Outdoor Education

Ten Tors Triumph

After months of preparation across the UK’s toughest terrain, six teams of students from Writhlington School and Mendip Studio School, made their way to Okehampton Military Camp, on Dartmoor, ready to compete in the 2017 Ten Tors challenge. Over...

The best Easter Camp yet!

This Easter over 60 students and staff participated in the annual Writhlington CCF, held at Okehampton, Dartmoor. Students took part in an action packed week starting daily at 6.10am for a Physical Training session with the Contingent Leaders. Students were...

Mountaineering Memories

Dragonfly Education Trust Assistant Headteacher, Mark Bridges, took on his lifelong nemesis, the Cuillin Ridge on the Isle of Skye, as part of the School’s Duke of Edinburgh Diamond Jubilee Challenge. Staff at Writhlington and Mendip Studio school have pledged...

Sailing for Success

Eight Writhlington students embarked on an adventure of a lifetime as they took to the seas in a 72ft Challenger Yacht. The students set sail from Portsmouth as part of the Tall Ships Youth Trust training programme aimed at...

Students take a plunge

Students from Writhlington School CCF (comprising students from Writhlington School, Mendip Studio School and Frome Community College) took part in an action packed weekend at Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) in Dartmouth. Cadets spent two nights aboard the Hindostan (formerly...

Cross Country Sports Report

Year 7 and 9 students, Tom Ellis Ricketts, Tom Markey and Billy Brudenell tackled the frosty conditions at Kingswood School in Bath to represent Writhlington and B&NES during the Avon Schools Cross Country Championships on Saturday 16th January. In the...

Writhlington and Frome College Join Forces

Following a successful thirteen years working alongside the MOD, Writhlington School were invited to put together a proposal to start a Royal Navy section, to complement its well-established Army Section under the Cadet Expansion Programme in partnership with Frome Community...

Orienteering their way to the top

The New Year brings with it a new challenge and Writhlington and Mendip Studio School Year 10 and 11 students are taking on the ultimate challenge, Ten Tors which is a gruelling 35 and 45 mile challenge across some of...

The Trip of a Lifetime

Writhlington Students travelled to Iceland this half term for an experience of a life-time. The trip was offered to all students from Year 10 to Year 13 with a thirst for adventure and a passion for Geography. The students undertook...

Saving Lives

Members of Writhlington School’s Combined Cadet Force took part in a weekend training course to complete the Young First Aid course and the Advanced First Aid Course. An integral part of training for the Combined Cadet Force, students are offered...

Climbing to new heights

Two students from Writhlington School’s Combined Cadet Force attended a week’s training at Halton Camp for Adventurous Training, to complete a course in rock climbing. Climbing to great heights, Year 12 students, Joseph Owen-Pinkney and Charlotte Mason, travelled to Lancaster...

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