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Pupils celebrate another exceptional year...

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Another year of exam success at LP.....

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Pupils return from our latest Music Tour of Sweden and Denmark....

An athletic success story for one LP pupil...

Fryer pupils tell us what Summer is all about...

Pupils go green and explore the latest environmental issues facing us...

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A perfect summer's evening set the scene for the PTA's Magical Ball ...

The new report from the Good Schools Guide, the only truly independent directory of independent schools,gives a glowing review of LP...

The Upper Sixth Leavers marked the end of their years at LP in our traditional way...

LP pupils scooped the top three prizes in their category in the Berkshire Book Festival Book Cover competition...

Politics studies came vividly to life on a tour of the Houses of Parliament...

LP's 2008 House Music competition was a night to remember...

Poison, passion and poetry entranced a sell out run of Under Milk Wood at LP...

Our team were highly placed in the recent branch finals...

The inhumanity of war was vividly demonstrated to year 9s as they visited the Imperial War Museum...

Fryer pupils managed to keep quiet as they raised money for charity...

House Rocks Fashion Show really ended in the term in style...

Students of German tried out their skills on a seasonal visit to Aachen...

Christmas favourites and fun at the last concert of a busy term...

LP's Fireworks Night goes off with a bang...

Come and enjoy a great evening's jazz and support the launch of Liquid Silk's CD...

The Save the Planet group's work has earned them the Eco-Schools Bronze Award...

Rugby and hockey teams pulled out all the stops, beating strong opposition this week...

Top selling author Michelle Paver visited Leighton Park to launch her latest book...

The South Africa Sports Tour brought success on the field and lasting memories for all...

GCSE students celebrate their results...

Students and staff head out for the great adventure of the South Africa Rugby and Hockey Tour 2007...

Another excellent year of A level results...

Year 7 pupils will study Mandarin Chinese from September...

ICT lessons came vividly to life for year 7 as they worked with robots at Legoland...

Fryer pupils' remarkable production if School's Out was the highlight of Fryer Festival...

John Ounsted, LP's longest serving headteacher and a great mathematician, opened the new Maths Block, named appropriately, after him...

A splendid black tie dinner in aid of the Sports Tour to South Africa marked the end of the half term in style...

A great afternoon of track and field at this year's Senior Sports...

The Upper Sixth's last formal day in school featured reflection, presentation of awards, tea with parents and a formal dinner...

A concert, austerity lunch and even a tug-of-war were all part of fundraising for the Rays of Sunshine charity...

Sixth Form students witnessed for themselves the grim reality of Auschwitz...

Save the Planet group participates in launch of green initiative for Reading schools...

Year 9 historians found their day at the Imperial War Museum thought provoking and challenging...

Year 7s were all at sea as they visited the Portsmouth historic dockyard...

LP's partnership with the College Saint Stanislas, Nantes, celebrates its 25th year as we welcome our guests...

Sun shines for Duke of Edinburgh Award Bronze group expedition...

LP students performed in the Bach Choir's "St Matthew Passion" at the Royal Albert Hall...

Angus Macfadyen, Old Leightonian, spoke to the school about his world record bid for the Marathon on Crutches, to raise money for landmines victims...

The twenty fifth anniversary French exchange to Nantes was a great success...

Red Nose Day was a big, colourful, fun day at LP...

The spectacular Senior Production of Grease stunned the sellout audience for three nights this week...

The mini-hockey team win the Year 8 tournament at St Joseph's...

Pupils have been supporting Blue Peter's Shoebiz Appeal by collecting unwanted shoes...

LP's Young Enterprise company Reign offered the romantics in school a solution to the dilemma of Valentine's Day...

Adjudicators Blues legend Larry Miller and leading orchestrator and producer Matt Dunkley judged Reckitt House this year's winners...

The PTA's Elvis night starring teacher Ben Portsmouth's Taking Care of Elvis Band rocked the Park...

LP's Artist-in-Residence exhibits her work...

Impressive wins against Bearwood for the girls...

LP's U16 hockey players represent Berkshire in the Southern Counties...

From next year, Leighton Park introduces Sports Awards as part of its Scholarship programme...

Grove wins LP's House Panto Competition after a great evening of fun and fundraising...

The Christmas Concert on Wednesday 6th December combined fun, festive themes and more great musical talent...

For the third year running, the 1st XV have retained the Super Six rugby trophy...

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett's 70th birthday Celebration Concert saw music at Leighton Park soar to new heights...

Old Leightonian Sir Richard Rodney Bennett has gone back to school, starting with a stunning performance of Cafe Cabaret with his musical partner, Claire Martin....

The annual JBH competition was an evening of passionate speeches, lively heckling and cause for thought...

John Dunston described the Sixth Form tour of China as "a glimpse of the future", as the group took in great cultural highlights as well as the impact of the powerful growing economy...

Work has started on the new Maths Block...

Pupils will be travelling in style in the new minibuses...

A Mufti Day kicks off the Good Causes charity appeal for this term...

All three exciting finals at this year's Leighton Park Sports Festival ended in draws...

Top speakers at the powerful Sixth Form Conference "Peace in our Time?" moved and challenged students to act...

Making new friends and learning camping skills, all part of Fryer's camp-out in the New Forest...

Quaker Schools Week (24th -29th September) offers us the opportunity to reflect on our Quaker foundation, with a busy programme of activities...

The Caradon Sixth Form Centre opened its doors to a delighted Sixth Form...

Another excellent year of GCSE results...

This year's excellent 98% A level pass rate emphasises LP's academic consistency, as for eight years now results are over 97%...

The Senior Choir and Orchestra played to large audiences in Switzerland and Italy...

The Duke of Edinburgh Award Gold expedition tackled heat, terrain and a goat in Yorkshire...

Year 10 Physicists gained unusual but memorable experience of forces and energies studied in the lab when they braved the rides at Thorpe Park on July 3rd...

Fryer pupils entranced an audience of families and friends at the Fryer Festival on July 1st with a magical performance Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream...

A level Geographers studied physical and human geography in Devon...

LP's cricket first XI achieved a great win against the MCC on June 19th...

Year 7 experienced vividly centuries of naval history as they visited Portsmouth's Dockyard...

Sunshine and spellbinding performances, Music for a Summer's Evening was a perfect way to end the day...

Year 8s had a splashing time adventure training in Pembroke...

The newly refurbished Fryer Library was opened in style by top children's authors Mary Hoffman and Rhiannon Lassiter...

The Athletics season gets off to a flying start: the School Championships beat the rain and nineteen pupils have been picked to represent Reading...

The annual Fryer Triathlon combined sport, teamwork, fun and raising money for charity...

Celebrated American author Marti Leimbach spoke to an enthralled audience about her new book "Daniel isn't Talking"...

The Year 11 team are the Reading Schools Netball Champions, while our Year 7s are South East Berkshire runners up.

OL Tony Baldry MP visits school...

Pupils have been sampling life on the continent, with French and German exchanges as well as Fryer's first day trip to Boulogne.

Rainforest creatures brought geography lessons to life for Year 8 pupils...

Keeping quiet is a challenge for some! Year 7 pupils rose to the challenge and raised over £700 for charity...

Year 9 pupils visit the Imperial War Museum...

Year 8 pupils visited Warwick Castle and, despite the freezing cold...

Judging by the interest in a number of events about books this term...

The harmony of Leighton Park reached out to 1.7million radio listeners...

Visitors to Old School have been admiring Aisling Hedgecock’s magnificent picture...

From September 2006, A level students at LP will be able to study Mandarin...

Year 11 pupil, Olivia has suffered all her life from cystic fibrosis and wanted both...