What is CReSteD and how does it help boarding families? – by Brendan Wignall , Headmaster of Ellesmere College and Chair of CReSTeD

The Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic pupils (CReSTeD) is a charity set up in 1989 with the aim of helping parents and those who advise them to choose schools...

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Duncombe School – Robotics Challenge Team

Four of Duncombe’s Upper School children took part in the recent  Haileybury Robotic Challenge.    Working as a team against the clock, Samantha, Solomon, Erin and Dominic built their own remote controlled robotic...

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Duncombe School – BBC Live Lesson, 500 Words Writing Competition

Pupils in Upper School took part in a Live Lesson hosted by the BBC, to support the development of creative writing for the 500 Word writing competition.  Gathered together in Old Hall, we...

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New Head appointed for Abbot’s Hill School

The Governors are delighted to announce the appointment of Mrs Kathryn Gorman to the post of Head of Abbot’s Hill School, with effect from 1 January 2020. Mrs Gorman is currently Deputy...

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The benefits of boys-only boarding,  by John Moule, Warden of Radley College

I am not a single-sex zealot. That might seem odd coming from the Warden of Radley College, one of the great bastions of boys-only boarding, but...

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Maple Walk School – Attenborough Animation

Our enthusiastic Animation Club has released their latest film. Attenborough is a fantastical story imagining how the famous broadcaster and environmentalist, David Attenborough, tackles plastic pollution in the oceans. On his journey on the...

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The importance of the creative arts – by Liz Laybourn, Head of Burgess Hill Girls School

A boarding environment gives children and young people an unrivalled opportunity to develop their creative talents to the full. Whether it’s fine art, design and technology, textiles or graphics, music and drama...

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Wellington Prep School Pupils Exhibit at the National Gallery

Wellington Prep School has been selected from hundreds of Primary and Prep Schools nationwide to participate in a prestigious exhibition at the National Gallery in London. Pupils at the School submitted work...

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Bromsgrove School – Young musician awarded Licentiate of Trinity College London Diploma

Talented Bromsgrove School musician Jude Wynter has been awarded the Licentiate of Trinity College London Diploma for Piano Recital.  This is the equivalent in standard to the final year of an undergraduate degree....

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