Category: Senior

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…

7th May 20

We entered two teams of Year 9 pupils into the SI Bournemouth’s STEAM Challenge for Girls; a prestigious Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics challenge and both Ballard teams were selected to go through to the finals. There were only two places available in the finals for Year 9 pupils – so this is a…

4th May 20

Pupils in Years 6 – 10 have been writing letters as part of their PSHE lessons to support the many older, vulnerable people across the city who are lonely and isolated. This is part of Age UK Southampton’s ‘From Me to You’ initiative. Most of what we get through the letterbox these days is bills…

15th February 20

Pupils, staff, families and friends of Ballard School were dazzled at our latest senior musical production of Singin’ in the Rain over four sold-out performances at our Performing Arts Centre. This outstanding production, which featured a cast and crew of over 80, has been the culmination of months of hard work, with rehearsals commencing in…

6th September 19

Ballard School has an established tradition of summer expeditions to Kenya, and have fund-raised for biannual expeditions with the help and support of parents and pupils through the school. This year seventeen intrepid Ballard pupils set off for a month’s expedition to complete community, environmental and personal challenges, working closely with Kenyan communities. It was…

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…

2nd April 19

Andrew McCleave, Headmaster of Ballard School, is delighted to hear pupils express themselves through music. “Music has a power of forming the character and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.” (Aristotle) At Ballard, we firmly believe in the universal benefits of a strong music education; in contributing to academic success, developing…

3rd December 18

Thank you to all parents, grandparents and friends who supported the whole School dance show production, A Time for Everything. Two packed audiences were treated to a feast of 80 dancers performing 17 dances with intricate choreography, beautiful costumes and professional music and lighting. Congratulations to all the dancers for a stunning performance and to…