BSA News

Felsted Students Engage in World Affairs

01 February 2012

Today’s inspired youth; tomorrow’s influential adult – accepting responsibility for our world”

Felsted School will also be hosting its third Model United Conference this Sunday 4th and Monday 5th February. It is not an exaggeration to say that pupils will be debating, discussing and attempting to solve some of the world’s biggest problems during the 2012 Felsted Model United Nations Conference. The exciting schedule involves students at every level (local state, private, regional, national and international schools), with some attending from as far away as China, Morocco, Switzerland and Germany.

World Cultural Olympiad Celebration - Felsted School

01 February 2012

Felstedians, parents, staff and the local community performed together in The Felsted Olympiad Launch Event to over three hundred guests on Sunday 22nd January.

8th Annual Religious Studies Conference at The Cheltenham Ladies' College

31 January 2012

Over 400 students from schools across Gloucestershire and further afield attended the 8th annual Religious Studies Conference on Wednesday 25th January hosted at The Cheltenham Ladies’ College.

NEWS ARTICLE

30 January 2012

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.

Ratcliffe College Annual Cross Country Festival

30 January 2012

On Saturday 21st January 2012, Ratcliffe College hosted our annual cross country festival, with fourteen schools taking part. The event took place in very muddy, wet and cold conditions, but nobody minded, as a good time was had by all and the sun did eventually appear!

Famous children’s author, Nick Butterworth opens brand new

24 January 2012

Felsted Pre-Preparatory School

Felsted’s new Pre-Preparatory School officially opened last Saturday 21st January. The building, named Stewart House, has been designed specifically for four to seven year olds to suit their needs and is surrounded by characterful multi-sensory outdoor play zones.

BADMINTON JUNIOR SCHOOL RAISES £750 TO SEND A COW TO AFRICA

24 January 2012

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.

BADMINTON PUPIL GAINS TOP MARKS IN THE COUNTRY FOR GRADE 8 VIOLIN

24 January 2012

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 Vivaldi and Legende by Henryk Wieniawski.

Ratcliffe College: Opening of the new cricket nets 2012

24 January 2012

Whilst the cricket season may seem a life-time away, cricket was very much at the forefront of discussion on Friday 20th January 2012, which saw the eagerly anticipated opening of the new indoor cricket nets. The four indoor nets are of the highest quality, and provide first-class facilities for all concerned, courtesy of an extremely generous donation from an anonymous parent.

FIRST ACADEMY TO TAKE BOARDERS

06 September 2011

Harefield Academy in Hillingdon becomes the first Academy to take boarders, starting term on 7 September with more than 40 students in its newly built boarding house.

RICHARD HARMAN, HEADMASTER OF UPPINGHAM SCHOOL,

06 September 2011

Richard Harman, headmaster of Uppingham School, will become chairman of the Boarding Schools Association (BSA) from 1 September 2011, taking over from Jan Scarrow, headmistress of Badminton School.

E-coli Outbreak and students returning from Germany

03 June 2011

Dear Colleagues

I have today spoken to Dr Arnott from MOSA (Medical Officers of Schools Association) about any risks to schools posed by students returning from areas, particularly in Germany, where there have apparently been e-coli outbreaks.

Opening Doors

17 May 2011

Opening speech from the 2010 -2011 BSA Chairman at the Annual Conference for Heads.