Congratulations to Krish L (U6JCC), Lucas S (U6TCF) and Vikram M (U6RS) on qualifying for the second round of the English Speaking Union Mace Competition.

Holrod Howe, our school caterers, had a surprise audit from the European Safety Bureau (ESB) on Wednesday 9th November. 

Pupils from Years 9 and above with an interest in becoming pilots were fortunate to hear from Mr Louis Mattey, a member of our Estates team, who has just passed his Commercial Pilot’s Licence.

The event was a real success with students from across the year groups coming along to share their reflections

Six pupils from Lower Sixth recently had the privilege of attending the Engineering Experience Programme (EPP) 2022-23 launch, hosted by Rutherford Appleton Laboratories (RAL)in Oxfordshire. 

I awoke up at 4am, filled with excitement and anticipation about the day that lay ahead of me.

Members of the the School community have been busy planting tree saplings donated by the Woodland Trust.

We received well over 600 entries to our House photography competition! The School selected 200 of these and displayed them in The Mall gallery for an exhibition that took place on Tuesday 15 November.

Our first cohort of Year 9’s has successfully completed the Dillon Diploma with some spectacular results.

Congratulations to our very own Mr Clarke, Teacher of Biology, on winning gold with his team at the recent World Rowing Coastal Championships 2022, held in Wales.

‘A Soldier’s last March’ by Golden F (9SRP/BRD’s English Class) Remember the days that passed,  The people that ran silently into No Man’s Land. 

Thirty John Lyon pupils from Year 7 and 8 pupils participated in an online collaboration with students from Harrow International Hong Kong.

Year 10 GCSE Art pupils spent a day at Kew Gardens to get their creative juices flowing for their GCSE art portfolios. 

As part of their Co-Curricular Programme, the Year 8 urban agriculture group have been spending Friday afternoons at the outdoor classroom based in Sudbury.

We are extremely proud to be joining a group of around 50 schools and colleges in the UK who have been awarded the status of Microsoft Showcase School. 

On Friday 30th September, we were delighted to pay tribute to our founder John Lyon. As is tradition, two acts of commemoration took place once again at St Mary's Church, Harrow-on-the-Hill, where John is buried with his wife Joan.

Congratulations to Year 10 pupil, Finn, for winning Gold at the European Fencing Federation’s 14th Witold Woyda’s Foil Competition, held recently in Warsaw. 

It was a real privilege to welcome English author Anthony John McGowan for our very first Excellence Programme series talk earlier this month.

We would like to invite existing and prospective parents and pupils to our 6th Form Open Evening on Thursday 29th September at 5.15pm, in the Thomas Blackwell Centre.

John Lyon School is deeply saddened by the news that Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II has died.