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GCSE Results - August 2024 Another set of record results, as Forest students’ attainment climbs in Summer 2024 The results the students have achieved deserve the highest accolade. Some of the highlights this year based on provisional data show our students beat last year’s success at the highest grade point by an impressive 10%. This stands...

This trophy recognises those students who have shown the most dedication in improving their reading over the last year as selected by teachers and staff. Congratulations to the trophy winner Charlie Stickland (Y8) and to the runners up Ashley Jallow (Y7) and Wai Kit Chow (Y7)            

    Congratulations to Muhammad Affan in Y8 for winning The Forest School Reading Championship 2024. Muhammad read and passed quizzes on 69 books on the Accelerated Reader programme and read an amazing 5,812,829 words and he only joined the Forest in January!     Well done to the runners up Joshua Adedayo-Benson and Harry Morgan, b...

    We gathered together at the annual Sports Dinner to celebrate the sporting successes of our students over the last academic year, in the company of Olympiacos FC and ex-Reading FC captain Nelson Abbey.             Nelson spoke about the role of a footballer both on and off the pitch and his aspiration...

Earlier this month we were assessed for the EAL Quality Mark (it was like a mini Ofsted!). Thank you to everyone whole school who contributed to the success but a special and very big thank you to Mrs Ciccazzo, as without her tenacity and commitment this would not have happened. After our ‘inspection’ the Director of the EAL Academy wrote: &lsq...

  Proms are a fantastic celebration of the end of GCSEs but also the culmination of five years together as a cohort.     They are a chance for a final thank you and goodbyes from staff and students as they end one chapter and start the next.     What an absolutely super Prom we had celebrating with our fantastic Year 11 stud...

In recent weeks, 16 students from Year 7 and 15 from Year 8 took part in the annual Forest Spelling Bee individual finals, tackling challenging words such as: aesthetic, lachrymose, homogeneity and entrepreneur. They all rose to the occasion and relished the supportive but competitive atmosphere. Thank you to Mrs Ciccazzo, Miss Quinion and Mr Dressel who ma...

Our year 11 students aspired to become elite and the publication of School Performance tables this week confirms our significant progress against last year’s performance, placing us in the top four Wokingham schools. Looking at the progress made by boys across Wokingham, our 2023 results place The Forest in the top three schools. We continue to beat th...

Super proud of our junior athletics team who won the Reading and District League A Final yesterday at Palmer Park beating 28 local secondary schools. The boys have been unreal this season also winning the Regional finals in Winchester last month!