Author: catherine dunford

5th April 24

Congratulations to our brilliant Year 10 mathematicians who brilliantly represented Ballard at the Maths Feast competition in Southampton. With two teams of four, our pupils displayed exceptional teamwork and problem-solving abilities throughout the event. The Maths Feast, an exciting educational challenge, put their mathematical prowess to the test with a host of problems to solve. In…

27th February 24

This week we have enjoyed the two of our annual series of VMT recitals, where pupils in all year groups in the School get the opportunity to perform as a soloist in the Performing Arts Centre. These are always lovely occasions and such a wonderful opportunity for us, as teachers, to witness the dedication and…

27th February 24

Townsend Warner  Well done to one of our pupils in Year 8, who has reached the second round of the prestigious Townsend Warner History Prize. He achieved the 19th highest score, with over 1,000 pupils worldwide taking part. We wish him every success today for Round 2.

27th February 24

Congratulations to all our pupils form Years 1 to 6 who took part in the Primary Language Competition between 5th and 19th of February. With over 1,000 schools taking part, Ballard came 45th scoring nearly 13 million points! We also had some stellar individual results with our top scorer, coming 65th in the whole country, with…

12th August 21

We are celebrating another successful year of GCSE results despite the impact of the pandemic, with 100% of pupils achieving at least five GCSE passes graded 9-4 (including Maths and English) and 40% of results being grade 7 or above. Within this strong set of grades were some stand-out achievements; four Ballard pupils achieved 10…

14th June 21

We supported the NSPCC’s Childhood Day on June 11th. They had asked people to organise a ‘play event’ to raise money and help keep children safe. At Ballard we celebrated Childhood Day on our Year 3 to  Year 6 trip to Marwell Zoo. Pre-Prep and Year 6 to 7 ventured outside to play a wide…

14th June 21

Year 3 to Year 6 visited Marwell Zoo. The children were lucky enough to see giraffes, tigers, snow leopards, rhinos, a sloth and even a pygmy hippopotamus! Back in January, Lily Benson-Cooke and Mia Dykes organised a a fancy dress animal/pyjamas day to raise money for Marwell Zoo. Through their fundraising efforts they raised £1,052,…

23rd August 19

Highlights • An impressive 87% of our pupils achieved at least five grade 9 to 4 passes (including English and Maths) – well above the national average for comparable schools, and 34% better than one of our local schools. • We achieved 28% more 9-7 (A*-A) grades than the UK school average • 97% of…

28th February 19

  A group of our Year 9 pupils and their accompanying teachers have been enjoying a jam-packed itinerary on their cultural exchange to Italy in conjunction with the Erasmus programme. Highlights included a special tour of The Palazzo Vecchio in Florence and an Italian feast.  We are looking forward to welcoming back our Italian friends…

28th February 19

Mr Maskell and Dr Shaw took two Year 8 teams to the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s STEM Faraday Challenge. Tasked with developing an idea to assist with the operation, maintenance and control of the James Webb Telescope, the teams worked independently to scope and assess ideas, specify and source building materials from a fixed…