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TeenTech and Microsoft are partnering to deliver these innovation days to schools and students.  Seven Year 12 Computer Science students visited Microsoft Headquarters on Tuesday to take part in a fantastic opportunity to learn from healthcare and medical professionals about the challenges, and then dived-deep into exciting technology that students ca...

Our Year 9 Historians had an early start last Friday when they boarded the coach and made the pilgrimage to the Battlefields of Belgium.  Stopping, standing still and gazing as far as the eye could see at the rows upon rows of white headstones in the peaceful calm.  A privilege and an experience—we will remember them.   Dressing s...

McLaren seeks to inspire next generation of engineers For many students, Thursday 3rd November is a day they will remember for a long time.  Oliver Nixon, a Principal Engineer at McLaren Automotive, and his colleagues Harley, Alex, and Farhaad visited the school as part of an organised STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mat...

The universe is over 13.7 billion years old, consisting of hundreds of billions of galaxies, each containing hundreds of billions of stars. Over the past 200 years our understanding of the universe has greatly improved; from having the Earth at its centre to having no centre at all!  However, in the last 80 years it has become a...

Year 7 have been working on Creating Characterisation, looking at key dramatic skills of facial expressions, body language and vocal skills. The boys enjoyed creating Freeze Frames of key characteristics, exploring Stance, Gestures, Gait and Posture. The students are now deepening individual roles in creating creative explorationimprovisations, all boy...

Grow a Mo, Save a Bro Since 2003 Movember has funded more than 1,250 men’s health projects around the world, challenging the status quo, shaking up men’s health research and transforming the way physical and mental health services reach and support men. The men’s health crisis calls for big minds, and big solutions. However...

Today at 11:00am the whole school gathered to remember those lost in war.  Not only past wars but those more recently Iraq and Afghanistan, and currently in Ukraine.  We paid tribute to the bravery of all  servicemen and women who continue to fight for peace in our ever changing ever challenging world.  Year 7 School Council students read...

This morning, after the country had received the sad news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, students and staff at The Forest School stood together at 8:50am before the start of the school day to pay tribute and observe a minute’s silence for Her Majesty. Shirley Austin, Headteacher, led the tribute to our selfless and beautiful Queen Elizabeth II,...