Year 13 Prom – June 2025

We had a wonderful evening last Friday at the Year 13 Prom.

It was an absolutely beautiful evening on Exeter Quay, with wall-to-wall sunshine to send our students on their way.

The theme for the night was summer/’on the beach’, with the table decorations, hula garlands and daft eyewear reflecting this vibe.  Everyone got into the party spirit and there was much laughter and conviviality at all the tables, as students tucked into generous helpings of assorted pizza, chips and salad.

Miss Haynes was a very smooth MC when it came to awarding the prizes, for such random awards as “Most likely to headline a concert”, “Most likely to start a charity”, “Most likely to be ID checked at 30” and “Teacher’s Pet”. For the staff, there was just one highly coveted award – “The World’s Best Teacher”.  This was presented to a delighted Mrs Shillingford – and for the benefit of all colleagues who could not join us on Friday, was then presented again by Ms Jacobs during Staff Briefing on Monday morning, to great applause from the entire staff.

At 9pm, students said their goodbyes and made their way to various after-party events, with staff reflecting on how sad it was to see this year-group leave us – but lovely to see them begin to spread their wings as they embark on their next steps in life.

We will miss you enormously, Year 13.  Keep in touch! (And see you again on 14th August, for your A-level & BTEC results.)