The U15 cricket team were absolute stars at last week’s Chance to Shine cricket competition! With fun matches playing Exeter School, Blundell’s and West Buckland School, they showed great teamwork and became more confident with every game – an even bigger achievement considering that they are entering competitive cricket for only the second season. Well

This week our U12, U13 and U15 netball teams kept warm in the wintry weather with a series of exciting netball matches against Truro School. All teams played exceptionally well, remaining super resilient and smiley despite the cold, and it was really clear that the girls listened to pointers from training and brought their A

It’s Thesaurus Day, but how could we possibly find enough words to describe The Maynard? Armed with a trusty whiteboard and pen, we called in some of our amazingly creative girls to help and tell us how they’d describe the school. They came up with some delightful definitions!

Year 4 unleashed their wild side for yesterday’s trip to a Double Elephant Print Workshop at Exeter Phoenix, producing a host of bright and bold prints on the theme of animals in their habitats. Artist Simon Ripley did a superb job teaching the girls all about printing. They had the opportunity to have a go

Upper 5 have officially let their hair down for a truly exciting trip to London now that mock exams are finished! The girls are ending this week by taking in iconic sights like the London Eye, basking in the heart of performing arts at the Globe, learning about history at the Imperial War Museum, exploring

A team of STEM superstar Lower 4 (Year 8) girls put their skills to the test today for the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Faraday Challenge Day, facing off against teams from other local schools to create a solution to a real-world problem. We were very happy to host the challenge in the PAC,

Upper 4 (Year 9) embarked on their own fantastical journeys into a dreamy artistic landscape with their ventures into surrealism, letting imaginations run wild. We’re captivated by their big ideas, which look right out of a daydream!

What better way to celebrate the excitement of the new year than with some fantastic creative expression? Upper 3 (Year 7) created these exuberant renditions of celebrations, skillfully using pencil crayon, watercolour and acrylic paint to produce some delightfully bold and bright pieces of art. Lovely work!

Our Ten Tors teams did amazingly well to tackle the winter wilds again yesterday for their third training weekend on Dartmoor, as they continue to prepare for this year’s Ten Tors Challenge in May. The teams’ focus for the Sunday walk was on fast, effective navigation over some extremely testing terrain. Indeed, the routes involved

This week we welcomed back our wonderful students and staff for what is sure to be an exciting, fun-filled spring term! We hope you had a lovely break! To help you start the year with a good laugh, here’s a roundup of some of our favourite funny festive bloopers from December…

It’s time for our last Festive Banger of the year and The Maynard Street Boys are back with their next hit single, set to top the Christmas charts! Could their cover of “Stay Another Day” make it all the way to number 1?

Pre-Prep and Junior School got to experience their own Magical Maynard Christmas with this fun twist on the retelling of the classic story, “‘Twas the night before Christmas”…

Bursting with energy and in top form as always, the PE department treated us to a marvellous “Mistletoe” Festive Banger…

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).