Ursuline Prep Warley Pancake Day Races
Ursuline Preparatory School, Essex
Children at the Ursuline Prep School in Warley celebrated the coming of Lent with their annual Shrove Tuesday pancake races. The races were an inter-house competition, with every child taking part. The children had to run the length of the course, tossing the “house coloured“ pancakes as they ran, w... more... added 22 February 2012

Help for Help for Heroes
Aldwickbury School, Hertfordshire
The boys and staff of Aldwickbury School were delighted to welcome Heather Waterfield from Help for Heroes to their assembly to present her with a cheque for £5704. The boys raised this tremendous sum with the help of parents and staff through their annual School Bazaar. Each year the boys are able ... more... added 20 February 2012

The English National Ballet workshop on innovative dance MenYMen
Aldwickbury School, Hertfordshire
The boys of Aldwickbury School were again treated to the expertise of the teachers of the English National Ballet. Members of the Company, including male dancer Grant Rae, took the boys through a workshop based on the innovative dance MenYMen. This was created to celebrate the athleticism, dynamism ... more... added 20 February 2012

Free parent workshop - understanding the SEN system
Barton School, North Lincolnshire
On Friday 23rd March, Barton School (North Lincolnshire) is hosting a free parent workshop with Melinda Nettleton and John Friel of SEN Legal. Melinda Nettleton LLB is the Principal Solicitor at SEN Legal and the mother of a child with Special Educational Needs. She has considerable experience of Sp... more... added 16 February 2012

‘Go, go, go Joseph!’
St Benedict's School, Ealing
On a desperately cold evening in February, St Benedict’s School production of ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ provided a wonderful spectacle that gladdened the eye and warmed the heart. The school’s Orchard Hall was transformed with kaleidoscopic sparkling lights, sand, palm trees and... more... added 16 February 2012

Cathy Brett works with Box Hill School students
Box Hill School, Surrey
On Saturday 21st January the English department at Box Hill School provided students with an amazing chance to meet and work with author, Cathy Brett, a renowned author and illustrator of books for teenagers. Students were inspired by Cathy’s stories of how she became involved in writing and work... more... added 16 February 2012

St Leonards makes appointment under ground-breaking scheme
St Leonards School, Fife
Pupils at St Leonards School are set to benefit from the insight of an academic with a truly rounded education. The School has just appointed St Andrews University PhD student Philip Kao as its third Associate Researcher, a position which aims to provide sixth form pupils with a link to the resea... more... added 15 February 2012

Oxbridge Places for Malvern St James Head Girls!
Malvern St James, Worcestershire
Rosie Baker, Jess Wright, Daisy Zhang and Zoe Xu are celebrating the offer of highly sought after places at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Head Girl, Rosie Baker, plans to study Geography at Cambridge after completing A levels in Chemistry, Geography and Maths, plus AS Biology. Rosie founded... more... added 15 February 2012

Launch of Easter Sports Courses!
Gresham's School, Norfolk
Gresham’s, in association with Gill Sports, is delighted to announce the launch of their sports courses during Easter 2012. Set in the picturesque and safe grounds of the Senior School, a wide range of sporting activities will be available to suit children aged 5-16. Under the leadership of Darr... more... added 14 February 2012

Greenfields Girl at UN Human Rights Convention
Greenfields School, East Sussex
Georgia May Todd, (15) took part in the 2011 summit to educate others about human rights and "help make the world a happier and safer place". Georgia is a member of Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) and has been campaigning for human rights and educating others. She joined other yout... more... added 14 February 2012

Ex Greenfields student Shannon Tarbet
Greenfields School, East Sussex
Shannon made her professional stage debut in 2010 with her critically acclaimed performance in 'Spur of the Moment' at the Royal Court Theatre, London. In 2011 she performed in Mogadishu at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester and the Lyric Theatre, London as well as in episodes of the BBC’s 'Silk... more... added 14 February 2012

Deputy Head writes and Publishes own Science Manuals
Greenfields School, East Sussex
Jeff Smith has been a teacher at Greenfields for over 20 years and is the writer of 3 five part science manuals in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. He wrote them to correspond with the national curriculum and also using his knowledge of the Study Technology used at Greenfields. The manuals are light-... more... added 14 February 2012

Royal Russell School Launches 'r' - The School Newspaper
Royal Russell School, Croydon
A school newspaper inspired, edited and written by the students of Royal Russell was launched this week. The 16-page newspaper, called r, was published on Wednesday, with more than 200 copies being distributed to pupils and students in Houses. Highlights in the first edition include articles ... more... added 14 February 2012

Gresham's piano showcase
Gresham's School, Norfolk
This year a record number of Gresham's students took Grade 8 in piano. To celebrate this achievement a concert was held on Wednesday 25th January at the Auden Theatre which provided an opportunity for both Prep and Senior School students to perform. With a repertoire spanning almost the entire com... more... added 14 February 2012

Historic Hockey Success for Canford
Canford School, Poole
For the first time in Canford's history, all six hockey squads have become County champions. It is also the only time that one school in the county has won all six titles and teams have then progressed to the West of England championships. Results were as follows: U18 Boys: 11-0 v Gillingham i... more... added 13 February 2012

Hazlegrove pupils celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth
Hazlegrove Preparatory School, Somerset
Hazlegrove had a day with a difference celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. Dickens information, book displays and quizzes were available in the three libraries resulting in a great surge of interest in Dickens' books - lots of his books have been borrowed by the chi... more... added 13 February 2012

Box Hill School staff and students climb a snowy Box Hill
Box Hill School, Surrey
The whole of the staff and student body at Box Hill School set out to climb Box Hill yesterday (Wednesday 8th February), in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the school trust. The route of the four mile sponsored walk had to be altered slightly at the last minute to account for ... more... added 10 February 2012

Royal Russell School 'Recipease' for Success
Royal Russell School, Croydon
A small number of pupils from the GCSE and AS Food Technology groups visited Jamie Oliver's Recipease for an unforgettable experience. They were shown how to make a range of fresh pasta and delicious sauces using 100% natural ingredients. The group had fun juggling to balance the 1.5 meter length... more... added 9 February 2012

Royal Russell Spring Concert Showcases Outstanding Performances
Royal Russell School, Croydon
The quality of performance was outstanding at the recent Spring Concert. This evening showcased a selection of the fine work which takes part in the Music Department throughout the academic year. Instrumental and vocal ensembles delighted the capacity audience which packed into Great Hall and t... more... added 9 February 2012

A Good Citizen is …?
St Benedict's School, Ealing
Ask any of our pupils at St Benedict’s Junior School what a good citizen is and you would more than likely get into a lively discussion with them about the many things they discovered during our ‘Citizenship Day’ on Friday 27 January. A range of guest speakers enlightened children and staff about th... more... added 9 February 2012

Box Hill School students win ‘Youth Speaks’ and 'Young Writer' Competitions!
Box Hill School, Surrey
Box Hill School's public speaking teams wowed the judges of the Dorking Rotary 'Youth Speaks' competition on Monday 30th January, with their oratory skills, excellent team work and poise. Pronounced winners of the competition, Ellie Thorn (Chairperson); Rosie Eagers (Speaker) and Anna Gibbs (Vote of... more... added 8 February 2012

St Swithun’s pupil wins skiing gold in Flaine
St Swithun's School, Hampshire
12-year-old St Swithun’s pupil Coco Vulliamy Taylor won a gold medal at the 2012 British Schoolgirls Ski Races in Flaine last week. Coco finished 1st in the giant slalom, 2nd in slalom and 1st in the combined giant slalom and slalom, winning the overall gold medal in her category and the Club des Sp... more... added 7 February 2012

Mayfield Choir Rocks with the Red Hot Chili Peppers!
St Leonards-Mayfield School, East Sussex
Twenty-five choristers and three members of the Music Department from MSt Leonards-Mayfield School, led by Director of Music Peter Collins, experienced a night to remember towards the end of the Autumn Term when they postponed choral practice in the school’s chapel to meet the Red Hot Chili Peppers ... more... added 6 February 2012

Mayfield Riders celebrate 25 years at the Top
St Leonards-Mayfield School, East Sussex
On Saturday 4 February, former and current pupils and their parents gathered at an evening reception at The Old Palace in Mayfield to celebrate a quarter of a century of equestrian success at St Leonards-Mayfield School. The School’s alumnae include six riders who have represented Great Britain at E... more... added 6 February 2012

One of the top 10 Independent Girls’ Boarding Schools in the UK
Luckley-Oakfield School, Wokingham
Luckley-Oakfield School in Wokingham has been certified as one of the top 10 Independent Girls’ Boarding Schools in the UK. The school was awarded a Gold Star certificate by Education Advisors Ltd and is listed in their league tables published on www.best-schools.co.uk. The award recognises the ... more... added 3 February 2012

Laxton Junior School launch LEGO Experience Day and build Olympic Village
Laxton Junior School, Northamptonshire
Pupils at Laxton Junior School in Oundle have spent two amazing days this week, creating an Olympic village of Olympic proportions, in the school hall using LEGO and DUPLO. Laxton Junior School are the first Independent school in the UK to become a LEGO Education Centre and incorporate LEGO Educatio... more... added 3 February 2012

Sporting News
Prior's Field School, Surrey
With plans now approved for an all-weather sports pitch at Prior's Field, and construction underway, the PE Department is eagerly awaiting its completion and future use. The pitch is likely to be ready for games towards the end of the Spring Term 2012. Prior’s Field has also recently been accepte... more... added 3 February 2012

Malvern St James Wins The Welsh Rally!
Malvern St James, Worcestershire
The U14 Lax team are celebrating their recent victory at the Welsh Rally, held at Monmouth School. Playing some of the region's most skilled teams, MSJ were on top form and defeated Cheltenham Ladies' College 2 - 1 in their first match. They went on to achieve a 2 - 1 win against Westonbirt, befor... more... added 2 February 2012

Number one for the second time
St Clare's, Oxford, Oxfordshire
In January 2012 the UK government released the league tables for all secondary schools in England. The results show that St Clare’s is the top-performing school in Oxfordshire for the second time in a row. St Clare’s was also delighted to be ranked the 10th best independent school in the England ... more... added 1 February 2012

‘All Aboard’ – St Benedict’s Gains RYA Status
St Benedict's School, Ealing
St Benedict’s School, Ealing is now a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) training centre. This allows students who are in the Combined Cadet Force (CCF) to have the chance to gain international yachting qualifications from the school’s ICT classrooms. There are only five other schools with RYA status,... more... added 1 February 2012

Staines Prep - Building on Success
Staines Preparatory School, Surrey
In January 2012 Staines Prep announced that as part of its commitment to striving for excellence, it is commissioning a £3m project to build new state-of-the-art teaching and performance facilities at its Gresham Road site. The development, which is due to start in April and be completed by the ... more... added 31 January 2012

ROYAL RUSSELL SCHOOL - A CELEBRATION OF A NEW BEGINNING
Royal Russell School, Croydon
Royal Russell School were delighted to welcome the Reverend Canon Dr Barry Goodwin, acting Archdeacon of Croydon to the school on Sunday 29 January 2012. Canon Dr Barry Goodwin made the special visit to the school to lead the service marking the beginning of a new ministry at Royal Russell, as the s... more... added 30 January 2012

Sixteen Canfordians heading to Oxford and Cambridge in 2012
Canford School, Poole
Canford is celebrating university entrance success, with sixteen pupils receiving offers of places at Oxford and Cambridge for entry in 2012. Many congratulations to: Rosie Adamson - Geography - Magdalene College, Cambridge Olivia Bracken - Biochemistry - Brasenose College, Oxford Alice Carte... more... added 26 January 2012

Bursaries Available for Local Children
St Margaret's Preparatory School, Calne, Wiltshire
Children living in the Calne area could benefit from an assisted private education thanks to bursaries being offered by St Margaret’s Preparatory School. The community bursaries for children aged from 7 to 11 will be available for the start of the new school year in September. Each application w... more... added 25 January 2012

Top Tips for Healthy Cooking
St Margaret's Preparatory School, Calne, Wiltshire
Devizes chef Peter Vaughan believes teaching young children about healthy eating is the way to educate whole families to have a better diet. He is taking part in a national project organised by the Academy of Culinary Arts which encourages chefs to adopt a school, and has been running sessions at... more... added 25 January 2012

Royal Russell School Celebrates Chinese New Year
Royal Russell School, Croydon
We celebrated Chinese New Year in the Library where our pupils entertained us with brief talks about Chinese New Year customs and traditions in general and about Chinese dragons and the dragon dance in particular. There were musical interludes provided by a gifted pianist and a band. At the end ... more... added 24 January 2012

EPQ helps Girls break through to Oxbridge
St Benedict's School, Ealing
Some say good things come in threes and that was certainly the case when this year’s Oxbridge interview results were announced at St Benedict’s School, Ealing. Three girls wrote their names into the school history annals by becoming the first female students to obtain offers of places at the prestig... more... added 24 January 2012

Merchiston welcomes two high profile speakers
Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh
Merchiston Castle School is looking forward to welcoming two high profile speakers to the School to talk to pupils about Politics. On Tuesday 24 January Gordon MacDonald, the SNP constituency MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, is coming in to talk about Independence and his party’s plans for the upcoming... more... added 23 January 2012

BADMINTON JUNIOR SCHOOL RAISES £750 TO SEND A COW TO AFRICA
Badminton Junior School, Bristol, Bristol
Badminton Junior School has raised £750 for Send a Cow - a charity which works hand in hand with poor families in Africa, teaching them the skills they need to build new lives free from poverty and hunger. The money was raised through parental donations and by the sale of toys and books at the sc... more... added 20 January 2012

Mayfield Choir Rocks with the Red Hot Chili Peppers
St Leonards-Mayfield School, East Sussex
Twenty-five choristers and three members of the Music Department from St Leonards-Mayfield School, led by Director of Music Peter Collins, experienced a night to remember towards the end of the Autumn Term when they postponed choral practice in the School’s chapel to meet the Red Hot Chili Peppers o... more... added 20 January 2012

Mayfield pupil honoured in prestigious National Competition
St Leonards-Mayfield School, East Sussex
A Year 9 pupil at St Leonards-Mayfield School has beaten off competition from top students nationwide in the prestigious History of Parliament Schools Competition. Anneka Wehnes, 14, whose entry into the national competition was judged as ‘outstanding’ and ‘showing precocious historical empathy’,... more... added 20 January 2012

Royal Russell School Young Drivers Awarded - December 2011
Royal Russell School, Croydon
Croydon Road Safety are very pleased to be working with Royal Russell and JEDS Driving School in improving driving standards for young adults. This joint venture has allowed us to provide a solid foundation for students at the school who want to improve their awareness in both theory and driving tec... more... added 20 January 2012

Royal Russell Pupils Singing to Make a Difference - December 2011
Royal Russell School, Croydon
Taking part in a truly exciting event and raising a magnificent £14,000 for the charity RaPT, was just one of the Royal Russell School Chamber Choir recent concerts. They also managed to fit in singing carols for ‘Marie Curie' during the run up to Christmas in the Whitgift Centre where they were hai... more... added 20 January 2012

Royal Russell Year 7 French Pupils are Reaching for the Skype! - January 2012
Royal Russell School, Croydon
As the New Year commences, our Year 7 French pupils are embarking on a new adventure! Their curiosity to learn the French language, about its people and culture has led to the start up of a regular Skype session with native Year 6 French pupils from Paul Fort primary school in Vitry le François, in ... more... added 20 January 2012

St Benedict’s Pupils predict the End of the World
St Benedict's School, Ealing
Is the world going to end this year?” Well hopefully not before Year 10 Green pupils at St Benedict’s School, Ealing make deadline. Green were the third group of pupils writing the news for the BBC this year in a massive project involving the whole Year 10 cohort. On their practice news day they inv... more... added 20 January 2012

CCF Map and Compass Training Day at Ashdown Forest - January 2012
Royal Russell School, Croydon
The CCF took part in a navigation training day in the Ashdown Forest. The purpose of this day was to prepare for forthcoming Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award Expeditions taking place later in the year. Those cadets involved were from Year 10, including cadets from our affiliation with Coloma school. T... more... added 19 January 2012

BRUTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS APPOINTS EXCITING NEW HEAD
Bruton School for Girls (incorporating Sunny Hill Preparatory School), Somerset
Mrs Nicola Botterill will take up the post of Headmistress at Bruton School for Girls (BSG) in September 2012. She will succeed Mr John Burrough who retires in the summer, after eleven years of exemplary service to the school. Mrs Botterill is currently Deputy Head of St Mary’s Calne, a leading i... more... added 18 January 2012

NATIONAL MUSICAL SUCCESS FOR PREP PUPILS
Gresham's School, Norfolk
After such a busy musical term at Gresham's Prep School, it is very exciting to learn that at the end of last term two Year 8 pupils achieved success at a national level. Head Chorister Henny Hovenden has been accepted by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain to join their Girls' Choir in 201... more... added 18 January 2012

Astronomy students at St. Clare's, Oxford go stargazing
St Clare's, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Head of Physics, Simon Davis, took advantage of the excellent winter weather conditions to teach students and staff about the night sky using College Celestron CPC 1100 gps telescope. St. Clare's is the only IB School in the world to offer Astronomy as a science option as part of the International B... more... added 18 January 2012

A New Head for Badminton School
Badminton School, Bristol, Bristol
Badminton School is pleased to announce that Mrs Rebecca Tear will succeed Jan Scarrow who is retiring next summer after 15 highly successful years as Headmistress. Mrs Rebecca Tear is currently Deputy Head of Wycombe Abbey School, in Buckinghamshire. Prior to that she spent many happy years at... more... added 17 January 2012

Entrance Assessments at Norwich High School
Norwich High School for Girls (GDST), Norfolk
Norwich High School is holding entrance assessments over the coming two weeks for entry to the school in September 2012. Assessments for entry at 4+, 5+ and 6+ will be taking place week commencing Monday 23rd January. Those for entry to the school at 7+, 8+, 9+ and 10+ will take place on Frida... more... added 17 January 2012

BADMINTON PUPIL GAINS TOP MARKS IN THE COUNTRY FOR GRADE 8 VIOLIN
Badminton School, Bristol, Bristol
Year 8 Badminton student, Amelia Gilmartin (13), has just been awarded one of the top marks in the country for her Grade 8 violin. Amelia who gained 145 out of a possible 150 marks, a distinction, performed the third movement of Suite Hebraique by Bloch, Concerto in E Major, first movement, by Viva... more... added 17 January 2012

Astronomer, Sir Patrick Moore, to give his name to Kingham Hill’s Observatory
Kingham Hill School, Oxfordshire
The famous astronomer has offered technical advice and his blessing to what will be called The Sir Patrick Moore Observatory. The observatory will be built in a carefully chosen position on the school’s hill top site between Chipping Norton and Stow-on-the-Wold. Headmaster, Nick Seward, has alwa... more... added 17 January 2012

Old Swinford Hospital Welcomes Survivor from the Holocaust Educational Trust
Old Swinford Hospital, Dudley
An audience of over 200, including A Level students, was privileged to hear a testimony from 82-year-old Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper, as part of a visit organised through the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) to Old Swinford Hospital, Stourbridge. The testimony was followed by a question and ... more... added 17 January 2012

Shop and Drop - at Waitrose in Abingdon!
The Unicorn School for the Dyslexic Child, Oxfordshire
Next month (February), The Unicorn School has been chosen by the Waitrose supermarket in Abingdon to be one of the 3 charities to benefit as part of their monthly Community Matters Scheme. Each time you shop at Waitrose you are given a green token to drop into a box for your chosen charity from ... more... added 16 January 2012

The Boys are back!
Moorfield School, Bradford
Moorfield in Ilkley is delighted to announce that they are now welcoming boys as well as girls into the school. This enables both sons and daughters to be expertly educated under one roof. The outstanding rating, given by inspectors for the school’s performance for its youngest pupils was one of t... more... added 11 January 2012

St Benedict’s Pupils Scoop Prestigious Architecture Awards
St Benedict's School, Ealing
Ben Medlam and Pablo Wheldon, Year 10 pupils at St Benedict’s School, Ealing were presented with Architecture awards at a prestigious ceremony at the Cowcross Gallery on Tuesday 13th December, hosted by Open City. Ben won the Key Stage 4 Model Making Architecture in Secondary Schools Award, while Pa... more... added 11 January 2012

New Music Centre opens
Luckley-Oakfield School, Wokingham
Music filled the air on Friday 11th November as Luckley-Oakfield School in Wokingham officially opened its new state of the art music centre, The Simon Richmond Music Centre. The building is named after Mr Simon Richmond, Chair of Governors at the school before he sadly passed away in May 2008. Simo... more... added 11 January 2012

Luckley Makes Bible History
Luckley-Oakfield School, Wokingham
Luckley-Oakfield Students and staff took part in a history-making project entitled The People’s Bible. Each particpant wrote two verses of the Bible on iPads, with digital pens. The verses were then transmitted and recorded digitally to contribute to a new hand-written online Bible. The project, run... more... added 11 January 2012

Youth Speaks Success at Luckley-Oakfield!
Luckley-Oakfield School, Wokingham
Two Luckley teams took part in the first leg of the national debating competition,‘Youth Speaks’, held at Bearwood College on 24th November . The senior team consisting of Kelsey, Isla and Ellie came 4th in a very close competition. The junior team; Brittany, Kukua and Amy came first and now move on... more... added 11 January 2012

Budding astronaut enjoys VIP trip to Parliament
Malvern St James, Worcestershire
Budding astronaut Evie Sambrook, aged 9, a pupil at Malvern St James Girls’ School, enjoyed a very special visit to the Houses of Parliament on 13th December. As winner of the high profile national competition to design a future Mars Rover, ‘Calling all Mars Explorers’, Evie was invited to the... more... added 10 January 2012

Am I Seeing Spots?
Laxton Junior School, Northamptonshire
Laxton Junior School in Oundle were seeing spots before their eyes in support of the Children in Need campaign this year …… or were they? All pupils and staff were asked to wear something spotty, but the message didn’t seem to reach the top, when Mark Potter, the Headmaster, turned up wearing a v... more... added 10 January 2012

Top marks for IB Student!
Gresham's School, Norfolk
Gresham’s is delighted to announce that Connie Birch, who sat her International Baccalaureate Diploma in 2011, achieved a perfect 45 points. History teacher, Simon Kinder had challenged her results as it was clear from reviewing her examination papers that she had been harshly marked. Having been p... more... added 5 January 2012

Reading School Chess win
Reading School, Reading
The Reading School Chess team has reached the second round of the Yateley Manor National Schools Chess Championships. They scored resounding victories against Yateley Manor School, Wellington College and Davenies School. They now go forward to play Eton College in the second round. Last year, R... more... added 29 December 2011

St Swithun's pupil Abbie Baker dives into gold
St Swithun's School, Hampshire
Berlin was the location for a recent international training camp for St Swithun’s pupil and top diver 12 year old Abbie Baker from Winchester. The camp involved a very busy week’s training schedule involving 5 hours of training per day followed by an international competition at the end of the week.... more... added 21 December 2011

St Swithun's girls organise community forum
St Swithun's School, Hampshire
Students from St Swithun’s school, Winchester organised a community leaders’ forum called Dying for Life to raise awareness of maternal mortality in the developing world. Inspired by their visit to the Global Student Forum earlier in the year, the girls led a number of presentations to prominent com... more... added 21 December 2011

St Swithun's Juniors join London Irish
St Swithun's Junior School, Hampshire
Eight of the St Swithun’s Junior TAG rugby team travelled in November to London Irish rugby ground at the Madejski stadium in Reading in order to become the Guard of Honour for the day. On arrival the girls were whisked to the upper levels of the stadium where they met and chatted to three of the c... more... added 21 December 2011

St Swithun's Junior biathlon winners
St Swithun's Junior School, Hampshire
Eight girls from St Swithun's Junior School Years 5 and 6 competed in the south regional schools’ biathlon championships in November. The girls all did incredibly well; they achieved personal bests in the 500 metres run and 50 metres swim against girls from Hampshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire. ... more... added 21 December 2011

St Swithun's Juniors Making Macbeth
St Swithun's Junior School, Hampshire
In October St Swithun's Junior School Year 5 took part in the Shakespeare Schools Festival and performed a thirty minute ensemble version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth at The Point Theatre in Eastleigh. Miss Silvester, music and drama teacher at the school, has attended workshops with the girls along wi... more... added 21 December 2011

Nativity Plays at St Benedict’s School
St Benedict's School, Ealing
In the last week of term, Pre-Prep children at St Benedict’s School, Ealing performed a variety of Nativity plays in front of parents and friends. Each one had its own outlook on the Birth of Christ. ‘The Innkeeper’s Breakfast’, performed by Pre-Prep One (Reception) featured a very busy innkeepe... more... added 19 December 2011

Canford premieres new musical written by staff
Canford School, Poole
This year’s school musical production in the Layard Theatre was a premiere of a production entirely written by Canford’s Director of Music, Christopher Sparkhall, and Classics master Maurice Walters. The story of ‘Ebenezer’ told of the early years of Scrooge’s life and of how he gained his notoriet... more... added 16 December 2011

‘Life isn’t about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself’
St Benedict's School, Ealing
Fourteen year old Jordan Maxwell-Ridgway, an Upper Fourth pupil at St Benedict’s School, Ealing, has written a moving poem called ‘Finding Me’ which has been selected for publication at the end of the year. ‘Finding Me’ was Jordan’s submission for the Poetry Rivals 2011 competition which attracted o... more... added 16 December 2011

St Benedict’s U18 Netball Girls Celebrate First Trophy
St Benedict's School, Ealing
St Benedict’s U18 Netball team have had an exceptional month, claiming their first trophy by winning the Emanuel tournament, and also qualifying for the Middlesex County Finals. The Middlesex tournament was played on Saturday 12th November at Lady Eleanor Holles School, Hampton. The Ealing girl... more... added 16 December 2011

£2250 donation to the NSPCC by Box Hill School
Box Hill School, Surrey
Recently we were delighted to present the NSPCC with a cheque for £2250. Raised at the Bunbury's celebrity cricket match over the summer, the donation was part of the school's ongoing support for the charity. more... added 13 December 2011

Miss Saigon ... "A truly outstanding production"
Dauntsey's School, Wiltshire
In recent years, Dauntsey's has premiered a number of West End musicals and this year was the first school in Europe to stage the blockbuster Miss Saigon.The Drama and Music Departments joined forces to create an epic and moving production. Audiences were genuinely moved by the tragic story of Kim a... more... added 13 December 2011

St Margaret's, Calne Raise Money for 'Splash'
St Margaret's Preparatory School, Calne, Wiltshire
A Christmas fun day was held on Friday 9th December to mark the launch of a school’s year of fundraising for the charity Splash. Children at St Margaret’s Preparatory School, Calne, dressed in red and green as they tried to guess how many snowballs can fit down a chimney and how much Santa weighs... more... added 12 December 2011

Year 6 have ‘FUN’ competing in the LEGOLeague Challenge
St Margaret's Preparatory School, Calne, Wiltshire
This year’s LEGOLeague ‘Food Factor ‘Challenge competition at the Hewlett Packard Laboratories in Bristol, captured the imagination of the children in Year 6. The innovative challenge encourages a cross curricular approach using Programming and Control, Design and Technology, Mathematics, Research,... more... added 12 December 2011

St Margaret’s Anti-Bullying Week
St Margaret's Preparatory School, Calne, Wiltshire
Children as young as four have been learning how bullying can have a devastating effect on classmates’ lives. All pupils at St Margaret’s Preparatory School, Calne, have taken part in the national anti-bullying week organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. This year’s focus has been ‘Stop and thi... more... added 12 December 2011

Great turn-out for the inaugural Hazlegrove 12k Charity Run
Hazlegrove Preparatory School, Somerset
The inaugural Hazlegrove 12k Charity Run took place recently with an impressive group of 49 runners taking part together with an additional 66 children, parents and grandparents taking part in the 2k Fun Run. It was a real family affair with a wonderful atmosphere and great camaraderie as the many ... more... added 9 December 2011

Skippers Hill School’s Early Years rated as Outstanding
Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School, East Sussex
Following a full inspection in November by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, the inspection report for Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School in East Sussex rated its Early Years provision as outstanding. According to the report, the provision provides “a welcoming, interesting and stimulati... more... added 8 December 2011

Malvern St James U13 Hockey County Champions!
Malvern St James, Worcestershire
The MSJ Under 13 Hockey Team are celebrating their third tournament win of the Season. The U13 County Minis Tournament took place on Tuesday 29 November at Royal Grammar School, Worcester, with eight Schools taking part. MSJ won all of their group matches, beating Winterfold House, Royal Grammar... more... added 8 December 2011

Debating Success for Malvern St James
Malvern St James, Worcestershire
Sophie Coombes Roberts and Toria Jackson, both Year 13, performed superbly in the first round heats of the Cambridge Union Debating Compeition held in Oxford last week. They beat all the teams they were placed against, including a team from Cheltenham Ladies College. As a result, they will be comp... more... added 7 December 2011

'From Russia with Love'
St Benedict's School, Ealing
Thirty students and four staff from St Benedict’s School, Ealing enjoyed the trip of a lifetime to Moscow and St Petersburg during six days of the autumn half-term holiday. An action packed two full days in the Russian capital covered the incredibly grand Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, the Mau... more... added 6 December 2011

Kid's Lit Quiz shows Box Hill School students interest in fiction books
Box Hill School, Surrey
On Tuesday 29th November Box Hill School entered the international ‘Kids’ Lit Quiz’ for the third year running. We did not come back with any trophies but I know we all felt privileged to have been part of such an amazing event. It took place in a beautiful venue, but what most struck us was the fan... more... added 6 December 2011

The High School, Dublin welcomes its new Principal
The High School, Dublin, Eire
The High School is delighted to welcome its new Principal, Mr Andrew Forrest, who has now taken up his duties at the school. Mr Forrest was born in London and brought up in Dublin. He read History and Geography at Trinity College, Dublin before conducting research in Modern History at Exeter Col... more... added 5 December 2011

Ursuline Prep School - Best in East Anglia
Ursuline Preparatory School, Essex
Once again, the Ursuline Prep School has come top in the whole of the East Anglia area, as reported in the Times Top 250 National Independent Schools' league table which was published recently. We are the only prep. school in East Anglia that has achieved a position in the top 50 for the last 6 con... more... added 2 December 2011

Box Hill School student gives BBC writing tips
Box Hill School, Surrey
Y9 Box Hill School student, Anna Gibbs, has been asked by the BBC to write a ‘top tips for creative writing’ blog on the BBC Schools KS3 bitesize website. Anna, who spent a great deal of time over the summer contributing to the site, impressed the moderators so much that she was asked to share he... more... added 2 December 2011

Opening of Outdoor Young Explorers' Area for Upper School
St Hilary's School, Surrey, Surrey
ST HILARY’S UPPER SCHOOL PUPILS ARE DELIGHTED WITH THEIR BRAND NEW OUTDOOR ‘YOUNG EXPLORERS’ AREA” St Hilary’s School PTA, staff and Governors have worked tirelessly to create a fabulous new wooden outdoor adventure area for the Upper School pupils. The “Young Explorers’ Area” compliments the Tri... more... added 1 December 2011

Sing it!
Gresham's School, Norfolk
In a unique musical collaboration between Gresham’s and five other Prep Schools on Friday 25th November, the sound of music filled the stately Fishmongers’ Hall on London Bridge. Up to 132 children who had not previously met each other gathered in the magnificent Banquetting Hall to rehearse as on... more... added 30 November 2011

Harry receives message from International Space Station!
St Leonards School, Fife
A St Leonards Schoolboy has received a message from outer space! Astronauts on board the International Space Station sent 13-year-old Harry Campbell a congratulatory video clip after watching a film he made of a trip to Russia's space training camp, Star City. In the message, as they float aroun... more... added 30 November 2011

A handful of medals
Gresham's School, Norfolk
Following on from their earlier success at the regional IAPS girls’ hockey tournament, three of Gresham's girls’ hockey teams competed at the IAPS National Finals in November. With a Gresham’s team reaching the final in every age group, this might have seemed success enough; yet the girls strove for... more... added 30 November 2011

Celebrity Recital and Masterclass at OSH
Old Swinford Hospital, Dudley
Award winning and critically acclaimed concert pianist Margaret Fingerhut returned to Old Swinford Hospital on 1 November to perform in a recital with violinist Bradley Creswick, leader of the Northern Sinfonia. The concert programme featured: Mozart: Sonata in G Major for piano and violin El... more... added 29 November 2011

Congratulations to Old Swinford Hospital Student William Croft
Old Swinford Hospital, Dudley
Congratulations to Old Swinford Hospital student William Croft who was placed runner up in the U16 Songwriting Category of The 2011 Brit Writers Awards Ceremony at Madame Tussauds, London in October. This was William’s first attempt at a writing competition and the judges were impressed with his ... more... added 29 November 2011

Robots Arrive At The Unicorn School
The Unicorn School for the Dyslexic Child, Oxfordshire
Pupils from The Unicorn School years 4 and 5 classes have teamed up with engineers from Faringdon Community College to build robotic dogs using Lego ‘Mindstorms’ kits to complement this term’s creative curriculum entitled ‘The Rise of the Robots’. Two teachers and a technician from FCC are delive... more... added 28 November 2011

St Benedict’s U15s have look of Champions
St Benedict's School, Ealing
St Benedict’s School Under 15s have had a tremendous start to the rugby season, winning all 15 matches, scoring 1014 points and conceding just 30. The highlights of the season so far have been a 118-0 victory over St James’ Catholic High School, the 23-7 win against Wellington School and the team’s ... more... added 28 November 2011

LRGS is top boys’ school in north of England
Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Lancashire
Lancaster Royal Grammar School is ranked the best performing boys’ state school in the north of England, and among the top four state schools in the north west, according to the Sunday Times Parent Power supplement published this week. This year’s A-level results (74.9% at A* to B) and GCSE gra... more... added 25 November 2011

Remarkable sporting record
Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Lancashire
Lancaster Royal Grammar School was one of three state schools commended for its ‘remarkable sporting record’ at the 2011 Aviva/Daily Telegraph School Sport Matters Awards recently. The commendation was made at a glittering ceremony at Twickenham Stadium, when an array of famous sports stars come ou... more... added 25 November 2011

PEERS IN SCHOOLS VISIT FROM BARONESS BRINTON
Aldwickbury School, Hertfordshire
PEERS IN SCHOOLS VISIT FROM BARONESS BRINTON FRIDAY 25 NOVEMBER Aldwickbury School hosted a talk from a member of the House of Lords on Friday to encourage students to engage more with the political and parliamentary process. Baroness Brinton met with Year 8 boys for an hour to talk about the wo... more... added 25 November 2011

Gresham’s mathematicians win place in National Final
Gresham's School, Norfolk
Gresham’s students won the regional heat of the UK Maths Senior Team Challenge which took place at City College Norwich on Wednesday 23 November. The team competition for students in years 11, 12 and 13 tests mathematical, communication and teamwork skills, and aims to promote the study of maths at ... more... added 24 November 2011

International School of Ulaanbaatar (ISU), Mongolia
International School of Ulaanbaatar (ISU), Mongolia, Mongolia
International School of Ulaanbaatar (ISU) is an independent co-educational day school offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum from Pre-School to Grade 12. ISU is the only IB World school in Mongolia – offering: - the Primary Years Programme (PYP) from Pre-School to Grade 5 - th... more... added 23 November 2011

Greenfields children win 1st, 2nd, 3rd prizes in talent show!
Greenfields School, East Sussex
On 19th November, Greenfields Theatre Company (run entirley by the children) plus other Greenfields kids (including dancers, singers, an animator and comedians) entered a talent show hosted at St Hill castle which was open to anyone in the area. Competition was fierce as adults and children all pefo... more... added 22 November 2011

Arvon – One Extraordinary Week
St Benedict's School, Ealing
A group of seventeen students from St Benedict’s School, Ealing, were lucky enough to spend an intensive week of reading, reflecting and writing in the depths of the Shropshire countryside. Their home was playwright John Osborne’s house, The Hurst, now part of the Arvon family. Authors Christopher W... more... added 17 November 2011

Malvern St James Pupils Excel at MUN Cheadle Hulme
Malvern St James, Worcestershire
Malvern St James sent its largest ever delegation to a Model United Nations Conference in October. One of the aims of the MUN is to broaden young people's awareness of the problems facing the world and see things from another country's point of view, in order to help produce a more peaceful an... more... added 15 November 2011

BADMINTON JUNIOR SCHOOL IS TOP IN SOUTH WEST
Badminton Junior School, Bristol, Bristol
Badminton Junior School has been named the top prep school in the South West in the Sunday Times league tables, published yesterday, Sunday 13 November 2011. The league tables, which are based on schools taking key stage 2 SATS results between 2008 and 2010, also placed Badminton Junior School in... more... added 15 November 2011

Britain is a walkover for Norwich High girls!
Norwich High School for Girls (GDST), Norfolk
You are invited to come into Norwich High on Friday 18th November, between 10am and 12.00pm. 60 Year 6 children from St Williams Way Primary School in Norwich will be visiting the map. You are also welcome to attend our evening Reception on Tuesday 15th November. Members of the Norfolk Geogra... more... added 15 November 2011

Bromsgrove School International Summer Camps
Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire
We are delighted to announce the arrival of Bromsgrove School International Summer Camps. Bromsgrove International Summer School will offer intensive English language lessons to international pupils aged 8 - 17 alongside an exciting extra-curricular, academic extension and cultural programme du... more... added 15 November 2011

Merchiston Helps Charity Walker Make Great Strides
Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh
Cancer Research UK fundraiser, Matt Wallace, thrilled pupils in Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh today as he took time out of a trek from John O’Groats to Lands End to talk at a junior assembly. After losing a close friend to cancer, Matt quit his job on his 30th birthday to walk the length... more... added 15 November 2011

Kingham Hill announces Careers Day
Kingham Hill School, Oxfordshire
In conjunction with our alumni we are hosting a special Careers Day for pupils in Year 10 and above on 24 November. Making decisions about a future career and selecting the right path to arrive there, is notoriously challenging for 15, 16 & 17yr-olds. The current employment market and the anticip... more... added 15 November 2011

Unicorn Upper School Residential Trip to France Announced
The Unicorn School for the Dyslexic Child, Oxfordshire
On the 21-25 May next year our Upper School pupils will be going to Hardelot-Plage, Pas-de-Calais in France for their annual residential trip. The four classes (Cedar, Lime, Beech and Redwood) will be accompanied by their class teachers and two additional members of staff for the week. While... more... added 14 November 2011

Launch of new-look laboratories
Wisbech Grammar School, Cambridgeshire
Schools minister Nick Gibb MP has visited Wisbech Grammar School to open three state-of-the-art science laboratories following a complete refurbishment. The minister was joined at the ribbon cutting ceremony by North East Cambridgeshire MP Stephen Barclay before going on to tour the senior school... more... added 14 November 2011

St Margaret's, Calne Enter 65th Devizes Junior Eisteddfod
St Margaret's Preparatory School, Calne, Wiltshire
Children from St Margaret’s Preparatory School, Calne, are tuning up for their appearance in the Devizes Eisteddfod at the end of the month. Last year 11 pupils entered the popular musical event for the first time and concentrated on just the ‘music’ categories. This year, a total of 21 children... more... added 14 November 2011

Glee Performance for Year 6
The Cavendish School, Camden
Most of us who have endured a long haul flight from the Antipodes feel sleep deprived and distinctly low on sociability on arrival. Not so, Mr Pritchett’s two musician friends from Australia. Within hours of touchdown, performers Andi Gallaher and Anita Collins set about teaching Year 6 pupils a med... more... added 11 November 2011

Talk by Serge Seidlitz for Year 5
The Cavendish School, Camden
Artist, Serge, won over his young audience of Years 5 and 6 pupils with his opening gambit that he was one of those school boys who was always at odds with teachers as he preferred drawing in the back of his exercise book to anything else that was happening in the classroom. A decade on, Serge has p... more... added 11 November 2011

YEAR 5 CAKE SALE
The Cavendish School, Camden
On Friday 11th November at 3.15 p.m., Year 5 will be holding a cake sale in the School Hall in aid of ‘The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital’. The parents and children of Year 5 would be very grateful if you would be able to bake some cakes to support this event. Please remember no nuts! C... more... added 11 November 2011

Year 5 visit The Loft
The Cavendish School, Camden
Rather than the more usual cry of “Are we nearly there yet?” the exclamation was," Are we there already?” The journey to All Saints’ Pastoral Centre near London Colney was swift. As we drew up the setting looked magnificent with the marmalade hues of the foliage hinting at the imminent arrival ... more... added 11 November 2011

Kingshott's 2011 South African Exchange
Kingshott School, Hertfordshire
Seven Year 8 children have undertaken this year's South African Exchange. They landed in Cape Town on Monday 9 October. They enjoyed a trip up Table Mountain, a launch to Seal Island and the all important morning in Khayelitsha Township, home to more than two million people. Apart from bracing swim... more... added 11 November 2011

True Adventure India Expedition 2nd-23rd July 2011
LVS Ascot (Licensed Victuallers' School), Ascot, Bracknell Forest
They say there’s nothing that pulls a team closer than experiencing hardships together, and this was most certainly proven when myself and six other students (along with Ms Alder) took on a three-week expedition with True Adventure to India in last summer. We were due to leave on the 2nd July, bu... more... added 9 November 2011

Students of LVS Ascot creating their own music videos
LVS Ascot (Licensed Victuallers' School), Ascot, Bracknell Forest
Students at LVS Ascot studying Photography, Media and Music were given the opportunity to participate in the first “Director’s Cut” film production workshop. This 4-day project consisted of 3 groups of students creating their very own music videos, assisted by professional film maker, Garth von Gleh... more... added 9 November 2011

Celebrating 2011 President's Day at LVS Ascot
LVS Ascot (Licensed Victuallers' School), Ascot, Bracknell Forest
Students and staff at LVS Ascot, were joined by parents and invited guests on Friday 30th September to celebrate the students’ achievements from the past academic year. The ceremony commenced with Senior School Head Boy, Jack Bingham and Head Girl, Caitlin Hobbs, addressing the audience with reco... more... added 9 November 2011

Bake a difference!
Gresham's School, Norfolk
Some Gresham’s Year 5 pupils were able to make a difference on Tuesday 1st November, when celebrity chef Chris Coubrough and one of his chefs, Kel, came to the School to show the pupils how to make sausage rolls, shortbread and carrot cake. In the space of an hour, over 100 delicious treats were bak... more... added 8 November 2011

Children create a flight of beautiful willow dragonflies
Laxton Junior School, Northamptonshire
Local artist Sue Kirk visited Laxton Junior School on 2nd November to teach the Form 6 children to weave with willow. Each child made a dragonfly to be displayed in the school garden. The children were fascinated by this ancient craft and only the dropping of a leaf could be heard as they worke... more... added 8 November 2011

St Margaret's Culture Week
St Margaret's Preparatory School, Calne, Wiltshire
The children at St Margaret’s Preparatory School in Calne learnt everything from how to make music using a hosepipe and a watering can, to how the body works when they took part in Culture Week. Travelling By Tuba, a travelling band of musicians, enthralled the children and teachers alike when th... more... added 7 November 2011

LORD ROSSER VISITS BADMINTON
Badminton School, Bristol, Bristol
Badminton School, in Westbury-on-Trym, hosted a talk from a member of the House of Lords on Friday 4 November 2011 to encourage students to engage more with the political and parliamentary process. Lord Rosser met with Sixth Form History and Politics students for an hour to talk about the work and ... more... added 7 November 2011

Roman Invasion at Norwich High
Norwich High School for Girls (GDST), Norfolk
Marcvs Cassivs, a Roman Centurion, and Caivs, his trusty standard bearer, are coming to Norwich High School for Girls on Friday 4th November, to give Year 8 pupils a basic training in drill, using Latin commands. Legion XIIII are a group of Hertfordshire based classicists and archaeologists wh... more... added 7 November 2011

Pipers Girl Nominated for Children’s BAFTA
Pipers Corner School, Buckinghamshire
Congratulations to Year 5 pupil and talented actress Harley Riley (aka Harley Bird) who has been nominated for a prestigious Children’s BAFTA. Harley, aged 9, has been nominated in the Performer category for her work as the voice of Peppa in the popular children’s animated series, "Peppa Pig". Ha... more... added 4 November 2011

Young Composer Hits the High Notes
Old Swinford Hospital, Dudley
Old Swinford Hospital student, Matthew Eden, aged 14, received high praise from the adjudication panel at the City of Birmingham Brass Band Young Composers Competition 2011, when he was placed runner-up to a 22 year old maths and music graduate. The competition was open to young people living in... more... added 3 November 2011

Harrods Internships for St Benedict’s Students
St Benedict's School, Ealing
During the summer, Sixth Form students from St Benedict’s School, Ealing, completed an internship at Harrods. They had the opportunity to fulfil a number of roles in Marketing, Public Relations and Buying, and the experiences they gained were truly extraordinary. This dream opportunity was only made... more... added 2 November 2011

St Lawrence College 1st XI v The Bunbury XI
St Lawrence College, Kent
On Wednesday 21st September the St Lawrence College 1st XI played an historic cricket match against The Bunbury's at the Kent Cricket Ground in Canterbury, in aid of BBC Children in Need. The match was made possible when Malcolm Bluemel, owner of Planet Rock Radio and a St. Lawrence College paren... more... added 1 November 2011

Tonry-Brown boys get into Kent U16's
St Lawrence College, Kent
Rugby playing brothers Finn and Milo Tonry-Brown of St Lawrence College have both gained places in the Kent U16 rugby squad for this season. Finn has got in at loose head prop and Milo will play in the centre. Both boys are part of this season's successful St Lawrence 1stXV squad and have show... more... added 1 November 2011

LORD ROSSER VISITS BADMINTON
Badminton School, Bristol, Bristol
Badminton School, in Bristol, is hosting a talk from a member of the House of Lords next Friday 4 November 2011 to encourage students to engage more with the political and parliamentary process. Lord Rosser will be meeting with Sixth Form History and Politics students for an hour to talk about the ... more... added 31 October 2011

Swirling take on costume classic
Wisbech Grammar School, Cambridgeshire
A sparkling version of Jane Austen’s most celebrated novel, ‘Pride and prejudice’, attracted an audience of almost 700 at Wisbech Grammar School. A cast of 37 ranging from 12 to 18 years old rehearsed after school every day and on Sundays for three months for the new adaptation by Simon Reade of... more... added 27 October 2011

New Junior House at Queenswood
Queenswood, Hertfordshire
Former governor and parent, Trevor Stamp, 4th Baron Stamp of Shortlands, officially opened the newly refurbished ‘Stamp House’ at Queenswood near Hatfield, Hertfordshire recently, nearly 80 years after his grandfather and grandmother, Sir Josiah Stamp and Lady Stamp opened the original building. St... more... added 27 October 2011

The Big Draw at St Benedict’s
St Benedict's School, Ealing
The annual Big Draw event took over The Cloisters at St Benedict’s School, Ealing on Tuesday 4th October. In the morning Form Three were busy building and decorating a complete town. There was purpose among the bustle and a huge buzz of enthusiasm as new buildings were constructed out of card and th... more... added 25 October 2011

Canford rated Outstanding in all areas by Ofsted, with no recommendations for improvement
Canford School, Poole
Canford School’s boarding provision and pastoral care have been rated outstanding in all areas, with no recommendations for improvement, following a full inspection by Ofsted. Three inspectors visited Canford at the end of June and assessed all the key national minimum standards following the Eve... more... added 24 October 2011

Canford Hockey selection for National assessments, plus County and Regional success
Canford School, Poole
Canford hockey players are celebrating selection for National assessments and Regional squads. Libby Jones has been chosen to represent the region in the Wessex Leopards and will take part in the Futures Tournament over half term. She is joined by two boys in the Wessex Leopards squads, Albert ... more... added 24 October 2011

Canford CCF team is runner up in Pringle Trophy 2011
Canford School, Poole
Canford CCF is celebrating winning the endurance competition and taking overall runners up place in the prestigious Pringle Trophy competition 2011. This is seen by many as the premier cadet competition for school CCFs. Run by the Royal Marines at Lympstone for the Royal Marine CCF sections, it in... more... added 24 October 2011

Evie Designs Cars for Mars
Malvern St James, Worcestershire
Malvern St James pupil, Evie Sambrook, Year 5, has won a high-profile national competition to create a design for a future Mars Rover vehicle. Evie beat off fierce competition to win, with her creation E2Mars, featuring an unusual three-wheel design. Although her creation is designed to visit ... more... added 21 October 2011

Extremely talented musician!
Sompting Abbotts School, West Sussex
Jade Harvey We are very fortunate at Sompting Abbotts having an outstanding young musician who took part in the “Last Night of the Proms” Concert at the Assembly Hall in Worthing, given by the Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra on Saturday 1st October. Jade Harvey started the cello aged 8 and by ... more... added 21 October 2011

Independent Schools Inspectorate Gives St Margaret's Excellent Report
St Margaret's Preparatory School, Calne, Wiltshire
'Pupils' achievement is outstanding across a wide range of activities' according to the interim inspection report of St Margaret’s Preparatory School in Calne, recently carried out by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). The report acknowledged that 'attainment is judged to be high in rel... more... added 20 October 2011

Harvest Festival Celebrations
St Margaret's Preparatory School, Calne, Wiltshire
Children were taught the true meaning of helping others when their Harvest Festival gifts were given to Devizes Food Bank. Boys and girls aged from 4 to 11 from St Margaret’s Preparatory School in Calne, took part in the service led by the Reverend Peter Giles in the Chapel of neighbouring St Mar... more... added 20 October 2011

Bright star Seren receives an A* Welsh GCSE at age 14
Rydal Penrhos School, Conwy
A Rydal Penrhos School pupil has received an A* for her Welsh Language GCSE – at only 14. After only 3 years of studying the language, Seren Roberts was put forward for the GCSE exam in May 2011 and was delighted to receive an A*. Now a pupil in Year 10, Seren is concentrating on her core GCSE... more... added 20 October 2011

Rydal Penrhos School records another fine set of GCSE results
Rydal Penrhos School, Conwy
Rydal Penrhos School is celebrating the GCSE results as 91% of candidates scored A*-C grades –and 46% of those were A* and A grades. The year group scored an average of 9 A*-C passes, with a 100% A*-C success rate in the national statistics. Over 70% of the pupils secured a pass in at least one ... more... added 20 October 2011

Rydal Penrhos School A-level results break records
Rydal Penrhos School, Conwy
Rydal Penrhos School is celebrating another 100% pass rate for the 2011 A-level results. Out of 25 A-level candidates, 37% were awarded A* and A grades, 13% of which were the recently introduced A*. 64% of pupils scored grades A* – B, and a similarly impressive 85% achieved A*- C in subjects inc... more... added 20 October 2011

LRGS boarding is rated ‘outstanding’
Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Lancashire
Ofsted inspectors have published a report which rates boarding at Lancaster Royal Grammar School as ‘outstanding’ across all categories. Their inspection, which had a short lead-in time, summarised boarding at the school as ‘an outstanding service in every respect’. Here are some of the repor... more... added 18 October 2011

LRGS wins teaching award
Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Lancashire
Lancaster Royal Grammar School has recently received The Prince’s Teaching Institute Mark, in recognition of teaching that develops inspirational ideas and activities. The Prince’s Teaching Institute (PTI) launched the Schools Programme in 2007 to recognise and reward teaching of English, History, ... more... added 18 October 2011

Top marks for LRGS pupils
Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Lancashire
Lancaster Royal Grammar School has had another very successful GCSE year, both for individual pupils and the school as a whole. 69% of the grades awarded achieved one of the two top grades, A* or A. Nearly a third of grades (32%) were A*. In total, 24 boys achieved 8 A* grades or better and no ... more... added 18 October 2011

LRGS are Lancashire Champions
Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Lancashire
Despite the onset of autumn, two Lancashire cricket cup finals were played this term. LRGS managed to secure two victories against Bolton School. The U13s won by 9 wickets with almost 3 overs to spare. Alex Thomas capped a man of the match performance by lifting a second straight six to win the m... more... added 18 October 2011

LRGS nominated for sports award
Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Lancashire
Lancaster Royal Grammar school has been nominated for the State School of the Year category at the 2011 Aviva and Daily Telegraph School Sport Matters Awards. Representatives from the school will be attending the award ceremony at Twickenham Stadium on Thursday 3 November. The awards will be pr... more... added 18 October 2011

Lancaster Royal Grammar School pupils shine through
Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Lancashire
Lancaster Royal Grammar School has had another very successful A-level year, both for individual pupils and the school as a whole, with 75% of entries achieving grades A*, A or B, and 17% of entries gaining A* grades. Headmaster Andrew Jarman said of the 160 candidates, the school’s largest coho... more... added 18 October 2011

What is Aidan College?
Aidan College Switzerland, Switzerland
Based in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, AIDAN COLLEGE, provides a structured environment in which students can combine a wide range of challenging pursuits, both intellectual and physical, together with language courses and accommodation with local French-speaking host families, leaving th... more... added 14 October 2011

A second library award for Hazlegrove
Hazlegrove Preparatory School, Somerset
Hazlegrove Prep School is delighted that their Lower School Library has joined an elite group of school libraries that have achieved the honour of being awarded “Model Library” status by Renaissance Learning. The school is very proud to have two “Model Libraries” now, as last year Hazlegrove’s ... more... added 13 October 2011

An exeat weekend full of success
Hazlegrove Preparatory School, Somerset
Whilst most Hazlegrove pupils and staff were enjoying a gloriously sunny exeat weekend, it was very much business as usual for three groups of pupils and staff: •The U13 girls’ hockey team added to the success they have already had this season by winning the All Hallows Hockey Tournament. •The U... more... added 13 October 2011

Books, glorious books
St Benedict's School, Ealing
St Benedict’s Junior School, Ealing celebrated Book Week in style at the beginning of October. Staff and children alike were caught up in a whirl of activities centred on ‘Reading together: life in our books and books in our lives.’ Older children learned about the writing process from talks an... more... added 11 October 2011

Duncombe Master Chefs
Duncombe School, Hertfordshire
The Duncombe Master Chef contest was launched in Autumn 2010 and proved a huge success. Hotly contested rounds took place throughout the school year with the ultimate cook-off taking place in the last week of the summer term. The six finalists each produced a three course meal from locally sourc... more... added 11 October 2011

Sunninghill Prep School celebrates National Poetry Day
Sunninghill Preparatory School, Dorset
The children at Sunninghill Prep School used the theme of Harvest to inspire them to produce a wonderful array of poems to celebrate National Poetry Day. Children in both Pre Prep and the Prep departments of the school wrote their own poem and these were entered into a whole school competition. ... more... added 10 October 2011

DHPS now receives "Seal of Excellence"
Deutsche Höhere Privatschule, Namibia
According to the requirements of the Federal Office of Administration of the Federal Republic of Germany the DHPS is an ‘Excellent German School Abroad’. The seal of excellence for German schools, signed by the German President Wulff, was handed over to DHPS by German ambassador to Namibia Mr Egon K... more... added 7 October 2011

Ballard School launches its new Astro Pitch
Ballard School, Hampshire
A new full sized International Standard Astro Pitch has just been installed at Ballard School. This state of the art facility will be used by pupils across the school (18 months to 16 years) for hockey, football, cricket, tag rugby and fitness training. As well as this significant investment, Ba... more... added 6 October 2011

Former Tring Park Students' Starring Roles
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, Hertfordshire
Former Tring Park student Jessical Brown Findlay plays Sybil Crawley in ITV's Downton Abbey. Lily James plays Desdemona to Clarke Peters' Othello and Dominic West's Iago in Shakespeare's tragedy at the Sheffield Crucible. Craig Fletcher, Dani de Waal and Hannah Fairclough take the lead roles in ... more... added 6 October 2011

Suffolk Youth Sevens at The Royal Hospital School
The Royal Hospital School, Suffolk
61 Teams, 155 Games, 9 Pitches, 650 Players Suffolk RFU hosted its fifth annual flagship Youth Sevens competition on Sunday at the spectacular setting of The Royal Hospital School, Holbrook. This is a most unusual and ground-breaking initiative, with the School working with the County in welcomin... more... added 5 October 2011

See the Unicorn School in Action!
The Unicorn School for the Dyslexic Child, Oxfordshire
The Unicorn School Open Morning The Unicorn School is holding its next Open Morning on Tuesday 18th October between 9.00 and 12.00 Come and take a look round and to get a sense of the fantastic progress and achievements that are made by our pupils. See our multi-sensory, hands-on and one-to-o... more... added 5 October 2011

Malvern St James Triumphs at the Welsh Rally!
Malvern St James, Worcestershire
The MSJ 1st Lacrosse team are celebrating a fantastic performance at the Welsh Lacrosse Rally, where they were winners for the second year running. This Championship is hotly contested by other Schools in the region. MSJ took an early lead in their first match against Moreton Hall and continued ... more... added 5 October 2011

New Lab Opening at St Benedict’s
St Benedict's School, Ealing
On Tuesday 20th September St Benedict’s School was proud to officially open the Bowen Laboratory, named in honour of Mr Evan ‘Buzz’ and Mrs Joan Bowen, wonderful supporters and benefactors of the School for over thirty years. Headmaster Chris Cleugh said, in his welcoming address, “This latest ... more... added 4 October 2011

Gresham’s invited to perform with classical vocal group Blake
Gresham's School, Norfolk
Gresham’s is delighted that its Senior School Choir will be performing alongside classical ‘boyband’ Blake in a Royal British Legion concert held at Norwich Cathedral on Saturday 8th October 2011. Mixing eclectic classical and pop songs with rich harmony vocals, Blake have earned critical and popula... more... added 4 October 2011

An Audience with Sir Viv Richards
Gresham's School, Norfolk
On Sunday 2nd October, Gresham's welcomed to the Auden Theatre cricketing legend Sir Vivian Richards. Accompanying Sir Viv were the Antiguan Netball Coach, Karen Joseph and Don Gooding, leading Sports Tour Operator who were visiting the UK to promote Cricket and Netball tours to Antigua. After r... more... added 4 October 2011

St Leonards Schoolboy tees it up with golfing superstars
St Leonards School, Fife
Stepping on to the first tee of the Old Course in the same championship as the likes of Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald and Lee Westwood might be the stuff of dreams for many golfers but it became a reality for young Alasdair McDougall at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. The 14 year old St Leona... more... added 4 October 2011

Celebrating 40 Years of Friendship
Norwich High School for Girls (GDST), Norfolk
Norwich High celebrates 40th Anniversary of German Exchange Students and staff at Norwich High School for Girls are celebrating a very special anniversary this academic year – it is the 40th year of their German Exchange Partnership with the with The Elly-Heuβ-Knapp Gymnasium school in Germ... more... added 4 October 2011

Local girl on University Challenge
Norwich High School for Girls (GDST), Norfolk
Former Norwich High pupil represents Oxford On Monday 26th September, former Norwich High School Head Girl Rachel Duffy appeared on the BBC’s University Challenge, representing St Anne’s College Oxford. “It was a really exciting day out”, commented Rachel. “Jeremy Paxman was much nicer in r... more... added 4 October 2011

Designer comes home
Norwich High School for Girls (GDST), Norfolk
Renowned designer Kate Raath visits Norwich High School Designer Kate Raath, a former Norwich High School pupil, visited her old school on Monday 26th September to see the Year 11 GCSE Design Technologists in action and to talk with interested girls at lunchtime about her own career path in Desi... more... added 4 October 2011

Top 50 for A Level Student
Old Swinford Hospital, Dudley
Old Swinford Hospital student James Lowe was in the top 50 performing Computing candidates in this year’s A Level examinations. To recognise his achievement, Netcraft, an Internet Services Company in Bath, has awarded James the prize of a top of the range Targus laptop rucksack. James has ju... more... added 29 September 2011

A Dream Came True for Old Swinford Hospital Student
Old Swinford Hospital, Dudley
Year 12 student Jack Apperley turned disaster into a dream come true, when he fulfilled his dream to become a conductor. Jack fractured both his ankles and three vertebrae in a fall from his attic bedroom in October 2010. Whilst he was being treated in Russells Hall Hospital, Jack completed a ... more... added 29 September 2011

ISI Gives St Margaret's Calne Excellent Report
St Margaret's Preparatory School, Calne, Wiltshire
Independent Schools Inspectorate Gives St Margaret’s Excellent Report 'Pupils' achievement is outstanding across a wide range of activities' according to the interim inspection report of St Margaret’s Preparatory School in Calne, recently carried out by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)... more... added 28 September 2011

Gresham's at the Shooting World Championships
Gresham's School, Norfolk
Gresham’s new Shooting Master, James Lothian, will be captaining the Great Britain (GB) U25 rifle team at the Long Range Rifle Shooting World Championships in Brisbane, Australia, this October. Competing against five other nations, including the USA and South Africa, the GB team will have to undergo... more... added 28 September 2011

Gresham's Year 4 learn the cello
Gresham's School, Norfolk
As part of an exciting scheme to boost the number of string players at Gresham's, this term pupils in Year 4 have all started learning the cello. Taught in one of their weekly music lessons by Gresham's team of string teachers, the Year 4 pupils, all of whom learnt violin in Year 3, are really enjo... more... added 27 September 2011