  The Maynard celebrates A-level success  32% of all grades are A*   38% A*s including Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)  67% = A*-A  Half the year group achieves straight A*/A grades in all their exams  100% pass rate  66% A* at the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)  87% A*/A/B for A-level and

The Maynard School in Exeter is delighted to announce that Mrs Liz Gregory has been appointed as the new Head from September 2022.  Liz is currently a Senior Deputy Head Academic at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools as well as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead, a Mental Health First Aid Ambassador, an EPQ supervisor and Sixth Form

Get your whisks and aprons at the ready! To celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we will be joining the nation in finding a pudding fit for royalty! Prior to the Fortnum and Mason Platinum Pudding Competition – in which the winning pudding will be presented to The Queen and sold as a product in their

It’s one of our favourite days in the school calendar: the Christmas Cake display! Throughout Autumn Term our Upper 4 bakers have been designing, sculpting and perfecting their recipes for their festive showstoppers. This year we were treated to a variety of themes, from Santa in a hot tub to snowman parties and turkeys to

Held here in our very own Performing Arts Centre (17 – 19 November), such was our excitement to be back performing live theatre again that tickets for our Senior School production of Mary Poppins had sold out long before the curtain raised. And what a cacophony of joyous colour and sound it was, giving us

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