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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...

GCSE pupils at Haileybury received their results this morning, and we are extremely proud of their outstanding performance. There is much for our pupils to celebrate: - With over a third of all grades awarded at 9. - Nearly four out of every five grades a 7, 8 or 9. - Over half of our pupils got 5 or more grades 8 or 9. For our GCSE pupils, a significant amount of their GCSE courses were taught...

Sixth-formers Beth and Lizzie travelled to Durban for the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships – an annual event with 120 students from 35 different countries. Both students took part in a wide range of challenges, including public speaking rounds which required them to deliver without notes both thirteen-minute prepared speeches and five-minute unprepared speeches having been...

American students have been wowed by Shropshire after visiting as part of a school exchange trip. Year nine to 13 pupils from the Tabor Academy in Boston, Massachusetts, visited Ellesmere College as part of a drama exchange which has been running for more than 20 years and performed the thriller The 39 Steps at the college theatre. The team were in Shropshire for one week and also boarded in the school...

Felsted School has been named among the eight national finalists for Boarding School of the Year 2023 by TES (Times Educational Supplement). The independent boarding and day school for 1,000 girls and boys aged four to 18 in north Essex has been recognised by a panel of expert judges including school leaders and education researchers, not just on the basis of academic achievement, but on the...

PUPILS at an eco-friendly Harrogate school have secured a top accolade for the way they “live and breathe Fairtrade”. Ashville College has again been awarded FairAchiever status - the highest award level - by the Fairtrade Foundation. The school has held the honour since 2009 for the way its pupils understand the connections between themselves and farmers in some of the poorest countries in the...

Some 260 school leaders and representatives from Methodist state funded and independent schools across the world (including South Africa, Hong Kong, Australia, Bahamas, USA, Norway, India and Argentina as well as the UK) met together to celebrate the wonderful work in and continuing relevance of our Methodist Schools. Commemorating the 275th Anniversary of the founding of Kingswood School in Bath by...

Taunton School student Isla Winslow has been selected for the GB Biathle European Championships this June in Germany. Isla, from Norfolk, picked up the sport (which involves both swimming and running) at age 12 and has been training ever since. Isla previously qualified for the championship in 2021, but missed out on the competition after it was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Taunton School...

Former England captains Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting are set to talk about their illustrious careers – both on and off the pitch - at the event on Friday May 26 in the school’s Densham Suite. They will be in conversation with BBC cricket commentator, Pat Murphy. The £60-a-head dinner has been organized by six Sixth-Formers as part of their BTEC Business curriculum and is raising money to help fund...

The most outstanding individuals and institutions that the education sector has to offer have been recognised in the shortlist for the Tes Schools Awards 2023, the 15th year of the awards. It's been revealed that Wellington School Headmaster, Eugene du Toit has been shortlisted for the Headteacher of the Year 2023 award. The Tes Schools Awards recognises the very best teachers and schools from UK...

Rebecca Lewis is set to join the school in September 2023. She is currently Deputy Head of a primary school in Solihull. “I am delighted to be joining Taunton School and look forward to meeting the pupils, staff and parents,” said Rebecca. “During my time already spent at the school, I have been particularly impressed by everyone’s warmth and the priority being placed on both student wellbeing...

Felsted School hosted a colour run, raising an incredible £6,000 for Felsted’s charity partners, including those affected by cyclone Freddie in Malawi. The event consisted of a 30 minute race around the course, with paint thrown at checkpoints along the way. Following this, everyone gathered for a ‘paint party’ with paint canons helping to cover anyone who hadn’t yet decorated their colour run...

Stonyhurst has announced its Museum and Archives will host an exhibition this summer, ‘Folio 400: A Summer of Shakespeare’, featuring its very own copy of the First Folio of William Shakespeare as part of the worldwide 400th-anniversary celebrations. To celebrate 400 years since the publication of Shakepeare’s First Folio, the display at Stonyhurst will explore the history and stories of...