Ofsted Praises Our “Harmonious” Lessons

Ofsted Praises Our “Harmonious” Lessons

Pyrland School has welcomed the results of an Ofsted monitoring inspection, which has praised the “rapidly improving” quality of education. We were visited at the end of September and the resulting observation is published this week. It notes that staff are...
New Bishop Visit

New Bishop Visit

We were honoured with a visit from the next Bishop of Taunton, the Venerable Dr Fiona Gibson. She toured the school, met our chaplaincy team and chatted to students. It coincided with the new bishop’s appointment being  announced by Downing Street, so she had a crew...
Year 9 Football Winners

Year 9 Football Winners

Match Report: Pyrland School 3 – 2 Buckler’s Mead Academy. By Mr Hedaux The boys from Pyrland put in a determined and spirited performance to take home the win in a thrilling final against Buckler’s Mead. First Half: Pyrland started brightly and were rewarded when...
Year 9 Rugby Win

Year 9 Rugby Win

Match Report: Monkton Wood vs Pyrland School – Year 9 Rugby. By Mr Stirzaker . Final Score: Monkton Wood 14 – 59 Pyrland School . Our Year 9 rugby team put on a thrilling display of skill, teamwork and determination in their away clash against Monkton Wood, sealing an...
Year 10 Hockey Still Unbeaten!

Year 10 Hockey Still Unbeaten!

Well done to our Year 10 hockey team, who won their second game of the season last night against Kingsmead School. After a close first half, Pyrland were 2 – 1 up at the break, thanks to two awesome penalty corner strikes from Freya C. In the second half we...
Rugby Stars

Rugby Stars

Year 7 and 8 Mixed Girls Rugby – T1 Tournament at Monkton Wood. We competed against teams from Court Fields, Monkton Wood and Kingsmead schools. For some of our players, this was their very first experience of T1 rugby – but you’d never have known it from the way they...