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Bedford School is celebrating having recently received the fantastic news that they have been named among Fortune’s ‘World’s Leading Boarding Schools’ for 2023. The school is proud to have been awarded five-stars, which places them not just in the top 250 schools covered by the report, but in the global top 100 and is one of just six boys’ boarding schools in the world to have achieved such a...

The Methodist Art Collection is back at Kingswood School more than fifty years after its departure. Transforming Lives: The Power of Art to Engage aims to bring people together and create conversations, notably with students across various disciplines. There will also be opportunities for the local community to see the works with events which are open to the public. Eleven paintings will be displayed at...

Taunton School and Taunton School International have been selected out of thousands of the best Secondary Schools in Europe in the 2023 StudyTravel Secondary School Awards for the second year in a row. The notable awards recognise excellence in service by educators in the burgeoning high school study abroad sector. Taunton School is only one of two UK schools to reach the finals of the European...

KING’S Ely Sixth Form student and skilful golfer, Paul Collington, has driven his way to victory in the eminent Faldo Series Junior Tour. Paul, who is in Year 13, beat 152 of the UK’s most able junior players in the competition, which was held at Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire, from April 3rd to 5th. Paul placed first with a total of 214, -5, for the Par 73, three-rounds. This qualifies him for...

AN artistic King’s Ely student has been crowned a winner in a national fashion design competition. Eleanor (Nell) Kittoe, who is in Year 11 at King’s Ely Senior, was awarded first place in the ‘Eveningwear Teenage’ category of the 2023 Stitch Festival Dressmaking Competition, with her exquisite jacket, pictured. Nell was one of nine GCSE and A Level Fashion and Textile Design students at...

Felsted School’s annual Musician of the Year competition brought together over 80 individual performances across a wide variety of instruments and singing styles. The event was a joyful day of music celebration and a fantastic opportunity for Felsted musicians to showcase their talents. The Prizewinners’ Concert in the evening gave the finalists from each category one last chance to shine for the...

School is set to become the official player sponsor of Somerset County Cricket team’s captain, Tom Abell, for the 2023 season. Tom was a student at Taunton School between 1996 and 2012. He has been the captain of his home-county team since 2017, and was recently selected for England’s white-ball squad for their tour of Bangladesh. During his time at Taunton School, Tom had a prolific scoring...

Royal Hospital School (RHS) in Holbrook, Ipswich, is celebrating after Year 13 pupil Sebastian Kempe was named 'Junior Male Athlete of the Year' following his sailing success. This award was given by the Bermuda Government at their recent National Sports Awards to recognise Sebastian’s achievements to date. Sebastian, age 16, is a full-boarding pupil and sailing scholar at the Royal Hospital School...

The golden age of American music was recreated when 200 of Felsted School’s most talented musicians staged the biggest concert of the year to a packed audience of toe-tapping family and friends. Choirs, orchestras and bands made up of pupils aged 9 to 18 raised the roof of the school’s Lord Riche Hall with a celebration of some of the biggest names in American musical history, from Glenn Miller to...

ROWERS at King’s Ely had their fitness and stamina tested to a whole new level – all in the name of charity. A taxing 24-hour Ergothon was held in school to raise money and awareness for the Tearfund charity’s relief efforts for people impacted by the Turkey-Syria Earthquake, and for King’s Ely Boat Club’s fundraising for a new coxless quad for the girls’ rowing programme. The challenge...

Sandra Reynolds, who has had a career in the education sector spanning more than 20 years, will take up the position as Taunton’s Chief Operating Officer in May. She is currently COO and Chief Financial Officer for a large multi academy trust in Wiltshire. “It is a privilege to be joining Taunton School,” said Sandra. “I am absolutely delighted to be taking up this role at an incredibly...

UK-based Samiad Summer School has announced two new boarding school locations for residential courses in 2023, as well as the launch of a new website. The addition of Cottesmore School (pictured above) and The Oratory School bring the total number of centres offered by Samiad Summer School to five for July and August this year. The provider said, “Cottesmore School is a...

CREATIVITY and passion have resulted in a King’s Ely Sixth Form student snapping her way to victory in a prestigious photography competition. Jessica Harding, 18, has been crowned the International Winner of the ‘2023 ILFORD PHOTO Student Photographer of the Year Competition’, beating hundreds of young photographers from across the world with her poignant black and white image, pictured. Chosen...

King William’s College and The Buchan School are delighted to announce there will be a new Principal in office from September this year. Damian Henderson MA (Cantab.) will be taking up the reins in September, relocating to the Isle of Man with his wife Caroline and their three children, Chloe, Theodore and Madeleine. Chairman of Governors Peter Clucas said: “The recruitment process has been...

It’s not every day you can write: Zombies took over Scarborough College! A story of acceptance told through the eyes of a whacky 1950s B movie style musical took to the stage of Scarborough College under the guidance of local theatre professional Alex Weatherhill. “I wanted to bring something completely different to the school.” Says Weatherhill, most recently associated with Scarborough...

A spectacular performance took place at Wellington School last night. Over 450 children from 19 schools around the region turned out to take part in the 12th “Come and Sing” spectacular! They arrived for an afternoon of workshops and rehearsals, before performing a dazzling array of Abba classics to a thrilled audience of over 1000! Pupils came for rehearsals and a sing-off to find our star...

Students from Ellesmere College are heading off to sing in iconic and world-class Spanish venues this week.   The Chapel Choir and other musicians at the prestigious school will sing in the recognisable La Familia Sagrada, Barcelona Cathedral and The Basilica of the Montserrat Monastery during their trip to Barcelona.   When at the UNESCO World Heritage site La Familia Sagrada, one of the most...

Old Tauntonian Tom Wyatt was part of the Exeter Chiefs’ team that clinched the 2023 Premiership Rugby Cup. Wyatt joined Exeter Chiefs in 2019. Since then, he has made appearances in three Premiership Cup matches and five Premiership games. As a dual-registered player he also plays with Championship side, the Cornish Pirates. Attending Taunton School from the age of nine to 18, Tommy completed a...