Author: catherine dunford

16th September 24

“Our Year 9-11 pupils were lucky to have an amazing opportunity to visit Barcelona for our latest Music Tour. This fabulous trip included some amazing sightseeing opportunities alongside four memorable concerts in iconic venues. Our Show Band and pupil Band Krash, performed to an audience of over 200 locals and tourist at the fabulous Barcelona…

16th September 24

Four former pupils competed at the Olympic Games in Paris – with two coming home with Olympic medals. Congratulations to our Olympic Alumni, who gained more Olympic medals in the Paris Games than Cyprus, Fiji, Peru, Slovakia and Singapore, and the same number as Malaysia, Albania, Morocco and Chile! Four former pupils competed at the…

22nd August 24

Ballard is incredibly proud of its pupils and the outstanding grades they have achieved once again this year. With a 95% pass rate (grades 9 to 4) across all pupils and all subjects (an increase of 2%), and 35% attaining the top grades (9 to 7), thereby maintaining last year’s record high, these results are…

5th August 24

The Government has now confirmed that the full 20% VAT rate will be applied to private school fees starting from January 2025. Ballard has been planning for this for a considerable time and owing to strong governance and financial management, we are proud to announce that we will be protecting our families from any increase…

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…