On Tuesday the 21st of April Sammy Angelou, a dynamic multi-talented singer making waves in the UK music scene delivered a performance which was focused on Mental Health, Healthy Relationships and Bullying. Sammy Angelo is a 24-year-old up-and-coming artist from St Albans. Infatuated with music from a youthful age, he picked up the guitar at […]
On Friday 1st May, Ella from Google came to speak to Year 9 and 10. The theme for her talk was ‘resilience and learning from your mistakes’. There was a real focus on Carol Dweck’s work on Growth Mindsets, alongside some real life anecdote’s demonstrating that we all have to develop these skills and qualities […]
A Y11 girls class have swapped the Sports Hall for personal training sessions at the local gym, Ignite, in Cuffley. Students have been able to experience the gym environment with a personal trainer leading the sessions; very different to their standard PE lessons in school! The sessions have included a mix of cardio (treadmill, rower […]
Fresh from the excitement of our own house chess competition, a team of our brightest strategic minds stepped up to an even bigger challenge—competing in a local interschool chess tournament… and what a spectacular experience it turned out to be! Hosted at Lea Valley Academy, the tournament brought together fierce competition from local schools, including […]
On Thursday 5th February we saw 20 of our students graduate from the Scholars Programme (which is called the Brilliant Club). Students have been learning about disease & cancer, and had to write an assignment on this topic, with all students receiving a 1st or 2.1 grade. Their graduation was at Oxford University where they […]
Year 10 students visited the Spotlight Theatre on Tuesday and engaged with local employers including Tesco, The NHS, The Royal Navy, Elstree Studios, Herts Police and many more. The opportunity was arranged in partnership with HOP, the Hertfordshire Opportunities Portal. Students loved quizzing employers on the employment opportunities available, and at the end we had […]
Last night (12 March) we held our new Year 7 Welcome for our September 2026 intake, which was an incredibly positive evening. We had an excellent turnout of families, who are delighted that their child is coming to St Mary’s. They spoke hugely positively about the school, and can’t wait for their child to start […]
When the Wellbeing Team first introduced the idea of a lunchtime chess club—now proudly known as the Chess & Mate Society—we could never have imagined just how popular it would become. What began as a simple initiative during the autumn term to provide students with a calm, purposeful activity during social times has quickly grown […]
On Tuesday 3 March 2026 Club 9 Geography students grappled with the human and environmental impact of the fashion industry. The workshop focused on the supply chain for fashion and what happens to discarded clothing when we throw it away; it presented a future full of recycling, repairing, reusing and loving the previously lived in. […]
On Tuesday 3 March 2026 Club 9 Geography students investigated the single greatest challenge of our time, climate change. A representative from GenEarth delivered a workshop to students about the causes of climate change, its global impacts and some solutions that ranged from country wide projects to small changes in lifestyle choices. Students were then […]
