News

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

Football star in the making!

Our Year 7 Pupil, Archie, joined Chelsea’s pan disability team in March this year. Every Sunday he plays with other children with a mix of abilities and a range of different disabilities.It’s a brilliant place to learn new skills and …
3rd December 2019

Children in Need

KS2 and Year 7 classes had lots of fun supporting the Children in Need Colour Fun Run. The aim was to collect each colour stamped on to their T-shirt. For each lap around the yard pupils collected a colour. There …
3rd December 2019

No Pens Day Wednesday!

Over a quarter of a million school children and young people across the UK took part in ‘No Pens Day Wednesday’, a day which is used to encourage schools and settings to put down their pens and to run a …
3rd 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

Our Christmas Fair!!

Click here to see all the details of our Christmas Fair!  Our pupils are working really hard to create enterprise gifts to sell at the Fair. Pupils are using  recycled or simple materials to make items to sell. There will …
11th November 2019

Art project

This term in Art, Year 7 have been looking at light and colour. During their project students have looked at how the work of one of our most celebrated British artists; Joseph William Turner influenced the Impressionists. Taking inspiration from …
29th October 2019

Hever Castle Triathlon

One student Alex participated in the Hever Castle Triathlon. He did a 200 metre swim in open water (his first time) followed by a 4k bike ride and an 1800 metre run! Alex completed this amazing feat independently and we …
29th October 2019

River Clean Up!

One of our pupils, Alfie, took part in the first Plastic Free Guildford River Clean Up. This was a voluntary activity and helpers were provided with litter pickers, high viz vests and bags. All the helpers walked a mile along …
29th October 2019

Macmillan Coffee Morning

The Sixth Form students hosted the annual Macmillan Coffee Morning.The students worked exceptionally hard with their teacher, Danielle, to produce some amazing cakes. They also organised the Sixth Form space so that it was laid out so that traffic moved …
29th October 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