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It’s murder in our library!
Year 7 Detective Day 28 June 2018 On a gloriously sunny morning, Year 7 and a sprinkling of Year 8 were welcomed to Sandleford Priory, home of Lord and Lady Wittering – old stars of the stage and screen. There had been a murder most foul – Lady Wittering was found dead by her husband...
School Games Gold Award
Congratulations to our Junior School Pupils for achieving “School Games GOLD Award 2017 - 2018”. School Games is a national programme aiming to keep competitive sport at the heart of schools and provide children with the opportunity to compete and achieve their personal best.
Y4 Visit Lulworth Cove
Penny from Year 4 has written this lovely account of their recent residential trip to Lulworth Cove in Dorset as part of the geography curriculum. 'Year 4 had a sensational couple of days at Lulworth Cove. When we arrived, the weather was gorgeous and we headed straight to Durd...
Y5 in Normandy
Mrs Davidson and Y5 report on their trip to Normandy... We had windy but warm weather, a wonderful farm to stay on with horses, goats, chickens, alpacas and pot-bellied pigs, wonderful food cooked by Olivier our host and chef, lots of exciting trips, lots of French to speak, and our pen-pals...
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Elmer the Elephant, Lightning McQueen and many other special teddies were chosen by our young visitors to join them at a teddy bears' special picnic in the grounds of our school. The children, parents and teddies enjoyed refreshments on picnic blankets on the lawns. The children had a w...
Barnardo's Big Toddle
St Gabriel’s Sandleford and Reception children pulled on their wellies for a sponsored walk in the school grounds in support of Barnardo’s Big Toddle. This year’s theme was 'nature' and with that in mind many of the children and staff dressed up for the occasion: there...
Duke of Edinburgh Success
Over two evenings and two weekends in the summer term, 34 girls from Year 10 completed the ‘expedition’ section of their Duke of Edinburgh award. The first weekend away was the ‘practice walk’ completed in the Andover area, where the girls got to grips with key skills like...
Careers in STEM
On 1 May we were delighted to welcome Sophie Macfarlane-Smith to talk to some of our Senior students about her role as an engineer for Rolls-Royce. This was a thoroughly engaging talk with Sophie first giving the background to Rolls-Royce as a company and then describing how her education at sc...
Newbury Spring Festival Events
Newbury Spring Festival is one of the most popular and successful music festivals in the South of England and with the huge variety on offer, our pupils have enjoyed a range of unusual performances. On Monday 14 May our Senior School Music Scholars and GCSE musicians were inspired by the Misha Mu...
Anaphylaxia Awareness Day
Elsy from Year 5 reports on her fundraising on Anaphylaxia Awareness Day... "This week in Year 5 we have been running a competition to guess the number of sweets in the jar to support the Anaphylaxis campaign, with the week being rounded off today when we all wore orange...
Mini Production Plant Tour
Product Design and Business students from Years 10-13 visited the Mini plant in Oxford to take part in an exclusive tour of the manufacturing facilities which churn out a bespoke Mini every minute and seven seconds. The trip was the perfect opportunity for students to experience first-hand the speci...
Y11 to Laser Quest
Friday 11 May marked both the end of GCSE courses for Year 11 and the start of study leave. In recognition of all of the hard work Year 11 have put into their studies over the past few years, we went on a fun and stress releasing trip to Laser Quest. Each form had the opportunity...

Visitors to St Gabriel's quickly recognise that this is no ordinary school. Parents are always impressed by the sense of purpose and enthusiasm of the talented, committed staff and the confidence of the extremely happy pupils. We offer girls the opportunity for a seamless journey from Nursery through to Sixth Form, with our boys leaving us at the age of 11 for their senior schools.