Year 5 set sail for a time long past on their latest school trip exploring Brunel’s SS Great Britain in Bristol! She’s described as ‘one of the most important historic ships in the world’, being one of the vastest of her time in the mid 1800s, uniquely built of iron, and driven with a then

Between being the only school to proudly sponsor the Exeter Chiefs Women’s team as part of supporting women’s sport locally, and our secret weapon Clara Nielson (team trainer, Chiefs player extraordinaire and one of our super Science Technicians), it’s abundantly clear that we absolutely LOVE our rugby here at The Maynard! Our first rugby match

What better way to learn about ancient history than to visit in person? Girls from Upper 3 (Year 7) to Upper Sixth (Year 13) with an appreciation for Classics had a wonderful five-day trip to the breathtaking Bay of Naples over half term! Throughout the week, they were immersed in the most iconic areas of

The amazing U14 netball team started this half term with a bang at their ‘Sisters n Sport’ plate round 1 on Monday! Girls faced a tough physical match against Devonport High School for Girls but played phenomenally, being 18-25 down going into the final quarter but bringing it all the way back to 30-30 with

A HUGE well done and thank you so much to everyone who donated to this year’s Exeter Foodbank ‘House Harvest Collection’! A whopping 450kg was collected overall, with Haberdashers winning the House donations with a staggering 126kg. Mrs Dersley and a terrific team of Sixth Formers spent a happy Friday lunchtime whizzing it all off

Upper 3 (Year 7) have officially finished their very first half term in the Senior School! To say a big ‘welcome to Senior School’ and to celebrate how wonderfully they’re settling in already, they’ve each received a free Book Buzz book of their choice from a range of fantastically exciting options. We hope they have

Our fantastic footballers have been at it again with some brilliant playing this week! The ESFA Small Schools U15 Round 2 Cup Competition was ‘epic’ in every sense, as an experience as well as a game: the team brought their all with a true sense of team spirit, fantastic shots, amazing passages of play and

This morning, the brilliant Year 6s enjoyed a special Great Big Live Assembly to celebrate Black History Month! Joining over 1,000 schools from across the country on a live stream by the Sanctuary Foundation, girls learned about inspiring Black figures from the past shared by celebrities and other primary school students on this year’s theme

Our mathematicians have figured out the formula to success! Huge congratulations to everyone who participated in the UK Senior Maths Challenge, featuring thought-provoking questions from beginner to advanced level – we had our best ever set of results with 85% of students being awarded a certificate! Bronze Lower Sixth (Year 12): Imogen Anna Deborah Melanie

Today is International Day of the Girl! It’s a day very close to our hearts with its passionate advocacy for the rights of young girls, aligning perfectly with our everyday core goals of supporting girls to flourish. This year’s theme is ‘Girls’ vision for the future’, conveying how their voices are crucial in driving change

School has been even more vibrant today with ‘Wear a Rainbow’ day bringing beautiful colour to the Pre-Prep and Junior School! All girls from Reception to Year 6 were invited to wear a rainbow for Raynick, coming to school in their most jazzy outfits and making a donation. The money will go towards sponsoring Raynick’s

What better way to end the day than with sparkling performances from our Senior School musicians? Yesterday marked the first concert of the school year as the Teatime Concert saw 16 talented Senior girls treat guests to a delightful musical showcase. Their incredible versatility shone through, with a wide range of instruments featured and music

The U12 A and B hockey teams had a big start to the week with their first ever hockey fixture for Senior School on Monday! Playing against Exeter School, they were absolutely brilliant and showed terrific teamwork, making excellent use of techniques they’d learned in training. They came away with a win and a loss,

There’s always a fascinating project or experiment bubbling away in the science labs! In our lunchtime STEM club, the fantastic Upper 3 (Year 7) girls have been learning to solder and are now completing their own soldering project to make electronic Christmas tree circuits with flashing LED lights, set to be finished in time for

Our hockey teams seem nigh on unstoppable this term! Last week, the brilliant U16 hockey team visited Plymouth Marjon University for the Tier 2 County Hockey tournament and played some absolutely fantastic games, improving as the tournament went on and showing the Maynard team spirit in spades. Their hard work paid off and the team

Year 6 are making their first foray into Fashion and Textiles! As part of their introduction to the subject and our modern Textiles suite, they’re currently learning about all things fabric, from how to safely use a sewing machine and iron to how to use a pattern template. They’ll be putting these exciting new skills

Our amazing Sixth Formers have begun offering bespoke academic mentoring to Year 11s at Paignton Academy, sharing their subject know-how with younger students readying for GCSEs! This revolutionary new initiative will have Sixth Form girls video chatting with students in Paignton to explain different topics, walk them through activities and overall give them another level

A highlight among the oodles of lunchtime clubs happening each week is our ‘Chocolate and Chat’ big sister mentoring programme, in which the lovely Lower Sixth regularly meet up with the wonderful Upper 3s (Year 7) and play games, offer support and act as a friendly face for them as they settle in to Senior

Huge congratulations to our brill equestrian team for their outstanding performance at the Bicton NSEA showjumping event last Sunday! We’re thrilled to say the team of Georgia, Matilda, Charlotte and Polly came third in the 80cm, and more ‘well done’s are in order for Polly and Bea placing 5th and 10th respectively in the individual

A trip through the art studios makes it abundantly clear that our young artists are just incredible, and last year’s GCSE students were no exception! All artists produced marvellous work and Anna and Hazel, now having stayed at The Maynard into Lower Sixth (Year 12), were specially commended by OCR for their GCSE Art pieces

Cricket is building at The Maynard! We have even more incredible sports news to share – a host of our super sports stars have been selected for Devon County Cricket training! They’ll be working with Devon’s best of the best to chase their cricket aspirations, and who knows how high they’ll fly? Massive congratulations to

The U14 sports teams are flying lately! Our U14 hockey team played fantastically at Plymouth Marjon University in today’s competitive tournament against top local rivals. They were simply amazing and have stormed through to the Regional Finals – truly securing themselves as a team to watch! Very well done to all players!

Our fantastic purpose-built Food & Nutrition room is always a smorgasbord of creativity and culinary technique. It’s hard to miss the delicious smells that float down the corridor from our young chefs’ handiwork – Lower 4’s (Year 8) pizzas were positively mouthwatering last Friday! Students come away from lessons with not only delicious food cooked

‘Kicking’ the year off to a brilliant start, our fab U13 footballers had their first cup match on Thursday! Despite a loss, they had such a fun time playing and coming together as a team with Player of the Match Aliana scoring an awesome goal – a fantastic memory for those who played this as

For Maynardians with a love for all things netball, our recent GSA netball weekend away at Condover Hall was the ultimate trip! Our remarkable U13 and U14 netball teams had a cracking time, consisting of a whirlwind of playing netball, thrilling activities like high ropes, a fan-favourite umpiring school session, and even being starstruck while

Our athletes are going for GOLD! 10 of our sports stars in the making had a fantastic time at ‘Girls Go Gold’ last week – an annual GSA event dedicated to uplifting the next generation of women in sport, held this year at Sherborne Girls School. They started the day bright and early with a

Brilliant Upper Sixth (Year 13) biologists had a fascinating workshop at science and arts centre We The Curious in Bristol last week! Their Biology A-level includes learning about all things DNA, so this trip was designed to be the perfect opportunity to dive deeper into the topic by conducting polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and gel

We have even more netball news to absolutely blow you away! Yesterday, our awe-inspiring U14 netball team played an incredible, incredible match for the ages against one of the best netball schools in the country, Millfield School! It was impossible to separate them and they went toe-to-toe with their opponents every step of the way,

A new season of sport is now well and truly underway, and what a marvellously bright and sunny start we’ve had! We have a sweep of brilliant netball news to share, starting with fun and friendly matches against Truro yesterday. The U14, U16 and U19 teams were raring to go after the break, and it