Almost four years ago, The Purbeck School was very saddened to hear of the death of Sophie Waylen, who had just successfully left our Sixth Form and begun to study as an undergraduate at UWE in Bristol. Sophie was a wonderful student, whose kindness, energy and intelligence touched so many of us. Recently, another former student, Joe Deakin, embarked on a marathon cycle ride to Croatia, in memory of Sophie who had been his girlfriend at the time of her passing.