Great Times

National Storytelling Week at Great Ballard

February 5, 2026
Great Ballard embraced National Storytelling Week with a wonderful range of creative activities across the school.
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News

Centenary Project Winners Announced

November 8, 2024
The Junior, Senior and Overall winners of our Centenary Project competition have been announced!
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Exciting news from our equestrian team

October 16, 2024
Exciting news from our equestrian team who competed at the NSEACoombelands competition this weekend.
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Galactic Challenge!

November 8, 2024
Year 7 and 8 Great Ballard students visit Churcher's College in Hampshire for the 2024 Galactic Challenge!
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Stories

Rethinking Maths

January 17, 2023
We love Maths at GB and we have plenty of students and a number of teachers who revel in algorithms, algebra and prime factors. In their hands, numbers simply seem to dance, and arithmetic is just another language. For many though, just the memory of quadratic equations, square roots and rote learned tables can raise a cold sweat, reminding them of a lifelong phobia. And that is why Rishi’s well-meaning and passionate promises received such a mixed reception.
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Tom Anderson explains the value of Learning2Learn

October 26, 2022
After our recent shortlisting in Talk Education’s National Awards for Innovation in Education, Head of Adventure and Learning2Learn teacher, Tom Anderson, explains the value of our unique Learning2Learn curriculum.
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STEAM introduced for our littlest learners

May 6, 2022
Get to know our new STEAM curriculum for Pre Prep at Great Ballard.
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