St Swithun’s School, Winchester has been recognised as one of the very best schools in the world and has been accredited as a High Performance Learning World Class School. The award recognises schools at the forefront of educational thinking with exceptional outcomes for students. St Swithun’s now joins an elite global community of schools from Dubai to Mexico who routinely share practice and...
Awards
Ipswich School has been named in this year’s Sunday Times Parent Power report as the top independent school in Suffolk – for the fifth year running – and in the top 150 independent schools in the country. The report, which ranks schools by their top A-level and GCSE exam grades, was published over the weekend. Due to the exam disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s report chooses...
Cheltenham Ladies’ College has been named South West Independent Secondary School of the Decade by The Times and The Sunday Times. The awards, to be published in the ‘Parent Power’ Schools Guide 2021 on Sunday 29th November, commend schools that have achieved academic excellence and provided an outstanding education for the last decade. Over the last 10 years, CLC’s academic results have been...
Fiona Meredith, Development Director, receiving the award Malvern St James Girls' School has won The Marketing Award for Effective Brand Communication at the Independent School of the Year Awards. The award recognised the work of the school's Old Girls’ Association Malvern Alumnae 100 campaign. 'Malvern Alumnae 100' was launched in 2019 and showcases 100 of the school’s most talented...
Plymouth College has been selected as a finalist for The Independent Schools of the Year Award for International Student Experience. Jo Hayward, Head, said: “I am enormously proud of this accomplishment which speaks volumes for every area of the school. Not only does it highlight our fantastic boarding provision but also the total inclusive nature of the entire school community. This year has been...
Reflecting on the weeks since the start lockdown, at a Covid-modified prize giving celebration, Year 8 pupils at All Hallows were given a resounding thumbs for the way they have responded to recent challenges. Ms Paice, Head of Years 7 and 8 at All Hallows, commented: "We want our pupils to be resilient and after witnessing the way the Year 8s have accepted the limitations imposed on them and adapted in...
Media and design pupils from Bromsgrove School are celebrating after scooping 'Best Magazine' at the Shine School Media Awards. The competition rewards the talent of senior school pupils who work on the editorial and design of a school magazine, newspaper, podcast or website. The school's pupil magazine Two Zero One won 'Best Magazine', 'Best Front Cover', 'Best Overall Content' and received Highly...
Tonbridge School has been shortlisted for the second year running in the Independent Schools of the Year awards. Currently the Independent Boys’ School of the Year, the school has been nominated in the 2020 awards for ‘Community Outreach’. The category recognises the various ways in which schools have worked with their local communities over the past year and also assesses the impact of...
BSG headmistresses celebrate the achievement Bruton School for Girls has been shortlisted for Small Independent School 2020 in the Independent Schools of the Year Awards 2020. The aim of the awards is to highlight the excellence of the student experience in independent schools. With the challenges facing schools and students during the Covid-19 pandemic, Bruton School for Girls submitted its...
Queen Margaret's has been shortlisted in the Community Outreach category of the Independent Schools of the Year Awards. The School earned its shortlisting following a number of community initiatives by staff and students during the coronavirus outbreak. It launched a pen pal scheme which pairs current pupils up with Old Margaretians so that they can write emails and enjoy phone calls, sharing their...
West Buckland has been recognised for the quality of its boarding provision and for its innovation. Shortlisted in the Independent School Awards for 'Boarding School of the Year 2020', the school was recognised for the high standard of boarding across all ages, together with its outstanding facilities in Sixth Form and for the wide-ranging activities available to boarders. In addition, Corporate...
Three pupils at Monmouth School for Girls have triumphed in a geography competition about Wales. Year 9 pupils Rosa Dean-Netscher, Rose Sinclair and Eleanor Moore teamed up to win the Geographical Association’s (GA) WelshWise quiz in Cardiff. A team at Monmouth School for Boys carried off the top prize in the competition last year. The quiz is coordinated by the GA Special Interest Group for...
An award scheme pioneered by a teacher at Gordonstoun has "come home" to the Moray-based school. The Junior Duke Awards are the brainchild of a teacher from Glasgow, who felt that there should be a junior version of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award to encourage primary-aged children to learn life skills. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award was inspired by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip’s...
Badminton School recently celebrated the centenary of Dame Iris Murdoch DBE with the unveiling of a Blue Plaque in her honour. The acclaimed novelist and philosopher, described as ‘one of the finest minds of her generation’, attended Badminton School for six years from 1932 to 1938 during which time she motivated children from across Bristol schools to submit poems for a charity publication, ‘Poet...
St Mary’s Calne has been named in the top of the best independent schools in the South West by The Sunday Times Schools Guide, Parent Power 2020. The guide identifies the 2,000 highest-achieving schools in the UK, ranked by their 2019 A-level and GCSE examination results. In addition to being second in the South West, the school was ranked 64th independent secondary school in the country (ranking...
Pupils and staff at Westbourne Prep School are celebrating after being praised by judges for the outstanding student experience they provide to pupils across all years. Eyes are now on the next stage of the competition which could see them being crowned winners later this month. Westbourne Prep School is amongst top household names in the final stage of the competition, which is run by Independent...
Linda Salway, Chair of the Eastbourne Schools Partnership (ESP) and teacher at Eastbourne College, has been named the Teacher of the Year at the Eastbourne and District Community Awards. Linda collected the award on behalf of the 15,000 or so pupils that the ESP represents, and the many education leaders that dedicate themselves to ensuring the award-winning partnership blossoms. Founded in 2014, the...
Felsted School have been shortlisted for School Caterer of the Year (Self-Managed) by EDUcatering Magazine. The catering team, led by René Hauret, have introduced and overseen many initiatives to further improve the catering experience, including the introduction of different cuisines, the reduction of food waste, and the Felsted Bake Off competition. The team have contributed to the wide variety of...