Year: 2018

23 August 18

Congratulations to everyone in Upper 5 receiving their GCSE results today. In what is a tremendous set of results across the board – and in a year with a mixed economy of A*-G and 9-1 grades – over 78% of all results were awarded one of the very top grades (either an A*/9/8) with 94%…

16 August 18

Congratulations to the Upper 6 on a fantastic set of A Level Results. Just under 30% of all grades were awarded an A* and 70% a grade A* or A. Some 94% of all A Levels taken were awarded an A* – B grade. 27 students, about a quarter of the year, achieved two or…

6 August 18

BASE competition is a national  business strategy competition run by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. Over 500 schools started the competition last September and we had three teams get through to the second round. One team of Lower 6 economists moved steadily through each round impressing the judges and made it…

1 August 18

At the very end of the Summer Term 18 students travelled to Bangalore, India to take part in a joint project with a local school based in the north of the city. In recent years the school has been forging ever closer links with one of the Parikrma Foundation schools and at last we had…

17 July 18

At 7am on a Friday morning, twelve tired but excited girls and staff set off to Berlin for a highly anticipated Gold Arts Award trip. It proved just as incredible as we had hoped, as we were greeted with lovely weather and an itinerary filled to the brim with engaging tasks and events. A definite…

10 July 18

On Wednesday 27 June, Year 1 were invited to join the Year 1 Habs Boys for a Teddy Bears’ Picnic and a walk around the Soilai Woodland Trail. It was a beautiful sunny day and we had a lot of fun. After our picnic lunches under a tree, we walked around the woodland area, looking at…

10 July 18

Following the announcement earlier this year that Biddie O’Connor will retire at the end of the Summer Term 2019, the Governing Body has now concluded the recruitment process to appoint her successor. We are delighted to announce that Rose Hardy has accepted the offer to become the next Headmistress of Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls….

3 July 18

On Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 June the Senior School was visited by the Creative Space mobile planetarium.  Lower four students spent Tuesday immersed in the wonders of the night sky as they were taken on a virtual tour of the solar system.  Guided by Space Science Communicator, Melanie Davies, the students took a trip to the…

2 July 18

Kiko Matthews visited Habs this morning to speak at both Junior and Senior School Assemblies. She told us all about her world record for rowing across the Atlantic and what she went through on her journey. Her thoughts on resilience and leadership were so pertinent to all students and it was fantastic to hear about…

28 June 18

Today we bid a fond farewell to both Upper 5 and Upper 6 who came back to school for their Book Return Day. A formal assembly in Prevett Hall included presentations and thanks and ended with a rendition of the School Carmen. After visiting teachers and returning books Upper 6 had lunch in the Philosophers’…