School News

Young carer achieves dream of studying to be a doctor

23rd August 2022

A YOUNG carer has collected the top A-level grades she needs to achieve her dream of becoming a doctor. Ripon Grammar School student Febe Elsayghe was inspired to study medicine…

Grieving A-level student pays tribute to aunt

23rd August 2022

A GRIEVING student has paid tribute to the devoted aunt who inspired him as he collected top A-level grades. Bertie Wood’s aunt, chemistry teacher Jay Blundell, who was also his…

Student stranded 11,500 miles away in lockdown gets straight A’s

23rd August 2022

A STUDENT stranded 11,500 miles away from her school and classmates for six months during the pandemic is celebrating top results. Ripon Grammar School boarding student Maia Holbert, whose parents…

Retired Head ‘Like a child with the keys to the sweet shop’

19th August 2022

A headmaster who has retired from a thriving independent school in Hampshire after more than two decades has described his time at the helm as “being like a child given…

A Levels Results Day 2022

18th August 2022

23nd August 2022 at 09:07am Ripon Grammar HIGH achieving Ripon Grammar School students are celebrating rising results despite the national trend of falling A-level grades. More than 83 per cent…

Taunton School International Foundation programme students receive offers to UK universities

17th August 2022

The second cohort of international students at Taunton School International who have undertaken the school’s unique Business Foundation course have received offers to study business related courses at universities in the UK.

Old Barnardian Evie Brenkley who spent her gap year working at Barnard Castle School and is heading to Oxford University to study music with a choral scholarship

16th August 2022

AN oboist is celebrating the end of her gap year on a high note after successfully securing a choral scholarship at Oxford University. Former Barnard Castle School student Evie Brenkley…

Truro School Shortlisted for Three National School Awards

11th August 2022

Truro School has been recognised as one of the leading independent schools in the UK after being shortlisted for three national awards, including the highly coveted ‘Co-Educational Independent School of the Year.’

Acclaimed ballet school returns to Ashville College for summer residential

10th August 2022

An acclaimed ballet school, which attracts youngsters from all over the world, has returned to Harrogate’s Ashville College for its famed summer residential.

24 Millfield athletes star at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

10th August 2022

An incredible 24 Millfieldians competed at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, winning a total of 14 medals during the competition. Millfield’s 24 selections hugely exceeded the 14 who competed at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia, with the medal haul also exceeding the nine they claimed at the 2018 games. If Millfield were a country, they would have placed 15th in the overall medal standings this year, bringing home three golds, five silvers and six bronzes.