On Tuesday 15th October, here at the Purbeck School we welcomed 25 German students and two teachers from The Bergstrassen School in Hemsbach. The pupils were buddied up with students from Year 9 and 10 who took them to lessons to give them an experience of
Today, the Department for Education (DfE) has released the first draft of performance measures for secondary schools on its website. Our school remains one of the highest ranked schools in the county. Unfortunately, there has been a delay in the inclusion of our BTEC Sport results
On Tuesday, a group of year 9 mathematicians, including myself, were invited to help out with ‘Marvellous Maths’. This involved year 5 students from different primary schools coming into the school for a morning of Maths activities. One of the activities was based on properties of
Sustrans Bike It Plus project launch on 21st October I’d like to introduce an exciting project that is starting at The Purbeck School this year. Bike It Plus is run by Sustrans, the country’s leading sustainable transport charity, and helps more people to be able to
A truly insightful morning learning about how Longleat operates as a business. The conference focused specifically on marketing concepts, using real life examples to support. Students were then able to explore the park, putting theory learned into practice. Year 11 students were even able to experience
As part of our behaviour policy, every lesson each student is given a score. Students receiving a 7 have exceeded expectations for the lesson. The following week the names of the students will be compiled and they will each receive a postcard home. Shortly after this,
Like many other schools in Dorset, at The Purbeck School, we are supporting Hope for Food’s appeal for donations this autumn. The charity relies on donations to feed homeless and other vulnerable people at soup kitchens in Poole and Bournemouth five times a week. They
Here at The Purbeck School we take our internet security very seriously. Which is why we have partnered with ESET, an award winning global security company, to protect our school from cyber crime and threats to the security of information. Our partnership with ESET means that
Thank you to everyone who came to the Open Evening last week. where over 500 people braved the torrential rain to visit the school. It was an excellent opportunity for prospective students and parents to tour the school and talk with staff and students. We would
Huge congratulations to Ben who has competed and won at the British Men’s Tumbling Championship which was held in the Birmingham Arena last week. It is an incredible achievement and we are so proud of him. The video link below shows Ben in action at the