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19/05/25

Forty of our Year 10 French students have had a bon voyage a Paris since Friday. They have enjoyed baguettes 🥖, visited the sites (Champs Elysée, Musée d’Orsay, Tour Eiffel etc…) & even done some shopping 🛍️ all to strengthen their language skills! ❤️🇫🇷❤️ pic.twitter.com/ft4OPYzm8a— Waldegrave School () May 19, 2025

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16/05/25

Judith & Poppy, Yr 9, are national finalists of the competition. This is a huge achievement for them & for Waldegrave - over 3,500 pupils from across the country entered & only 10 finalists were selected to perform on stage at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on 7 July pic.twitter.com/9BOAOU4Wg2— Waldegrave School () May 16, 2025

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16/05/25

Yesterday our Year 7s were learning about grilling food - they did a fun experiment looking at the impact of painting some water onto their bread before grilling it to make toast. There we some great designs painted and they even got to eat their toast afterwards 😋🔥 pic.twitter.com/yVb5L0X9bd— Waldegrave School () May 16, 2025

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13/05/25

More great news from Sam L’s beautiful painting ‘The vase and the plant’ was chosen for the Young Artist’s Summer Exhibition. We’re so proud! Sam aimed to layer multiple viewpoints in her artwork, a technique used in cubism & in traditional Asian paintings. pic.twitter.com/hxWc8ZnBwc— Waldegrave School () May 13, 2025

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12/05/25

Our Year 12s had a great time at Thorpe Park on Friday after a week of enrichment activities focused on post-18 options. Looks like our teachers had a blast too! pic.twitter.com/93eQFLBo0K— Waldegrave School () May 12, 2025

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12/05/25

We said goodbye and good luck to our Year 13’s as it was their last teaching day on Friday. We wish them all the best with their A Level exams, a fantastic summer and the greatest journey with wherever life takes them next! pic.twitter.com/Mh23kouAsA— Waldegrave School () May 12, 2025

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12/05/25

Standing in solidarity with every young person struggling with their mental health this . pic.twitter.com/gtQNimu1oG— YoungMinds () May 12, 2025

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07/05/25

This morning we looked back on 5 years with Year 11, now they’re moving onto exams, summer holidays & journeys beyond school. Our school emblem is the 🦢: may Year 11 trust the strength of their own wings & though they soar onward, know they will always have support at Waldegrave pic.twitter.com/gZjtQmDT4C— Waldegrave School () May 7, 2025

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06/05/25

Today our Year 11 Leavers took part in the annual Dress Up Day with characters from books, tv, films and even cuddly toys pacing the corridors! Check out our insta stories for more photos from todays activities… 🐭🦁🐯 pic.twitter.com/B7cZEDPmF0— Waldegrave School () May 6, 2025

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02/05/25

High five to Clemence P in Year 11 for receiving a silver medal & ‘A Prime Puzzle’ book by Martin Griffiths for a smashing performance in the Maclaurin Mathematical Olympiad 2025. She joins four other Waldegrave pupils continuing to the next round of the Olympiad. pic.twitter.com/vUfUXuhe2J— Waldegrave School () May 2, 2025

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01/05/25

Good luck to all our students who have started their exams this week. We have had GCSE Art as well as MFL Speaking exams taking place and in addition today we have 108 students currently taking part in the Junior Maths Challenge pic.twitter.com/ZQ6IUreBla— Waldegrave School () May 1, 2025

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29/04/25

Our Year 8 students are lucky enough to be visiting the Buddhapadipa Temple in Wimbledon this week. Students are getting a firsthand experience to help them learn about the Buddhist religion, viewing the ordination hall & touring the gardens. pic.twitter.com/SHERytZCDl— Waldegrave School () April 29, 2025

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24/04/25

Welcome back to a new term at Waldegrave where we have some sizzling Summer specials coming up on the canteen menus. Don’t forget to top up your canteen balance via ParentPay so you can sample these flavours! pic.twitter.com/hLb1RvHG4Y— Waldegrave School () April 24, 2025

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04/04/25

We’ve had an eggscelent morning 🐣 with Year 7&8 at Waldegrave with a spegtactular 🥚Easter Bonnet 👒Parade. The judges scrambled to select winners with so many eggspert bonnets on display but we are sure the winners were eggstatic with their chocolate prizes! pic.twitter.com/LbqTTAatvv— Waldegrave School () April 4, 2025

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03/04/25

Thanks so much to Tim Marshall for taking the time to speak to our Geographers about ‘The Future of Geography’ today at Another of his excellent additions for our Sixth Form Reading List pic.twitter.com/25SEhYiffH— Miss Flanigan () April 3, 2025

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25/03/25

Yesterday our Year 7s worked up a sweat with an inter-house Benchball tournament. Great team work & lots of fun! 🤩🏐🎽🙌 pic.twitter.com/bERLABzvOs— Waldegrave Sports () March 25, 2025

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24/03/25

Paris, je t'aime ! 💓 The Waldegrave French A-Level cohort enjoyed four days in the French capital over a long-weekend ✨️ They visited Notre Dame, The Louvre, the Dior museum & watched a live debate on narcotrafficking at the French Parliament! pic.twitter.com/XtSQ0frWk9— Waldegrave School () March 24, 2025

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21/03/25

At Waldegrave we are wearing something red to celebrate 40 years of - take a look at our insta story to see the jokes we have been sharing in our Joke Competition. Winners to be announced later today… pic.twitter.com/2cTRqohWmc— Waldegrave School () March 21, 2025

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18/03/25

Our Year 7 choir joined the Kew Wind Orchestra on Saturday for their To The Stars concert, along side choirs from Halliford School and Kew House School, they sang the key piece for the concert, ‘To the Stars’ by Nigel Hess. 🚀🪐👽💫 We look forward to working with again! pic.twitter.com/hiCP0mmXlG— Waldegrave School () March 18, 2025

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17/03/25

Year 7 are studying Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Here is some of their spectacular art work completed as creative homework for Drama 🎭 pic.twitter.com/p9X0bOMYeM— Waldegrave School () March 17, 2025

New To The School

We like to welcome all of our new students to the school in Year 7, we are conscious that students come from a large number of different primary schools.  There is a careful induction program for students which aims to prepare them for secondary school and ensure that they have fun, enjoy learning and get into great habits early during their time at Waldegrave.  A specialist Head of Year 7 leads the students in their important first year.

We hope your daughter feels warmly welcomed into our community and is enjoying the start of her time with us. The aim underpinning all that staff do at Waldegrave is for each student to fulfil their potential. As a consequence of this, we place pastoral care as a high priority. To ensure your daughter is best catered for, both pastorally and academically, we assign your daughter a House and form class.

Pastoral care is led by a Head of Year, each Head of Year is supported by a senior member of staff.  The Head of Year teams are:

 

Senior Leader

Head of Year

KS3

Mr Greaves

Y7 - Mrs Bashford-Hynes

 

 

Y8 - Mrs Lyddon

 

 

Y9 - Mrs Mortimer

KS4

Mrs Dhir

Y10 - Mrs Porteous

 

 

Y11 - Ms Rook

KS5

Mr Bannister

Y12 - Mr Stavrou

 

 

Y13 - Ms Sillwood

In addition there is an active House system, the aims of the houses are to promote:

  • Participation: There are many ways for students to participate. For example: through leading within a House/Tutor group; collecting and logging house points, taking part in competitions or contributing to an event on sports day.
  • Responsibility: The organisation around house activities creates opportunities for students to take on responsibility. Taking responsibility builds self-confidence and develops leadership skills. Opportunities include: planning events; planning assemblies; preparing notice boards; motivating others to participate; leading a team to achieve a common goal.
  • Unifying the School: The house system provides opportunities for students to work together from different tutor groups and year groups. It provides opportunities for team work and opportunities to reflect on how individuals contribute to a shared vision.

There are four houses named after eminent women

Franklin

(Rosalind Franklin – scientist)

Red

Eliot

(George Eliot – novelist)

Green

Seacole

(Mary Seacole – nurse)

Yellow

Pankhurst

(Emmeline Pankhurst – suffragette)

Purple

In the pastoral system, students are personally supported and guided by staff, in order to develop into a well rounded and confident young woman.

In order for you to keep informed of events at Waldegrave we encourage you to:

  • access the weekly newsletter produced each Friday;
  • visit the school website;
  • follow the school on Twitter @WaldegaveSch

Should you need to contact any of the staff at Waldegrave please email info@waldegravesch.org addressing your email to the staff member concerned. Otherwise, please call us on 020 8894 3244.

We look forward to hearing from you, and wish you and your child well.

Mid-Year Admissions

If your child moves to Waldegrave midway though the year, we will tailor an induction programme specifically designed to help them settle into their new surroundings. The first step in this process is an initial meeting between the child, parents and the Head of Year to discuss the individual needs of the incoming student and ensure that we are able to offer the smoothest possible start for them.  On the agreed start date, students will spend some time with our Learning Zone staff to help get orientated with the school and its systems, do some baseline assessments in maths and English and be matched up with buddies from their new form group.  Once this is complete, your child will be gradually introduced to lessons.  We understand that it can be daunting joining a new school so you can rest assured that your child will receive a warm Waldegrave welcome!