Best ever GCSE Results in 2015

Richard Kelly

Congratulations to all our pupils on a fantastic set of examinations results this year. The overall pass rate at GCSE has risen for the fourth consecutive year to our best ever figure of 76% for pupils gaining 5 or more A*C grades including English and maths. The average points score has also risen significantly from … Continued

STUDENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE & HEADS OF HOUSE – 2015-16

Mr N BRIGGS

All roles have now been allocated and the Student Executive Committee for the 2015-16 academic year will be as follows: President – Charley McInerney Vice Presidents – Carrie Gandemer &  Rebecca Reilly CLOTS and Charity Officer (Associate Senior Committee Member) – Hannah Roberts   Student Voice Rep (Al, Be, Ca, Cl) – Felise Martin Student Voice … Continued

End of Term Mass

Mr L LYNCH

Thank you to everyone who helped make our end of term, and end of year Mass so special – If you were there, that means you! Some numbers: 1 priest. 1 alumni sound engineer. 1.5 hours of pack down 2 exhausted caretakers (see above and below!). 4 hours of set up. 5 readers. 6 sacristans. … Continued

Arts For Change

Richard Kelly

Arts for Change: a three day Art / Drama / Music AG&T collaboration between Year 8 students and staff from St Joan of Arc, St Clement Danes, Queens’ and Watford Palace Theatre. Following an initial workshop from The Time to Change campaign, students from the three schools were led by Arts Professionals in exploring the … Continued

Year 10 History Trip – Somme 2015

Mr J COOPER

Sixty seven Year 10 History students visited the battlefields of the Somme at the end of June. During our trip we visited cemeteries to the British, Commonwealth and German war dead, trench systems, and a museum. At these locations we witnessed the scale of loss in WW1 on both sides and how deadly WW1 actually … Continued

Product Design Paper Mill Trip

Miss N GODWIN

A group of pupils attended Aplsey Paper Mill to learn how to make paper for GCSE Product Design.

Computing Enrichment Day at Hertfordshire University

Miss N GODWIN

A group of pupils from years 8, 9 and 10 attended Hertfordshire University for a Computing Enrichment Day. The day included programming robots, coding with the Raspberry Pi, App development and two inspirational talks by a Master Inventor at IBM and Kate Russell from BBC Click.

Einstein’s Army

Richard Kelly

St Joan’s  very first science journal – Einstein’s Army –  written by pupils for pupils has been released and is available HERE and can be accessed from the right hand menu of this website.. Please enjoy reading.

A.R.C Food Bank Initiative

Miss T GAUGHAN

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Year 9  for all their generosity with supporting the  food bank drive. We feel the food bank is a great cause to support, it has made us aware of the sufferings that people in our local community are going through and it felt great to offer … Continued

** NEW ** The Library Blog

Richard Kelly

  The School Library has launched a new Blog. Click the Image above to visit. Don’t forget to bookmark this site for future reference