School News

North of England school vows not to increase fees amidst Labour’s VAT policy

Lily Boyden

30th April 2024

One of the UK’s oldest boarding schools has announced its decision not to increase its school fees should the Labour Party come into power later this year. If Labour wins…

Teacher runs double marathon distance as part of Roedean’s £9K MNDA fundraiser

Lily Boyden

30th April 2024

ROEDEAN pupils and teachers ran for 24 hours and raised more than £9000 for Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) – with many clocking up enough miles to have run a…

Photography competition victory continues for King’s Ely!

Lily Boyden

30th April 2024

ELEVEN King’s Ely photography students had their images shortlisted in an international competition – two of whom proceeded to be crowned category winners. Hundreds of photographers from across the globe…

Gresham’s all-girls robotics team dreaming of Dallas glory

Lily Boyden

30th April 2024

After countless hours of engineering, programming, building robots, competing at regional level, and qualifying for VEX National Championships, an all-girl robotics team have achieved something truly remarkable: they won the…

You’re hired! Ashville pupils in the business of winning

Lily Boyden

30th April 2024

LORD Sugar may have chosen his new business partner for 2024 on the BBC’s The Apprentice this week but a leading Yorkshire  independent school could well boast a few budding…

ACS Hillingdon students put best foot forward in national dance competition

Lily Boyden

30th April 2024

ACS International School Hillingdon’s Upper School student dance team have returned victorious from the UK-wide dance competition, Prestige Dance Competition, held in Canterbury. The dance team, made up of students…

Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year award for Tonbridge’s Ollie Sykes

Lily Boyden

24th April 2024

Former Tonbridge student Ollie Sykes has been named the Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year.   He received the accolade at Wisden’s annual awards dinner, which took place at Lord’s…

50 Years of Girls at Cottesmore School

Lottie Andrews

23rd April 2024

This year, Cottesmore School celebrates 50 Years Of Girls. Cottesmore was one of the first all-boys prep schools in the UK to introduce girls in 1974 – an avant-garde move…

Rewilding Cottesmore

Lottie Andrews

23rd April 2024

Cottesmore has quietly been beavering away at a new rewilding programme this term. In partnership with Lesley Malpas, author of “Rewilding for Schools,” work has begun on creating environments which…

Badminton School hosts Engineering Challenge for 15 local primary schools

Lily Boyden

18th April 2024

On Wednesday 17th April, 15 primary schools competed in an Engineering Challenge at Badminton School. The challenge was to install a model wind turbine by designing a crane out of…