The English Department stepped into Christmas together with their own amazing Festive Banger. After all – the admission’s free!

Mr and Mrs Woods’ wonderful Festive Banger duet is truly making it look a lot like Christmas!

Today’s Festive Banger comes straight from the enthusiastic Upper 3s (Year 7) in PE, who want to wish you a Merry Christmas!

For this Festive Banger, we join the amazing Junior School staff to take a nostalgic look back at Last Christmas…

Girls danced December away with some amazing jolly festive performances! Watch them below: Years 3 and 4 Year 5 Year 6

Upper 5 (Year 11) PE are just so excited for Christmas that they simply had to show it with this delightful Festive Banger rendition of “One More Sleep”!

Year 1 and 2 parents gathered together on a one-horse open sleigh for a joyous rendition of the classic “Jingle Bells”!

What better way to celebrate the end of the year than with a disco? Years 3 to 6 had a groovy time dancing the night away, adorned with tinsel and festive gear!

For our next Festive Banger, Mr Hibberd enjoys a cosy evening by the fire…

Delicious festive food is the highlight of the Christmas season for many of us! Girls have been hard at work in Food and Nutrition creating some truly tasty homages to the spirit of Christmas, with cracking Christmas cakes from Upper 4 (Year 9) and Upper 3’s (Year 7) lovely chocolate logs. What a wonderful treat

Our wonderful Support Staff gathered around the piano for a fairytale “Festive Banger”, complete with (fake) candles, a duet and an incredible ensemble!

We have another fabulous Festive Banger from none other than Dr Henderson, who is very much enjoying his drive home for the holidays!

Congratulations to this term’s top Maths practice Sparx scorers who were awarded their certificates earlier this month. Some of their results have been absolutely staggering and many have outperformed the national average by enormous margins! Tigs in Upper 4 (Year 9) has completely blown us away, scoring 14,951 points to win the ‘Best in School’

For our next Festive Banger, we have the Science department having a Wonderful Christmastime, and singing songs to show it!

Over 100 students, three choirs and an instrumental ensemble delighted audiences in St Matt’s Church at this Wednesday’s Christmas Carol Service. The musical talents on display were nothing short of a sparkling celebration of the Christmas season, with a delightful array of carols and prayers filling the grand venue. The Staff Choir was also on

Year 1 paid a visit to the stunning National Trust Killerton and thoroughly enjoyed exploring their traditional Christmas offerings. They had the chance to stroll through the stunning gardens and have fun with activities all throughout the frosty grounds. A magical trip all round!

Seeing the Maynard students be so excited about Christmas has inspired staff across the school to dive headfirst into the festive season too! Our long-awaited first “Festive Banger” of the year was performed by our marvelous Maths department, alongside instrumentals by Grace and Helena, flutists Miss Daniels and Mrs Dursley, and help from Maya (arms).

Audiences were delighted by today’s Junior School Christmas Singalong! Years 3 to 6 came together to perform a sparkling assortment of Christmas songs, from classics like “Hark the herald angels sing” and “Little Donkey” to fun hits like “Christmas Calypso” and “Nazareth”, plus some exciting instrumental performances from the amazing “Ukuladies”. A huge thank you

In the latest U12 hockey fixture, the girls played incredibly well against Torquay Girls Grammar School. The A team drew 2-2 in a tightly contested game, using the space well and gaining confidence throughout to travel with the ball. The B team won 4-0 and played exceptionally. Extra congratulations to Players of the Match Freya,

The Junior School Council have designed a wonderful Christmas star which is now taking pride of place in none other than Exeter Cathedral! The Maynard star will dazzle passers-by and represent our four values – Kindness, Courage, Integrity and Community. Lauren and Iris represented the School Council at the Star of Hope event earlier this

At today’s annual Reindeer Race, our Pre-Prep were raring to go as reindeers in training, flying by with antlers and bells galore. Motivated by jolly Christmas music and the ever fabulous Mrs Fabian, they worked together in teams to dash across the PAC, clearing obstacles and getting to grips with some sparkling tinsel reins. Rudolph

Our Year 6 girls shared their joyful festive spirit with our friends at The Lodge Care Home yesterday by performing some beautiful Christmas carols. They had a wonderful and appreciative audience who absolutely loved hearing the girls perform classic songs, and the afternoon ended with wide applause and fuzzy feelings all round. Thank you to

We’re so pleased to hear some really exciting news from Paris! Alumna Nat, after having been such a brilliant A-Level French student last year, is now having the most prestigious and memory-making experience on her gap year before she follows her dreams of taking her French studies to university… “I have recently started the Cours de

Pre-Prep put on a delightful Christmas show this week, bringing home the holiday spirit with a heartwarming tale of snowmen, robins, snowflakes and more. What a wonderful way to celebrate the festive season – well done everyone!

The Middle School Choir and Chamber Choir were delighted to lend their voices to the Lord Mayor’s Carol Service, filling up the lofty and atmospheric Exeter Cathedral with memorable festive music alongside Exeter Railway Band. The service was raising money for the Lord Mayor’s chosen charity, Force Cancer Charity, and The Maynard was the only

The History department were thrilled to visit Buckland Abbey with our delightful Lower 4 yesterday. The former home of Sir Francis Drake was beautifully decorated for Christmas and the students were treated to fascinating facts about the Tudor celebration of Christmas on our tour, alongside learning about Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe. Undoubtedly, the highlight

The tightly contested Junior School House Hockey competitions have now come to a close! Despite rain, snow and hail, the girls have so enjoyed their training sessions this hockey season and performed superbly with lots of support from wonderful parents too. In all three house competitions, everyone represented their houses with pride, showing how well

Congratulations to our fabulous equestrian team who have qualified for the NSEA Eventers Challenge National Finals in May! Georgie, Polly, Sophie and Sienna were on flying form at the recent qualifier at Bicton Arena, coming second in class and sailing through to the finals. Hallowed Hickstead here we come!

Massive congratulations to Upper 6th student Lilly, who received the Blue Boy Award from the St. John’s Hospital Educational Foundation! Her citation is nothing short of inspiring: A fabulous student throughout her time at the school, this student wears her heart on her sleeve and has sought out every opportunity to act as an advocate

Last week, the U13 A & B Hockey team played their last game of the friendly season versus Uffculme. They had a fantastic finale and faced down the cold weather and snow to win their matches 7-1 (U13 A) and 6-0 (U13 B) – meaning that this is their second unbeaten hockey season in a