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Shifting Sands

‘Be the change you wish to see in the world’ and ‘If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change yo...

Teaching and Learning

One of the things that makes The Abbey a wonderful place to work is the passionate focus and intere...

Reaching the heights

It’s an interesting thing to be part of an audience. In some ways it seems passive and solitary: yo...

Wrapped up in books

The theme of this year’s World Book Day was ‘Read Your Way’, championing the enjoyment of becoming ...

Continuity and Change

There’s a lot spoken and written about change nowadays.  As if it were A New Thing, which of course...

Senior School leadership from September 2024

This week has seen the announcement of future changes at The Abbey. One element of these changes is...

The Lifelong Abbey Community

I was educated at an all-girls’ school until the age of 16. In this girls-first environment, I was ...

Figures of Inspiration

Last night’s inspiring ARCH event, Exploring Entrepreneurship, was a fabulous evening where student...

Why do we learn?

Why? Why is the sun yellow and the sky blue? Why do I have to put my shoes on? Why do I have to eat...

How megatrends are impacting on careers

My grandfather worked for one company all his life and my father worked for two or three firms in t...

Other Articles

‘School of the Year’ at the Reading Sports Awards

Sixth Form students Amelia and Lucy collected the award for 'School of the Year 2022' at a gala pre...

The Power of Hope – Nisha Kaura

“The last two years” is a phrase we read, hear, think or say a lot at the moment. As we reach the e...

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