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Art Students Work Selected For Competition
12 May 26

Our Art students have been selected to represent the school at the Thanet Young Artists Festival Works include: Isabella Heggs - ‘Grey Scales’ Pencil on Paper Year 9 Diyon Haupe-Liyanage - ‘No Soy’ Oil Pastels on Sugar Paper Year 9 Skye Patel - ‘The Blues’ Oil Pastels on Sugar Paper Year 9 Ollie Huggins - ‘In the Rhythm’ Mixed Media; Collage, pencil, pastel Year 9 Gi Gi Lin - ‘The calm after the storm’ Acrylic on Canvas Year 10 Kali Humphrys - ‘See, Sea’ Acrylic on Canvas Year 10 Anastasia Robakowoka - ‘Fruit Punch’ Oil Pastel on Paper Year 10 Mia Shaw - ‘Body In Blue’ Oil Pastel on Paper Year 10 Nettle Battersby - ‘Gathering’ Acrylic on Board Year 12 Maya Cumber - ‘Distracted’ Mixed media; Gouache, Markers, Paint Pens, Watercolour Pencil on Paper Year 12 Florrie Cartwright - ‘Florrie’ Pencil on Paper Year 12 Elizabeth Bond - ‘Somber’ Acrylic on Canvas Year 12 Aminah Hossain - ‘A River Runs Through It’ Watercolour on Paper Year 12 Laila Wheeler - ‘Icon’ Acrylic on Paper Year 12 Sabrina Duncan - ‘Lily Bloom’ Oil on Board Year 12 Evie-Mae Hulls - Homage to Edwin Auston Abbey’ Lino Print Year 12 Lottie Kreeger - ‘Sonder’ Etching Year 12 Tilly Kreeger - ‘Sunset at Waterloo Bridge’ Acrylic on Canvas Year 12 Lillian Dennis - ‘Evie-Mae’ Oil on Board Year 12 George Lacey - ‘Eyeliner’ Etching and watercolour Year 12 The art department would like to congratulate them on their outstanding work and wish them well in the Thanet Young Artist Festival competition.
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Student artwork on display in the Royal Academy Gallery
12 May 26

The art department are pleased to announce that Nettle Battersby in Year 12 has been selected to show their work at the prestigious Royal Academy Gallery in London as part of the Young Artists’ Summer Show 2026.
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Chemistry Olympiad 2026
08 May 26

Earlier this year, 26 year sixth form students took part in the Royal Society of Chemistry national Olympiad competition.
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Thanet Music and Drama Festival 2026
07 May 26

The 2026 Thanet Music and Drama Festival ended just before the holidays, culminating in a wonderful Gala Concert at the Sarah Thorne Theatre in Broadstairs, the highlight of which (although I suppose I’m a little biased) was the thrilling performance of “Sunday” from Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park, performed in full “painting costume” by our very own AVE who had won the Cup for Choirs (years 7-13) .
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Students Shine at the National Theatre Connections Festival
07 May 26

We were incredibly proud to take part in this year’s National Theatre Connections Festival, a nationwide programme celebrating youth theatre and giving young performers the opportunity to work with professionally commissioned writers and perform on professional stages.
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In Memoriam
19 Mar 26

It is with great sadness that the school has learned of the untimely passing of former teacher, David Burney.
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Art Students work to be considered for Summer Show
13 Mar 26

Three art students have submitted work to be considered for the Royal Academy of Arts Young Artists’ Summer Show.
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Japanese Students deliver workshops to KS3 students
05 Mar 26

On Wednesday 4th March, we welcomed a group of Japanese students to the lower school site.
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Year 11 Art Trip to Tate Modern
09 Feb 26

GCSE art students enjoyed an educational trip to see art in person that would inspire and inform them along their own journeys.
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GCHQ Christmas Challenge
18 Dec 25

The GCHQ Christmas challenge tests logic, problem-solving, pattern-spotting and cyber-security thinking.
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