Sixth Form Open Evening
Thu 20th November 2025
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Sixth Form Open Evening Thu 20th November

Hertswood Academy invites you to join us for our 2025 Sixth Form Open Evening. Meet our enthusiastic students and staff, and explore our world-class Academy building. Doors will be open from 5:00-7:00pm.
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🌟 More from yesterday's outstanding Open Evening at  . We are very grateful to our staff and students who worked hard to make the event such a success! 🏆
@ HertswoodUK - Oct 02, 2025
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🙏 Many thanks to all of the families who attended the  Academy Open Evening last night! We were delighted so many members of our community were able to meet our students and staff, and see in person why Ofsted graded us Good in all areas! 🏫🥳
@ HertswoodUK - Oct 02, 2025
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A huge congratulations to two of  's former Head Students, Dr Mollie Georgiou and Dr Bradley Hopkins, on earning their doctorates! 🎓👏 Mollie is now a qualified Educational Psychologist, while Bradley is making good use of his PhD in Sustainable Chemistry!
@ HertswoodUK - Oct 02, 2025
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🎥🏅 Enjoy a new perspective on the  Summer 2025 Sports Day, with video from the school drone, showing some of the many activities in which students competed. Congratulations to 🔴Somerville on their overall win! youtube.com/watch?v=MhQYx3Yv…
@ HertswoodUK - Oct 01, 2025
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‼️Open Evening is this Wednesday‼️ Enjoy a tour of our fantastic facilities, refreshments from our restaurant-quality canteen providers, and a chance to speak with our enthusiastic students and staff.
@ HertswoodUK - Sep 29, 2025
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🔵🟢🟡🔴  ‘s House Captains for 2025-26 will represent and lead their Houses of 🔵Cavendish, 🟢Darwin, 🟡Nuffield and 🔴Somerville through the school year!
@ HertswoodUK - Sep 24, 2025
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📢🎓 We are delighted to present  Academy's Sixth Form Senior Team for 2025-26, starting with this year's Head Students and Deputies, who play a vital role in school events and shaping its future.
@ HertswoodUK - Sep 24, 2025
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🍵🎂 If you would like to join us for a morning of cake and coffee this Friday from 9am, please register at  calendly.com/hertswood. 📅 We encourage donations to  , either in-person or online at  donation.macmillan.org.uk. 🙏
@ HertswoodUK - Sep 24, 2025
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✨🎤 Today  was thrilled to host girl group XO for live performances. They performed some of their songs and spoke to students about maintaining a healthy mindset, from finding inspiration to positive affirmations. An inspiring day for all! 🎶
@ HertswoodUK - Sep 23, 2025
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🌟  held exciting career events last term, welcoming Gristwood & Toms for a talk on apprenticeships, and Sky Studios and Clarion Housing shared insights on work experience and construction skills. Year 12s had mock interviews and met with inspiring alumni. 🎓
@ HertswoodUK - Sep 19, 2025
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🧪 A huge congratulations to  Year 13 students on their brilliant results in the British Biology Olympiad! We are especially proud of our Silver Award winner, who placed in the top 10% nationally! Well done to all students involved! 👏
@ HertswoodUK - Sep 19, 2025
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🚀 In Year 12's Futures event last term, the  students visited Borehamwood Fire Station for vital lessons about traffic incidents. The event also included a UCAS exhibition, speaking with universities & employers, and gaining budgeting and apprenticeship insights. ✨
@ HertswoodUK - Sep 19, 2025
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✨☕️🎉  's Diamond Award winners celebrated with a special tea party last term! The students achieved an amazing 2,000+ House Points. They were joined by our school dog, Ada, and Exec Headteacher, Mr Gillett, and were presented with Amazon vouchers for their success. 👏
@ HertswoodUK - Sep 19, 2025
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🏃‍♀️🏋️‍♂️ This term  was delighted to welcome strength and conditioning coaches from Performance Herts to test our top athletes. Using specialist equipment, they measured power and speed to help students find the sports they're best suited for. Great experience! 🌟
@ HertswoodUK - Sep 19, 2025
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🌿🌳  's Year 7 had a fantastic time at our annual Outdoor Learning Day before summer. It was packed with activities from planting seeds and pitching tents to a special talk from Greenpeace. A massive thank you to our students for their great behaviour and teamwork.
@ HertswoodUK - Sep 19, 2025
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🌟  Year 11s have done it again! We are incredibly proud of their fantastic GCSE results. A huge well done to all our students for their dedication and hard work, especially our top six students who achieved an incredible 60 GCSEs between them! 🎓
@ HertswoodUK - Aug 21, 2025
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Congratulations to  Academy students on their fantastic A-Level and vocational results! 🥳 75% of students achieved A-C* grades, with many heading to top universities. Shout-out to top students Aryan, Amy, Scott, Jessica, and Daniela! 👏
@ HertswoodUK - Aug 14, 2025
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📰 Find our Executive Headteacher's run-down of news and events at  this fantastic summer term on our website at  bit.ly/hwasummer2025, and have a restful and enjoyable summer break! 🌞
@ HertswoodUK - Jul 22, 2025
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🥇 Congratulations to the many students who earned awards at the  Awards Evenings. We look forward to seeing them continue to achieve excellence in 2025-26! 🚀
@ HertswoodUK - Jul 22, 2025
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🙏 Many thanks to  for their generous donation to  's campaign for Herts Mind Network, which has now raised just over £3,500!
@ HertswoodUK - Jul 22, 2025
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