Author: Theresa Jones

Congratulations to our Year 11 pupils and Sixth Form students on their amazing results!

In what has been an extraordinary year in so many ways, we wanted to congratulate our Year 11 pupils and Sixth Form students on their amazing results. They have been a pleasure to work with and should feel very proud …
1st September 2020

St Dominic’s pupil – Paige, aka ‘Lil P’ – writes a song ‘Stop Bullying’

One of our many talented pupils, Paige (aka ‘Lil P’), has written an emotive, anti-bullying  song.  Read in her own words why she was moved to do this….. “I`m an English pop/rap artist, who goes by the name `Lil P`. …
16th July 2020

COVID 19 SAFEGUARDING UPDATE

Please click here to read our COVID 19 Annex to our Child Protection, Adult Protection and Safeguarding Policy.  
9th April 2020

Corona Virus : Update

Please click here to read the latest details of the measures being taken at St Dominic’s to manage the risk of infection from Corona Virus.
13th March 2020

St Dominic’s celebrates the 90th Anniversary of the arrival of its first pupil!

Monday, 13 January is the 90th anniversary of the arrival of the first pupil to St Dominic’s Open Air School for Boys, as it was then called. During the week there will be various events to mark this, starting with …
10th January 2020

OUTSTANDING RESIDENTIAL OFSTED JUDGMENT FOR ST DOMINIC’S SCHOOL

The report following the recent Ofsted inspection of our Residential Provision has now been published and we are delightedto announce that we have again been judged Outstanding. Click here to view the report.
13th December 2019

St Dominic’s marks Armistice Day with a silent presentation

On 11 November, staff, pupils and students marked Armistice Day and the two-minute silence by watching a powerful and moving silent presentation that had been prepared by Dr Rodell, one of our teachers. Click here to view the presentation
13th November 2019

St Dominic’s celebrates the best exam results in the school’s history!

We were absolutely delighted to congratulate our 2019 Year 11 cohort for the best results in the school’s history: –  27% of pupils achieved 5 or more GCSEs at a grade 4 or above, whilst 45% of pupils attained 5 …
20th September 2019

Activities Week at St Dominic’s!

Last week, pupils took part in a variety of fun activities both in and out of school as a reward for an excellent academic year. The behaviour reward trips visited LEGOLAND, Portsmouth and Chessington World of Adventures, pupils (and staff!) …
22nd July 2019

New Performing Arts Centre build – updated Time-Lapse Video

Click on the below link to view the latest time-lapse video of the Performing Arts Centre build, which shows progress up to 2 July.   Time-lapse video 020719
17th July 2019

Closure of the Residential provision at the end of the summer term 2020

We have received the formal approval letter from the Regional Schools Commissioner to close the Residential provision and increase the capacity for day pupils/students from 110 to 150, at St Dominic’s School. We will now be working towards closure of …
28th June 2019

St Dominic’s gains unicef’s Bronze ‘Rights Committed’ Award

We have been busy working in partnership with Unicef on their ‘Rights Respecting Schools’ initiative, and are delighted that we have just been awarded Bronze-‘Rights Committed’.  We are now working towards Silver-‘Rights Aware’. The Rights Respecting Schools Award uses the …
21st June 2019