Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, Welcome to the 2025–26 academic year! Friday saw our new Year 7 and 12 students join us, and by Monday everyone was back, and the school was buzzing with energy. Students were upbeat and eager to be back, and I...

Dear parents, guardians and friends This is our last SLT blog of the academic year – thank you for sticking with us! The summer term is coming to a close, we have held our presentation assemblies celebrating the efforts and achievements of our students, and we will...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends As we gallop to the end of another academic year, our school seems to get busier with lots of exciting activities. Our Year 12 geographers spent most of last week basking on the sunny beaches of Swanage to complete the field work...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends   Last week was the week of transition…Year 6 were in school on Wednesday to feel a sense of what coming to the Holt in September will be like, their parents attended a Welcome Evening on Thursday where we shared our vision for...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, This week’s blog begins with an ending.  On Monday evening, we celebrated the Sixth Form Leavers’ Party – a truly special occasion marking the end of a significant chapter for our amazing Year 13 students. For most of them, it’s...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, On Tuesday last week Mrs White and Miss Digby took 24 Year 7&8 athletes to Queen Anne’s School for a Reading athletics competition. Well done to team Holt who won the event out of 8 schools and 17 teams at the competition. Well...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends As we approach the final stretch of the academic year, there’s a real buzz around the school – not just from the ongoing exam season, but also from the preparations taking place to welcome our next cohort of students. Transition...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends As May rolls into June, so we begin the final half term of our school year. It’s going to be a busy one, and I’m sure it will fly by – “summer’s lease hath all too short a date”. For our students in Year 11 and 13, I imagine many of...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends The end of this week leads us nicely into the half term break. Whilst it has been a short one, four weeks and four days due to two bank holidays; we have still managed to pack lot in and feel this is a well-deserved break for all....

Dear Parents and Guardians   Last Friday Year 13 celebrated their last day in fancy dress.  The students thanked their teachers, enjoyed plenty of cake and then at lunchtime they had to choose between blue Sherbert, crushed Oreos or Kit Kat topping on their ice...