Students from Years 11 and 12 attended the excellent annual Law Fest at Buckingham University. Participating law organisations included Travers Smith, Dentons, Shoosmiths, Machins, BP Collins and MK City Council. Alongside listening to introductory speakers from each company, students took part in break out sessions where they learnt more about pathways into the profession, including…
Thornton students have once again achieved superb GCSE results with almost a quarter of all grades being at the very highest level of 9-8 (A**-A*) and nearly 40% of grades at 9–7 (legacy A**-A). In addition to GCSE results students achieved 100% A*-C in their Higher Project Qualifications with a stunning 75% achieving A*-A. Staff,…
Following two years of hard work and determination, students and staff at Thornton College were delighted to share the A level and Post 16 Qualification results this morning. Several members of our international community joined in our celebrations as they opened their results across the world, and we would like to take this opportunity to…
As part of their creative curriculum, girls in our Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) enjoyed ‘Japanese week’ led by Mrs McPartlan, who was born and brought up in Japan. Activities included making ‘Koinobori’ koi and Kabuto origami hats. Mrs McPartlan demonstrated how to make sushi (complete with a video demonstration of her dog, Leo, enthusiastically…
On Wednesday 24th April, our Year 12 students welcomed delegates from a number of different job sectors at a networking breakfast. This was a fantastic opportunity for our students to chat informally, developing their all-important soft skills and find out more about roles and career pathways. We were delighted to be joined by representatives from…
SPOTLIGHT CAREERS: NEUROSCIENCE We were so lucky to be joined by the amazing Dr Eleanor Conole for this week’s talk. Eleanor reminded us that timelines are not as linear as they look and underlined the importance of embracing new opportunities that might be offered to you. Eleanor considered Medicine, achieved high academic grades, but decided…
Girls in Science is a non-profit organisation who we have worked with over the last year to create a dynamic event that took place this week. This was hosted by Santander at their brand new headquarters at Unity Place. Ten other local schools joined the conference, which focussed on ‘Outside the Box’. Lakechia Jeanne introduced…
Students from Years 10, 11 and 12 signed up to visit Aiimi, a data and AI company providing expert data strategy consulting and AI solutions to multinational organisations, at their state of the art office. The company moved from London Bridge three years ago, choosing Milton Keynes for its location and talent pool, and have created an…
We have many students interested in careers working with animals, so it was fantastic to welcome Dr Jayne Powles, Programme Manager of Animal Science at Harper Adams University. Their three excellent degree courses lead to a wealth of different pathways, including Clinical Animal Behaviourists, roles in Veterinary Pharmaceutical Companies, Animal Health Officer within local authorities,…
Thornton students have once again achieved fantastic GCSE results with over a third of students achieving grades 9 – 7 (legacy A** – A). In addition to GCSE results, students achieved 100% A* – C in their Higher Project Qualifications with over half achieving A* – A. 76% of all results were grades 9-5 (National average…
