News and Events

World Mental Health Day

We’re wearing yellow today in support of World Mental Health Day. The theme this year is ‘mental health is a universal human right’.  Today is about raising awareness of mental health and driving positive change for everyone. If you want to understand more about how you’re feeling and find ways to feel better, or you […]

Fab Photo Donation

Today, local drumming legend and trustee at Absolute Music, Joe Musker, popped into school to present our music department with a special gift. Top photographer, John Johnson, heard about the good work Joe does and wanted to donate one of his photographs to our school. He chose one of The Beatles statues in Liverpool. Many […]

New School Library Opens

Today, we are pleased to announce the opening of our new school library, a major whole school resource. This project is the culmination of a big push to raise the bar on reading at Victoria over the last year and is the result of a tremendous amount of hard work by staff from many areas […]

Priory Concept Group Renovations

We have some exiting news. During the summer a local company, Priory Concept Group, came into school and kindly donated their time to renovate our woodland walk and memorial garden area. The photos below give a sneak peek, before and after, of a little of the work that was undertaken. A big thank you to […]

Well Done James!

Many congratulations to Portland class student James who has had a busy but very successful few weeks. In August he completed the superhero series triathlon at Dorney Lake competing as part of a team with his Dad and Sister. James ran the 2.5k race using his frame runner, and having completed the distance, decided to […]

Jeans for Genes

This week, Jeans for Genes have been raising money up and down the country for research and treatment of genetic diseases like muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell anemia. We always support this event and this year we held a very special ‘Dance in Denim Disco’ for staff and students in our sports hall. […]

Flower Power!

Back in August, our school was very pleased to host The Poole Flower Show, a two-day event that was sponsored by Compton Acres. Today, organiser David Bassil, his Wife Pam and Kaye Merna from Compton Acres visited us to meet the students and kindly present us with a cheque. In all £747.50 was raised. This […]

Fire safety is an important part of our everyday lives, and today we welcomed Karen Towner from the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service for some informative and fun sessions for our students. Each session highlighted the risks involved in various situations, starting with a story and moving onto a safe/unsafe card game before […]

St Anne’s Court Donation

We were very pleased to meet Janey Goulding, Amanda Billington and Gaye Allen from the St Anne’s Court Care Home this morning. They came in to present us with a generous £290 donation. The money was raised during a recent garden party held there and In all, £570 was raised with a proportion also going […]

Thank You Chris and Shelagh

A shout out and huge thank you to Chris Horton and Shelagh Bunn from The Chelsea Hotel, St Swithun’s Rd Bournemouth, who have shown their support to our school staff with a pizza buffet on the last day of term. The Chelsea Hotel is a highly rated independently run Bed & Breakfast close to the […]