Welcome to Pyrland School
We are unashamedly ambitious:
- Ambitious about school results
- Ambitious about student opportunities
- Ambitious about a safe and supportive culture
- Ambitious about excellent behaviour
Our community deserves nothing but the best. I hope this website and our social media accounts give a good flavour of our work, but do contact us if you have any queries.
Lisa Webber
Head Teacher
Library News
We have had a busy term so far in the library, welcoming our new Year 7s and introducing them to our resources. Students have been doing homework, reading, playing chess and...
BTC Catering Tour
This week both the Year 10 Hospitality and Catering classes went to tour the facilities at Bridgwater and Taunton College. They were impressed with the beautiful Orchard...
Wise Up Workshops
Information for parents/carers who would be interested in signing up for workshops led by Somerset's Autism and Communication team. . The new sessions provide a series of...
National Cup Win
The U14 Year 9 and 8 mixed football team played against Heathfield in the national cup competition on Wednesday. We won an exciting game 5-4 on penalties! Match report by Mr...
GCSE Results 2023
We are thrilled today to celebrate along with our students, as they collect their GCSE results. These resilient young people were impacted by the pandemic much like previous year...
Cooking Challenge
In cooking and nutrition we have completed our last practicals of the year. Once again, many thanks to all parents who have supported our learners by providing ingredients,...
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Several parents have asked about after-school and break time clubs. These are listed on the bulletin, which is shown shared with students every week in tutor time. It is also projected on info screens around the school.
Thank you to everyone who wore a Christmas jumper on Friday and kindly donated £1 towards the charity Save the Children. We raised a fantastic £244. Well done and thank you so much for your support.
Year 11 continued their adventure in this season’s football national cup, with a hard fought 5-2 victory at home to tough opponents from Ivybridge in Devon.
This means they have now booked their place in the last 16. Player of the match was Emerson. Well done all.
Thank you to Mountbatten Nursing Home, who kindly donated some Christmas presents to be given out to some of our students.
Mr Evemy accepted the gifts on the school’s behalf.
Our Year 10 Hospitality and Catering students have completed a half term of highly skilled dessert practicals, finishing with a Christmas themed treat.
They made rough puff pastry trees, creating the pastry entirely from scratch. The smell was delicious and we hope they made it home to share with students` families! Since they turned out so well, we also hope students will be encouraged to make them again for friends and family over the festive period.
We had another fun packed and very creative Christmas Cake Club this year.
Year 7 and 8 students worked after school over three weeks to prepare, marzipan, ice and decorate their cakes which were cooked for three hours in the catering ovens in the GCSE Food Room.
A huge thanks to Mrs Kerr and Mrs Cook, who volunteered to stay late helping the students each week. It was lovely to see students participate and feel that they were contributing to their family’s Christmas celebration.
I am really proud of them for their team work, great effort and excellent tidying up skills!
Ms Faragher
Last night our school’s Royal Marines Cadets joined Taunton’s TS Roebuck unit at Dunkirk Memorial House in Bishops Lydeard to sing carols to the residents.
Thank you all for such a marvellous turn out, it was fantastic to see so many there.
The Prom Committee had an extremely successful film night. More than 40 Year 7s enjoyed watching The Grinch, whilst eating popcorn and sweets.
It was organised by our Year 10s and Year 11s to help pay for next year’s prom.
Congratulations to our new wellbeing champions!
Five of our Year 9 young leaders assisted at a S.A.S.P. run primary school boccia tournament today. Boccia is a Paralympic sport similar to bowls.
Feedback from the staff in charge included:
“Your leaders were superstars! There was a huge range of different SEND pupils there today, each with their own differing needs and agendas.
“Your pupils were cool and calm and ran the games brilliantly. Please tell them another huge thank you from us.”
We are seeking a receptionist and attendance administrator to join our friendly team. Receptionist candidates will ideally have experience of working in public facing roles. Admin candidates should have experience of working with school attendance figures.
www.tes.com/jobs/employer/pyrland-school-1058765
We are really enjoying providing a range of exciting clubs and activities for students. This is such an important part of a well rounded education and we encourage everyone to take part in subjects which interest them, or that they`d like to learn more about.