News & Events
Jackson – Inspiring Civil Engineers
A group of Year 10 and 11 students were invited by the Jackson team to visit Linmere Construction Site, as a follow up activity from our STEM Event in January. This was a fantastic opportunity to see first hand what the role of a Civil Engineer involves. The site will be used for housing and…
Careers Event: Camilla Tominey
It was a privilege to welcome Camilla Tominey, Associate Editor of the Telegraph, to Thornton to talk to students about her career. This has included print journalism, at The Sunday Express and The Daily Telegraph, broadcast journalism on Politics Live, Question Time, This Morning and LBC Radio. Camilla studied Law at university and began her…
Girls set new Swimathon Record
Thornton College students participate in the MK Rotary Swimathon each year and on 26th February 2022 five teams, a total of 24 students from across the school in Years 6 – 13 took part in the 28th Swimathon. All of the girls have collected sponsorship and are now busy collecting donations for MK Rotary chosen…
Spotlight Series: Elen Roberts
Elen Roberts, a Construction Lawyer from the London Office of Pinsent Masons, has featured on several podcasts and websites, including Creative Multilingualism and Adventures on the Bookshelf, and we were delighted that she presented the recent Spotlight Careers talk. Elen studied French and German at Oxford and spoke at length about the benefits of being…
Spotlight Series: Ellie Gill
Today’s talk was so much more than just sharing information about a job role. Whilst Ellie Gill, a Veterinary Nurse, gave us a fantastic insight into the highs and lows of life in busy veterinary practice, she also spoke about her own pathway. Ellie was a bright student, with strong A level grades about to…
STEM Event
Almost six years ago to the day, Thornton hosted its inaugural STEM Event. Companies who took part included Sir Robert McAlpine, and one of our students, Antionette Marchant, was inspired to follow a career in Civil Engineering as a result of attending the evening. Antionette is now studying Civil Engineering and Architecture at Bath University,…
Students Visit Aerospace Robotics Dept
Three students, Lara J (Year 10), Cheryl Chau (Year 12) and Alex K (Year 8), accompanied by Mrs Nolan, Thornton’s Head of Computer Science, visited Cranfield University’s Aerospace Robotics Post Graduate department recently. This faculty do amazing work with Rolls Royce and BAE amongst other large engineering firms. Their work at Cranfield is also focused…
Students Attend ‘Women in Engineering’ Event
Twelve Year 9 students recently took part in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) event for ‘Women in Engineering’ hosted by Niftylift at its World Headquarters in Shenley Wood, Milton Keynes. The all-female event was organised in recognition of the national Women in Engineering Day, which took place on Tuesday 23rd of June, to break-down traditional…
Thornton Appoints New Head for September 2022
Dr Louise Shaw, the current Deputy Headteacher and Head of Prep at Thornton College has been appointed for the role of Headteacher starting in September 2022 following the retirement of Mrs Val Holmes, current Headteacher until August 2022. Sr Helen Haigh, Chair of Governors said: “We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr Shaw…
Spotlight Careers: Emma Try
Many of our students are interested in careers relating to Art and Design, so we were delighted to welcome Emma Try from Northstar to deliver our Spotlight Careers Talk this week. Emma shared information about her role as a Graphic Designer and the huge variety of work involved in a busy agency. Being an ‘ideas…
More Equestrian Team Success
Thornton Equestrian Team had a very successful half-term, qualifying for two NSEA national finals in first place. On Friday 29th October, Charlotte H, Clemmie O and Sasha K took part in a NSEA dressage qualifier at Bury Farm, near Leighton Buzzard. They won the team competition in the Prelimery class beating seven other teams. Charlotte…
Debate Series with St Columba’s College
The last two weeks have seen teams of Thornton students from Years 10, 11 and 12 taking part in debates with St Columba’s. The motion on each occasion was: ‘The Government should limit gaming for under 18s’. Students from both schools worked together to research and present arguments within a tight time frame. This Debates…
