Senior School 14 Jan 22

Headmaster’s Headlines – 14.01.22

It is a stunning afternoon here at School. The School site looks beautiful today, bathed in sunshine with hardly a cloud in the sky. Sunrises and sunsets have also been breath taking; I wonder how many more days we can have like this as the winter progresses.

Sixth Form 14 Jan 22

Head of School Speech

During the Headmaster's Assembly today, Katherine Sawyer (Upper Sixth) delivered her Head of School speech, which you can read below.

Sixth Form 7 Jan 22

Head of School Speech

During the Headmaster's Assembly today Theodore Dransfield (Upper Sixth) delivered his Head of School speech, which you can read below.

Senior School 7 Jan 22

Indoor Hockey Success

Over the Christmas break, several of our pupils competed at the Indoor Hockey UK Championships. This is a tournament ran independently of England Hockey, aiming to give more athletes a taste of Indoor Hockey, in a highly competitive environment.

Perfect Parthenon

30th Sep 2022
Prep School

In Design and Technology, Year 3 pupils have journeyed back in time to view the architecture of Ancient Greece. They appreciated the magnificence and beauty of the temples built for the Greek gods and goddesses and wondered how such monumental, majestic buildings were built by hand!

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Revenons à l’essentiel!

30th Sep 2022
Prep School

This week, children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 have been getting back to basics (or revenons à l'essentiel) in their French lessons. A key component in language acquisition is frequent exposure to previously learnt words.

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NSEA Schools Equestrian Competition

30th Sep 2022

On Saturday 10th September, two Senior School pupils and three Prep School pupils travelled to Felbridge in West Sussex to compete in an NSEA Schools Equestrian Competition. Find out more about their success at the competition below.

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Head’s Lines – 30.09.22

30th Sep 2022
Prep School

At the end of a regular week in school, I hope we all now realise why we must not take that for granted. With lockdowns, bubbles, isolation periods and the recent death of Her Majesty, regular weeks have sometimes seemed like a distant memory.

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Exciting English

23rd Sep 2022
Prep School

The beginning of a new academic year is always a wonderful thing: new classes, new friends, new shoes and…new books! In English lessons this term, the children have begun studying an excellent range of class texts.

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Year 6 PGL 2022

23rd Sep 2022
Prep School

This week, our Year 6 pupils headed off on an adventure of a lifetime! They visited the PGL Marchant’s Hill Adventure Centre, in Surrey. With 45 acres of beautiful grounds packed with adventure activities, including raft building on the on-site lake, individual courage and determination were needed to succeed.

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Leadership Week 2022

23rd Sep 2022
Prep School

The Sutton Valence community is structured and operates to ensure that children are educated about the importance of community, their role in it and through that, their responsibilities in the wider community as citizens.

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Prefect Piece – Alice W

23rd Sep 2022
Prep School

Alice W (Year 6) talks in her prefect piece about her love for animals, her aspirations to get a job involving them and all of the fun pets that she has at home.

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