Upper 4 (Year 9) have again been doing a fantastic job of learning languages and stretching their limits in the GCHQ National Language Competition! The competition encourages budding linguists to discover their aptitude for language learning via solving puzzles and scoring points, and in addition to working hard in MFL lessons, Upper 4 have been

A luxurious Yuletide chocolate log is just the tasty treat to tuck into this season! Brilliant Upper 3 (Year 7) bakers have been artfully making their own chocolate logs and beautifying them with a host of festive adornments, from delicate snowflakes and edible glitter to Christmas stockings and Santa figures.

Our Head, Mrs Gregory, welcomed fantastic Year 5 into her office last week to share some delicious hot chocolate – an essential in such cold and blustery weather – and learn all about how they’re finding this year at school! Over warm drinks and freshly-baked Maynard cookies, each class had a wonderful discussion with Mrs

We are delighted to announce that we’ve been crowned The Sunday Times Independent School of the Year in the South West. This prestigious title recognises our exceptional academic achievements in addition to our dedication to fostering a nurturing and happy environment for all students. The Times & Sunday Times Parent Power identifies more than 1,600

We’re so incredibly proud to offer a tremendous congratulations to outstanding Upper Sixth (Year 13) student Willow for being one of the latest recipients of a prestigious Blue Boy Award! Blue Boy Awards are given by the St John’s Hospital Educational Foundation to selected local students going above and beyond to be as true pillars

The sky is most certainly NOT the limit for our Sixth Form STEM students, who came away from last Saturday’s UK Space Design regional finals with a truly tremendous win! The out-of-this-world challenge held at the University of Exeter tasked students from eight schools with drawing on their knowledge of physics, engineering, economics, design and

It’s beginning to look a lot like Chris-maths! Our Junior School Governor, Mr Holland, brought Christmas fun with a maths twist to Year 5 yesterday – using paper and Christmas cards, girls got stuck in to making beautiful festive stars out of kite shapes and sparkling dodecahedron baubles. Their brilliant handiwork is now decorating the

Year 3 have been learning all about the Neolithic wonder that is Stonehenge, and created these beautifully atmospheric mixed media collages to capture some of the monument’s awe-inspiring presence. Tying in with their lessons on the prehistoric world, they mixed vibrant paints together to create a stunning sunset backdrop, then used collage skills to carefully

We have extremely exciting news to share from last Friday’s Children In Need Day fundraising fun! Thanks to the incredible kindness and generosity of our wonderful school community, we raised a whopping £1,020.34 for this amazing charity. How brilliant it was to see so many of our girls and families fully embracing the spirit of

The brilliant U16 badminton players absolutely smashed it at their latest fixture! They were amazing advocates for the school and incredible on the court at yesterday’s District Badminton Competition, winning a mightily impressive 7/10 games and coming 2nd overall. Very well done to them for such a fantastic result!

What could the space outside Exeter Library be transformed into with the help of fresh ideas and creativity? At the Cityscape Architectural Design competition organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects, two amazing Maynard teams had the chance to explore their wildest imaginations and come up with their own answers to this question! Girls

The incredible U14 hockey team had a brilliant match against Kings Ottery this week and worked super hard to practice their tactics ahead of the Regional finals, having boatloads of fun in the process. Great job as always everyone!

The Maynard Staff Players enchanted hundreds of our lovely school community this week with three showings of their latest theatrical endeavour, Murder at Checkmate Manor! This scintillating, scandalous and shocking murder mystery had the audience in peals of laughter the entire time, with cackle-worthy performances from the industrious butler, the brooding (yet charming) detective, the

Seeing fluffy yellow ears and bright polka dots everywhere you look can only mean one thing… it’s Children in Need Day! Girls enjoyed a Mufti Day and a range of Pudsey activities, from making their own Pudsey mask in Forest School to a themed inter-house quiz in assembly. In true unique and whacky Maynard fashion,

Maynard sport just isn’t slowing down! The Area Cross Country at Blundell’s School earlier this week saw vibrant sunshine – not your typical cross country weather! – and all our girls having a great time pushing themselves to their limits despite the unusually warm temperatures. They ran brilliantly with amazing results – special shout-out to

We’re continually blown away by the absolutely amazing sporting achievements coming in every day this term! Today we’re celebrating the fabulous U14 badminton players who had a fantastic time at their Area Badminton Competition at Clyst Vale on Tuesday. Girls had a terrific attitude as always and it was lovely to see them cheering each

Earlier this week our U12 and U13 hockey teams thoroughly enjoyed fun fixtures with our local friends, Exeter Cathedral School! Girls played some amazing hockey, putting everything they’ve been learning in training into practice, and came away in brilliantly high spirits. It’s always lovely to play a great game with our neighbours – thank you

One sock, two sock, red sock, blue sock… it’s Odd Socks Day! We’ve seen mismatched socks of all shapes, patterns and colours today, all in the name of celebrating what makes us unique this Anti-Bullying Week!

The Ten Tors 2025 season is off to a flying start! Last weekend 45 girls put their best foot forward, ‘trying out’ for this year’s squad and the opportunity to take on one of the most ambitious challenges for young people in the South West. Our amazing adventurers threw themselves wholeheartedly into this initial outing