Barr Beacon School has lots of exciting and fun acitivities to help raise money for Children in Need. 

From Monday 31^st October our year 13 House Captains will be visiting all forms with ‘guess the name of the teddy bear’ and ‘how many sweets are in the jar?’ competitions. Both activities cost 50p per entry and winners will be announced on the big day – Friday 18^th November 2022. 

On Thursday 17^th November 2022 pupils will have the opportunity to take part in a penalty shootout against a member of staff. This will take place during both break times in the sports hall and will cost 50p for 3 shots.  

All money raised will go directly to Children in Need.  

We are delighted to hear that one of our former students has very recently been invited to Buckingham Palace to receive an MBE. 

Robert Cashmore MBE completed his Sixth Form studies at Barr Beacon School in 2002.  He studied AS level Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Business & Economics, Geography and History.  He pursued Mathematics, Business & Economics and Geography into year 2 and finished his school years with a fantastic set of A level results – grades AAB.  He continued with his academic learning and has many achievements under his belt.  He is currently working for London based Octopus Investments as their Global Institutional Distribution Director for the Middle East.

Here is Robert’s story:

“Since finishing Barr Beacon I have completed two undergraduate degrees, one from the London School of Economics and the other from the University of Cambridge.  Following that I completed a Masters Degree at the University of Oxford. I have lived in a number of different countries.

I spent five years in the City of London working for a number of investment banks, including UBS and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.  Prior to Octopus, I was a senior British diplomat specialising in Gulf investment into the UK.  I spent four years as the UK Government’s Head of Investment for Saudi Arabia and two years as the Director for Investment Middle East, based in the United Arab Emirates.  During my time here, I played a leading role in securing the £10bn UAE-UK Sovereign Investment Partnership.  I received an MBE in the 2020 Queen’s Honours list for services to UK Trade and Investment.

Last week I was invited to Buckingham Palace to receive my MBE from HRH Princess Anne.”

We offer our congratulations to Robert for all his successes following on from his hard work and dedication.  We are thrilled to be in contact with him and look forward to inviting him into school to work with our current students.

On Friday 30^th September staff at Barr Beacon School joined in the national coffee morning to raise important funds for Macmillan cancer support. Staff were extremely generous in providing both delicious cakes and treats to be purchased and in turn their donations. This successful event raised £178.50 to help with this worthy cause. Many thanks to all the staff who came along or made a donation.