News & Events
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…
Spotlight Careers: Steph Carter
Steph Carter is a fantastic guitarist who has been on five world tours with his band Gallows and currently works for Marshalls Amplification in Milton Keynes. He took time out to speak to students about his three different careers in the industry and stressed that a career in music is available to everyone. There are…
Spotlight Careers: Healthcare Science Week
To celebrate Healthcare Science Week, we were delighted to welcome Georgie Conrich-Wilks to talk to students about her role as a Trainee Clinical Scientist. From Year 9, Georgie was keen to pursue a career in Medicine, and took Biology, Chemistry and Maths for A level. She took a gap year after school to work as…
SPOTLIGHT CAREERS: DEGREE APPRENTICESHIPS
As a follow up to the recent fabulous Unilever workshop, we were delighted to welcome Jacob to deliver this week’s Spotlight Talk. Jacob knew he wanted a career in Science, having studied Biology and Chemistry as two of his A levels. Although he also applied to university, he explored the Degree Apprenticeship route and secured…
Unilever Workshop
We are always keen to explore different ways of linking careers with the teaching curriculum, and were thrilled to welcome Heather and Pete, who work for Ben and Jerry’s Icecream at Unilever, to work with our Year 7, 8 and 9s. Students had to work in teams to create an innovative ice cream flavour with…
