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A prestigious Shropshire school is building on the success of its artistic programmes with the launch of a new GCSE course in Dance due to begin this year. The news comes as 14 students at the College celebrate success following the release of results across music and drama examinations - set by the Royal Schools of Music, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and Trinity College London - three...

YOUNG pupils at a Yorkshire school donned blindfolds and dined in the dark to raise awareness about vision loss and to gain a deeper understanding of life as a blind or partially sighted person. The event put Prep School pupils from Ashville College, Harrogate, in the shoes of a blind individual by navigating mealtime without their vision. The idea was to give pupils a small snippet of life with...

TWO King’s Ely Sixth Form students are celebrating success in an international Science competition. Barclay Greenway and Georgia Gordon, who are both in Year 13 and studying Biology at A-Level, have achieved Silver and Highly Commended, respectively, in this year’s British Biology Olympiad (BBO). More than 13,000 students from 800 schools worldwide participated in the contest. Barclay’s Silver...

Passionate speeches on important global topics such as ‘zero hunger’ and ‘gender equality’ were delivered by pupils aged six to 13 at Felsted Prep’s public speaking competition for World Speech Day 2023. The speeches’ themes were drawn from the UN’s Global Goals and, in advance of writing and practising their own presentations, Felsted Prep pupils listened to an inspiring talk by former...

Back in February, our performing arts triumphed at the annual Senior School performance, with a rendition of the hit musical Six. This May, the cast had a very special meet and great with the famous faces of the stage show. Our girls got to meet the stars of Six the Musical, which has become a global phenomena and has blown away audiences from the West End to Broadway. Returning again to...

The stage of the Globe Theatre, London beckons for Moreton Hall pupil and thespian Jessica Middleton after winning the regional final of the English Speaking Union’s Performing Shakespeare competition. Year 9 pupil, Jessica, captivated audiences and impressed judges at the prestigious ESU competition and has now secured herself a place in the national final at The Globe Theatre. Going head-to-head...

Westbourne School has today announced a cutting-edge entrepreneurship programme for young people in the UK and across the world, aimed at creating the world’s next generation of business innovators. The dynamic ‘Future Leaders Lab’ is a world-first programme presented by award-winning Westbourne School, one of the leading academic schools in the UK - in partnership with serial entrepreneur Adrian...

Year 12 student Simon Ivanov has independently signed up senior university lecturers to take part in his own ‘Simply, Infinities’ conference on May 24th. Oxford University Professors Dominic Joyce and John Ockendon will be joined by Dr Davoud Cheraghi from Imperial College London and Prof Mary Rees from Liverpool University to speak about a host of mathematically challenging topics. Simon, who is...

The Co-Curricular programme at Claremont Senior School is inspired by the eight core skills highlighted nationally as important for university, apprenticeship courses and future careers.  Speaking | Problem Solving | Creativity | Staying positive | Listening | Aiming high | Leadership | Teamwork  Our award-winning Performing Arts programme helps students develop and master them all through a...

This ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’, we celebrate the exceptional pastoral care of Kingswood Prep School. As a leading educator in the south west, they strive to make a positive difference to each and every child who passes through the School. When it comes to the pastoral care and emotional wellbeing of children, many schools struggle to strike the right balance. But Kingswood Prep School has...

Felsted School has been named as an Official Partner School of Saracens Rugby Club, with the two organisations agreeing to work together to identify talented young players and nurture them on the path towards a career in professional rugby. Saracens, based in north London, is one of English rugby’s most successful and longest established clubs. Saracens men’s side has won the Premiership five times...

Ellesmere College students maintained the consistently high tempo of a very successful year with their latest impressive performances at the Chester Music Festival. The students excelled in choir, mixed voice groups and soloist classes to come away with a string of first and second places. It follows on from another successful showing at the Oswestry Youth Music Festival in March. Tony Coupe,...

nor A Taunton School musician who continues to raise thousands of pounds for charities working in Ukraine has been awarded the Sandy Padgett Pride of Somerset Youth Award 2023. Music scholar Anthony Knight, 17, is continuing his plight to raise money for the Ukraine Appeal, run by the UK’s Disasters and Emergencies Committee, through his musical talents. Since July last year Anthony has performed...

Wellington School is celebrating after receiving an excellent inspection report across the board, from Nursery through to the Sixth Form. Following an inspection by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) as part of the programme of regular inspections required by the Department for Education, the School received the highest possible commendation for Educational Quality and was found to be fully...

Stonyhurst’s Head Boy, Dilip, aged 17, has been named as a Coronation Campion by Their Majesties The King and The Queen for his outstanding charitable endeavours. Dilip, a Sixth Form pupil at Stonyhurst, and volunteer for local charity Maundy Relief has been recognised for his role as the charity’s youngest Trustee and his extensive fundraising efforts. Dilip is a remarkable individual who,...

Pupils at Haileybury have been praised in their recent inspection. Visited by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in October 2022, Haileybury achieved an excellent rating across all categories. The categories cover every aspect of school life; pupil achievement, extra-curricular opportunities, quality of teaching, personal development of pupils, provision of accommodation, pastoral care, health and...

Ground has been broken as work is under way to create new state-of-the-art Science and Technology buildings that will revolutionise teaching and learning in these subjects. The SciTech project will house globally renowned research and provide exceptional teaching and learning for its pupils and community. The Master of Haileybury, Martin Collier, and Estate Director, Stuart Hay, alongside the team at...

Upper Sixth A level pupils at Haileybury received their A level results this morning, and we are extremely proud of their exceptional performance. With over a third of all grades awarded at A* and nearly two-thirds awarded at A* or A, there is much to celebrate. It is important to note that the departing Upper Sixth pupils did not sit GCSE examinations so for many, this was their first experience of...