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NAS Advance Accreditation status

We are delighted to announce that following a reassessment by the National Autistic Society (NAS) we have retained our Advanced Accreditation status. According to official NAS criteria, an “Advanced” provision “provides highly creative and very personalised support to enable each …
24th January 2022

Hemmick – our therapy dog

We were all very happy to see Hemmick, our pets as therapy (PAT) dog back at school after the festive break. He brings so much joy as well as therapeutic benefits to the whole school community including: Physical benefits – …
24th January 2022

OHC&AT Christmas Card Winner

Pupils and students put their creative talents to great use entering the Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust (OHC&AT) Christmas card competition. The Trust received over 250 designs, so we were over the moon to hear that St Dominic’s student, …
14th December 2021

Bringing history to life

Year 4 pupils have been learning about the Great Fire of London. To bring their learning to life they designed, created and decorated houses from the period of 1666 and then set them alight during forest school. They witnessed how …
21st October 2021

We made the finals!

What an opportunity! St Dominic’s School football team qualified for the engage in their future 2021 7-a-side football tournament finals, held at St George’s Park in Staffordshire on 14th October. This followed matches played in the qualifying tournament in West …
15th October 2021

Work experience opportunity

Callum in Year 11 has made an excellent start to his work experience in the school kitchen at St Dominic’s. He has helped out with the daily preparation of school lunches and has excelled at working in a team environment. …
13th October 2021

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

Year 11 are getting ready for their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE), they went on a practise expedition from Black Down in West Sussex and back to school. Pupils had to use their communication, map reading and navigation skills and …
28th September 2021

Welcome Back to School!

We really cannot believe summer has come to a close and a new school year is underway. We have been so looking forward to seeing everyone back at school and we give a warm welcome to our new pupils and …
20th September 2021

Congratulations to our Class of 2021 on their GCSE results!

We are delighted to congratulate the Class of 2021 on their brilliant GCSE results. In the last 18 months our pupils and students have shown exceptional resilience and determination to ensure that their education was not impacted by COVID 19.  …
12th August 2021

Career Dress-up Day

Last week we had a career dress-up day for Years 3 – 8. Pupils came to school dressed up to represent a job. We had a newsreader, detective, builder, gamer, vet, footballer, restaurant worker, golfer, and a scientist. We were …
10th May 2021

Red Nose Day!

Teachers, students and pupils alike, had fun celebrating Red Nose Day today.  We will let you know next week how much St Dominic’s raised. Please see this week’s Friday Flyer for more photographs.
19th March 2021

Living Eggs!

Pupils and students had a lovely time last week, looking at and holding our newly-hatched eggs from ‘Living Eggs’. Living Eggs ‘Ready to Hatch’ is a two-week comprehensive programme which provided us with everything we needed to hatch chicks.   …
15th March 2021