Royal Ascot Fashion Design Competition 2025 – WINNER

The Textiles team are delighted to be able to share the photos of Sofia (Lower V) pictured recently at Royal Ascot, wearing her competition winning design. Her design was brought to life by th...

Extraordinary IB Success Stories at The Abbey

Every year, Abbey students celebrate wonderful achievements in public examinations.Today our brilli...

The Maths Newsletter

Welcome to the first ever edition of ‘The Maths Magazine’! Maths magazine issue 1Download

Gateway Highlights

Have a look at our 2024-2025 highlights!  https://player.vimeo.com/video/1098798297?h=44485acc4...

Girls into Electronics

Six Lower VI Physics students attended a 'Girls into Electronics' day at the University of Southamp...

Lower V Trip to Oxford University Open Day

On Thursday 3 July just over thirty Lower V students visited the University of Oxford Open Day. ...

Endings and new beginnings

Everyday life is full of endings and beginnings.  On any given day, midnight is one such momen...

Thank You to Mr le Fleming and Welcome to Dr Tullis

TAPS would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Mr le Fleming, who will be stepping down as Head...

Improv & Script Writing club performances

Upper III gathered this week to watch members of Improv Club perform scripts written in Script Writ...

Upper II Shine at The Dolphin School Athletics Competition

On Wednesday 25 June, in hot and humid conditions, eight Upper II pupils travelled to The Dolphin S...

House Sport: A Term Full of Team Spirit

This term, students from Lower I to Lower III have enjoyed an action-packed schedule of House Sport...

Teachers vs Lower III Netball Team: A Lunchtime Showdown!

On Wednesday lunchtime, some of our teachers faced off against the Lower III Netball team in a fun ...

The Junior School Celebrates Another Eco-Schools Green Flag Triumph!

This academic year, pupils at The Abbey Junior School have continued to lead the way in promoting s...

Jane Austen Commemorative Plaque

The Abbey School has proudly supported a commemorative plaque honouring Jane Austen’s school days i...

Carys delivers final Scholars Talk

Departing student Carys, gave up her time to provide the current batch of Sports Scholars with the ...

Lower I & Upper I Shine on Sports Day

Last Thursday, Lower I and Upper I enjoyed a fantastic morning of races and fun at their Sports Day...

Fantastic Focaccia

Our Upper IV food students have made these wonderful pieces of focaccia food art. They look amazing...

Final Textile lesson as Upper III’s

Well done to ALL our Upper III Textiles students who have recently completed their rotations. Th...

Young Fashion Designer UK 25 – Eco Thread Challenge

Having announced that Vamika (Upper III) had been selected as a finalist in the YFD UK 25 competiti...

U10s End the Season on a High!

On Wednesday, our U10s played their final fixture of the year in a fantastic afternoon of cricket a...

Podcasts con Pasión: Upper IV Take the Mic!

We are beyond proud of our Upper IV students who have created funny and engaging podcasts entirely ...

Upper VI Leavers’ Celebrations: A Joyful Farewell

The last week has seen a truly memorable send-off for our Upper VI students, filled with music, lau...

Summer Reading Challenge – Jane Austen

Two of Jane Austen’s works Two historical fiction by anyone One book connected to Jane Aust...

Escaping and not escaping

I love escape rooms, and I have enjoyed doing a fair number of them in Britain and aroundthe world....

Chalke Valley History Festival

On Tuesday myself and the rest of the Lower VI History students went to Chalke Valley History Festi...

Upper I Romans

This term, the Upper I students embarked on an exciting Roman adventure to enrich their Unit of Inq...

Lower VI A Level Biology Field Trip

On Tuesday 24 June, we visited Amersham Field Studies Centre to carry out some ecology field work a...

Alumnae London Drinks 2025

Paddington Basin looked glorious in the sunshine as Abbey alumnae gathered for our annual London Dr...

Interludes Recital

We enjoyed some varied music in our final Interludes Recital of the academic year. Sophia, a regula...

Lower VI Business Ethics Trip

The annual Business Ethics Fair, organised by Ethical Reading took place at Leighton Park School la...

Upper IV Textiles Tote Bags

The Textiles Upper IV classes have been busy this week completing their printed tote bags! Building...

Regatta Ready …

It’s that time of year again when over 300,000 people descend on Henley-on-Thames for what’s viewed...

Lower IV Leadership Conference

The Lower IV took part in three events across three days to build their leadership and communicatio...

Lower VI linguists’ debates with Reading School

In the French debate, we discussed a key situation that we face in the modern world, entitled: “l’I...

Lower V GCSE Mock finals – Outstanding Work!

This week our Lower V Food and Nutrition students have been busy making their final dishes for thei...

Spanish Open Aerobic Gymnastics Competition

Last weekend Laura was fortunate to be selected to represent GB South in the Spanish Open Aerobic G...

Week 6 of Wellbeing Wimbledon Wednesdays!

This week was the highly anticipated Wellbeing Wimbledon Wednesdays final! Semi‑Final 1 (Bar...

FIH Pro League Trip

On Sunday 22 June, 8 students went to the Lee Valley Hockey Centre to watch the international fixtu...

The Baroness Brigstocke Memorial Public Speaking Competition

On Monday 23 June, House teams competed in the finals of the Baroness Brigstocke Memorial Public Sp...

Team Work

Sindhura UIII: This was my first time doing a puzzle at the library, but it was a really nice exper...

Women’s Euro Legacy Alive at The Abbey

The UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 kicks off next week with England as the defending champions after victor...

Gateway Highlights

Have a look at Week 7 of our Summer Term Gateway Highlights!  https://vimeo.com/1094999990/4682...

Pulp, patience and perseverance: getting it right.

Last week, on Friday 13 June, I went to see Pulp playing to approximately twenty thousand fans at t...

Final days of the Lower VI and Lower V Spanish trip

On the last day of their Spanish trip Lower V students, Yasmina and Didi reflect on the highlights ...

Lower VI Bristol Adventure: From Campfires to Careers

Our Lower VI students recently returned from an unforgettable week that combined adventure, culture...

‘You do you!’

Our student Equality, Diversity and Inclusion council chose to recognise the international month of...

Young Fashion Designers Competition

In May, Vamika in Upper III entered the Young Fashion Designers Competition. Her designs reflected ...

Week 5 of Wellbeing Wimbledon Wednesdays!

Our sixth form and staff tennis players were out in full force this Wednesday, as they bounced arou...

Interludes Recital

It was a full audience that supported our fabulous musicians this week as our Celebration of Music ...

Biology trip to the Cole Museum

Some of the Upper IV students went on a short visit to the Cole Museum in the University of Reading...

Poetry Pops-up at Viv’s Cafe in Henley

During the late afternoon of Monday 16 June, nine Abbey students took part in the Pop-Up Poetry Caf...