Impressive Offers from UK, US and International Universities

Upper Sixth pupils are celebrating an impressive set of offers from UK, US and international universities, and the 2024 application cycle is far from over. It has been great to see girls…

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Orchestral Concert 2024

The biggest music event of the year for Wycombe Abbey, the annual Orchestral Concert, was held at St Mary’s Church, Marylebone, on Thursday 8 February. It was a resounding success, with some…

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Designing the Future

At Wycombe Abbey, we know that our parents are keen to keep up with the latest discussions regarding school curriculum, technological advances, and how their daughters can leave school ready for a…

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Spirit Week: A Whole School Celebration of Community

The Head Girl Team hosted Wycombe Abbey’s first School Spirit Week at the beginning of February. The main objective was to cultivate a week-long celebration encompassing all aspects of the school community,…

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From the Archives: Hester Leggatt (C37, Barry, 1924)

You may be familiar with the story of Operation Mincemeat, the deception operation that took place during the Second World War, in which the body of a homeless man was deposited off…

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Helping to Improve Health and Hygiene in the Philippines

Over the past few months, I established a charity project in the Philippines to promote health and hygiene amongst the entire population of primary school children on the remote island of Manamoc…

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Wycombe Abbey MUN 2024 is officially closed!

At the end of January, Wycombe Abbey welcomed pupils from 14 schools (including one from Spain!) to our annual Model United Nations Conference. Each delegate represented a country across one of five different…

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Senior Spotlights: A Dance Extravaganza

Senior Spotlights is always a memorable event in the School calendar. The event showcases a combination of choreography from Dance teachers, Dance Captains, and entries from the Choreography Challenge. This year, we…

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Flourishing@Wycombe: Power Skills

It is an enormous privilege to have taken up the post of Deputy Head (Pastoral) in January 2024 after a ten-year journey at Wycombe Abbey. I have gone from Housemistress of Junior…

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Creating Hieroglyphs and Broadening our Knowledge of History

The History Society meets multiple times each week, with around 40 pupils joining in. Each session explores a new topic, broadening the pupils’ understanding of the past. A recent highlight was learning…

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