LEH News and Blogs

We have reached the end of another action-packed academic year, and I am immensely proud of the wonderful achievements of both pupils and staff.

We have had an extremely busy summer term of sport and we would like to celebrate all our pupils who have participated and had great successes.

The sun shone, the world of politics forgotten for a few hours, and we celebrated a year of learning, ambition, achievement and fun.

Enrichment Week was its typically varied and welcome outlet for our pupils.

In our penultimate week of sport for this academic year, there has been some great successes in Athletics. 

On Wednesday LEH CCF capped off an amazing week of flying, having visited three airfields in eight days with a total of 24 flying slots!  Our annual total is now close to 50 flying opportunities!

Last weekend the Senior rowers were at Henley Women's Regatta - our penultimate race of the season and one of the most highly competitive regattas in the UK at Junior, University and Elite level. 

The sun was shining, the lines were freshly painted, and the atmosphere was electric!

On Wednesday 12th June we waved goodbye to U2 pupils and teachers as they headed off to the Isle of Wight for three days of fun and excitement at Kingswood Activity Centre.

What a busy week it has been! To mark Clean Air Day on Monday, we had an informative and thought-provoking assembly with online guest speaker, Peter Littlewood from the Young People’s Trust for the Environment.

On Thursday 20^th June LEH hosted its 3^rd annual Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) Presentation Day.

Finally a week filled with sunshine as we race towards today's Sports Day! A full round-up of Sports Day will follow next week.

Last weekend saw our LEH rowers take to the water again for the Reading Regatta, with great learning experiences for our younger crews as well as some great results!

I first found out about the Childnet film competition in September of Year 11 in form time. The short brief of ‘How to make the internet a better place’ was simple but interesting, it ventured many topics and ideas that I could cover.

Congratulations to Willow in L6, who was Highly Commended in the OxBright Essay Competition 2024!

On Saturday, I had the pleasure of joining Mrs Chippendale and the L2 and U2 swimming teams, at the London Aquatic Centre for the IAPS national swimming finals.

It has been a busy week for our tennis players due to rearranged games because of the poor British weather we have been experiencing. We have had some great results however.

A successful translator does not just replicate the content in another language; they recreate the text in a way that feels original and natural in the target language, which requires an excellent command of both languages and strong writing skills.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our first Green Day on Tuesday. Staff and pupils made efforts to wear green or animal print and some managed both!

I hope that you enjoyed the half-term, your daughters certainly seem well rested and full of energy for the last leg of the summer term!

National Schools Regatta held at Dorney Lake, Eton between 24th-26th May, is the biggest Junior rowing event of the year. Our rowers fought hard over three days of time trials, heats, semi-finals and finals against the very best rowers in the UK - and triumphed!  

The sun shone brightly for our Junior School Arts Festival on the Friday afternoon before half term. The Arts Festival is a community event and a testament to some very impressive teamwork!

Welcome to our Arts Festival celebration week! It has been an exciting time, with pupils, teachers, and teaching assistants working hard to prepare for today’s big event.

Last Saturday, two J14 quads travelled to Thames Ditton Regatta by rowing to the event from the Millennium boat house.

Despite the rain, we have had a great week of summer fixtures in the run up to half term.

The L4 cast of ‘MythBusters’, this year’s Theatre in Education Tour have been performing around local primary schools this week.

This year's U4/L5 play, 'The Trials', placed the audience in a 'hot-spot', often squirming uncomfortably in our seats as we were fast-forwarded to the world '2040' to watch just how the effects of how we currently live our lives will impact the environment.

On Sunday, the 19th of May, nine J13 crews travelled to Maidenhead Regatta. As it was our first regatta no one really knew what to expect, but the atmosphere on land was amazing.

Welcome to this week’s newsletter. It has been an eventful week, with Upper 2 pupils actively exploring the local area on their bikes while learning important road safety rules.

A beautiful sunny day on the picturesque river at Bedford was a great setting for the Bedford Regatta last Saturday.

A great week of sport in the sunshine starting with our annual parent and child tennis tournament raising money for the LEH Bursary Fund. 

On Friday, 10^th May we said goodbye in style to our U6 year group as they head towards their A level examinations via the annual U6 Graduation Ceremony.

Last week, we had the privilege of taking our future GCSE Computer Scientists from Upper 4 and budding Lower 6 on an exciting excursion to Bletchley and The National Museum of Computing.

LEH has launched a new initiative that aims to help parents understand more about the science behind teaching and learning. 

Beyond the classroom, pupils have been busy outdoors, enjoying clubs and sports, and making the most of the sunshine. Long may it last! 

On Bank holiday Monday, our J14 rowers braved the elements at Dorney Lake for the Junior Sculling Regatta.

The Midsummer concert 2024 was an uplifting concert of high-quality music from our younger performers, plus a hugely entertaining L6 a cappella group singing CeeLo Green - with moves previously unseen at LEH... 

A beautiful week of summer sports in the sunshine this week!

On Friday 3rd May, the Lower Sixth escaped on a wholesome leadership weekend in the New Forest, anticipating two days of constant rain.

This week four of our students were fortunate to spend the day at ISSP Dance Day which was run by the Rambert Dance School.

On Tuesday the 7th of May, four students from L4 and U4 went to Wilson’s School in South London to participate in the UKMT Junior Maths Team Challenge.

On Wednesday 8th May 2024, we went to the Ashmolean Museum, in Oxford, where we were met with a fantastic talk about the Romans and how they would have led their lives.

On Friday 26^th April, our annual Sports Awards Dinner took place with our current U5, L6 and U6 sports students attending, as well as our invited U6 parents.

This week, we had a very special visitor in school. Pupils and staff were fortunate to have the opportunity to hear from adventurer Anna McNuff.

Well it's always a difficult concert, this one, because we have to say farewell to our stunning Upper Sixth musicians, who have delighted us and been part of our lives for many years.

Despite the rainy weather we have managed to fulfil most of our tennis and athletics fixtures this week with some excellent results overall. 

We kicked off our Earth Day celebrations in vibrant style with a green-themed non-uniform day on Monday.

It was fantastic to get our tennis season underway this week with our first competitive matches.

Last night our Young Enterprise Teams, SHEild and Eclipse took past in the Richmond Show Case at St Paul’s School.

During Easter, the LEH-Hampton Robotics team participated in the 2024 Student Robotics competition, held in Southampton.

The Perse Coding Team Challenge’s second round was a showcase of computational prowess and collaborative spirit. Four trios, drawn from the ranks of U4, L5, and U5, engaged in a friendly yet fierce competition to solve complex coding challenges.

We are excited for the Summer Term and seeing our LEH students participating and competing in Athletics, Tennis and Cricket. We are also hoping for some sunshine!

LEH is the first UK school to take a group of students to visit the amazing Virgo Interferometer.

At the start of the Easter break, the Art History Department received some very exciting news from Art History Abroad, who run cultural travel courses in Italy and beyond for students and adults.

Over the past term, we have been learning about the artistic history of St Ives and, at the start of the Easter holidays, were able to find out for ourselves what drew so many artists to Cornwall c.1945.

The Easter break saw us run three Duke of Edinburgh expeditions: Training and practice expeditions for Gold sea kayaking and walking in Pembrokeshire and the Brecon Beacons and a qualifying walking expedition for our silver participants. 

Over the Easter holidays, the J15, J16, and Senior rowing squads went on a nine-day rowing camp to Sabaudia in Italy.

During the Easter holidays, 13 pupils went to Paris to reunite with our French exchanges after their visit to London, just 10 days before.

On Thursday 21st March 30 LEH Sixth Formers attended the Female Lead’s ‘Inspiring Careers of the Future’ event, in conjunction with GCHQ.

At the start of the Easter break, the LEH Lower and Upper Sixth History students set off for a trip to Paris to visit some sites of the French Revolution, as well as other landmarks around the city.

This term has been a whirlwind of activities and memorable highlights.

We have had another very busy and successful week of sport at LEH – our feet haven’t touched the ground!  Our pupils across the school have had a brilliant term of sport and we are really pleased with all their efforts and commitment to make it a successful season overall.

On Wednesday night, LEH hosted their first ever Classics Society Dinner with Hampton School.

We were delighted to welcome the big band from Riverdale Country School in New York. 

On Tuesday 12th March four of our L4 students competed in the second heat of the English Speaking Union’s Performing Shakespeare Competition.

Last week, Thursday 14^th March, the Mathematics Department celebrated Pi-Day.

The art of chamber music is a mysterious one.

The History of Art department have had a very exciting time recently as Mo (U6), having been selected to go through to the Articulation London Final.

On Friday the 8th of March, LEH celebrated International Women's Day in full force and a sea of purple.

On Saturday we were treated to the annual LEH and Hampton Joint Choral Society Concert.

To celebrate the start of Science Week, we had the pleasure of hosting artist Rory McCann, known for his dedication to art and wildlife conservation.

Last Thursday, I was delighted to be one of eight cadets who were selected to fly a two-seater Grob Tutor aircraft at RAF Benson, an active RAF base.

We have had another very busy week of sport at LEH with some fantastic results in various sports, highlighting our talented students!

Dr David James, LEH’s Deputy Head, was excited to attend the launch of his new book this week.

Just after Half Term, the U2s came over to the Jane Ross Theatre for their Production Week to work on ‘The Wizard of Oz’.

A few weeks ago we announced the three finalists from the Martindale Essay Competition. It gives me great pleasure to announce that this year’s winner of this competition.

In the evening on Tuesday 5th March the Art Department hosted a fascinating Art & Architecture Alumnae Talk.

The Rock, Pop & Jazz Concert is always a highlight of the school year and this year lived up to expectations.

Our two Young Enterprise businesses are award winning!

In celebration of National Careers Week the whole school were engaged in careers-related activities this week.

A very busy week on the Netball courts with some great results!

On Tuesday night, the Spoke Art Documentary Competition hosted the Awards Ceremony for their 2024 Prize at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Among the 60 films submitted this year, an impressive six L6 LEH students made the shortlist.

Anna Haugh, celebrity chef and restaurateur, delivered an inspiring lunchtime talk to students from all year groups on Monday.

On Tuesday, we went to Tonbridge School to compete in the National Spanish Debating Competition.

On Wednesday 28^th February, ten Biology students from L6 went to Royal Holloway (University of London) to learn about Rare Diseases.

LEH was one of 11 schools taking part in the annual Epsom College MUN Conference on Saturday 2nd March.

With spring around the corner, we are excited to announce this year's Arts Festival theme: ‘Wild About My World.’ The Arts Festival takes place on Friday 24 May and promises a fantastic showcase of art, music, drama, and poetry.

This week has been a busy week in the PE department and we have had much success with a variety of our teams.

At half term we took 45 students to Bardonecchia, Italy on our annual Ski Trip.

In February, some LEH Sixth Form students competed in the British Biology Olympiad.

This year we are lucky enough to have over 40 students taking part in Young Enterprise at LEH.

Well over a hundred students from LEH and Hampton School set up stalls, displayed posters and operated machinery to the edification and delight of hundreds more of their peers for this year's STEM Fair.

Welcome back, I hope you enjoyed the half-term.

We have had a great week back after half term with fixtures and we also have some fantastic individual sporting success to highlight!

32 Cadets from LEH CCF were trained on the L98 A2 Cadet Rifle at RAF Northolt on the 17^th and 18^th of February.

Over three quarters of the delegates at the bustling, well-attended annual Careers Evening at the end of January were former pupils returning to LEH to talk to current students about life after School.

Cabaret Fever has come to LEH once more!

There has been a wonderful balance of exciting and calming activities this week for Children’s Mental Health Week, from our Global Play Day afternoon, Mindfulness through Movement workshops, Anti-bullying workshops and our author visit from Cath Howe.

A very busy week of sport in the run up to half term with some great performances, both individual and team. 

On February 3rd, LEHBC rowing crews participated in Hampton Head, one of the most prestigious events of the spring rowing calendar.

On Thursday February 1st, eight cadets had an amazing opportunity to fly Grob Tutors at Benson RAF base.

L4 students enjoyed a day out to explore Neasden Mandir and Southall Gurdwara with the PRE Department.

In the Junior School, we pride ourselves on an exciting enrichment programme that includes trips, workshops, guest speakers and regular competitions.

We have had another busy week of sport at LEH with some brilliant results and personal achievements as well as many students participating in their chosen sports.

This past weekend LEH hosted our 15th annual LEHMUN conference, with five other schools in attendance and 32 delegations overall. 

On Monday 29^th January the U6 Director’s Ariana & Sophie produced their performance of Buckets by Adam Barnard. 

This Wednesday, U4 French students from LEH and Hampton were treated to a French play: Le Cours d’Art.

We are delighted to announce that Mo (U6) has been selected to go through to the Articulation London Final.

Our L6 students shone at a recent tech day in Horsham dedicated to enhancing their build for the upcoming April Student Robotics Competition.

79 intrepid programmers, spanning all key stages and including eight Juniors, fearlessly embraced the Oxford University Computing Challenge (OUCC).

I was delighted to meet with representatives from the School Council this week for an update on their proposals for the year.

Monday 22nd January saw the arrival of over 60 Year 9 linguists from our ISSP partner schools. 

Tuesday evening was filled with fascinating French debate, when we attended the Regional French Debating Competition at St Paul’s Girls' School.

An action-packed week of sports events for all our athletes.

The Thirds disco was a fantastic fundraising event for the school charity, SPEAR.

Congratulations to L2E on a fabulous family assembly this morning.

It's been a chilly start back to sports this week.

Welcome to the Spring term 2024!  

We are really excited to share with you the inaugural edition of ‘The Arts Archive’ – a History of Art magazine created and written in its entirety by a group of L6 students.

LEH has joined forces with other leading schools to call for urgent action to tackle the growing mental health crisis facing schools in the UK.  

Thank you to all our pupils and staff for a beautiful Junior School Carol Service today. 

A festive week for the Sports Department...

LEH CCF had the fantastic opportunity to participate in the Royal Air Squadron Trophy competition this year.

Our students have once again showcased their exceptional computational thinking abilities in the Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge. This year's competition was a resounding success, and we are thrilled to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our pupils. 

The perfect start to the Christmas season: heavenly heart-lifting music, moving words telling the story of the nativity, mince pies and mulled wine shared with friends - the Alumnae Carol Service had it all.

We've witnessed an electrifying display of skill and tenacity in the CyberFirst Girls competition, where five of our elite white-hat hacker teams stepped into the arena. And what a spectacle they gave us! 

A huge congratulations to all students who performed at the annual LEH Gymnastics display this year.

On Tuesday 14th November 2023, eight U4 LEH students attended an ISSP Science Day hosted by Hampton School.

Another successful and enjoyable day was had by all 27 enthusiastic LEH pupils, debating with great ardour, confidence and diplomacy at Benenden School's MUN Conference on Monday, 4th December.

The Friends and their merry helpers organised a fabulous array of stalls, entertainment and activities and I was delighted to see so many Junior School pupils and parents, enjoying the festivities.

LEH CCF took part in the London District Band Initiative, bringing together musicians from different contingents and services.

After a return to the 80s at Wednesday's Gym Display, we had a chilly day for South Schools Tournament taking place on frosty pitches on Thursday.

LEH Cadets made history, being the first from the contingent to be invited on an Air Experience Flight!

Hollywood hit LEH on Wednesday with our spectacular Night at the Movies Concert!!

Well done to U2E for a lovely family assembly this morning.

A very busy week on the Netball courts...

In mid-November, students in the U4 visited the First World War battlefields in Belgium and France.  We have just started learning about the First World War in our history lessons, so we were excited to see some famous sites associated to the war, famous for its futility and brutality.

This week the L6 Life Advice session was led by Drama and Eco Squad representatives to begin a conversation on sustainable period products.

LEH Foshan has been open to pupils since September 2020, but until this term, there was no opportunity to celebrate the opening of this fabulous new school.

On Friday the 17th of November, LEH had the privilege of hosting students from three local schools for a taster session of what a Model United Nations conference would look like, under the ISSP (Independent State School Partnership) programme.

Welcome to this week’s Friday newsletter - what a busy week it has been!

A busy week in the Sports Dept which saw action in Lacrosse, Netball, Badminton and Cross Country. 

This Remembrance Day, Saturday 11th November, 27 cadets and three staff members from our LEH CCF contingent travelled to Central London to participate in the annual Lord Mayor’s Show.

From the 2nd -5th November, U5 History students had the great opportunity to visit Berlin to enrich our knowledge of the Cold War and the Rise of the Nazi Party, core elements of our GCSE course.

During the October half term, L6 and U6 Psychology students visited the city of Vienna.

During Autumn half term, a group of Upper Fifth Spanish students travelled to the city of Salamanca to improve our understanding of Spanish language and culture.

Huge congratulations to everyone for two extraordinary Winter Concerts over the weekend. 

The CCF not only offers amazing experiences at LEH  but also benefits from being part of an organisation with over 40,000 cadets. 

Each half term we choose one of our school values to put under the spotlight, and during Monday’s assembly I asked the girls to think about what it means to engage in school life.

In early October, our entire new Thirds Year group headed to PGL Liddington for a fun packed few days of team building and making new friends.

On 21^st-28^th October, nine LEH and seven Hampton Sixth Form Spanish students travelled to the beautiful city of Granada for a week of work experience placements, cultural visits and language lessons.

Black History Month at LEH this year has been extremely successful, with several brand new events being widely attended by pupils and staff.

The Independent/State Schools Partnership (ISSP), is a vibrant educational consortium that nurtures collaboration between students and teachers from Hampton, Lady Eleanor Holles (LEH), and five local state secondary schools: Hampton High, Hollyfield School, Orleans Park School, Teddington School, and Tolworth Girls' School.

After a restful half term break, we are back in the swing of things with football and trampolining.

This October we were joined by a lively group of 35 German students from our partner school, the Ellenrieder Gymnasium in Konstanz, Germany.

I am still smiling to myself after the fabulous and uplifting U1E ‘Happiness’ themed assembly this morning.

Our Service Volunteer Lower Sixth students hosted an event for residents from local care homes at LEH this week. Guests were joined by pupils in the Thirds and enjoyed a quiz and some musical performances.

Leading into the half term break we have continued to have some great matches across our sports, with our LEH students demonstrating their skills and achieving some brilliant successes.

We are delighted to share a brand new publication, The Holles Economist, produced by students across LEH who take part in Economics Club.