Last Thursday, four Year 8 students (Mirabelle B, Ben K, Corin N and Lewis NB) travelled to Stevenage to take part in the Herts for Learning Maths Challenge Final.  Here, they competed against several other schools to complete difficult maths problems, with the competition including both estimation and memory rounds. The questions were extremely […]
All students in Y10 embarked on their week of work experience on 9th June. Placements varied from working in schools, restaurants, kennels and shops, to working for both local and nationally recognised companies, including Plowman Craven, Affinity Water, Howden Joinery, Cisco, Roche, Harrods Aviation, Audi and the Grand Plaza, Hyde Park! This year, we also […]
Welcome back to the last half term of the academic year! We hope everyone enjoyed their half term break, and once again, our positive thoughts and good luck vibes go to all our students in the midst of their exams. Our library is open for silent study before, after and between exams if students feel […]
The KWS interact club are raising money in aid of Amnesty International UK. We will be hosting a fun run event on the 27th of June which will allow students to take part in the run, to support the charity. There will be snacks sold to help raise money for the charity. Amnesty International is […]
Dear parents/guardians, As part of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion vision at KWS, it is crucial to me, as the EDI Lead, to enable a platform for our students’ parents/guardians to share their experiences based on their time at KWS thus far in terms of EDI. This could be in relation to your family or […]
Over the past few years Mr. Lawrence has been walking the coastline of Cornwall and will be finishing his final 33 miles (all being well) this May half term. The total distance walked, over 21 hikes, will be 289 miles which is roughly the walking distance from KWS to Land’s End! If you would like […]
On Tuesday 20th May KWSixth hosted the new parent/student sixth form evening for students who have applied to the sixth form at Katherine Warington from other schools. Thank you to all the families who attended, and to the current year 12 students who supported the running of the event. The slides are here for any […]
The last few weeks have been particularly busy for our school houses, and I am delighted to announce our new school House Captains: Ali House: Mr Lawrence Armstrong House: Mr Houghton Franklin House: Mr Church Keller House: Mr Offeh Nightingale House: Mr Hall Tesla House: Miss Christou Their role will be to lead and help […]
On Sunday 18th May one of our partner football clubs – Harpenden Rovers Youth FC – organised a sponsored Hill Climb with around 180 of their players running up (and down) the infamous KWS Hill as many times as possible in 20 minutes. Their objective – to raise money to install a solar and wind-powered […]
As is typical, the approaching half term holiday appears to mark a change in the weather; hello rainy days! So, if we’re all stuck inside next week, what a great opportunity to get lost in a book. Maybe you could choose one set somewhere warm and sunny, to take you away from the rain. Or, […]
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