Week 8 of Spring Gateway Highlights 2026

This is one Gateway you do not want to miss!

Holi Celebrations

On Wednesday 4 March, students at the Senior School celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi. ...

Students’ Spotlight

Basingstoke Festival of Music and ArtsOver this past weekend, Aishani (Upper I) took part in the Ba...

Grandparents Day

We were delighted to welcome Upper III grandparents to the Senior School for our Grandparents Day. ...

Lower and Upper I House Netball

Last Friday, the Lower and Upper I took to the courts for an afternoon of House Netball. It was a p...

Horse Riding

We are back horse riding, after a week off for half term, and there are huge smiles all around! ...

Launchpad workshop

Our Lower School Charity Prefects were pleased to welcome a visitor from local homelessness charity...

Poetry Cafe!

My name is Beatrice and I am one of the school’s current Poets Laureate. As part of this role, on 2...

Piano Recital

On Thursday, my fellow pianists and I had the amazing opportunity to perform at this year’s piano r...

Trailblazers in Tennis trip

Last week, our Lower VI A Level PE students and Lower V GCSE PE students attended the Trailblazers ...

Lunar New Year Celebrations 2026

Lunar New Year, also called Spring Festival, marks the arrival of Spring and the Lunar New Year. In...

Netball IAPS

Huge congratulations to our nine-player squad for their fantastic performance at the Netball IAPS h...

Upper V Mural 2026: A Celebration of Creativity and Collaboration

We are delighted to unveil the LEGO Mural 2025–2026, proudly brought to life by the dedicated Upper...

Sixth Form Artist supports creativity in Juniors

Since the beginning of term, a lunchtime Art Club has been running for the Upper I students, led by...

Lunar New Year in Little Knellies!

Our Little Knellies were immersed in a riot of colour and excitement last week as we celebrated the...

Microloan 26

Last week, 76 Upper III and Lower IV students started out on this year’s Microloan competition jour...

Interfaith Lecture and Assembly

Last week, the Multi-Faith Chaplaincy was delighted to host Dr Anastasia Badder who gave a fascinat...

TAPS First Spring Fair

Our #AbbeyParents 'TAPS' hosted a wonderful Spring Fair during the half term. It was a fantastic op...

School Council interview aspiring Prefects

The Junior School Council is currently participating in its favourite activity; interviewing! This ...

Students’ Spotlight

Ellanya's Foyle Young Poet's Residential From Standing by the Window to Finding My Voice: My Wee...

A Magical Half Term at Disneyland Paris

During half term, around 50 students from Lower and Upper VI travelled to Disneyland Paris for what...

GCSE History Battlefields trip

During the first weekend of the February half-term, 27 intrepid GCSE History students embarked on a...

Flippin’ Fabulous Team Abbey!

The Abbey School team were flippin’ fabulous at this year’s Launchpad Charity Pancake Race. On S...

Ms Mogio Delivers Digital Skills Training to Teachers in Algeria

Last week, Ms Mogio was invited by the British Council in Algeria to deliver a series of profession...

Students’ Spotlight

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

Week 5 of Spring Gateway Highlights 2026

Here's what we've been up to this week...

Students’ Spotlight

Cheerleading success! Huge congratulations to Amelie and Sadie in Upper I, who proudly represent...

Music Scholar’s Gala Concert and Dinner 2026

The Music Scholars’ Concert and Dinner proved to be a thoroughly enchanting evening, offering stude...

RI masterclass

On Saturday, we went to the Royal Maths Institute masterclass and were absorbed into a new world of...

Netball success

Our U18 Netball team were back on court on Wednesday afternoon, as they faced Salesian College in t...

Lower III Trip to Ufton Court

Lower III learned a lot during their trip to Ufton Court this week, but perhaps above all else, the...

Lower I Shine in Second Musical Moments Concert

Our second Musical Moments concert of the year took place on 29 January, filling the hall with an e...

A Visit from Our Local Fire Heroes

The Abbey Junior School were delighted to welcome members of the Fire Service from Wokingham Road F...

Week 4 of Spring Gateway Highlights 2026

The fourth week of Gateway is out! Have a look at what amazing things we have been up to this week!...

An Abbey friendship creates new life – an amazing surrogacy story!

Friendships forged at The Abbey can last a lifetime. We love to hear of alumnae standing beside one...

Magic in the library and how well we are getting on with Early Reading

There is a particular kind of magic that happens when young children discover the joy of reading — ...

After School Care Lego Party!

To celebrate National Lego Day, After School Care went Lego crazy with a Lego party. They enjoyed a...

STEM Symposium

Nine students from the Lower V to Lower VI took part in the inaugural STEM Symposium from Monday 12...

Upper VI PJ Party: A Well-Earned Treat

Tuesday saw the whole Sixth Form embrace a cosy dress code as students came to school in their pyja...

Upper IV Food Challenge

This term, the Upper IV Food and Nutrition students took part in the Tunnock’s Teacake Challenge, o...