Good Schools Guide
Friday 06 June 2025
Welcome to the Barrow Hills Bulletin, your weekly newsletter with a snapshot of life at School.
Message From the Head
Dear Parents,
It’s been quite a week here at Barrow Hills. Years 7 and 8 have been sitting their mocks and Common Entrance exams, alongside a busy schedule of fixtures, singing, and dancing. And then, of course, came the Monday morning phone call—from the School Inspectors, letting us know of our full inspection from Tuesday to Thursday.
We look forward to sharing their report with you in due course. For now, I can say only how proud I was of how the pupils conducted themselves under such scrutiny—they were truly impressive.
In other exciting news, there has been a lot of positive attention around Barrow Hills so far in 2025. You may remember that we recently hosted a visit from The Good Schools Guide. Their team spoke to many parents and pupils, interviewed staff, and took a deep dive into what we do here. I’m delighted to announce that, for the first time, Barrow Hills is now featured and recommended in this esteemed publication.
My sincere thanks go to all the parents who contributed so kindly to this process.
We’ve included the full review here. It really is a fantastic and fair appraisal of Barrow Hills, and it would be wonderful if you could please share it with friends and family, whom I hope will find the strong endorsement interesting particularly if they are engaged with school choice at present – it’s also available on our website at The Good Schools Guide – Review 2025.
We look forward to welcoming you to our Hive event tomorrow morning, and if the rainy weather will permit us, our Proms in the afternoon. Summer fun!
Mr Towers, Head
