Feature

One School, One Stage: Gala Concert 2026

Tuesday brought the excitement (and slight chaos) of the Music department’s biggest event in the academic calendar: our Whole School Gala Concert held in Reading University’s Great Hall. Stude...
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Podcasts

Podcast with a Cake – S5E8

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For the last week of term, Leah and Emily talked to our Deputy Head, Mr Morton. Stay tuned for more...
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Abbey Connected

Harmony in Motion: Science, Soul, and the Power of Song

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Music is often described as the "universal language," but that phrase doesn't quite capture its tru...
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Highlights

Spring Term 2026 Gateway Highlights

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Here are the highlights from the end of the term. We wish everyone a wonderful Easter break!
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Highlights

Badminton brilliance!

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Tranthini, our extremely talented Sports Captain, Scholar and A Level PE student in Upper VI, took ...
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Highlights

Economics Dress-Up Day

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On Friday 20 March, we hosted our annual Economics Dress-Up Day. Students and staff from across the...
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Highlights

Sports Scholars Take on New Challenge at Pinewood Judo Club

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Sports scholars were put through their paces during an exciting and challenging visit to Pinewood J...
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Seniors

Economics Journal

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The Economics department have put together their first Economics Journal. Read about important matt...
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Highlights

Lower I & Upper I Production: Sleeping Beauty – The Ugly Truth

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Last week, Lower and Upper I delighted audiences with their fantastic production of Sleeping Beauty...
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Highlights

First News Press Club

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First News, the UK’s leading weekly newspaper for children aged 7-14 years have enlisted a group of...
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Highlights

Upper I to Beale Wildlife Park

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On Wednesday, the Upper I students visited Beale Wildlife Park. The day was filled with seei...
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Highlights

Neurodiversity Celebration Week

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Last week, the Senior School celebrated neurodiversity in all its forms. Isabella and Nona in Upper...
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Alumnae

Magnolia Tea & Tours 2026

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We had the absolute pleasure of welcoming back 70 alumnae to our annual Magnolia Tea & Tours on...
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Seniors

Interludes Recital

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On Wednesday 25, Miss Tull’s weekly Interludes Recital took place, featuring 5 musicians and an ass...
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Highlights

Paget Wins House Swimming 2026

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This year’s House Swimming Gala was a fantastic display of talent, determination, and house spirit,...
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Highlights

Successes for April!

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Last weekend, April in Upper IV travelled to Bath University, to compete at the GB Schools Biathlon...
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Highlights

Reading Half Marathon 2026

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The Abbey proudly supported the Reading Half Marathon on Sunday. We ran one of the official water s...
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Seniors

Lower IV Textiles Club – looking forward to Easter!

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Lower IV students who attend Textiles Club wrapped up the term with a delightful Easter Bunny Bag m...
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Seniors

Royal Ascot Fashion Design Competition Workshop

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Recently our Lower V and Lower VI Textiles students were given an exciting opportunity to step into...
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Alumnae

CAREERS FAIR 2026

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Over 1,200 people signed up to attend The Abbey Careers Fair 2026 where they had the opportunity to...
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Highlights

Somerleaze Singers Crowned Choir of the Year

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Following on from the outstanding achievements of all our choirs at this year’s Woodley Festival, w...
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Highlights

Gymnastics Competition

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We had six girls travel to Cranford House, in Wallingford, for a competition against multiple other...
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Juniors

Biathlon in Bath

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On Saturday, we had Millie, Sylvia and Taliah compete at the Biathlon in Bath! This means that they...
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Highlights

DofE Award Achievements Spring Term 2026

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It's great to be moving towards another expedition season, with our Upper V heading out on their Si...
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Highlights

Spring time Horse Riding

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For the final horse riding lesson of the spring term, we got to ride through the woods, as well as ...
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Highlights

Fixture Friday!

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Huge congratulations to everyone who played in the fixture last Friday. Everyone played their best,...
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Juniors

Woodley Festival Successes

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The Music department at the Senior School have enjoyed listening to all the news of recent successe...
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Seniors

Academic Scholars’ Conference in Oxford

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Twenty-one academic scholars from the Lower V and Lower VI attended the Thriving Minds conference i...
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Sixth Form

Inspiration maths for sixth formers

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On Monday 23rd March, Sixth Form mathematicians were invited to attend an event at The Hexagon Thea...
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Seniors

Royal Institution maths masterclass with Upper IV

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This Saturday, we attended the final session of the Royal Institution Masterclass course at Holypor...
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Seniors

Corpus Christi, Cambridge, Talk on Applying to Oxford and Cambridge

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Last Wednesday we attended a talk at The Abbey Senior School, delivered by James Davies-Warner, the...
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Highlights

Week 10 of Spring Gateway Highlights 2026

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Podcasts

Podcast with a Cake – S5E7

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This week, Leah and Emily sat down with the one and only Dr Tullis. Tune in to hear her share memor...
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Abbey Connected

The Power of Sport

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On Friday we enjoyed the Senior Sports Dinner, brilliantly organised by Miss Venning and the PE tea...
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Highlights

Students’ Spotlight

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Success at Woodley FestivalAishani in Upper I participated in the Woodley Festival of Music and Art...
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Alumnae

Jo Trott Memorial Lecture with alum Dr Alice Brown

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We were honoured to welcome Abbey alumna Dr Alice Brown (2001) to give our annual Jo Trott Memorial...
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Highlights

Upper II & Lower III Gymnastics & Dance Showcase

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Last Wednesday, students from Upper II and Lower III took to the stage for our annual Gymnastics &a...
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Alumnae

Abbey Alumna Takes the Spotlight with New Single

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We are delighted to share that former student Elizabeth Holden, performing under the name ‘Liza Xen...
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Highlights

Woodley Festival Public Speaking Competition

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Gabrielle (Lower V) entered the Woodley Festival Public Speaking class. She prepared a speech argui...
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Highlights

Upper IV Enterprise Day

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Another year, another Enterprise Day - as the current Upper IV cohort had their first significant e...
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Highlights

Hockey World Cup Qualifiers in India

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Miss Tyler in the PE Department has just travelled to Hyderabad, India with the Welsh Senior Womens...
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Highlights

Lower VI Fakeaway!

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As a reward for our hard work on our coursework this year, we took on a fun food investigation whic...
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Highlights

World War I Memorabilia

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Learning is not limited to textbooks or classrooms. Some of the most meaningful understanding comes...
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Juniors

Reception – past and present

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Reception have delved into the history of our school this week, learning about The Abbey past and p...
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Highlights

House Art 2026: Banner Designs

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House Art 2026 filled the school with colour and creativity as students from Ducat, Kensington, Pag...
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Highlights

Badminton in Birmingham!

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Our Sports Scholars and Badminton players recently had the incredible opportunity to attend the YON...
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Seniors

Mr Standfield speaks at the Royal Institution masterclass

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Last Saturday, during the Royal Institute Masterclass, Mr Standfield introduced us to the very big ...
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Staff

Success at The National Embroidery Award

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Last weekend at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham. I was lucky enough to be select...
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Highlights

Easter Charity Drive

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Over the past couple of weeks the main Reception at the Junior School has been filling up with East...
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Seniors

Interludes Recital

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The full audience at the Interludes Recital last week were thoroughly entertained by a diverse rang...
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Juniors

British Science Week in Before and After School Care

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Last week in Before and After School Care, we joined in with the British Science Week fun by offeri...
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