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A photo gallery from our fantastic Senior School Concert. Please click on an image below to scroll through the gallery.

Lana Hughes has had an inspiring journey to her role as Captain in the Army. There is one skill she recommends above all others and that is determination. She did not complete her A levels at school and left to work in supermarkets, gyms and insurance, with no idea what she wanted to do. Having…

PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE NOW FULLY BOOKED FOR THIS EVENT Old Thorntonians (including former staff) are warmly invited to our Afternoon Tea reunion event on Saturday 17th May from 12:30 pm. Timetable for the event: 12:30 pm Welcome from Dr Louise Shaw (Headteacher) and Jane Holliday (Chair, Old Thorntonians) with canapes and fizz 1:00 pm…

This week we welcomed a team from Bedford Hospital who delivered workshops and a careers information event to students from across the Prep and Senior School. In the morning Years 5 and 6 were treated to an interactive workshop with clinicians including Physiotherapists, Mental Health and Wellbeing Officers and Nurses. They looked at medical equipment…

A group of Year 10 and 11 students took part in a superb workshop at the Sky Film and Television Studios. The Sky Up workshop included the opportunity to use cutting edge digital technology to create content, take on real life media roles, engage in a careers activity to learn more about the different production…

A group of Year 10 and 11 students took part in a superb workshop at the Sky Film and Television Studios. The Sky Up workshop included the opportunity to use cutting edge digital technology to create content, take on real life media roles, engage in a careers activity to learn more about the different production…

A group of Year 10 and 11 students took part in a superb workshop at the Sky Film and Television Studios. The Sky Up workshop included the opportunity to use cutting edge digital technology to create content, take on real life media roles, engage in a careers activity to learn more about the different production…

Mr Lovell, Thornton’s Head of Computer Science, is featured in an article about the UFO’s, our esports team, in the latest edition of Independent Schools Magazine. The UFO’s partnered with nine other schools to participate in a national Girls’ School Association esports tournament, with Mr Lovell explaining how esports is helping to bridge the Science,…

Thornton College is proud of our ongoing collaboration with a J&M school in Lebanon. We are delighted to have been featured in a book produced by JM Rabweh school in Cornet Chehwan, Lebanon, celebrating the Jesus and Mary Community. This partnership highlights our commitment to building bridges and the shared values of Jesus and Mary,…

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!