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- 07/11/22
Admission Policies for 2024 Entry - Consultation
Kendrick School has made some changes to their admission policies for 2024 entry and, in line with admission guidelines, we are now consulting on these policies. The key changes are as follows:Read Full Story - 04/11/22
Upper School and Sixth Form Chamber Concert 2022
It was the first live Upper School and Sixth Form Chamber Concert since the pandemic. Featuring students from Years 10 - 13, organised and led by GCSE Music students with minimal help from the teachers, it allowed them to take on more responsibility and learn about the different aspects o...Read Full Story - 04/11/22
Halloween Celebrations
We have been celebrating all things spooky in the library by highlighting some ghostly books, displaying some ghastly bookish puns and giving students the opportunity to enter our Halloween Quiz. The response was amazing, with about a dozen students getting all the answers correct! (We might have to...Read Full Story - 03/11/22
National Poetry Day Celebrations
In order to celebrate National Poetry Day, the Kendrick English Department held a hugely popular and successful ‘Fridge Magnet Poetry’ event for the school, where students were invited to find inspiration for some poems of their own, and enter them into a competition. Magnetic poetry...Read Full Story - 02/11/22
Thank You KPS
BookBuzz is a reading programme from BookTrust that aims to help schools inspire a love of reading in 11 to 13-year-olds. Participating schools give their students the opportunity to choose their own book to take home and keep from a list of 17 titles. They are all carefully selected by a...Read Full Story - 21/10/22
Girls' Chess Championship 2022-23
On Sunday 9th October 2 teams of 3 girls from Kendrick competed in the Girls’ Chess Championship Tournament held at St Catherine’s School, Bramley. Started in 2014, this tournament is a dynamic chess competition for young female players. It was a national event wher...Read Full Story - 19/10/22
A Lecture by Lady Justice Andrews
‘What if you had to defend a murderer?’ This is often one of the first questions posed to prospective Law students who often do not have an answer. Isn’t Law about justice and using the judiciary to ensure innocent people are defended whilst the perpetrators are locked up? On Wedne...Read Full Story - 13/10/22
Biology Week 2022
To celebrate the amazing world of the biosciences, the Biology Department put together a full schedule of activities to coincide with national Biology Week 2022. This year, our aim was to get as many students involved as possible and to embrace our enthusiasm for the subject. From crocheting red blo...Read Full Story - 06/10/22
Year 12 Waterside Orienteering Trip
On Tuesday 4th October 2022, Year 12 students attended the Wokingham Waterside Centre as part of their Personal Development and Integration into the Sixth Form. The focus was on working as a team to complete the course and the tasks. Students were enabled to mix together and develop new friends...Read Full Story - 04/10/22
Year 7 House Chess 2022
With nearly half of Year 7 choosing to participate in House Chess this year, we saw victories, losses and incredibly close draws, all from students eager to play chess in their first ever house event as part of Kendrick. Participants joined throughout the lunch break to get involved, some without an...Read Full Story - 29/09/22
Kendrick Celebrates 145th Birthday
This year we celebrate an incredible 145 years of Kendrick, 145 years of girls’ education! Kendrick School, came into existence in 1877. It is named after its founder, John Kendrick, whose painting is in this Hall. John Kendrick was a 17th century merchant and clothier who...Read Full Story - 20/09/22
Name It or Lose It
At the start of each term, the lost property cupboard is tidied and students are asked to look for any items that they have previously lost. Clearly-named items are returned to the students. The remaining unnamed items are either donated to charity, sold in the Second Hand Uniform Shop or thrown awa...Read Full Story