On Tuesday 17^th September a group of our year 7 students attended a workshop hosted by James Allen’s Girls’ school to mark the 400^th anniversary of Edward Alleyn’s charitable foundation. The keynote speaker was author Sophia Bennett who amongst her many accolades has won the Times/Chicken House competition and the Romantic Novel of the Year.

Sophia spoke to the girls about ‘winning like a girl’ and generously donated two signed copies of her books to our library.