On Thursday 7th March, 41 eager Year 10 students left Hazelwick bright and early for a French & Art Trip to Paris with Mrs May, Mr Chalmers, Mrs Hay, Miss Holbrook, Miss Kempton and Mrs Aitken.

This year’s World Book Day takes place on Thursday 7th March, and I thought I would detail our plans for this year, including a visit from author Jennifer Claessen. I have also featured the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration as Mrs Bridgman is looking for student volunteers to help judge a s...

Alongside Mr Chalmers, Mr Leadbitter and Mr Croft, I had the pleasure of watching presentations from nine teams, three from Year 10 and six from Year 12, who pitched their business plans in the hope of being chosen to represent our school in the Youth Enterprise Challenge.

On Wednesday 29th November, Mr McIver and I took a group of Year 12 students to spend the day at St. John’s College, Oxford. The day was full of useful advice and tips: the Oxbridge application process was explained in detail; current students at St. John’s College talked about...

You will be aware that at the beginning of October we were visited by a team from Ofsted for a full school inspection.  We are still celebrating the publication of our fantastic report, which was sent to all parents/carers earlier this month.  Ofsted judged Hazelwick to be ‘outstandi...

After a slight change to the proposed musical due to such a fabulous turn out from our Key Stage 3 students, the audition process for ‘Annie’ began in the last week of September.  Over 70 students gathered around the piano in South Hall as Mr Bayliss and Miss Moore taught the eager...