School Election The school will be holding a mock election on Thursday 12th December . We hope to field candidates from all the main parties and organise an electronic ballot. Please do encourage your son or daughter to take part in this event and to follow news of the general election on the news and […]
Remembrance Day is of vital importance, sharing stories and commemorating those who have fallen in past conflicts, including World War One. This year, the History Department at Verulam School is remembering The Great War by writing, delivering and broadcasting a special history podcast on the St Albans local radio station. This is about a local […]
Anti-Bullying Week 2019 is happening from Monday 11th November – Friday 15th November 2019 and it has the theme ‘Change Starts With Us’. Throughout the week we will running a number of activities to raise awareness across the school. Bullying is a issue which affects young people and adults in all aspects of life. At Verulam […]
Verulam Boys GCSE Success DfE Performance Tables 2019 The 2019 performance tables show Verulam pupils making above average progress at KS4. Their Progress 8 score of +0.22 places Verulam in the top third of schools in the country. Compared to the boys’ national progress figures -0.25 in 2018 Verulam pupils achieved almost half a grade […]
As a school we have been running a Mental Health Awareness week with today being World Mental Health Day. This week we have had lots of things going on to promote this topic including: Mental health posters around school Assemblies all week promoting positive mental health Taking part in the #Justtalk (which is detailed below). […]
Successful Open Day I would like to thank all those pupils, parents and staff who contributed to such a successful open day last Saturday. All the feedback we received was very positive about the school and was highly complimentary about our pupils. We are continuing to host tours for prospective parents every morning until 18th […]
Open Day I would like to thank all those pupils and parents who are joining us this Saturday for our Open Day. Due to the disruption this causes, there is a late start on Monday. Pupils should arrive for registration by 9.45am. Lessons will commence with Period 2 at 9.55am. New Website We are delighted […]
What I really enjoyed about the English Curriculum Enrichment Day was the play that Mr Brownlie produced in the hall. It was really fun to watch all the pupils in other forms do the play with the help of the teachers.They put on an amazing play by Shakespeare.The play is called ‘Macbeth’.The characters in this […]
It was a dark and stormy night (well, that is how stories normally begin, isn’t it?) in London and the British Library was closing. The staff were busy ushering late people out of the doorway and the security guards were donning their night vision goggles.The great Library was quiet, oh so quiet, the only sound […]
Why the Internet Needs Refurbishment The Internet. What a tool, what a token, what a topic. A stroke of brilliance from a man living right here in the UK. It’s your partner, a necessity in your daily routine, the backbone of modern society today, and the digital age we seem to be living in. Most […]
