Junior School Breakfast with Mrs Newton

What better way to meet the head than over a delicious breakfast in her study. Every Abbey girl at ...

Step Back in Time: Upper II Meet Henry VIII in Kings and Queens Workshop

Last week, Upper II were transported back to the 16th century in a thrilling all-day Kings and Quee...

Lower V Trip To Bread Ahead & Borough Market

On Tuesday, we were at school bright and early at 6:00 and left on the coach at 6:30. We arrived in...

Nationals Netball News!

This weekend, Gabrielle and Milla (both in Upper IV) travelled to The English Institute of Sport in...

Chess Masterclass

10 of our keen chess players had the opportunity to meet Lorin D'Costa, an International Chess Mast...

Upper I Residential to Avon Tyrrell

Last week, Upper I embraced adventure, nature, and friendship on their exciting residential trip to...

Medical Physics trip

On Monday 19 May, Lower VI Physics students travelled down the road to the radiotherapy centre of R...

U11 IAPS Cricket Tournament

On Wednesday 14 May, Abbey Junior School took part in the U11 IAPS Cricket Tournament held at West ...

Social Sciences Festival: DCI Krista Thompson

On Friday 9 May, as part of the Social Sciences Festival, Detective Chief Inspector Krista Thompson...

Little Knellies Red Bus

The adventures of the little red London bus in the picture book Naughty Bus by Jan Oke sparked the ...

First Summer Tournament results in a win!

It was Caversham Trent's U13 Girls Team first Summer Football Tournament on Sunday. We played again...

Holroyd Howe People Awards

The Holroyd Howe People Awards is a distinguished annual event dedicated to honouring the exception...

Week 2 of Wellbeing Wimbledon Wednesdays!

This week, our tennis players took to the courts just before the heavy downpour. No rain was going ...

Lower I visit Maidenhead Mosque

Last week Lower I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Maidenhead Mosque. They started by excited...

The Abbey Festival of Sport 2025

Last Saturday, The Junior School proudly hosted its annual Festival of Sport, a highlight of the Re...

Week 1 of Wellbeing Wimbledon Wednesdays!

Miss Whelan welcomed our Sixth Formers and Staff onto the tennis courts this week, for our inaugura...

Upper II Commemorate 80th VE Day in Henley

Last Thursday, pupils from Upper II proudly represented our school at Henley Town Hall for the 80th...

Upper VI French A-level final lesson

The Upper VI A-level students had a creative final lesson: they built Eiffel Towers out of wafers a...

Aishani at Aldershot and Farnborough Festival of Music and Arts

Aishani was elated to secure a 2nd place in the Piano competition. She performed two pieces ‘Winter...

Age of Exchange: Lower VI student podcast series

Congratulations to Mehr S in Lower VI for launching her very own podcast series, well worth a liste...

Upper III surprised by GB Olympic Rowers!

Upper III students were enjoying a fantastic taster session at Reading Rowing Club - when GB Olympi...

Social Enterprise Hub Finale 2025

Last Thursday, students from The Abbey and Reading School delivered our business pitches for the So...

Gold DofE Award Celebration at Buckingham Palace

Last Friday a number of our fantastic students were invited to Buckingham Palace for a Garden Party...

Upper IV Stand Up Paddleboarding Trip

On Saturday a team of intrepid Upper IV students enjoyed an adventure on the River Thames. This was...

Standout Performances for The Abbey at the ESAA Track and Field Cup

On Wednesday, The Abbey's Junior and Inter girls teams took part in this year’s ESAA Track and Fiel...

Junior School House Music

Last week there was the sound of music coming from different venues across the Junior School with e...

Junior School Pupils’ Concert

Tuesday night saw all of the music ensembles from the Junior School come together for the annual Pu...

Judith Hope Puppetry Workshop

On Saturday 10 May, The Abbey was lucky enough to have the esteemed puppeteer Judith Hope (https://...

Meet our 2025 -2026 Head Girls

Hello everyone, we are Emily and Leah, the new Head Girls for the coming year! We are so excited fo...

Heidi remains reigning champion on the dance floor

Heidi in Lower IV has been busy the past couple of months, with a big result coming just before the...

The Maths Round Up

Café Maths is always a termly highlight for the Maths department and this time proved to be another...

Bletchley Park Maths Trip – A Memorable Day of Discovery and Inspiration

Last Wednesday, Lower IV travelled to Bletchley Park with the Mathematics Department for a day rich...

Exploring STEM at Little Knellies

Water play in early childhood provides an excellent opportunity for sensory exploration, motor skil...

African Drumming Workshop

Last Friday Lower I and Upper I had the opportunity to take part in an African Drumming workshop. I...

Upper V Revision Breakfast

Upper V Revision Breakfast! Finally the time has come for the GCSE Food & Nutrition students...

Raising funds for the Upper V Prom by singing

Last week saw yet another fiercely competitive Staff Karaoke Competition. Sixteen teacher acts star...

ARCH – The Amazing World of Snakes!

Have you ever had the chance to hold a snake? Did you know that a snake's lung is almost the length...

Hot contest as the Upper III Bakers tackle House Bake Off

This week our Best Bakers competed making wonderful biscuits for their house. There were a variety ...

Geri Halliwell-Horner comes to The Abbey!

When it was confirmed that author and Spice Girl, Geri Halliwell-Horner, was coming to The Abbey, w...

Jubilate Choir Tour to Cornwall

On Tuesday 1 April, 40 students from Upper II and Lower III and five members of staff headed off to...