Great Times

WHAT SETS GREAT BALLARD APART FROM OTHER SCHOOLS?

June 4, 2026
A blog post from Matt King explaining what sets Great Ballard apart from other schools.
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News

National Storytelling Week at Great Ballard

March 5, 2026
Great Ballard embraced National Storytelling Week with a wonderful range of creative activities across the school.
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Worthing Music & Drama Festival

February 5, 2026
Great Ballard School is celebrating another exceptional year at the Worthing Music and Drama Festival, where 24 students represented the school with talent, enthusiasm and professionalism.
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Harvest Foodbank Trip

February 5, 2026
Our Year 1 and 2 Discoverers visited the foodbank to deliver all the harvest festival goodies which had been donated by Great Ballard families.
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Stories

Redefining Education

April 22, 2025
Redefining Education: How Small Independent Schools Like Great Ballard Are Pioneering a Forward-Thinking Curriculum that Teaches Children Not Just How to Learn but How to Live
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But what is M.A.P?

April 9, 2025
You know there is something wrong in your school when sport is solely about winning at all costs and cookery is about bringing home cookies and cakes in a Tupperware box.
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REV: Representing Excellent Values - Podcast

March 21, 2025
"Once you get over yourself," says Matt King, headmaster of Great Ballard School, you can have "the joy of appointing people who are so much better than you."
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