Year 11
SPOTLIGHT CAREERS: HIGHER EDUCATION
We are fortunate to have built fantastic links with Oxford Brookes University, and as part of their PHSE programme, the Year 11s had a bespoke talk on Higher Education. Stuents learnt that there are 50,000 subjects that you can study at university, which include niche degrees such as Baking Technology, Circus and Physical Theatre and…
LawFest
A group of Year 11 and 12 students attended a fantastic LawFest hosted by Buckingham University. Prestigious law firms such as Dentons, Pictons, EMW, Osborne Morris and Morgan, Travers Smith and Machins were in attendance. Speakers were from different specialist areas including Property Litigation, Corporate, Family and Commercial. Milton Keynes Council also took part and emphasised…
OUTSTANDING GCSE RESULTS
Following the outstanding Post-16 results last week, we are delighted to announce another year of exceptional GCSE results. A superb 49.3% of all grades were awarded at 7-9 (A-A**), with 37% of these awarded at the very highest 8-9 (A*-A**). An unprecedented 16% of students achieved grades at 8-9 in all their GCSE qualifications. These…
Summer Ball Gallery
Photo gallery from the Summer Ball at the Atrium, Whittlebury Hall on Friday 27th July. Click an image to enlarge it.
Eleanor Wins Lit Fest Competition
Congratulations to Year 11 student Eleanor M on winning a category in the MK Lit Fest ‘MinK2025 Creative Writing Competition’. Eleanor’s poem, “A House in Need of a Home” won the 14-19 age poetry category and has been published in the MK Lit Fest anthology alongside the other short-listed writers. Well done Eleanor!
Fantastic GCSE Results at Thornton College
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,…
STUDENT DEBATES
On Tuesday 5th March Thornton hosted the second of our student debates with St Paul’s school. Thornton students proposed the motion that ‘social media does more harm than good’, whilst students from St Paul’s offered points in opposition. Arguments ranged from discussion of the impact on mental health, self esteem and social interaction to the…
Year 11: Next Steps
As part of their PHSE module, Next Steps, Year 11 have welcomed a number of speakers. This includes current Year 12 students, sharing their experience of vocational qualifications and why they chose them and old girls who have just graduated from university. We were recently joined by Lee, the Apprenticeship Manager from Milton Keynes University…
JOHN LEWIS: CAREERS TRIP
Our Year 11 Business students had a fantastic experience at the John Lewis Distribution Centre at Magna Park. There are 820 partners working at the centre and it was interesting hearing more about the excellent employee benefits that John Lewis offers. Their commercial commitment is Happier People, Happier Business, Happier World, and we all saw…
LawFest 2023
Budding lawyers from Year 11 and 12 took part in a fantastic LawFest Event, hosted by Buckingham University. Leading firms such as Travers Smith, Dantons, Machins, Shoosmiths and SE Solicitors hosted talks and were available to talk to students individually to answer questions about opportunities for school leavers and graduates. In addition, the Head of…
Excellent GCSE Results at Thornton in 2023
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…
LawFest
A group of budding lawyers from Years 11 and 12 attended a fabulous LawFest event at Oakgrove School, alongside students from a wide range of Milton Keynes schools. The event was hosted by the University of Buckingham and leading law firms, including Dentons, Shoosmiths, Machins and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. Students were given an insight…