Last weekend, the girls were engaged in a whole host of activities and much dancing on the first Closed Weekend of the Spring Term. There are two Closed Weekends each term where…

Although lessons provide valuable insight for pupils, many leave the classroom wondering what it’s like to experience environments, systems and people in the real world. As much as we’d like to take…

At the end of last term, we were delighted to welcome 12 pupils from Paddington Academy, one of our partner schools in London. This group of Year 10 girls were visiting Wycombe Abbey…

Well done to Fiona (UV) who took part in a film last summer aimed at promoting science as a career for girls and women. Fiona said, ‘The film is for the L’Oréal-UNESCO For…

Lacrosse is one of Wycombe Abbey’s major sports; it has been played for centuries and has a rich history which has developed over the years to make it more of a ‘spectator…

This term, our UIII Classicists have had the chance to read some myths from Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’, an epic poem in which the poet attempts to create a history from the creation of…

In the week of 13 November, we held our annual Reading Week. Throughout this time, teachers avoided setting prep, unless it was reading, and dedicated time in lessons to reading and related…

I am afraid that I do, very much, love an acronym. I don’t know why but I do, and recently I heard one that resonated with me. It was from the MD…

The Computer Science Department recently announced the winner of their UV competition on the Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Entrants had to come up with an idea for a new piece of…

This year, Wycombe Abbey announced two exciting initiatives aimed at sharing mathematical enrichment initiatives with our partner schools and more generally to those pupils who want to extend their knowledge. A Daily…