As a Fundraising Social event the fundraising team organised our branded Discover:Dine:Dance event held at the Novotel on the 26 th November. Discover: Quiz Master John Lacy organised a fun quiz covering a wide variety of topics and the individual tables competed with one another. John lead the quiz with great humour. In giving the answers the answer for one question related to the Three Wise Men and John told us with a straight face that they came from the “East Riding”,

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