Rydal Penrhos School has announced the appointment of Paul Sanders as the new head of Middle School. He will take over from John Murphy at the start of the next academic year in September. Mr Sanders studied a BA in Sport Management at Coventry University before heading to the University of Manchester to undertake his PGCE. This was followed by teaching work in the Manchester and Bolton area where...
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Bromsgrove School’s Year 8 boys’ athletics team have been crowned Midlands Champions of the ESAA Track and Field Cup. The team will now compete as one of twelve schools from over 500 initial entries at the National Final in Gateshead next month. Neil Cai and Fyodor Shaskin both achieved new personal bests in the hammer, scoring over 50 points between them. Cyrus Passman ran a personal best in the...
Seventeen pupils from Felsted School recently collected their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award at Buckingham Palace. Students heard from Simon Gillespie, CEO of the British Heart Foundation, before the awards ceremony, who discussed his journey into the charity sector. HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Wessex, then spoke to them about their volunteering and presented them with their awards. A total of 32...
Commonwealth gold-medallist Eboni Beckford-Chambers recently visited Taunton School to run a coaching session for aspiring players. Under the organisation of JR Sports Coaching, students at the school and the wider community had three hours of coaching consisting of warm-up drills, attacking drills, defensive drills and gameplay. Following this, pupils had a Q&A session with Eboni in which she...
Dean Close School has been crowned the Best Independent School of the Year at the first ever SoGlos Gloucestershire Lifestyle Awards. Headmaster Bradley Salisbury and Emma Taylor, the school’s warden, attended the event at Blackfriars Priory along with many other prestigious schools. The award recognised the staff and pupils that offer their time to contribute to the school’s community, including...
Felsted School has been awarded the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Silver Science Mark. The award recognises the best practice in science departments across the UK, with only 15% of secondary schools expected to meet these standards. Felsted’s science department was recognised for its teaching, strong vision and student progress in examinations, with many of them going on to...
Two pupils and a teacher at Lancing College have recently enjoyed regional hockey success. Sixth Formers Mabel Woodley and Michael Laurent have been recognised and commended for their performances for Brighton and Hove Hockey Club (BHHC). Michael was named as the Men’s Young Player of the Season and said: “I’m extremely grateful for the award as I was up against stiff opposition. I’m...
A pupil from Rydal Penrhos Prep has earned a black belt in karate. Nathan Richards was awarded the honour following his 1st Dan grading last month, coming away with a distinction. A spokesman from the Adrian Wright’s Martial Arts Academy said: “Nathan has shown himself to be a person of outstanding character and has met all the requirements of high proficiency in prescribed techniques during his...
Ratcliffe College has earned excellent results in its most recent inspection. The school underwent its latest Focused Compliance Inspection (FCI) during the last week of the spring term and was deemed to be compliant. This follows the results of the school’s most recent educational quality inspection in 2015, when the school was judged to be ‘excellent’ in all nine categories. Jonathan...
Bromsgrove School has received an award for its International Baccalaureate Diploma results. The school’s pupils achieved an average score of 39.1 out of 45, which places the school among the best in the world for the third time in four years. Dr Michael Thompson, director of the International Baccalaureate at Bromsgrove School, said: “Once again, the students have been recognised for their...
A pupil from Repton School has signed a contract with Burton Albion Football Club. Max joins the U14 side having signed a deal with the club during the Easter holidays and will make his debut at Derby County’s Moor Farm centre later this month. Matthew Wilson, Max’s housemaster, commented: “Burton Albion are a great partner, in that they place a strong emphasis on academic achievement too and...
Deborah Newman, Fulneck School Principal and Ian Sykes MBE Pupils from Fulneck School have voted Benjamin Latrobe as its greatest ever pupil. Latrobe is credited with planning Washington DC and designing parts of the White House. He was chosen as the winner by a group of students at a secret ballot as part of the ‘Fulneck’s Greatest’ event. The runner-up in the poll was Dame Diana Rigg, who...
A pupil from Oswestry School has been selected to play for the Independent School’s Football Association’s (ISFA) representative side. Jac Herbert will represent England at the Academy Tournament this summer at Oakham School, Rutland. He currently plays for Shrewsbury Town FC’s academy side which helped prepare him for the trials with the ISFA national representative side. The ISFA’s teams...