In December 2024, invited by the school’s link teacher, Mary Lumley and Eileen Davis went along to meet the then new Headteacher, Gavin Kumar and accepted the challenge to provide a trolley and up to 36 Chromebooks for the Reflection Room.   During 2025, we have worked with the Rotary Club of York Vikings to add weight to the ambitious project. Both Clubs accepted donations from members and received a joint District 1040 Foundation Grant; with Gift Aid on the donations and a

Another mock interview month has come to an end. 66 mock interviews via Zoom were provided for students applying for Oxbridge, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine; they were in Year 13 at Huntington, Archbishop Holgate’s, All Saints’ Schools, Tadcaster Grammar School and York College. An interesting new development this year was the requirement for students to answer 3 questions instead of producing a Personal Statement. The 3 questions were : ·         Why do you want to study

Visits to Barley Studio Over two Wednesdays - 29 th  October and 5 th  November - 13 Rotarians and partners toured round one of York’s many unsung centres of excellence, a ‘stained’ glass design studio and workshops at Dunnington. Keith Barley demonstrating the cutting of glass Innocuous looking industrial buildings on the outskirts of Dunnington contain a 10-strong body of very skilled craftspeople and we visitors were treated to the first-hand knowledge of the two most expe

Jane Albon is helping York College with their fashion design course over the coming academic year.  Jane followed being a fashion student by a very successful career in the fashion industry so Jane has a lot of invaluable experience to bring to the course. Jane has already attended the College and talked to the students about her career, the next stage has been organising mock interviews and there will be more involvement as the academic year progresses. One of the stages of