Celebrating success is an important aspect of life at Denbigh School.  Staff are encouraged to celebrate the successes of our students wherever possible, including focusing specifically on instances where students have demonstrated our school vision of ‘Aspire, Innovate, Achieve, Belong’.  

Students’ individual achievements are celebrated on a daily basis, through contact with parents/carers and the issuing of ‘Shares’ which they can exchange for a variety of prizes during the school year.  Class teachers issue ‘Shares’ when students have demonstrated an excellent attitude to learning. Tutors celebrate excellent attendance and punctuality, being prepared, showing pride in our school and actively participating in tutorial lessons.  We run our ‘Blooming with Brilliance’ scheme throughout the year when staff hand out cards with bespoke designs created by our students to those students who they think have been ‘blooming with brilliance’. The cards are counted up & there are House points & prizes for the winning House & students. 

After each progress report, our Headteacher invites those students who have made significant progress and demonstrated an excellent attitude to learning to special celebration lunches.   

We have a fantastic awards season celebrating student engagement and achievement. We have the STEM Awards Ceremony, the Creative Arts and Arts Ceremony and the Sports Award Ceremony in the summer term and then our Celebrating Success Evening in September recognising exceptional attainment, progress, engagement and contribution across the School. Former students from our alumni network come back to school to award prizes and talk to the winners about the paths they have taken since leaving Denbigh. We produce brochures for each of the ceremonies which are shared with parents. The Ceremony Programmes from our most recent Celebration of Success events are here: