Reception & Year

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Alumni ............................................................

Jubilee Celebrations .......................................... Awards ............................................................

Scholars ...........................................................

Somerville Library ............................................ Partnerships ..................................................... Wellbeing ........................................................ Duke of Edinburgh ............................................ Nurseries .........................................................

Bridge Nursery ........................................... The Stables Nursery .................................... Prep School Nursery ................................... Prep School ...................................................... Reception & Year 1 ..................................... Years 2 & 3 ................................................

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Sporting Achievements ............................... Special Mentions ........................................ Senior School ...................................................

Humanities ................................................

Mathematics .............................................

Science ......................................................

English ...................................................... Languages ................................................. Creative & Performing Arts ......................... Careers ......................................................

Sports ....................................................... House Reviews .................................................

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Foreword

Throughout the past two Covid dominated years, I frequently challenged the school community to not allow the pandemic to become an excuse for anything; moreover, I saw it as an opportunity to improve the way we do things, to show more respect, acknowledgement and humility to those around us and be grateful for what we all have in our lives. As we embarked on this academic year, I was determined that the School would emerge from the pandemic in the most positive, optimistic and energetic manner.

The attitudes, ethos and culture which one experiences from within the School are something which I am particularly pleased about. The School feels alive, engaging, warm and friendly. Our tenacity to keep sport, music, drama and outdoor education alive, despite lockdowns and social distancing have meant that we can now stand tall and proud, when reflecting on our achievements. We are National Indoor Cricket Champions! Our music and drama departments are producing concerts and performances of a renewed and improved high standard, with growing levels of participation.

I have the utmost admiration for our students in the key exam year groups – Years 11 and 13 – the latter in particular who sat the most important exams of their school lives, having never sat a public exam before. Yet the mindset and approach of all the students in the key examination year groups has been exceptional. In acknowledging the students, I also want to pay tribute to the teaching staff. The past two years have tested teachers like never before; however, our teachers performed better than just rising to the challenge, they stayed ahead of the challenge and delivered the best possible education to the students. In addition, none of us can carry out our roles without the work of the support staff – invaluable members of the whole team!

We end this academic year with the School more popular than ever: the current School roll is higher than the previous prepandemic peak. We have a new School Strategic Plan, which will be launched in the early Autumn, which will guide our continued progress and improvement for the next few years.

As the year 21-22 draws to a close, I reflect as a very proud Headmaster: proud of the whole organisation, but most of all, proud of the achievements and development of our students.