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Dunottar Under 16s Embark on Midlands Rugby Tour
During October half term, our under 16s boys rugby team embarked on Dunottar’s first rugby tour to the Midlands. The trip began with some team building fun in the form of ten pin bowling and Lazer Quest, fuelled by a mountain of pizza and nachos. The squad then headed to Lichfield for their first match….
Dunottar Pupils First to Visit ASOS
On Friday 7th October, twenty Dunottar girls visited ASOS‘s headquarters based in Camden Town, London. ASOS is an online clothes and fashion retailer aimed at young adults. Dunottar is the first group of pupils that ASOS has invited to tour their office and learn about how it uses tech to market and sell over 850 brands, its own range of clothing and accessories…
Pupils Enjoy Poetry Workshops with Ash Dickinson
On Friday 30th September, poet Ash Dickinson visited Dunottar School to run creative writing poetry workshops with Years 9 and 10. A full-time poet, Dickinson is a multiple slam champion who has performed in Australia, Canada, USA, Spain, Jordan, the Czech Republic and Germany. He has headlined countless shows and festivals throughout the UK. He…
GCSE Success for Dunottar School
Following on from last week’s outstanding A-level grades, students at Dunottar School were today celebrating an excellent set of GCSE results, in which 12 per cent of all grades attained were grade 9 and 50 per cent the top grades 9-7. This is especially impressive as our students comprise a range of academic abilities. Headmaster,…
Students Celebrate A-level Success at Dunottar
Students at Dunottar School were today celebrating outstanding A-level results, in which 44 per cent of the grades attained were A*/A and 18 per cent the top A* grade. This is particularly significant as our students comprise a mixed ability cohort. Headmaster, Mr Mark Tottman said, “I am incredibly proud of each and every one…
Dunottar Volleyball: From Zero to Hero in Just one Season!
Last September, we began investigating the idea of starting a recreational volleyball club for pupils, not with the aim of competing, but just for pupils to learn how to play the sport and have some fun in the process. Inspired by the famous manga series Haikyuu!! (volleyball in Japanese), and curious about the sport, more…
Year 5 “Funny Faces” Competition 2022
Earlier this year, our art department invited Year 5 pupils from local prep and primary schools, to take part in our annual “Funny Faces” competition. Pupils were asked to create an image inspired by the work of the Italian Renaissance painter Guiseppe Arcimboldo. Arcimboldo is best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made from objects…
UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge
Congratulations to all Dunottar pupils who took part in the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge in February – the results are in! Pupils in Years 9 and 10 competed just before half term in this national competition, solving complex mathematical problems. Points were deducted for incorrect answers, so the pressure was on to be confident in…
Dunottar pupil wins scholarship to study English at Cambridge University next summer
This week, Dunottar School in Reigate Surrey celebrated A level English literature student Lila, who has been offered a partial scholarship to study English literature at Cambridge University for two weeks in the summer. Lila is a runner up in an international essay writing competition, run by Immerse Education, an award-winning company, specialising in providing exceptional…
Dunottar pupils take to the boards at the Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival
On 1st February, over 30 pupils from Dunottar School, in Reigate, took part in the world’s largest youth drama festival, at the Rose Theatre in Kingston as part of the Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival*. Dunottar Pupils performed an abridged production of Twelfth Night, in an exhilarating evening of live theatre by over 34 schools, featuring…
