🔵🟢🟡🔴 #Hertswood‘s House Captains for 2025-26 will represent and lead their Houses of 🔵Cavendish, 🟢Darwin, 🟡Nuffield and 🔴Somerville through the school year!
📢🎓 We are delighted to present #Hertswood 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.
🍵🎂 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 @macmillancancer, either in-person or online at donation.macmillan.org.uk. 🙏
✨🎤 Today #Hertswood 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! 🎶
🌟 #Hertswood 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. 🎓
🧪 A huge congratulations to #Hertswood 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! 👏
🚀 In Year 12's Futures event last term, the #Hertswood 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. ✨
✨☕️🎉 #Hertswood'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. 👏
🏃♀️🏋️♂️ This term #Hertswood 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! 🌟
🌿🌳 #Hertswood'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.
🌟 #Hertswood 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! 🎓
Congratulations to #Hertswood 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! 👏
#ALevelResultsDay
📰 Find our Executive Headteacher's run-down of news and events at #Hertswood this fantastic summer term on our website at bit.ly/hwasummer2025, and have a restful and enjoyable summer break! 🌞
🥇 Congratulations to the many students who earned awards at the #Hertswood Awards Evenings. We look forward to seeing them continue to achieve excellence in 2025-26! 🚀
Last week, #Hertswood celebrated its incredible students at our annual Awards Evening, recognising amazing achievements and effort from Years 7-10. So proud of everyone and can't wait to see this passion shine next year! ✨
We were incredibly fortunate to welcome sprinter Dwain Chambers to #Hertswood today! He shared his powerful story with Years 7-9, discussing the impact of past choices and the importance of open communication. His candid talk and Q&A session delivered a poignant message. ✨🙌
Huge thanks to #Hertswood alumni, including Sophie Pender (93% Club CEO) and Ben Tiplady, for inspiring our Year 12s during our Futures Days!
Sophie and Ben, Head Girl and Boy at the same time, took the chance to meet with their current successors, Tanzima and Allan.
📚✨ Year 7 & 8 #Hertswood students had an amazing time at Habs recently, meeting author Paul Dowswell! They were fascinated to learn about the research behind his WWI book, Eleven Eleven. The students were exemplary, asking brilliant and insightful questions!
🚣♀️ Congratulations to #Hertswood's Executive Headteacher, Peter, and PA, Claire, part of a team that smashed the continuous indoor rowing world record! They rowed for an incredible 36 hours raising over £6,000 for 'The Good Life Orphanage' in Kenya! 🎉
