This week saw all students in Year 7 to 9 compete in cross country races during their PE lessons. Students have performed well across their lessons this week and we look forward to the hard work continuing in their PE lessons moving forward.

Year 7 Mob Race:

Tuesday 9th September was the annual Year 7 Mob Race hosted by Sandringham School. Townsend took a team of 18 excited Year 7s to compete in the races and all performed fantastically. Our top performers from each race (of around 200 students per race) were Isla G who came 4th in the girl’s race and Javier B who finished 12th in the boy’s race.

There are three more upcoming District Cross Country events coming up:
Thursday 18th September at Townsend School
Thursday 25th September at Nicholas Breakspear
Thursday 2nd October at Verulam School

These competitions are open to all year groups, and we would love to have as many students as possible representing the school at each competition. If your child is interested in attending, please ask them to speak to any member of the PE department.

Senior Football:

A newly formed senior side made their first competitive appearance in the County Cup this week with a challenging opening fixture against SCC. Despite a promising performance and numerous chances created, the team were unable to find the finishing touches that might have changed the result.
The match began evenly, with both teams testing each other before a well-taken early goal from Theo O ensured the score was level at 1-1 going into half-time. After the break, SCC grew into the game and were more clinical in front of goal, eventually running out 4-1 winners, with a bit more luck the scoreline could’ve been reversed.
There were plenty of positives for the team to build on, with two Year 11 players making an impact at this higher level of competition. Archie B was named Player of the Match after an excellent individual display in goal. –Mr Tominey

Fixtures are in the process of being booked in for all year groups in Netball, Football and Basketball this term. Please speak to any member of the PE Department if you are interested in representing Townsend in any of these.

Miss M Jones
Head of PE

Home Learning Club for Years 7-11 will be on every Tuesday and Thursday 3.25pm until 4.30pm in the Discovery Centre starting on Tuesday 16th September.

Thank you,

Mrs T Sibley
Head of Student Services

Please note that our school photographers will be coming in on Friday 12th September.

The photographers will be taking photos of the below students:

Year 7

Year 9

Year 11

Year 12

Also, including any in year admission students.

Thank you,

Townsend School Office

Following the changes to the bus service to and from Luton that took place on 31st August, we have been in regular communication with Arriva and have been monitoring the use of the bus stops.

With everyone back in school yesterday there were 75 students in total who got the bus from Harpenden Road, conveniently split over three buses and two bus stops.

This is our suggestion for future bus travel:

Year 7/8 – Use the bus stop opposite Texaco. There is a double decker that leaves at 1543, but has been arriving a few minutes earlier the last few days. There were about 20 students who used this bus yesterday.

Year 9+ – Use the bus stop opposite STAGS. There is a bus at 1540, which arrived at 1536 yesterday, or the 1555, which arrived at 1603 yesterday. About 55 students used this bus yesterday.

Of course any students may get either bus.

There are buses scheduled for every 15 minutes going to Luton. A supervisor from Arriva has been present the last few days to monitor bus use and they are going to try and provide double decker buses on these buses, as well as an earlier bus which picks up most of the STAGS students.

We have also sent a communication to Hertfordshire County Council requesting that the bus stop opposite Texaco be improved with a shelter, railings and better lighting. If you would like to add your voice, please contact them here

For any enquiries to Arriva, please use this form and use 321 as the route reference.

In the mornings, Arriva have asked that we inform students and parents/carers that there are three buses from the Interchange at 0700, 0715 and 0730. They have noted that a group of students is meeting at Starbucks at 7am and are then waiting to get the 0730 bus, which causes overcrowding. So Arriva have requested that students get buses at different times.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to get in touch with school or Arriva. We will continue to monitor as the term progresses.

Kind regards,

Mrs H Line 
Deputy Headteacher

Year 13 results day is taking place on Thursday 14th August.

The school will be open from 8am, we look forward to seeing our Year 13 students then.

Please see attached guidance for what to expect, for those who have applied for University.

What to expect on results day – University

POST RESULTS INFORMATION A LEVEL STUDENTS 2025

Thank you,

Mr M Tominey
Head of Sixth Form