Bennett Memorial Diocesan School

Semper Tenax

Excellence; character; service.
Semper Tenax

Excellence; character; service.
Semper Tenax

Excellence; character; service.
Semper Tenax

Excellence; character; service.
Semper Tenax

Excellence; character; service.
Semper Tenax

Excellence; character; service.
Semper Tenax

Excellence; character; service.

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Latest News

- a World Class School which keeps on improving
  July 10, 2020Bennett Memorial School is delighted to announce that we have been reaccredited as a ‘World Class School’. In 2017, Bennett joined just 60 other schools in the country in achieving this prestigious status, and we are now one of just ten schools this year to have received the award for a second time. Only schools […]...
- How GCSEs, AS & A levels will be awarded in summer 2020
  April 3, 2020Ofqual have now announced in detail the approach that the examination boards should take to determine GCSEs, AS and A levels this summer. Students, parents and teachers can read the announcement here There are links from the announcement to guidance for both schools and for students and their parents. As you would expect, we will […]...

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Bennett Memorial @bennettmemorial·

9 Jan 1348042641913606146

Well done to all @bennettmemorial students and staff for a week of live lessons. The 'new normal' proves excellence has many forms but one thing in common: it is still us doing it together.

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Jon Sparke @JonSparke·

6 Jan 1346873444873474050

Great to see the ingenuity of this ⁦@bennettmemorial⁩ teacher improvising a whiteboard in her kitchen to further enhance her remote teaching.

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Bennett Memorial @bennettmemorial·

4 Jan 1346219242887262209

Please see the latest @bennettmemorial guidance about remote provision for students following the Prime Minister's announcement this evening. https://www.bennettmemorial.co.uk/monday-4th-january-update-regarding-the-governments-lockdown-announcement/

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Headteacher’s Blog

Living hopefully
In 1991 Seamus Heaney’s play, The Cure at Troy was first performed. “History says, Don’t hopeOn this side of the grave,But then, once in a lifetimeThe longed-for tidal waveOf justice can rise upAnd hope and history rhyme.” These lines from that play resonate strongly with anyone who has studied the …