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Outstanding Trinity Speech & Drama Exam Results

Trinity Results

We are thrilled to announce our pupils’ fantastic Trinity Speech & Drama Exam 2026 results, ranging from Grade 1 – 6.

41 Distinctions and 10 Merits

Over the past three years, 112 Seaton House School pupils have completed their Trinity Speech & Drama Exams and 99 of these pupils have received Distinctions.

In the exam, students are assessed on their performance in monologues, poetry, public speaking and prose, as well as their expressive reading skills and ability to discuss their work in conversation.

We are so proud of all of the pupils who completed the exam, it is an amazing achievement.

Thank you to our Head of Drama, Mr Parker-Tutt.

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Exceptional 2026 Secondary School Offers

We are delighted to share the wonderful news that our Year 6 girls (a cohort of just 19) have achieved exceptional secondary school offers this year.

  • Over 71% of those who sat the Sutton 11+ received grammar offers
  • Additionally, offers were received from Kingston and Kent grammar schools
  • 40 offers from leading independent schools
  • 39 scholarships (including Academic, Performing Arts, Sport and Music)

This is an outstanding set of results, and we are incredibly proud of every single girl for their hard work, enthusiasm and commitment. We look forward to making their final term with us a special one, as they get ready for the next exciting step in their education journey.

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Eco Accomplishments

Eco
With the warmer weather now getting closer (hopefully!), let’s reflect on some of our recent eco accomplishments:
– Litter picks in school and in our local community
– Setting up food waste recycling using our new Hotbin and using the home-made compost in our gardening club
– Going on a trip (by bus!) to the local garden centre and buying each Form Room their own indoor plants
– Re-designing the nature garden
– Researching insect-friendly plants to plant in our existing flower beds
– Reducing laminating and photocopying in school
– Feeding the birds throughout winter and spring
– Taking part in schemes such as ‘The Big Plastic Count’ and ‘Big Garden Bird Watch’
– Organising WOW week each term to encourage greener travel
– Creating a school Eco Code which is displayed in every Form Room 
– Participating in the ‘Cut your Carbon’ campaign
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Paris Day Trip June 2023

Year 6 girls went to Paris for the day!  It was an amazing day with an amazing class 🙂

 

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Ski Trip 2023

The girls and staff had an amazing week in Les Deux Alpes last week. The staff were so impressed with the girls’ behaviour, determination, kindness, courage, ability and their tidy rooms!! We are already looking forward to Ski 2024!

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Bebras Challenge

Over the last few weeks the girls in Forms IV-VI have been taking part in the Bebras Challenge. This is an international computing challenge that is run in over 25 countires worldwide and this year saw 350,000 children take part. The girls all work extremely hard during our practise lessons and took that into the challenge with them.   The girls have now received their certificates which are broken down into different categories.
• Best in School
• Distinction
• Merit
• Participation
There is also a separate gold award for any children who have achived the top 10% nationally in their age group. Congratualtions to Katy and Grace in Form VI who achieved the gold award! These girls are now invited to the next stage of the competition which will take place in the new year.

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Gladman Tournament

We had a wonderful day yesterday hosting our annual Gladman Tournament.  Congratulations to Aberdour who won the tournament and congratulations to our team who came second.  Thank you to Mr Colomer for organising such a great event and thank to all the participating schools: Cumnor House, St Mary’s, Banstead Prep, Warren Mead, Ewell Castle, Old Palace of John Whitgift, Micklefield and Aberdour.     See you all next year 🙂

 

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Form VI Theatre Trip

Last Thursday, Form VI went to London to see The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which is currently being studied in their comprehension lessons with Mr Bates.  The girls enjoyed lunch at Prezzo’s and then made their way to the theatre.  We are looking forward to seeing the film of the day, made by the girls with the GoPro 🙂

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The Royal Academy of Arts has accepted Delara’s (FVI) painting titled “Deforestation’ for both the online exhibition as well as being displayed at RA exhibition. Out of over 33,000 artworks only very few pieces of artwork have been selected by prestigious artists and art professionals. Well done Delara what an amazing achievement.

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Osmington Bay Form VI Residential

Form VI had a great time last week on their residential trip to Osmington Bay, Dorset.  Mrs McGreevy and Mrs Smith had a fantastic week with the girls and they were so impressed with their maturity and ‘can do’ attitudes.  The instructors commented on how positive, knowledgeable and polite the were.  They were also impressed by their teamwork and enthusiasm.  Well done girls and welcome back!

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