This week nineteen of our year 10 students have embarked on the Balliol College Discovery programme, which involves a range of weekly lectures and sessions designed to give students an insight into the Oxbridge experience. Students completed the history session on Thursday and look forward to sessions on mechanics, classics, law, economics and maths over the next […]
A huge thank you to all our Sixth Form students, along with our Year 11 and Year 10 participants, who have taken part in the mentoring programme running during Period 7 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays this term. It has been fantastic to see positive relationships develop between mentors and mentees, and to witness the excellent […]
Over the half-term break, KWS held its second round of Student Council meetings. A big thank you to our fantastic Student Council representatives – with our Year 9 team pictured here – as well as our Head Students, who confidently chaired and led the meetings. There were many excellent suggestions and thoughtful feedback on […]
We are delighted to announce our new team of Year 10 prefects, who will begin their roles after the half-term break. Students completed a rigorous application process, which included writing a letter outlining why they wanted the role and what they would bring to the team, followed by a group interview. All candidates performed exceptionally […]
This month, the Dragons’ Apprentice team for Katherine Warington School are holding a sponsored sleep out to raise money for the charity Herts Young Homeless. The charity is based in Hertfordshire, and raises money for young people and teenagers who live on the streets. As part of this generation, we are affected by this and […]
The Chemistry Olympiad is an official exam run by the Royal Society of Chemistry and took place this week across numerous schools in the UK. Ready to challenge and extend our sixth form chemists beyond the A-level specification. It was fun to see some of the real world scenarios they base the content on!
Our year 7 students have been showcasing their incredible Spanish skills in a nationwide competition organised by Languagenut. The competition involved schools from across the country completing vocabulary, grammar, and cultural challenges and we are thrilled to share our fantastic results! A huge congratulations does to Pankhania D (year 7) who achieved an astonishing 1,334,200 […]
Recently at Katherine Warington School, students from years 7 to 12 went to the ballots to select their 4 preferred candidates for the Head Student role. A perfect example of young people getting involved in a semi-political system, one that arguably has the most direct effect on their daily lives. As a politics student, I […]
On Wednesday 4th December, our year 11s participated in the Subject Fayre in the Sixth form, to find out more about the subject offer at KWSixth. The year 12 subject ambassadors hosted the event superbly, showcasing their work and enthusing the year 11s about what they will experience when they become sixth formers. We also […]
We wish our year 13 students the best of luck as they continue their mock exams in these final two weeks of term. We see months and months of hard work and dedication to their subjects coming together in these crucial two weeks. We are very proud of their efforts and the manner in which […]
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