Author: Clair Hill

Cross country event

Last week students and staff made their way to Beddington Park to take part in the first whole-school cross country event. Set around the pond on the northern side of the park, the course was a 1.1km loop. Students could …
4th October 2021

Bringing geography to life

KS3 students have been exploring current issues and geographical wonders focusing this term on weather and climate. A wide range of learning strategies were utilised to bring the subject to life. Students had opportunities to discuss, identify and compare different …
27th September 2021

Pathological Demand Avoidance article published

We continue to share our expertise with a worldwide audience and are pleased to let you know that a further article written by Executive Principal, Sandy Turner and Judy Turner, PDA and Outreach Teacher entitled “Building Emotional Health in Children …
17th September 2021

College taster sessions

Our post 16 students are finally able to attend NESCOT. For some of them it has been their first taste of college life. They have been doing taster sessions in Construction and have started a bird box project. In their …
4th July 2021

Being Extraordinary for the Extra Ordinary! article published

We are very proud to announce that we have had another article published in the May edition of Autism Parenting Magazine. It is entitled ‘Being Extraordinary for the Extra Ordinary!’ click here to read it.
10th May 2021

World Maths Day

Wednesday 5th May was ‘World Maths Day’, a day when Mathematics is celebrated around the world. At the secondary school, each class spent the day taking part in the ‘Mathletics Live’ world competition. Students had to answer several different mathematics …
10th May 2021

Pathological Demand Avoidance article published

We are proud to advise that we have had another article published in Autism Parenting Magazine – April 2021.  Executive Principal, Sandy Turner and our PDA and Outreach Teacher, Judy Turner collaborated to write the article entitled “Building Emotional Health …
26th April 2021

Link alumni – Charlie

It is always wonderful to hear from ex members of The Link community and we were thrilled to learn that former student, Charlie is one step closer to his dream of becoming a chef. He is currently undertaking a work …
25th April 2021

Sharing good practice, knowledge and ideas

The Link Schools are ambassadors for and passionate about sharing good practice, knowledge and ideas.  We are fortunate to have so much expertise within our staff teams and these skills and knowledge have been utilised to create an informative article …
25th March 2021

Red Nose Day fundraising

Well done to Johnson Class who were in charge of our Red Nose Day fundraising this year. They demonstrated their fundraising skills by organising a bake sale. This entailed making, decorating, packaging and selling cakes and sweet treats to students …
25th March 2021

Sixth Form Enterprise – Update 

Our sixth form students would normally attend NESCOT College two days per week to participate in vocational taster sessions. This is a valuable part of their careers and independence curriculum and development. Unfortunately, Covid-19 restrictions prevented students from attending college …
2nd March 2021

It’s National Careers Week!

National Careers Week (NCW) is a celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. The aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support …
1st March 2021