Ukrainian refugee students achieve top 10% score in UK National Coding Competition
Five Varndean College students entered the national coding competition UK Bebras on Tuesday 14 November. The Bebras Computing Challenge is organised in over 60 countries worldwide and is designed to introduce computational thinking to students and get them excited about computing. Last year, over 365,000 students took part in the UK alone, with over 3 […]
Varndean appoints College Climate Champions
Varndean College is very pleased to announce the appointment of three students who will be the College’s Climate Champions. They are, pictured from left-to-right, Lana Clark, Fred Kay-Lambert and Anouk Parker-Tregoat. We are very excited to have them on board and look forward to seeing them progress the College’s sustainability agenda. The main elements of […]
Oxbridge Achievement for Varndean Students
We are incredibly proud of all our students who this year have secured interviews at Oxford and Cambridge universities. The selection process is always highly competitive, but their entrance exam success, submission of essays and other parts of the application have got them all to this exciting point. Our interviewees include talented Mathematicians, Chemists, budding […]
French students enjoy a week in Montpellier, France
A group of Year 2 A level and IB French students stayed with host families in Montpellier, France from 19-25 November. They had a truly immersive week, attending a language school and receiving certificates from the EU for completing a 20-hour course. The students also visited the roman town of Nimes and had a wonderful […]
Grace announced as Festive Card design winner
Huge congratulations to Varndean Year One student, Grace Savage, who is this year’s winner of our Festive Card design competition. Grace (formerly of St Paul’s Catholic College) is currently studying A Levels in Graphic Design, English Language & Literature and Early Modern History, and is pictured here being presented with her cash prize by Principal, […]
A Festive tree with a difference!
Our Year 1 A Level Textiles students created a festive tree with a difference last week! Firstly, they were asked to re-design and make clothes for a doll using only recycled and repurposed materials. Students incorporated recycled papers, plastics, packaging and repurposed fabrics into their work and their amazing and varied creations have been showcased […]
Green Careers Week – Circular Economy
As part of the nationwide series of events for Green Careers Week from 6-11th November, Varndean College hosted Claire Potter from the University of Sussex, who presented a very informative and useful talk on the circular economy. She discussed the different opportunities that are present, not only in the green sector, but in a variety […]
Varndean College awarded ‘Careers Champions 2023’
Varndean College was delighted to be awarded ‘Careers Champions 2023’ recently by The Careers and Enterprise Company, who asked local employers to nominate career leaders who have made a significant contribution to the careers and skills agenda. Varndean was voted ‘Careers Champions’ for making the most significant contribution to developing links between education and the […]
Politics Society enjoy a host of local MPs
On Friday 10 November, Varndean College had the privilege of hosting Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton and Hove. She spoke with our students about how her interest in politics was driven by her firm conviction that the environmental issues facing the planet were not being addressed. She talked about her love of poetry and […]
Success for Varndean Maths Students in UK Maths Challenge
Congratulations to the 70 Varndean Maths students who participated in the UKMT Maths Challenge, they all did fantastically well. Special mentions to Carter McGee, Seokhan Lee, Harry Hammond, Matilda Daniels, Constantinos Foot (Best in school!), Alba Braham (Best in year!), Ani Wright and Matti Rogers who scored Gold Awards. 👏 Constantinos & Alba will both […]