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- 03/10/24
Widening Horizons - Gold Award from Sutton Trust
We are delighted that Kendrick School has been awarded the Sutton Trust Fair School Admissions Award at Gold level. The Sutton Trust is an educational charity in the United Kingdom which aims to improve social mobility and address educational disadvantages. The top Gold level i...Read Full Story - 27/09/24
Kendrick School's 147th Birthday
This year we celebrated an incredible 147 years of Kendrick, 147 years of girls' education! Kendrick School, came into existence in 1877. It is named after its founder, John Kendrick who was a 17th century merchant and clothier left a bequest, a sum of money – some £1...Read Full Story - 17/09/24
First Place at All England Dance Festival
Founded in 1923, All England Dance (AED) is a biennial dance festival that celebrates dancers aged from three to twenty-one years. Performers qualify through a network of nationwide nominated festivals to participate in one of the five Regional Finals. I started competing at AED when...Read Full Story - 17/09/24
Mock Election 2024
On 4th July, we held our mock election, which mirrored the general election, in order to give students an insight into how the electoral system works as well as into each party's political ideologies and manifestos for the 2024 general election. The four parties involved were the Labour...Read Full Story - 15/08/24
A Level and GCSE Results 2024
We are delighted with the A Level and GCSE results received this summer at Kendrick School. We are very pleased and proud of our students and would like to congratulate them on their incredible achievements and celebrate their success.Read Full Story - 17/07/24
9C English Wins 'Our Class Loves This Book' Award
9C and their English teacher, Mr Dilley, were overjoyed to discover that they were this year's winners of the UK Literacy Association's Our Class Loves This Book award for their work on Manjeet Mann's The Crossing. This prize is awarded jointly to a class and their teacher, and Kendrick...Read Full Story - 16/07/24
The Poets’ Society Launches Its Fourth Anthology
The Poets’ Society, The Poets’ Editorial Team and The Poets’ Communications Team proudly present the fourth poetry anthology! This special launch celebrates the importance of taking writing seriously and this anthology marks how poetry has evolved at Kendrick School over the years...Read Full Story - 16/07/24
Readathon Club Finishes Another Classic Novel
Readathon Club, which includes over 20 students from Year 7 all the way through to Year 12 along with several keen staff members, has just finished making its way through its second classic novel, Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. In Terms 3 & 4 we enjoyed A Tale of Two Cities by Charle...Read Full Story - 10/07/24
Chess Club Report July 2024
Chess has been very popular throughout the year, with the standard of play steadily increasing as students take part in online tournaments as well as a live competition. Throughout the school year there have been 2 online tournaments: ShePlaysToWin: for Girls Schools across the UK, taking plac...Read Full Story - 04/07/24
Year 10 MFL Trip to Germany
On our MFL German trip, we explored many different, lesser known parts of Germany, and we all learnt more about German culture through this experience. We strengthened our language skills and understanding of German culture, while having fun as a group through all the varied activities we did...Read Full Story - 03/07/24
Year 10 MFL Trip to France
A few weeks ago, Year 10 had the pleasure of going on our MFL trips to France and Germany. We went to Tours in France and stayed with our host families, who were extremely welcoming and patient with our French-speaking skills. We set off early on Sunday morning, at 6.00 am, and althoug...Read Full Story - 03/07/24
Poet Luke Wright Visits Kendrick School
On Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th June, we were delighted to welcome the award-winning poet Luke Wright to inspire many of our poets. Luke is the author of twelve books and travels the country performing his work – after Reading (where he was also performing with John Cooper Clarke at Reading...Read Full Story