We are incredibly proud to celebrate the continued success of our Student Wellbeing Ambassador Programme. This year, we have welcomed a new group of ambassadors who join our experienced team of student leaders trained over previous years, further strengthening our commitment to student wellbeing across the school.

The programme is helping to ensure that every form group has a wellbeing representative who can promote positive mental health, raise awareness of available support, and help students feel connected and heard. Ambassadors play an important role in encouraging peers to seek help from trusted adults when needed and helping to create a culture where wellbeing is openly discussed and valued.

Led by our Year 13 Wellbeing Prefect and supported by dedicated Year 12 leaders, Year 10 mentors and Year 8 and 9 representatives, the programme gives students opportunities to develop leadership, empathy and responsibility while making a genuine difference to school life.

The students involved are fantastic role models, showing empathy, responsibility and a willingness to help create a more supportive environment for everyone. Their enthusiasm reflects the caring community we are proud to foster, and we look forward to seeing the positive impact they continue to make throughout the year.

A huge well done to all of our Wellbeing Ambassadors for helping to make our school a place where everyone feels supported, respected and able to thrive.

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Be in the room where it happens!

Following the success of our previous Community Theatre Trips, we are delighted to announce Trip #4 – and this time, St Mary’s is heading to the West End to see the phenomenal Hamilton!

Join staff, students, parents, carers, family and friends from across the St Mary’s Community for another fantastic evening of live theatre. With return coach travel from school and stalls seats for the performance, all you need to do is book your place, hop on the coach and enjoy the show!

Trip Details

Wednesday 2nd December 2026 5:00pm – Coach pickup from St Mary’s 7:30pm – Performance £50 per person – including your theatre ticket (usual ticket price £80) and return coach travel to/from St Mary’s Seats: Stalls

Who Can Come?

The trip is open to members of our wider St Mary’s Community, including students, staff, parents, carers and families.

Please remember that all children must be accompanied by an appropriate adult aged 18+.

How to Book

Tickets are £50 per person and can be booked through ParentPay or directly with Finance.

Our Community Theatre Trips have been a wonderful opportunity to enjoy some of the very best West End theatre together, while creating shared experiences and memories beyond the school day. We would love to see another coach full of the St Mary’s Community joining us for Trip #4!

Places are limited, so make sure you secure yours.

Don’t throw away your shot…

BE IN THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS!

During the last academic year, our student ‘Garden Guardians’ worked incredibly hard, digging, sowing, planting and tending the seedlings in our school garden.

This year, growing our vegetables has been particularly challenging. The extremely hot weather created difficult conditions for our young plants, with the intense heat and lack of rainfall making it much harder to keep everything healthy and thriving.

Despite these challenges, we have been able to enjoy a good harvest and the students should be incredibly proud to see the fruits – and vegetables – of their labour!

It is always our vision to share this fresh, organic produce with the local community and, as a result, we have been delighted to donate vegetables from our school garden to our local foodbank.

Supporting our local community is an important part of who we are as a school. We believe that our responsibility extends beyond the school gates and that we have a part to play in caring for the people and places around us. Donating our organic, home-grown produce to the local foodbank gives our students a tangible opportunity to serve others and reminds them that we are all part of a wider community in which we can support and encourage one another.

This project has been a wonderful opportunity for our students to develop practical gardening skills while learning valuable lessons about teamwork, perseverance, sustainability, responsibility, compassion and service. It has shown them that giving to others is not simply something we talk about; it is something we can actively do.

We are extremely proud of our Garden Guardians and their commitment to making a positive difference — both in our school garden and beyond. Their hard work is a wonderful example of our Christian values in action.

Our third St Mary’s Community Theatre Trip proved to be another fantastic success as staff, students, parents, carers, family and friends came together for a wonderful evening in London’s West End to see the spectacular production of Oliver! at the Gielgud Theatre. It was another brilliant opportunity to spend quality time together outside of school and celebrate everything that makes the St Mary’s Community so special.

Although the performance began around 30 minutes late due to unexpected sound issues, any frustration disappeared the moment Fagin stepped onto the stage. Instantly winning over the audience, he cleverly went off script with a hilarious joke about his pickpockets being late too—a perfect nod to the delayed start that had the entire theatre laughing.

From that moment on, the production was simply outstanding. This fresh, completely reimagined version of Oliver! breathed new life into the much-loved classic, blending humour, energy and heart in equal measure. It was almost impossible not to laugh along, tap your feet, and quietly sing to the iconic songs. The incredibly talented children in the cast were nothing short of phenomenal, delivering performances full of confidence, charisma and professionalism.

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make another Community Theatre Trip such a memorable occasion. These evenings continue to bring people together, create lasting memories and strengthen the wonderful sense of community that makes St Mary’s such a special place.

Keep an eye out for details of our next theatre trip—you might just want to “be in the room where it happens!”