Category: School

12th October 20

Pupils are being encouraged to “really listen” to different pieces of music each week for the benefits to mental health via a new activity in tutor time. The School has introduced a ‘Drop Everything And Listen’ (DEAL) programme following the success of ‘Drop Everything And Read’ (DEAR), which encourages pupils to stop what they’re doing…

20th August 20

We are delighted to report another successful year of GCSE results, with 100% of pupils achieving at least five GCSE passes graded 9-4 (including Maths and English), with 75% of pupils securing at least nine GCSE passes in total. Andrew McCleave, Headmaster at Ballard School, said: “I am so pleased that our pupils have achieved…

5th May 20

At Ballard, we are used to teaching pupils remotely although never on this scale. As it looked more likely that we would enter lock-down, we launched ballard@home; a platform which allows us to do what we do best, only virtually. Since its launch, we have received praise from parents, pupils and the press. See the…

22nd January 20

We have embraced ‘Veganuary’ this month, with the introduction of a range of new vegan options for pupils and staff in our dining hall. Veganuary is an annual event that encourages non-vegans to adopt a vegan diet during the month of January. We decided to celebrate the month with the addition of more vegan dishes…

19th November 19

Our pupils joined together to donate two minibuses filled with food for the New Forest Basics Food Bank in Lymington. We were motivated to support the food bank after an inspiring talk from Sue Norris, a former Deputy Head at the school. Mrs Norris visited the school and spoke at our Harvest Assembly about the…

15th October 19

Ballard Sailing had yet another success recently; our crew made up of Year 9 and Year 10 girls won the prestigious Glenlee trophy at the annual UK Sail Training Association’s ‘Small Ships Race’ in Cowes, with overall line honours for the first boat to finish. They also came first in Class D; an impressive performance…

19th September 19

A survey from anti-bullying charity, Ditch the Label, found that 22% of people aged 12-20 had witnessed bullying taking place, but only 17% of these felt confident enough to challenge this behaviour. We therefore highlighted the importance of preventing bullying to our pupils through a training session run by The Diana Award as part of…

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…

12th June 19

As part of our continued focus on STEM subjects, we took a group of technologically-minded pupils from Year 8 and Year 9 to this year’s TeenTech Solent. The TeenTech Solent engineering challenge is part of the national TeenTech events, which aim to inspire pupils across the UK about the contemporary world of Science, Technology, Engineering…