The Year 5 girls have been learning about Just So Stories, exploring their features in preparation for writing their own Kipling-esque animal stories. 5GW had a timely visit from Mrs Willcock’s dog Ralph, which helped to inspire some story title ideas… ‘How the Unicorn Got Its Horn, How the Cat Got Its Tail, How The

We all love the Tregear Art Rooms! Not only are they glorious architecturally with their huge windows and vast swathes of Virginia creeper outside, but they’re a hub of enormous creativity … as testified by our lovely Year 6s who have been producing some stunning Pop Art! Not ones for a silent classroom, they were

There was much scratching of heads as our judges battled to separate the entries in our ‘Secret Me’ art competition for Years 7 – 9 (Upper 3 – Upper 4)! It really was the toughest of tasks but, when push came to shove, they all unanimously agreed that Molly’s quirky and creative depiction of her

We absolutely love a good trip … and our Year 2 girls were treated to a fabulous day out at the Tiverton Toy Museum in early October. They devoured the opportunity to dress up like little Victorians and play with all the toys through the ages, culminating in a fascinating discussion (with very astute observations)

The Fabulous 4s had a fantastic day out at the Plymouth College Hockey Festival, playing some lovely games against Truro School, Stover School, Mount Kelly and the hosts. Not only did they have enormous fun, they came away having improved their play considerably during the course of the afternoon – a very, very well done

We’re so proud to be partnering with some of our local schools and sharing our professional expertise wherever we can. Huge thanks to the lovely Miss Cousins who is wholeheartedly epitomising our charitable ethos by heading over to St Leonard’s Primary School in her free time to take a PE lesson with their Year 3s

Enormous congratulations to Zoe (Lower 5) who has been selected onto The National Youth Orchestra’s ‘Inspire’ programme, giving her access to incredible hands-on workshops and residencies across the country. This is a dream come true for Zoe who absolutely loves her music and recently gained a Distinction for her Grade 8 Viola. We wish her

Award-winning Classicist, Emily Hauser, gave a wonderful reading of her new book, “Ancient Love Stories”, and spoke about Sappho and the Sacred Band of Thebes in her talk in September. It was wonderful to hear such a range of stories about love and different types of relationships. The girls were particularly enthusiastic to hear her

Huge congratulations to our equestrian athletes, Georgia and Hannah, who competed in the NSEA dressage qualifiers at Bicton Arena last weekend. They both produced beautiful tests, with Hannah taking third place on a score of 74.42% in a hugely competitive Prelim Class and, in doing so, qualifying for the National Championships at Addington in October.

Mrs Wood always runs a mega-exciting lunchtime Science Club and the Lower 4s had a great time earlier this week mastering the art of slime making. It’s a whole lot harder than you would imagine, with exact measurements required on top of a rigorous and lengthy kneading process. Such precision, however, only heightens the sense

Our Under 13 Hockey teams kicked the new season off to a flying start on Wednesday with both the As and Bs scoring two excellent victories against The King’s School in Ottery St Mary. This certainly bodes very well for the term ahead and fingers crossed they can maintain the momentum and repeat their incredible

Our Under 14 and Under 13 teams enjoyed a fabulous few days of sport, friendship, adventure and laughter at the GSA Condover Hall netball residential at the weekend. This stunning Elizabethan manor house in Shropshire provided the perfect backdrop to a competitive couple of days of netball fixtures culminating in a silver medal for the

Our friends and neighbours in The Lodge Care Home were treated to a wonderful afternoon of entertainment courtesy of our talented Year 4s! Under the musical direction of Mrs Smith, who we are so incredibly lucky to have as our Head of Junior School Music, the girls sang a beautiful array of musical numbers to

Halloween may be over, but Year 6 still enjoyed whipping up some blood smoothies to learn more about the human circulatory system. The sweets represented the red blood cells, the marshmallows were the white blood cells, some cereal hoops were added to represent platelets and orange juice was used to represent the plasma. Tasty!

Our budding musicians in the Reception Class enjoyed a wonderful first lesson with Mrs Smith this week (Wednesday 20th September), learning all the names of the classroom percussion instruments and the many different ways to play them. And, as Mrs Smith also points out, “Just as importantly, they also learned the signals to stop playing!”

It’s back! Forest School in all its glory has started the academic year with a bang, and all our Pre-Preppers had the most wonderful time scampering around in the sun on Friday. Featured in this photo are the Year 1s, enjoying a well-earned rest on the bench with Mrs H-T after a busy morning of

What a cracking day our GCSE and A-level PE students had on Thursday 14th September 2023 at the ‘Girls Go Gold’ Conference at The Abbey School in Reading! It really was the most incredible celebrity fest, featuring a star-studded cast with some of the most famous names from British sport EVER! The day began with

There’s a new girl on the block in the Junior School! We are delighted to report that Gracie has settled in beautifully and is making lots of lovely new friends. As our youngest joiner this year, she’s really looking forward to lots of fun and naughtiness in the coming weeks and is always on hand

Term kicked off on Wednesday 6th September 2023 in fine style with beautiful sunshine and plenty of smiles. How wonderful to see familiar faces once more, whilst also warmly welcoming our lovely new girls into the fold. Here’s to some fabulous weeks ahead!

GCSE RESULTS: Best set of results ever Students, families and teachers alike at The Maynard in Exeter were celebrating the best set of GCSE results ever achieved at the school with a record 34% of Grade 9s – absolutely bucking the national trend and higher even than the inflated grades of 2020-22 when Centre Assessed

Students at The Maynard School in Exeter have absolutely smashed it once again with several scoring a clean sweep of A* and As in their A-levels and, most crucially, the vast majority gaining their first choice at university. “It is quite remarkable what these girls have achieved and I am so proud of each and

Each year this event gets more spectacular! We were blown away by the breadth of talent among the students and staff, with 15 impressive acts from tap dancing to rap and comedy to fashion shows. The winner of this year’s show was Rose (Upper 6) with her beautiful rendition of ‘Because of You’ by Lana

Staff, students, visiting schools and our parent body alike all thoroughly enjoyed our two ‘Speak Out’ conferences on Wednesday 29 March 2023, organised by our Diversity & Inclusion Committee. We were treated to riveting and incredibly thought-provoking speeches from a range of speakers, including our Sixth Form students Lilly and Hams, followed by a lively

We celebrated another sensational World Book Day on the 2nd March – a much-loved favourite of staff and students alike. To start the proceedings we were treated to a delightful costume parade with the Junior School and Pre-Prep which saw oompa-loompas, princesses, witches, dinosaurs, tigers and many more beloved characters come to life; even Nula

Maynard was busier than normal for 2am on Friday 10th February, as 45 students and five staff gathered, with passports in hand, and set off for Heathrow airport, bound for New York…  …or so we thought.  It was only after we began our early check-in that we were told our flight would now be delayed

The whole school descended in their droves on the Food & Nutrition room yesterday lunchtime with everyone eager to get a glimpse of the always-fabulous Upper 4 Christmas Cake exhibition. It is such a highlight of the year for so many of us, displaying such a remarkable mix of talent, creativity and humour in equal

As she approaches the end of her first term at The Maynard, we asked Director of Sport, Mrs Lewis-Weeks, about her experience and ambitions. How has it been stepping into your new role at The Maynard School?  Busy! Starting a new school is always a challenge, but the environment at The Maynard School make it

We are absolutely delighted to have consolidated our place as the top school in Devon in the Daily Telegraph’s ‘Best UK private schools by A-level results 2022’. Not only that, but our 52nd place nationally also puts us (by some considerable distance) as the leading independent school this side of Bristol and Bath! And, when

Enormous congratulations to Joey (Upper 5) who scored so highly in last term’s Hamilton Mathematical Olympiad that she was awarded a distinction and, we have subsequently learned during the summer holidays, a bronze medal which puts her firmly in the top 1% nationally for students her age. Joey qualified into this particular Olympiad as one

Our talented and industrious Old Maynardian, Alice, has been awarded a prestigious Undergraduate Scholarship by IMechE (Institute of Mechanical Engineers) to fund her university studies. We asked her about the rigorous application process and how it feels to have successfully made it through. What led you to apply for the scholarship? Mr Bowler encouraged me