Latest News and Events
German Exchange Visit 2010
We went to Germany for 10 days. This was packed with trips, new things and exciting foods. For us it was very enjoyable and educational but in a fun way...
(21 July 2010)
Expedition to Mongolia
Unwinding after a year of hard work would be top of the agenda for most Post 16 students this summer but not for the Post 16 students from Downend School...
(08 July 2010)
Fantasy Football Winner
The PE Faculty has been running a Fantasy Football competition since September 2009. 34 pupils from all year groups and staff from the PE Faculty entered the competition...
(11 May 2010)
Fitness For Charity
Pupils at a Bristol school will be receiving a free street dance lesson in their PE lessons in return for fund raising.Approximately 270 year seven pupils at Downend School will receive the lessons in collaboration with Lepra a British organization whose mission is to restore health, hope and dignity to people affected by leprosy and other diseases of poverty...
(07 May 2010)
School Abuzz After Winning Spelling Bee
EPILEPSY and architecture proved winning words for Downend School pupils who won the Bristol heat of a national spelling competition...
(01 May 2010)
National Award Winner’s an Inspiration
A 16-year-old Downend School pupil has won the National Diploma Student of the Year title...
(26 March 2010)
Sport Relief 2010
Congratulations to all students and staff who participated in the Downend Sport relief mile on Monday 22nd March. All students did exceptionally well and the fancy dress costumes were very original...
(22 March 2010)
Year 11 Mathematics GCSE Results January 2010
A large number of students took thier final unit early in January of this year. The results were just superb! 94 students got a a grade C or aboe, with 18 students achieving a grade B...
(22 March 2010)
Pupils Raise Money For War Child Charity
Creative and media diploma year 11 students from Downend School are organising a festival in aid of the War Child charity. The pupils have to organise a festival as part of the mandatory unit in their creative media diploma course so the 12 pupils are raising awareness of the plight of child soldiers in developing nations...
(17 March 2010)
Baby starts school early with the Josie Project
Groundbreaking initiative aims to combat anti-social behaviour and teach children caring skills.
A Year 8 class at Downend School meeting baby Nathan and his mother Crystal Kerridge, who will now be visiting the class every 3 weeks...
(11 Feb 2010)
Pupil's Storytelling Success
Downend School pupil Eleanor Newton-Coelho is hosting the children’s
section of the Bristol Storytelling Festival at the Bristol Old Vic on
Saturday 6th February.
(05 Feb 2010)
Visit by Frenzee to Downend School
As part of the year 11 Immersion Day year 11 pupils will attend a performance by Frenzee during period 5 on Friday 4th December.
(04 Dec 2009)
Downend Pupil On National Learner Panel
A Downend school pupil is gaining a national reputation in a sport you would not normally associate with school children. Molly Winstone aged 12 was the Gold medal winner in the British Novice Wrestling Championships in Manchester in November.
(02 Dec 2009)
Downend Pupil On National Learner Panel
A Year twelve student from Downend School has been selected from a national field to become a member of the National Learner Panel. Grace Beazer a 16 yr student from Downend will commence her new role on November 19th and will attend her first meeting in Birmingham which will last for two days.
(18 Nov 2009)
Technology-savvy bright sparks put ICT in the spotlight
Bright sparks from Downend School have beaten off competition from more than 100 schools across the country to make the shortlist for Becta’s national ICT Excellence Awards.
(09 Sep 2009)
GCSE results day at Downend School
There was a vibrant atmosphere at Downend School this morning as Year 11 students arrived to collect their GCSE results. The school is delighted with significantly improved results.
(27 Aug 2009)
Career Exhibition at RAF Fairford
A group of mainly 25 engineering students attended a career exhibition at the international air tattoo, RAF Fairford.
(21 July 2009)
Xoolon Sports Day
Pupils at Downend School will have a sports day with a difference this year. The Xoolon Sports and Fitness Academy has sponsored years 7, 8, and 9 to participate in the Xoolon Games summer sports day a total of 810 pupils in total.
(13 July 2009)
Downend Pupil Joins Coaching Elite
A seventeen year old pupil from Downend School will be training with England’s top coaches at a training camp in Warwick. Jordan Kenny a year twelve pupil at Downend School has been selected from 1000 coaches nationwide to attend a football Association Leadership camp.
(10 July 2009)
Design & Technology Day
Around 45 year six pupils from St. Augustine’s Primary School will spend a day at Downend School getting hands on Design & Technology experience.
(08 July 2009)
