Senior School
Careers Event: Healthcare Professionals
Thornton’s fantastic careers event on Tuesday 7th May gave students from Years 6-13 the opportunity to talk to healthcare professionals and clinicians about their job roles and pathways. Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists and Radiographers from Bedford Hospital answered questions and provided further information about work in the NHS. Many of our students take part…
Spotlight Careers: Charlotte Tilbury
It was great to welcome Biba Hyde-Rowe, Senior Finance Manager for Charlotte Tilbury, to share her career journey and explain more about her job role. Biba is an old girl and left school to study Events Management at university. After realising this was not the right path for her she got a job in admin…
Student Testimonial: Alana
My name is Alana. I’m currently studying in Sixth Form. I’m going to share with you my journey so far at Thornton. I distinctly remember my first day at Thornton ten years ago. I was just seven years old feeling half nervous half excited, but mostly optimistic. Soon after I was welcomed into the school,…
STUDENT DEBATES
On Tuesday 5th March Thornton hosted the second of our student debates with St Paul’s school. Thornton students proposed the motion that ‘social media does more harm than good’, whilst students from St Paul’s offered points in opposition. Arguments ranged from discussion of the impact on mental health, self esteem and social interaction to the…
SPOTLIGHT SEMINAR: ACTUARIAL SCIENCE
Our Year 12 students joined George Scott from Aon for a seminar on Wednesday evening to find out more about the role of an Actuary. In addition to sharing his own school, university and career journey, George explained what a Pensions Actuary does, in terms of modelling pensions schemes for companies, investing assets and managing…
ROYAL NAVY WORKSHOPS
Over the last four weeks, the Royal Navy have led two excellent workshops for our Year 7 and Year 8 students. Activities have included a STEM challenge of constructing a tower and dodgeball/netball/cricket challenges where students had to collaborate to achieve points. All the activities were built around developing skills such as leadership, communication and…
MK Dons Football Club Open Gym at Thornton College
MK Dons Football Club players Rhianne Rush and Stephen Wearne joined Mrs Mandy Legg, Mayoress of Milton Keynes, Chair of Trustees, Sr Helen Haigh, Head Teacher, Dr Shaw, sports scholars, leadership students, staff and Friends of Thornton, the school’s parents’ association, to officially open a brand-new gym at Thornton College. Student Voice is important at…
Spotlight Careers: Apple
Euan Kerr delivered a fantastic, slick talk, in keeping with the high spec products that Apple creates! Students learnt how Apple delivers on its core values, and in terms of inclusion and diversity is the first company worldwide to have a board made up of 50/50 men and women. Their commitment to sustainability is just…
National Winning Streak for Students
Students at Thornton College have recently won a number of significant national and regional competitions across a range of subject areas and age groups – from winning the Music for Youth Nationals and singing at the Royal Albert Hall to winning the National Bebras Computational Challenge, Thornton students are definitely on a winning streak! Most…
Spotlight Careers: Parliamentary Assistant
It was great to welcome Ian Kelly, Senior Parliamentary Assistant, to deliver this week’s Spotlight Talk. Ian outlined his role, working for local MP Greg Smith and the variety of work and issues he is involved with. He particularly emphasised what an exciting and vibrant place Westminster is to be part of and the thrill of…
Spotlight Seminar: AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca offer some fabulous Degree Apprenticeships, and we are so grateful to Scott Staple for hosting a seminar with four of our Year 12 students interested in this pathway. Scott completed his HR Degree Apprenticeship last year. When he applied, there were four different streams of apprenticeship available at the company, now there are fifteen,…
Spotlight Careers: Physiotherapy
Thornton welcomed students from St Paul’s to our latest careers talk on Wednesday 8th November, which was delivered by Jess Green from the Luton and Dunstable Hospital. She shared information about the seven different disciplines of Physiotherapy in hospitals, including Musculoskeletal, Neurological, Paediatrics, Cardiovascular and Orthopaedic. Jess explained how she had set her heart on…
