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The Good Schools Guide Awards
January 22, 2012
Congratulations are due to our Biology Department who achieved a Good Schools’ Guide award for the best GCSE results achieved by an independent school in 2011. This follows on from their award last year for the best AS results! All three sciences are very popular at Pitsford, due in part to the fact that we teach separate sciences from the age of 11, and that these are all taught by specialist staff. Each year well over half of all our Sixth Form pupils study A levels in one or more of the sciences, with many going on to study science or mathematics based degrees in the UK’s most prestigious universities. Also Read More →
Art Gallery
GCSE Art Exhibition
July 2, 2011
If you haven’t already visited the exhibition of GCSE Art in Pitsford Hall you are missing out on seeing some amazing work. Here is just a selection of some of the work on show. Also displayed in the Hall is work from our A level and AS level artists which is also of an excellent standard. The display is now dismantled but see the foot of this post for a slide show of the final pieces and selection of coursework items. Not all pieces are shown but I think we have at least one item from every candidate. The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed.. var Read More →
Drama
Oom-Pah-Pah! Oliver! is coming to Pitsford!
March 15, 2012
Oliver! The Musical is coming to Pitsford! Pupils have been busy rehearsing the musical by Lionel Bart over the last few months and are ready to showcase their skills! Based on the Charles Dickens novel ‘Oliver Twist’ there will be some fantastic costumes and scenery to show life in early 19th Century.  The curtain goes up on Wednesday 21 March at 7.30pm and there will also be performances on Thursday 22 March and Friday 23 March at the same times. Tickets will be available from the School Office and are priced at £7 per adult and £5 for concession. Please book now to Read More →
Morocco
Sixth Formers make it to Morocco!
February 26, 2010
Pupils in the Sixth Form escaped from the snow in February and headed to the bustling city of Marrakech and the baron desert of Morocco. At the start of the trip the pupils stayed in a hotel opposite the Mosque and were given an early wake up call by the prayer calls at 5.30am! The pupils had a chance to shop in the famous colourful markets in the capital of Morocco and visited the beautiful Yves St Laurent gardens before commencing on their five day trek through the desert! The pupils pitched their own tents at the end of each day trekking through the Moroccan Sahara in a traditional camel caravan. Read More →
Exam Results
2011 GCSE and A level results
February 5, 2012
Last week the Department for Education released the official school performance data. The A level results were picked up by the BBC and a number of national newspapers. Pitsford School was ranked 28th of the 500 co-educational independent schools in the UK with 1022 points. In fact we are the only school in Northamptonshire of any type achieving a score of over 1000 points, our closest challenger was Oundle School with 990 points. If you compare us to all 3753 schools in the UK offering A level courses, we are 59th, an amazing result were you consider we are up against all the highly selective Read More →
Historical
The Footman Diaries
October 22, 2011
In May 2008 I was lent a diary of one Arthur Collins, a footman employed by Capt. Drummond at Pitsford Hall. Monday 2 March 1931: “all hunting, HRH D & Dss here for tea”  Duke and Duchess of York?  Monday 23 March 1931: “HRH for tea” Tuesday 31 March 1931: “Princess E & M for tea”. Saturday 4 April 1931: “Duke & Duchess of York, Princesses E & M for tea, Lowthers for tea”. The Lowthers I assume are Col John Lowther and family from Guilsborough Court, where the royal family tended to stay when in the area for Read More →
HM's Blog
The Junior School by night
Everyone I have spoken to in recent weeks has been so impressed with the Duckworth building, the new home of  the Junior School. We had a very busy first Open Morning last Saturday with more than 30 families seeing what Pitsford School has to offer younger children. A thoroughly modern building but one that nestles Read More →
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Sports
Super start for Sportsman of the Year
Year 11 pupil Cameron Twynham, Harborough Mail’s 2011 Junior Sportsman of the Read More →
The U18 netball team took on the Sixth Form girls from NSB this afternoon at Pitsford Read More →
Over the last two weeks we have played collectively as a School over 5 hours worth Read More →
The U14 and U15 Sevens squads travelled to Ashton for a tournament on Wednesday 29th Read More →
Pitsford School are proud sponsors of local team rugby football team, the Northampton Read More →
Are you a Hotshot in Basketball?
Hotshots Basketball visited our Junior school today to give a taster session for Read More →
U12 rugby v Wrenn School – photos
This was always going to be a tough match with three of our key players injured/ill. Read More →
On Wednesday 25 Jan, our Junior Netball team played at home against Broughton Manor Read More →
On a very cold afternoon the whole school took part in the traditional Pitsford Run. Read More →
Pitsford School’s U11 rugby team took on Bilton Grange last week. The team Read More →
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General
Help us celebrate The Diamond Jubilee!
Pitsford School are hosting a ‘Diamond Jubilee Celebration’ on Sunday Read More →
J4 spent the day at Everdon Field Studies Centre as part of this term’s ‘Habitats’ Read More →
Pitsford School pupils have once again excelled themselves and raised a staggering Read More →
J3 gave an excellent assembly today based on their current topic – ‘Heroes Read More →
Showers in Snowdonia for Geography Students
A group of Lower Sixth Geography students recently enjoyed several days in the wilds Read More →
Yesterday, Year 9 Geographers studied management of Coastal Erosion on the North Read More →
The annual House Singing Competition took place on Friday 27th April. Each house Read More →
On Wednesday 25 April, eight Year 9 pupils out of our ten volunteers braved the Read More →
Pupils excelled themselves after months of rehearsals and completed three fantastic Read More →
Awards from the Dudley Festival of Music and Drama
Congratulations to those who took part in the Dudley Festival of Music and Drama. Read More →
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