Independent Girls’ School of the Year

At the wonderful Independent Schools of the Year 2024 awards ceremony in London last night, The Abbey was named Independent Girls’ School of the Year 2024. The Chair of Judges, Dr Helen Wright, was e...

Dodson dominates in ESAA XC

The Abbey headed to Downe House School on Thursday for the annual English Schools' Athletic Associa...

Gateway Highlights

This week’s Gateway might just be our best one yet! Every week, we think it can't get better tha...

From Darkness to Light

As the world turns and seasons change, here in Britain we’re aware of the evenings drawing in and k...

Interludes Review

Kara’s performance was lively and vibrant, full of rhythmic energy capturing the essence of the gyp...

Biology Week 2024

This week, the biology department has been a hive of activity as all the students had an opportunit...

Alumna Talk

Talk Biology is a new club open to everyone who has an interest in Biology. This week, we had the p...

Hidden Figures

As a teacher of Computer Science and a lover of films that tell stories of resilience and persevera...

U11 IAPS Football

On Monday, nine students travelled to Westbrook Hay Prep School, for the U11 IAPS Football Tourname...

U8 & U9 Hockey

The Lower I's and Upper I's had their first match day experience last Friday, heading to Reading Un...

Science Eggs-periment

Upper I are currently learning all about teeth. They have set up an investigation to discover t...

Fun in Lower III Art

This term, Lower III have been studying still life. They have had a chance to practise different ty...

Brazilian Samba Workshop

On Tuesday this week, Kensington Hall was alive with the sound of Brazilian Samba. Students...

GCSE Devised Drama

Our GCSE Drama students shone as they performed their devised pieces this Friday. They’ve put in...

Lower III Trip to Dinton Pastures

Last week, our Lower III students embarked on an exciting adventure at Dinton Pastures, where they ...

Harvest is Here!

Encouraged by our Charity Prefects, Olivia, Anisa and Sakhi, Senior School students have been busy ...

World Mental Health Day

Thursday was a wonderful day to celebrate World Mental Health Day within our Abbey community. In...

DofE Achievements

To achieve a Duke of Edinburgh's Award takes a lot of time, commitment and energy. Everyone who com...

Little Knellies

Little Knellies week began with a fabulous story where the main character is a worm. During exp...

Henley Literary Festival

Giving the vote of thanks for Helen Chandler Wilde at the Henley Literary Festival was an amazing e...

Gateway Highlights

This week’s Abbey Gateway is packed with exciting stories from across the Abbey community, from Jun...

Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted

We are by nature, and quite rightly, very proud of the quantifiable elements of much of what we ach...

Raising of The Eco Schools flag

Last week, our incredible Junior School Eco Council proudly raised their Eco Schools flag for every...

Cooking Masterclass

Mrs Mair, our brilliant Head of Food and Nutrition, hosted an incredible Cooking Masterclass last S...

Henley Literary Festival

Gabby Logan On Sunday, September 29, Sports Captains Naiya and Poppy had the opportunity to atte...

Food and Nutrition

Our Upper V food groups are busy with their GCSE coursework, coming towards the end of their first ...

GCSE PE

On Wednesday, GCSE PE students had an engaging lesson on the structure of a synovial joint, deepeni...

The Fringe Festival – Art

Last week, Art kicked off The Abbey Fringe Festival with 69 attendees and guest speakers from diffe...

Reading Football Club Tickets

This is a reminder that just under three weeks remain until the first Schools and Grassroots fixtur...

Interludes Recital

On Wednesday, I performed in an Abbey Interludes Recital. I played 'Toccatina' by Dmitri Kabalevsky...

Lower IV Latin Trip to Bath

Armed with cameras, tissues, raincoats, and lots of food, Lower IV headed for a day in Bath. Un...

Upper III Bonding Day

Today in UIII, we made fun adverts selling the unsellable and using teamwork to make a jingle. We a...

Science CREST Club

Upper I students, attending Science club this term, are working hard to fill up their passports and...

LIII Visit The Ashmolean

It was exciting to see the actual artefacts after learning about the value of primary historical so...

U10 & UII Hockey

Last Wednesday, the U10's & U11's played a Hockey match against Sherfield School. The U10's...

Library Prefect

My name is Francesca, and I’d like to introduce myself as the new Library Prefect for this year. ...

National Poetry Day

Thursday, 3 October, marked National Poetry Day. Along with some Poetry Busking and poetry-themed a...

Upper Prep Charity Walkers

Danai and Anna took part in the Walk for the Wards charity walk last Sunday in the picturesque sett...

 Women’s Windsor 10k

'Last weekend I and a small group of Abbey students and staff participated in the Windsor Women's 1...

Ostranenie: A Game for Sparking Creative Ideas

During our recent Senior School Open Evening, the art department introduced an exciting activity fo...

Fringe Benefits

I grew up in Edinburgh and one of my favourite aspects of being an Edinburger is the annual Edinbur...

GCSE Art & Textiles Exhibition 2024

On Friday 13 September, the GCSE Fine Art and Textiles students had a private view showcasing all o...

Interludes Recital

On Wednesday 25 September, three students performed at the Interludes Recital. With teachers listen...

TAPS – New Parents Wanted!

The Abbey Parents Society is looking to recruit new Abbey School Parents links for 2024-2025. If yo...

GSA Junior Netball weekend

Last weekend, our U13 & U14 Netballer’s travelled to Condover Hall to compete in a tournament a...

Economics Dress Up Day

On Tuesday 24 September, we hosted our annual Economics Dress-Up Day where students and staff from ...

Untold Story of a Computer Scientist

At The Abbey Senior School, we often reflect on the incredible achievements of our alumna, and the ...

Lower III Still life

Lower III are painting watercolour still life as a part of their floral art studies, which will fin...

Loose Parts Play

Loose parts play is an open-ended play experience that encourages children to explore and interact ...

Lower I Robotics Workshop

Lower I enjoyed a morning of Robotics this week; working in teams to design, build and race their r...

Upper III Netball

On Tuesday the Upper III netballers had their opening fixture of the season, against Downe House, i...