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Thornton College Students attend Law Fest at the University of Buckingham
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 TO HOST MK SCHOOLS LIT FEST
Thornton is hosting the inaugural MK Schools Lit Fest on Tuesday 8th October. It promises to be a fantastic occasion, with four prominent children’s authors attending – Lizzie Waterworth, Adam Connors, Imogen Robertson and Bex Hogan. We are also looking forward to welcoming Swallowfield, Thornborough Infant School, St Monicas, St Gregorys, Oakgrove and Fulbrook schools…
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,…
Success for Thornton Sixth Form Students
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…
Early Years Places – Up to 30 Hours of Childcare Entitlement per Week
Give your daughter the best start to her education at Thornton College, located only 15 minutes from Milton Keynes city centre on the Bucks/Northants border. We offer an Early Years education full of wonder and excitement for girls aged 3-4 years old. Set in a stunning 25 acres estate there is so much to see…
Careers of the Future
Alison Urban from Immerse Education delivered a great workshop for Year 10 students with a focus on preparing for careers that don’t exist yet. Students looked at the changing job market and how creativity and innovation shape career pathways. Jobs looked at in detail were Chief Listening Officer, Cloud Architect, Tele Medicine Physician and Director…
Spotlight Careers: Year 10
Thornton hosted the first of a number of bespoke events for Year 10 students on June 6th. These have been planned to support students as they start to think about subject options for Sixth Form. All girls in Year 10 have had one-to-one interviews with Mrs Scott, and their programme over the next few weeks…
Youngest Students enjoy Japanese Week
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…
Spotlight Careers: Change Manager
We regularly work with Aiimi, a fantastic company based in Milton Keynes, who have arranged site visits, workshops and skills sessions. Today we were joined by Anja Smoljan, a Strategy Consultant whose work includes change management. Anja began by sharing her personal career journey, the challenges she has overcome and how ultimately they have made…
Careers Event: Healthcare Professionals
Thornton’s fantastic careers event on Tuesday 7th May gave students from Years 6-13 the opportunity to talk to healthcare professionals and clinicians about their job roles and pathways. Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists and Radiographers from Bedford Hospital answered questions and provided further information about work in the NHS. Many of our students take part…
Spotlight Careers: Charlotte Tilbury
It was great to welcome Biba Hyde-Rowe, Senior Finance Manager for Charlotte Tilbury, to share her career journey and explain more about her job role. Biba is an old girl and left school to study Events Management at university. After realising this was not the right path for her she got a job in admin…
Year 12 Careers Networking Breakfast
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…
