News & Events
THEIR FINEST HOUR – WING WI
Last week Dr Shaw and Mrs Walker met with Maureen and Christine from the Wing Branch of the Women’s Institute who shared fabulous committee meeting minutes and accounts from the period of the Second World War. We learnt about the Wing WI efforts to collect cigarettes and soap for soldiers in France and Holland, the…
SPOTLIGHT CAREERS: SAFIA MALIK – INVESTIN EDUCATION
Safia Malik, from InvestIN Education, showcased an amazing array of insight days, summer experiences and online programmes to our students from Years 9-13. InvestIn offer something for everyone across a range of careers, including Film Making; Journalism; Artist; Entrepreneur; Medicine; Engineering; Veterinary Science. They give students the opportunity to find out more, gain hands on…
Event to Preserve Second World War Memories
We are looking for people to bring their stories and objects relating to the Second World War to the Digital Collection Day at Thornton on Saturday 16th September from 10:00 am. The event is part of a nationwide campaign organised by Their Finest Hour, a team based at the University of Oxford and funded by…
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…
A Level Results 2023
Congratulations to all our Sixth Form students who received their A Level and Vocational Qualification results this morning! It was lovely to see so many of them and we are happy to share that they are off to Manchester, Leeds, Kent, Loughborough and Winchester Universities to name a few! The courses they are going on…
Meeting Alumnae Ana in Mexico!
In early July, Thornton’s Development Director, Jennifer Walker travelled to Mexico to meet with educational consultants and Old Thorntonian Alumnae! Below is an account of one alumnae meeting: On the 10th July, I met with Ana and her mother Jacqueline (pictured) at the Old Sevilla Palace Hotel in Mexico City. Although we haven’t ever met…
MRS PATRICIA BRASSINGTON
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mrs Patricia Brassington, who taught for many years at Thornton until her retirement in 2004. Trish, as she was known to the staff, and ‘Mrs B’, as many of her pupils addressed her, was appointed to teach English and then went on to lead…
Equestrian Team Compete at Hickstead
Well done to Thornton’s Equestrian team who competed at the Hickstead Championships last week. Thornton had an inexperienced team in the dressage competition, which meant that we weren’t placed as a team, but Imogen, Lucy and Sasha all acquitted themselves very well, in what was a competitive field. Thanks go to Imogen, who stepped into…
Students Visit the House of Commons
A group of Year 9 students visited the House of Commons on 7th June to meet with Greg Smith, Thornton’s local MP. The girls had a tour of Parliament, a session in the Education Centre on the passage of a Bill and a mock debate, followed by a Q&A session with Mr Smith. What a…
Spotlight Careers: Horticultural Therapist
Bridewell Gardens is a mental health charity based near Oxford. Director Ruth Madder gave us a fantastic insight into the work they do and what employment in the Voluntary and Community Sector looks like. The charity supports adults recovering from serious mental health challenges who are referred by the NHS. There are 8 employed staff…
Careers in Healthcare: Bedford Hospital
Bedford Hospital supported a fabulous event for Senior School students in the Conference Room at Thornton. They brought along clinicians from a number of teams including Paediatrics, Radiography, Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy. This enabled students to find out more about the wealth of roles available in the NHS. Bedford Hospital are hugely forward-thinking in their…
Robotics Experience Day – ABB Robotics
As a follow up to our STEM Event last term, ABB Robotics created a fantastic Experience Event for a group of our Year 10 students. Thornton students were joined by pupils from Oakgrove School at the recently built state of the art ABB Factory for a series of talks and interactive activities. ABB Robotics have…