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Photography Competition Launch

January 9, 2026
We are excited to announce that our annual photography competition has launched
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News

Time Capsule Burial

July 2, 2025
This week in assembly, we buried a centenary time capsule to mark 100 years of Great Ballard.
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Science Week/UK Biology Challenge

June 4, 2025
This term, students have taken part in two exciting national competitions for the school
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Go Beyond - Biology Challenge

May 8, 2025
Go Beyond students in Years 9 and 10 were invited to complete the UK Biology Challenge on the 6th May 2025
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Stories

The Power of LAMDA

March 13, 2023
LAMDA: building self-confidence and a love of performance.
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Brain Builders, Not Brain Testers

January 24, 2023
The importance of being "brain builders" rather than just "brain testers"
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Rethinking Maths

January 17, 2023
We love Maths at GB and we have plenty of students and a number of teachers who revel in algorithms, algebra and prime factors. In their hands, numbers simply seem to dance, and arithmetic is just another language. For many though, just the memory of quadratic equations, square roots and rote learned tables can raise a cold sweat, reminding them of a lifelong phobia. And that is why Rishi’s well-meaning and passionate promises received such a mixed reception.
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