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Varndean School is a place where all people matter. A school where individuality is welcomed, celebrated and shared amongst our whole school community. Our whole community benefits from a wide range of learning experiences, alongside a firm belief that a strong community approach to wellbeing gives students the confidence, conviction and courage to exceed their own expectations.
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Our Schools

We have five schools within the main school, each similar in size to small primary schools. We aim to build on the personal approach that many of our parents tell us their children miss when moving to large high schools.

Lennox

Lennox

Lennox School is our newest School Base, introduced in 2020 to keep up with the ever-growing student intake and to ensure that every child continued to be seen, heard and supported.
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Angelou

Angelou

Named after Maya Angelou, a famous poet and civil rights activist. Maya was an advocate for the importance of language & education, particularly for young women & believed in the rights of all people.
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Russell

Russell

Named after British philosopher Bertrand Russell. He inspires us in many ways, which are most importantly captured by the quote "a good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge".
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Turing

Turing

Named after Alan Turing the English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist who has become increasingly famous due to the highly successful film "The Imitation Game".
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Ellis

Ellis

Ellis School's desire to focus on sporting, artistic and cultural education alongside academic success was born from the inspiration of our visionary namesake and former Headteacher, Ethel Ellis.
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Wellbeing

Varndean School is a place where all people matter. A school where individuality is welcomed, celebrated and shared amongst our whole school community.

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@VarndeanSchool - Dec 1
Today in #hotchocfri we celebrated excellent commitment to Y9 & attitude to Y11, A2L scores, enthusiasm for learning, being excellent role models and going above & beyond 🌟 pic.twitter.com/0k6Il278Lu— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) December 1, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 30
Team tactics & hard work paid off for the Y10 netball team against Cardinal Newman. Behind in the first 2 quarters the girls fought back to draw level & then sneak ahead by a goal in the 3rd. A competitive edge meant a final score 12 - 8 to Varndean. Well played! pic.twitter.com/712LPEmeVS— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 30, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 28
Our Y7 boys continued their winning streak finishing 2-1 against Blatchington Mill School & 4-0 against Cardinal Newman. Topping the table with 5 wins out of 5 & 1 game remaining against Peacehaven. Now aiming for the league title - keep going Varndean! @DentalPebble pic.twitter.com/88e0jI870X— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 28, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 28
We're enjoying the colder spell whilst keeping warm AND putting our cooking skills to great use in #forestschool making vegetarian chilli tacos! 😋 pic.twitter.com/ub9p5zQZbo— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 28, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 28
The Y7 boys rugby team were up against it with 5 of the team involved in a football match. Nonetheless the boys battled well & made progress in terms of their defensive positioning & tackling. We look forward to playing Hove Park again when our squad is back to full strength pic.twitter.com/Y0Wios2VHF— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 28, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 28
The Y8 boys football team gave a fantastic performance against Kings School to win the match 5-0. Goals from Alfie, Athos & Alfie but all played brilliantly. The team is getting better & better each game and it's great to see them improving & growing in confidence @DentalPebble pic.twitter.com/wMZulWJHYC— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 28, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 27
Varndean Y10/11 girls continued their winning streak with another confident performance in the National Cup 3rd round. After some great saves from the Cobham keeper Varndean won 5-0. A hard choice to make as all did so well but player of the match was Esther @DentalPebble pic.twitter.com/K3mZbBk8V3— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 27, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 24
A huge well done to our badge winners this week, receiving badges for resilience, kindness, creative arts, sports, librarian and STEM achievements 👏 pic.twitter.com/tGOUzfm2I2— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 24, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 24
Today's #hotchocfri celebrated resilience, improved attitudes to learning, being excellent role models, having a positive approach, being an excellent reading mentor & attending at least 60 catch up sessions this term! Thanks also to our special visitor Mr Frost! @DurringtonHigh pic.twitter.com/7mWZcAdggU— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 24, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 23
The results of the DT pumpkin carving intra-school competition are in! Congratulations to Dylan, Otto and Eva taking 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, terrifyingly gruesome pictures below! pic.twitter.com/XeMQLaPC6T— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 23, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 21
Excitement is building for the Winter Dance Show and the performances are looking stunning. Tickets now on sale to the families of performers initially pic.twitter.com/1QSle3a11L— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 21, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 21
Our @ScholasticUKTch book fair is going down very well this week. Running until Friday with an extensive range of titles to choose from, purchase your gift vouchers here: https://t.co/y1zA5Aey3G @VarndeanBooks— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 21, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 21
An enthralling encounter between 2 evenly matched teams saw Varndean progress to the 4th round of the National Cup @BlatchMill dominated the 1st half but Varndean showed grit & scored the winning goal in the final minute of the game ending 3-2. Well done to all @DentalPebble pic.twitter.com/e1NmQkxt1T— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 21, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 21
Reminder: The DofE deadline for Bronze & Silver sign ups is this Friday! Deposits to be paid through ParentPay. Photos from previous cohorts to remind us of sunnier times... @4thDimensionLtd @DofE pic.twitter.com/UVal9bs1OA— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 21, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 21
Our Y10 boys football team fought hard in very difficult conditions but had a disappointing result against Kings. Highlight of the game was a lovely strike from Jack securing the Varndean goal ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/nxgJccjdKP— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 21, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 17
A huge thank you to author @simonjamesgreen for coming in to deliver an interactive and fun talk to our Year 7 & 8 students called 'Only Awkward!' all about finding the humour in difficult situations #noahcanteven @VarndeanBooks pic.twitter.com/NTKHlf1wwe— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 17, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 17
Well done to our #hotchocfri nominees recognised for engagement in school life, consistently fantastic & positive attitudes, designing & creating a French verb conjugator using a computer programme, & being brilliant reading mentors for Y7 🌟 pic.twitter.com/Ni46yCi2mT— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 17, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 17
In DT Y7 have designed & manufactured ball bearing games to be sold in @nationaltrust gift shops. They have also been learning about city planning & eco infrastructure. Each class has built a town & given consideration to green space, waste, habitats & city planning - fantastic! pic.twitter.com/T8OpRbVyHN— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 17, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 17
This week's awards saw another bumper crop of students receiving the following badges: #STEM #kindness #sport librarian, therapy animals, ambassador & a Headteacher's award. A huge well done to all pic.twitter.com/8k5NeEtjbx— Varndean School (@VarndeanSchool) November 17, 2023
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@VarndeanSchool - Nov 17
Exciting day of planning action with Mental Health Ambassadors from @VarndeanSchool @varndean @BHASVIC @CNCSOfficial as part of the @CitizensBH group. So proud of all the students working together #MentalHealthMatters @CNCSMsJarman @sebchapleau @CNCSMrsByrd @VarndeanSJBaker pic.twitter.com/6rOgd86kjV— Cardinal Newman PSHE (@CNCS_PSHE21) November 16, 2023
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