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...
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Two Malvern St James Girls’ School pupils have won the prestigious Bristol ChemLabS Open Laboratories Competition. The competition, open to schools across the UK, involved small teams of Year 12 students interrogating the UK Air Data Archive produced by DEFRA (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). Their task was to investigate aspects of how air quality has been affected by the...
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...
Tennis players from Bromsgrove School recently enjoyed a successful weekend at the Hereford and Worcestershire LTA U14 and U16 Boys’ and Girls’ County Doubles Tournament. The competition, held at Malvern College and Malvern St James, saw Bobby Mekushina and Claudia Bullock win the Girls’ U16 Doubles County title. Two pairings from the school made it to the final of the Girls’ U14 Doubles, with...
A team from Malvern St James Girls’ School has progressed to the West Midlands Final of the Young Enterprise Company of the Year. The winning team, Moments, will give a presentation to judges next month in four categories regarding their products, including postcards, booklets and coupon books. The members have benefited from business advice from Rupert Parsons of Acacia Dentists in Bromyard, who has...
A pupil from Bromsgrove School will take part in the Wadokai Karate World Championships in August. Freddie Draycott will represent England at the championships in Leicester, the first to be held outside of Japan. He is one of the few athletes selected to compete in both Kata and Kumite and has previously competed at three European Championships, winning three gold and bronze medals and four...
A golfer from Bromsgrove School has recently won the Jessica Smith Bowl and Grace Boulton Plate at the Ladies’ County Golf Championship at Moseley Golf Club. Megan Langford posted a nett score of 69 over the first 18 holes, posting a course record of 62 on the second 18. Her performance resulted in her handicap being cut from 14 to 8 in the first qualifying competition of the season. It capped off...
Bromsgrove School’s Young Enterprise team have won four area awards. Ki Moments qualified for the regional finals after winning the Best Product, Best Finance, Best Trade Stand and Best Overall Company categories at the North Worcestershire Young Enterprise area final. The team have been advised and supported throughout the year by local businessman Lyndon Stokes and Robert Elliot. Jo Holdsworth,...
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...
Bromsgrove Preparatory School’s U13 A hockey team have been crowned Independent School’s Hockey Cup (ISHC) champions. The side travelled to the ISHC National Finals at the University of Birmingham on Tuesday, where they defeated Blundell School 7-2 to set up a final against Calday Grange Grammar School. The Worcestershire-based school secured the title with a 7-0 win thanks to four goals from Archie...
A former sportsman and BBC commentator recently gave a talk to upper sixth students at Bromsgrove School. Alastair Hignell CBE spoke about his career as a professional cricketer and rugby player, as well as his diagnosis with MS and his current work in spreading awareness and fundraising for research. The Cambridge-born fullback captained the prestigious university in both sports and made his rugby...
Back row (left to right): Mr Ian Fry, Mia Rooke-Hodges, Charlotte Brookes, Susannah Watkins, Chloe Aris, Millie Kane Front row (left to right): Grace Earp, Lilia Mico, Amber Forsyth, Hettie Smith, Isla Wall Malvern St James Girls’ School’s U11s football team have been crowned English Schools Football Association U11s Girls’ County Champions. The team overcame cold and wet conditions to win the...
Bromsgrove Preparatory School recently staged its first production at its brand new Cobham Theatre. Pupils performed ‘Tales from the Thousand and One Nights’ at the 300-seat venue, putting in impressive performances. The technical team backstage were just as professional and hardworking, supporting the actors in this ambitious and enjoyable piece of theatre. Charlie Woollhead, head of drama,...
Bromsgrove School’s senior, preparatory and pre-preparatory pupils have been celebrating Chinese New Year with a variety of activities. Children at the pre-prep were taught about the event by senior students, with Year 10 pupils commenting that “the children were very attentive and interested”, adding that it was “an exciting experience” because it was the first time that some pupils had...