School News

Jess Harris

11th July 2022

Two swimming sisters are looking forward to taking on the best in the country after both qualifying for prestigious national swimming finals.

Ripon Grammar School student Nadine Wilson, 14, from Dishforth, qualified for four events: 100m and 200m butterfly, 200m backstroke and 400m individual medley.

Jess Harris

8th July 2022

As the Lionesses kick off their Euro campaign, Millfield’s Director of Football Steve Perkins is creating a blueprint for talented girls to achieve success in the women’s game. His plans,…

Jess Harris

8th July 2022

Brentwood School guitarist extraordinaire, Tom Hodgkinson, is the winner of the prestigious Essex Young Musician of the Year 2022. Seventeen-year-old Tom, who is also a student at the Junior Trinity…

Jess Harris

8th July 2022

Two Lower Sixth students, Freddie and Oscar, have won the Dauntsey’s adventure race, the Brecons Challenge. The race, held in June annually in the Brecon Beacons, involves running over Pen y Fan, Cribyn and Fan y Big (approximately 10 km in distance and 850 m of ascent), followed by a 21 km mountain bike ride through the forest to the Monmouth Canal, to then jump into kayaks to paddle 7 km to the finish line in the centre of Brecon.

Jess Harris

7th July 2022

We are so proud of Kate in St Peter’s 2-8 who showed compassion and entrepreneurship by selling sunflower seeds to raise money for the new Sunflowers Kids Club – a new nurturing space for Ukrainian refugee children and young people aged 0-17 to support their mental health and wellbeing.

Jess Harris

7th July 2022

Ashville College’s old pupil association has elected Beth Hartwell as its one hundred and fourth President. Beth, who takes over the reins from Ian Brown, attended the independent school between…

Jess Harris

7th July 2022

Richard Huish College student, Seren Rodgers, started her summer representing Great Britain in Heptathlon at the European Under 18’s Championship in Jerusalem.

Jess Harris

7th July 2022

Shebbear College in Devon has achieved the prestigious Wellbeing Award for Schools, following a rigorous inspection of the school’s mental health and emotional wellbeing provision for both pupils and staff.

Jess Harris

7th July 2022

St Mary’s School in Cambridge is celebrating national award recognition after it was shortlisted in an impressive four categories in the forthcoming, prestigious Independent Schools of the Year 2022 awards.

Jess Harris

7th July 2022

Ripon Grammar School student Edie Cooper has earned a place in the Yorkshire Under-15s girls’ rugby squad.

The sporty 14-year-old flanker, who also plays hockey as well as being a keen equestrian, earned her place in the prestigious squad following competitive trials.