Category: School

11th October 24

Ballard School has won the Co-Educational School of the Year at the Independent School of the Year Awards. These prestigious awards attract entries from schools across the UK. The winners were selected from more than 700 nominations by an independent panel of expert judges. Ballard impressed with its ‘for all’ ethos, – a culture of…

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…

13th May 24

“Over 18 months ago, I went through a rigorous tryout process and gained a place on Team England Adaptive Abilities Cheerleading Squad. Last month, I was lucky enough to represent England at the International Cheerleading Union (ICU) World Championships in Florida. We were in an incredibly competitive division with 4 teams in total, and we…

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

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…

25th August 23

Ballard is incredibly proud of their pupils and the academic excellence they have achieved this year with these fantastic GCSE results. Over all subjects and entrants 40.7% achieved the top grades (9 to 7), a record high and up 4% from last year’s record and almost double the National Average. With a 14.3% increase in…

9th June 23

Ballard has embraced the NSPCC’s Childhood Day in PSHE this week with a series of fun group activities. The day is designed to be fun for children but also to raise the profile and funds to protect children against abuse. It is so important that we remember that childhood should be fun; it is such…

27th October 22

Modern Foreign Languages Celebrates European Day of Languages What a wonderful week this was for languages at Ballard School. We kicked off on the Monday with some quizzes in lessons in preparation for the assemblies and the form competition on Friday. On Tuesday, our Language Leaders spent both breaks chatting to pupils of all ages…

27th October 22

Acorn Project Ballard is extremely privileged to invite ten of our pupils to take part in the Acorn Project this term. We have worked on many projects with Oakhaven Hospice, including their annual Santa Dash, raising many thousands of pounds for them over the years. We are therefore delighted to be working with them on their Acorn Project,…