Author: Theresa Jones

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 GCSE’s 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

RUGBY PERSONALITY DANIELLE WATERMAN TO ATTEND SPORTS DAY 21 JUNE!

Rugby Sports Personality Danielle Waterman is coming to our Sports Day tomorrow, Friday 21st June from 11:00am to 2:00pm. Danielle, also known as Nollie, is an esteemed and well respected rugby player and has made 82 appearances for England.  She …
20th June 2019

Work progresses on our new Performing Arts Centre

  Click here to view the time lapse photos
3rd June 2019

SUMMER FETE CANCELLED

We have taken the difficult decision to cancel the Summer Fete which was due to take place on Saturday 6th July. This decision has been reached due to the health and safety implications of the extensive building works currently taking …
24th May 2019

St Dominic’s Residential Closure Proposal

The school recently consulted, between Wednesday 30th January 2019 and Wednesday 20th March 2019, on a proposal to close the residential care provision at St Dominic’s School. The rationale for this change is to ensure the future financial viability of …
16th April 2019

Consultation on the proposal to close the residential care provision at St Dominic’s School

We are proposing to close the residential care provision as of July 2020.  The rationale for this change is to ensure the continued quality and sustainability of day provision at the school. A formal consultation, to seek feedback on the …
30th January 2019