Great Times

Fieldwork at Great Ballard: Geography That Gets Mud on Its Boots

May 1, 2026
Some of the best geography lessons don’t happen at a desk. They happen in wellies, on windy beaches, or halfway up a hill with a notebook in hand and a slightly squashed packed lunch. That’s where theory stops being theory and starts making sense.
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News

Exciting news from our equestrian team

October 16, 2024
Exciting news from our equestrian team who competed at the NSEACoombelands competition this weekend.
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Galactic Challenge!

November 8, 2024
Year 7 and 8 Great Ballard students visit Churcher's College in Hampshire for the 2024 Galactic Challenge!
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Centenary Project Competition

August 29, 2024
To acknowledge 100 years of incredible history and our school's amazing story, we are launching a project competition.
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Stories

A Look into GB's Personal Development Programme

January 26, 2024
How Great Ballard's unique personal development programme helps prepare pupils for their own unique futures.
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2024: The Power of Kindness

January 10, 2024
January is, of course, far closer to the middle of the school year than it is to the beginning, but it doesn’t stop us from considering fresh starts, clean slates, new ambitions and resolutions. It’s also an apt time, as our school closes on being three times the size it was in 2020, to reaffirm what values sit at the heart of our family; what it means to be Great Ballard.
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A welcome from GB's Head Girl

September 5, 2023
Head Girl, Millie Lyons, welcomes back GB pupils for Autumn Term.
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