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	St Margaret's Prep Schools' Brilliant Young Minds St Margaret's Preparatory School, Calne, Wiltshire Everything added up for a pupil from a Calne school, who demonstrated that when it comes to figures she knows all the answers. Jolie, 11, a pupil at St Margaret’s Preparatory School, won a bronze medal in The Primary Mathematical Challenge (PMC) run by the Mathematical Association. She was just ... more... added 21 May 2013

	IAPS National Swimming Finals 2013: Two Golds for Bishop’s Stortford College Bishop's Stortford College Junior School, Hertfordshire Two gold medals were brought home to Bishop’s Stortford College Junior School after Max McCusker retained his title of IAPS National 13 and under 25m Butterfly Champion for the fourth successive year and Ellie Mitchell became IAPS National 12 and under 50m Freestyle Champion. For the 2013 IAPS (... more... added 20 May 2013

	Key Strings Musical Education at Bishop’s Stortford College Pre-Prep Bishop's Stortford College Junior School, Hertfordshire Bishop’s Stortford College Pre-Prep were delighted to welcome several members of a musical family and from the captivated looks on the faces of the pupils, the visitors certainly hit the right note. The four to seven year olds were introduced to the string family of the orchestra by Key Strings, ... more... added 20 May 2013

	A dazzling spectacle St Benedict's School, Ealing The third St Benedict’s School Dance Show, with a cast of over seventy girls, was a dazzling spectacle of colour, movement and sound. Choreographer Ruth Kestenbaum superbly rose to the challenge of directing such a varied cast, with girls from Year 3 right through to Year 12, and squeezed the maximu... more... added 20 May 2013

	Brentwood School footballers lift U15 Essex Cup Brentwood School, Essex Brentwood School’s U15 A football team have written themselves into the School’s history books after winning the Essex Schools’ Cup three times! Brentwood’s triumphant team lifted the Robert Cook Cup after a hard fought encounter with Gilberd School. It was the third time the team has been crowne... more... added 17 May 2013