News

7th September 2016

Miss D Aiton, School Office Manager One of our new members of staff this term is Miss Dawn Aiton, our new School Office Manager. She writes: ‘I am very pleased to have joined St Augustine’s Priory as School Office Manager.  For nearly the last five years I have worked at Brunel University London.  I have…

18th August 2016

A Level Results Day Thursday 18th August was a happy day at St Augustine’s Priory as the Upper VI came to collect their A Level results.  These were exceptional as we enjoyed a record year for A Level results.   Teachers and parents were on hand to celebrate with the Upper VI as they prepare for…

12th July 2016

Do you wish to be great? Then start by being. St Augustine of Hippo. Is anyone reading this? Will you get to the end? Why are you here? Where is here? Education has always sought to be life changing whether conceived as an idealistic activity or one with the practical purpose of preparing us for…

8th July 2016

Pupils raise money for Acton Homeless Concern.  Pupils of Upper II yesterday welcomed our guest, Ian Breen, manager of local charity Acton Homeless Concern, the mission of which “is to provide advice and support for those who need shelter and hope”. Mr Breen visited St Augustine’s Priory to discuss the challenges facing the increasing number…

8th July 2016

Eleanor Priestley reports on her political work experience. Sixth Form student, Eleanor Priestley, shadowed Steven Pound, Member of Parliament for Ealing North during the week 27th June 2016. Here she provides an account of her time with Mr Pound, in the local surgery and the nerve-centre of British politics, the House of Commons. “At last…

8th July 2016

Pupils, parents, neighbours and staff, tarry together and much merriment hath. The jovial atmosphere of St Augustine’s Priory was palpable on Saturday last, when the preparation of pupils, staff and our dedicated Parents’ Committee came to fruition. WARNING: This blog contains frivolous use of superlatives and far too much Tudor phrasing. Once the stalls were…

8th July 2016

Summer Term Melodies… Dr Higgins reports on the musical events of the school over the past few weeks… ‘It has been busy in the Music Department over the last two weeks. Exams and music-making of all kinds have been taking place, with girls from almost every year group in the school taking part in one…

8th July 2016

Upper II celebrate the end of Juniors Mrs Farmer, Form Teacher Upper II Alpha reports on the joyous end of year retreat for Upper II. ‘On Friday 1st July, Upper II spent time together during the morning to reflect on their time in the Junior School at their retreat.  The theme was ‘Wisdom’ and it was based on the…

8th July 2016

Catholic Primary Schools join together On Tuesday 5th July St Augustine’s Priory was privileged to be the last stage in the Ealing Deanery Catholic Primary Schools’ Pilgrimage to mark the Year of Mercy.  Over the last few weeks, primary schools from all over the deanery had marked the Year of Mercy with a pilgrimage, journeying…

8th July 2016

 Achievements in learning ‘To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world.’  (from a Chinese proverb) Ms Assemat, Modern Foreign Languages Junior Co-ordinator, speaks about the achievements this year of our Junior school linguists! ‘As the Junior Co-ordinator for Modern Languages, I am eager to share the…