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Friday 13 June 2025 LaSWAP Y11 Taster Day LaSWAP Y11 Taster Day falls on the same day as the Acland Burghley Y11 Prom: Friday 27 June.
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Friday 13 June 2025 Latest KS5 news and opportunities Whether your child is planning to go to uni, gap year or an apprenticeship, this is the place to find the latest information and opportunities.
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Tuesday 27 May 2025 Net Zero Minister inspires students
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Friday 2 May 2025 Y13 French/Spanish GCE Speaking exam The exam will last approximately 21-23 minutes (including 5 minutes preparation time at the start of the test). It will consist of a stimulus card (5-6 minutes), a presentation on student’s research project (2 minutes) and a discussion of their research project (9-10 minutes).
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Friday 2 May 2025 Y10 Exam Information Evening Thank you to all those who attended Parents’ Evening at the end of last term. We hope you found the evening useful and share our optimism for the year ahead. Students are now looking towards to their ‘End of Year’ Exams which will begin in the week commencing 30 June.
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Friday 2 May 2025 LaSWAP ski trip meeting A reminder that there is a meeting next week for anyone interested in the 2026 LaSWAP ski trip. It will take place in the Parliament Hill/William Ellis joint sixth form building on Highgate Road (sometimes known as the LaSWAP Building). Please see the poster below for more details about the trip.
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Friday 25 April 2025 Community Fair You may have seen that the PTA are hosting a table top sale and community fair on Saturday 17 May from 12 to 3pm. As well as a crafts, games and a plant stall there will be live music throughout the afternoon featuring student, staff and parent bands on the Intra stage. There will be stalls from a number of community organisations including Dr Bike, Fairwell, Veolia, Cholo-Kai and the Kentish Town Youth Hub with more still tbc, so something for everyone.
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Friday 25 April 2025 Y11 French/Spanish GCSE Speaking exam Please find the dates of the speaking exams (25% of the GCSE grade) that will take place on one of the following dates: Monday 28 April, Tuesday 29 April, Wednesday 30 April and Friday 1 May.
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Tuesday 15 April 2025 Dance Show 2025 Inspired by the theme 'Words in Motion' over a 100 students wowed audiences at the whole school Dance Show on the evening of Thursday 3 April.
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Thursday 10 April 2025 Holland Football Tour
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Monday 7 April 2025 Y7 Norfolk Residential 125 students took part in in the Y7 residential to Norfolk in March. The young people had a great time rock climbing, fencing and hiking, building on their teamworking skills and making lasting memories.
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Friday 4 April 2025 JSTOR relaunch We are delighted to announce the relaunch of the JSTOR service for our sixth form students. JSTOR is an excellent online resource that provides access to a wide range of academic journals, books, and primary source materials, covering all subjects. It’s an invaluable tool to support students in their research and studies.
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Friday 4 April 2025 Y11 LaSWAP conditional offer email If your child has completed an application to LaSWAP, you will receive an email this week with key information about conditional offers, enrolment, Results Day, Taster Day and more.
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Friday 4 April 2025 Y11 exam documents and preparation Thank you if you were able to attend this week’s final Information Evening in preparation for the upcoming GCSE exams. Please find the documents discussed which can be used to support your child in these final weeks, on the Y11 page of the school website.
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Friday 28 March 2025 Y11 French/Spanish GCSE Speaking mock exam This is our last practice before the real exam (25% of the GCSE grade) that will take place on one of the following dates: Monday 28 April, Tuesday 29 April, Wednesday 30 April and Thursday 1 May.
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Friday 21 March 2025 Y10 Parents' Evening We look forward to welcoming parents and carers to Y10 Parents' Evening on Thursday 27 March. Mr Owen and Mr Allen will be sending a separate letter to Y10 families which includes the results from the recently sat mid-year assessments.
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Friday 21 March 2025 Y11 Drama GCSE exam showcase performances Y11 drama students will be performing to families and friends on the above date. This performance will be a showcase of work from The Unreturning and People, Places and Things.
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Friday 21 March 2025 Afternoon tea at a Hall for All Building on relationships forged over the last 18 months with Wellesely Road Care Home, Maitland Park Care Home, St Mary Brookfield Church and Highgate Newtown Community Partners, students from Acland Burghley School planned and presented an afternoon tea and Winter Wellbeing event for elderly people living locally.
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Friday 14 March 2025 New Parent Governor I would like to forward my application for the role of Parent Governor. I am a Camden resident and a parent of a young person with Autism who attends Acland Burghley. I have worked in education for many years in Administration, Operations, and Human Resources. I have good working knowledge of the role of schools in mainstream education and pupil referral units that support our child's educational development at different stages in their lives. Also working knowledge of the joint services that support our children and families when they are in need, also the role that schools can play in this support mechanism.
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Monday 10 March 2025 Our students on the big stage and screen Two of our sixth formers recently made their mark on the wider world.
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Friday 28 February 2025 DofE Practice Expeditions 2025 marks our largest ever Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award co-hort. With more than 80 students taking part across two groups. The students will begin with an introduction to orienteering walk on Hampstead Heath before a full day in Epping Forest to prepare them for their full assessed trip in Robertsbridge and Hastings, full dates are below.
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Saturday 15 February 2025 Ski trip 2025 Keep checking this page for the latest pictures from the 2025 Ski trip!
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Friday 14 February 2025 Parent Governor vacancy
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Friday 14 February 2025 Y11 LaSWAP applications next steps A big thank you to all Y11 students who attended their interviews this week. We had some really thoughtful and useful conversations and students left feeling secure about their pathways and applications.
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Tuesday 11 February 2025 STEAM Day This week STEAM Day took place on Thursday 6 February. It was a brilliant day packed full of exciting and interesting sessions led by professionals from the science, technology, engineering, arts, and maths industries. We had over 40 different organisations come and run sessions with our students. Here are just a few: Lego Robotics, Beat goes on drumming, technology in the Metropolitan Police, Barras Construction, Wayve Self Drive Cars, VPRR Architects, The Roundhouse, Marlborough Highways, the Camden Apprenticeship Team, and many more.STEAM is a Camden wide initiative that aims for Camden to be a beacon of inclusive opportunity and innovation. Young people will be inspired by STEAM opportunities and they will be ready for the world of work in Camden’s STEAM industries. Camden STEAM brings opportunities in the digital, scientific and creative industries to life for Camden’s young people. Camden is home to innovative businesses and institutions from Google, Lendlease, and th
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Friday 7 February 2025 Y8 Parents' Evening We are looking forward to welcoming all families to the school on Thursday 13 February for Y8 Parents’ Evening from 4.30pm to 7pm.
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Friday 31 January 2025 Y11 LaSWAP application process The post-16 Pathways process is really important. We want our Y11s to take time to consider all of their options before they complete applications.
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Friday 10 January 2025 Y11 French/Spanish GCSE Speaking mock exam • Monday 13 January all day (option D) with Mr Deacon• Monday 13 January periods 1-4 (option C) with Ms James • Tuesday 14 January periods 1-3 (option A) with Ms Smith• Tuesday 14 January periods 1-4 (option D) with Ms Miguel• Wednesday 15 January periods 1-3 (option A) with Ms Harper• Wednesday 15 January all day (option C) with Ms Jacob• Thursday 16 January all day (option A) all day with Ms Jacob• Thursday 16 January periods 2-5 (option A) with Ms WilliamsThis is our second speaking practice under exam conditions that will take place on one of the following dates at the back of the library: Monday 13 January, Tuesday 14 January, Wednesday 15 January and Thursday 16 January.
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