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

This year we have seen lots of reading successes from our Year 7s and 8s.  Many of these students have taken up and participated in our Bookoploly reading challenge.

We have been very impressed with their efforts and how much they have achieved.

A handful of students have worked especially hard to read around the board with Oreoluwa F completing Bookopoly, having read all of the 40 books set out,  Henry R and George S finishing on 19 books, and Xavion C made it all the way to 18.  Not only have they all earned themselves lots of achievement points along the way, but they also all received a certificate of merit and a token for our book vending machine, as part of our end of year celebration assemblies.

Huge congratulations to them all!

Mrs M Gregory
Discovery Centre Manager  

We recently ran a poster competition for all students in Year 7 in celebration of Bastille Day (called the Fête nationale in France) which takes place every year on 14th July and is France’s national day.

On this day, French people mark the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789, the end of the French monarchy and the establishment of the French republic. It is a national holiday in France and is celebrated with a military parade, firework displays and parties. Students had to represent the meaning of the day in their posters and of course include some French!

Congratulations to our worthy winners!

Class winners:

7 Ash

Rosie O and Faith D

7 Birch

Lily DP

7 Maple

Hilma H

7 Oak

Lacey S

7 Sycamore

Max K

Overall winner:

Lily DP

Mrs S Livesey
Head of MFL