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  • Super Star Theo!

    Published 17/03/26
    Future Apprentice of The Year 2026 Competition

    Out of more than 1,000 applicants, Year 12 student Theo has made it to the final of Future Apprentice of The Year 2026.

    He successfully completed three rounds of assessments in which judges evaluated key qualities such as ambition and motivation, curiosity and problem-solving ability, as well as teamwork and leadership potential.

    At the end of March, Theo has been invited to London to attend an exclusive lunch with senior leaders from Howden Group Holdings, including the Chief People Officer, Chief Investment Officer, and Group Chief Risk Officer and will attend the final awards ceremony later in the year.

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  • The Purbeck school Science Fair 2026

    Published 12/01/26

    The Purbeck School Science Fair 2026

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  • Growing the trees with the Purbeck Sixth Form and National Trust

    Published 18/12/25

    On Wednesday a dedicated band of sixth formers visited Middlebere Farm and planted over one hundred trees. This is part of our partnership with the National Trust, with the students working hard to complete their Environmental Leadership Award as part of enrichment. Many thanks to Farmer Jake and the National Trust’s Jill Bailey for this opportunity. #Grow!

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  • Year 13 A Levellers in London: Othello

    Published 08/12/25

    On Thursday, the Year 13 English Literature students visited the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London for one of the hottest tickets in town: Othello. The current production of Shakespeare’s well-known tragedy has received rave reviews, featuring as it does incredibly well-respected leads such as David Harewood as Othello (seen on TV in Homeland, Sherwood), Toby Jones as Iago (Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Detectorists), Caitlin Fitzgerald as Desdemona (Inventing Anna) with music composed by PJ Harvey. Purbeck were not disappointed! 

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  • KIER Construction The building game

    Published 04/12/25

    Year 11 Product Design students had an incredible opportunity on 3rd December 2025 when the KIER construction team visited for an action-packed STEAM challenge!

    The session kicked off with an inspiring presentation about the wide range of careers in construction—opening students’ eyes to the possibilities of shaping the world around us.

    Then came the real test:, a hands-on building project that pushed their skills in project management, budgeting, engineering, and surveying to the limit. Working from a Computer-Aided Design (CAD) blueprint, teams had to memorise the structure, purchase blocks at set prices, and manage their time and money wisely to create the closest match to the original design.

    The competition was fierce! Every decision mattered—every second counted. In the end, the winning team proved themselves masters of strategy and precision, delivering a build that was both cost-effective and impressively accurate.

    What a fantastic way to combine creativity, problem-solving, and real-world skills!

     

    Mrs Sarah Shepherd

    Head of Product Design

     

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  • Trip to Bournemouth University

    Published 27/11/25

    Y12 and Y13 Psychology students had a trip to Bournemouth university to get a taste of university life.  The students attended lectures and had a campus tour.

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  • Reader Of The Week

    Published 26/11/25

      

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  • Hope For Food ​​​​​​​

    Published 19/11/25

    For the past four years, as many will know, the school community has collected Cadbury’s selection boxes (or similar) and given these to the charity

    Hope For Food  https://www.hopeforfood.org.uk/

    who add them to the Christmas hampers that they provide for their clients who have children. The charity has been absolutely impressed by the hundreds and hundreds of these boxes that Purbeck has provided (we have donated more than four thousand) 

    The sixth form charity team will soon be publicising this with posters in and around the school, but please don’t wait! If you would like to support this yourself, please add boxes to the collections in reception and my office, Mr Holmes

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  • Many Faiths Together

    Published 12/11/25

    The Purbeck Sixth Form had the pleasure of welcoming back the Many Faiths Together team. Many Faiths are indeed this, a combination of speakers representing faiths across a broad spectrum: Lynda (Judaism), Sister Tama (Islam), Sali (Buddhism), James and Gary (Christian) and David (Humanist). Over the course of two sessions, the group addressed questions from the Year 12 and 13 cohorts which included what happens after we die, attitudes towards LGBTQ+ individuals and communities, to what degree religious parents should influence their children and discrimination due to one’s faith.

    The overriding message came in the agreement that having love and compassion for our fellow humans is key. It was recognised too, as David noted when discussing Humanism, that the core values of our sixth form and school promote care, compassion and also ambition for oneself through our commitment to kindness, aspiration and perseverance.

    Our visitors, students and staff benefited from a very positive coming together, one that was particularly fitting on Remembrance Day. We look forward to working with Many Faiths again.

     

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  • Pull a pine trip

    Published 10/11/25

    Day Two of the enrichment Pull a Pine trip was a powerhouse of effort and enthusiasm! A brilliant group of 54 students headed out to Slepe Heath, where Swift House tackled the task with focus and determination, clearing gauze, pine, and birch trees. Meanwhile, Skylark House—despite having fewer students and less time—absolutely smashed it, creating the biggest clearance pile seen in eight years of running this trip! The NT will need their ‘destroyer’ tractor to flatten the piles created today.

    The energy, teamwork, and commitment from all students has been nothing short of inspiring. In total, 119 students have taken part in this year’s pine pulling activity, and every single one has given it their all. Please congratulate and praise everyone involved.

    Huge thanks to the amazing staff who’ve supported throughout the week, but today special shout-out to Matt, Tony, Adie, and Will for rolling up their sleeves and getting stuck in today.

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  • The Purbeck School Production of Aladdin JR.

    Published 13/10/25
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  • Bournemouth Bay

    Published 09/10/25

    The Purbeck School work with a number of teacher training providers including Bournemouth Bay. If you, or someone you know, is interested in getting into teaching then please see the open events they are holding.

    https://bournemouthbay-partnership.com/

     

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