It’s about half-an-hour before dawn on the last day of the holidays. Entrance exam day at The Abbey. Soon hordes of 10 and 11-year-olds will be here for a day of assessment, but arriving before them:…

We have a simple mission at The Abbey: to change and develop our students’ lives for the better, and to change the world. Rather - to help them change it.

One of the privileges of my role is that I often get the chance to observe lessons. I love having the opportunity to drop in on classes across the different year groups and the fantastic range of…

As an English teacher, I am often brought into contact with perceptions channelled via traditionally-formulated binary oppositions. Is an answer right or wrong? A character good or evil? Should we…

At The Abbey, we’ve always sought to show the full spectrum of womanhood across age, race, religion and more. Our staff and student community mirrors the diverse world in which girls are rightly…