To celebrate the end of exams for our Year 11s, and to commemorate their secondary school years at King James, we organised an end of year barbeque.

Students collected their Leavers’ hoodies before enjoying the traditional shirt-signing ritual and speeches from their Heads of Year. They then settled down to watch the Leavers’ 2024 video on the big screen; this is created each year to let students reflect on their time at King James from Years 7-11. As usual it was met with lots of laughter and some unexpected tears from both students and staff.

Both students and staff were able to enjoy delicious burgers from the grill which was manned by Year 10 students in our Food & Nutrition Department, who rose to the challenge of providing lunch for over 150 hungry people.

We are delighted to say that many graduates have chosen to join us in Sixth Form, studying a variety of A’ Level and Level 3 vocational courses but for those who are taking up apprenticeships or moving to college courses elsewhere, we wish them the very best of luck.