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St Swithun’s pupil wins young composers’ award
St Swithun’s sixth form student Pernille Faye, has won a coveted music award for the second successive year. The prize, a place on the Martin Read Foundation’s 2020 Young Composers’…
Arctic Adventure of a Lifetime Dauntsey’s Pupils
A group of Second Form pupils from Dauntsey’s spent half term in the North of Sweden on an ‘Arctic Adventure’ of a lifetime. Their base was the city of Skellefteå…
Wins For Sixth Form Organ Scholar
Prizes aplenty for skilful King’s Ely and Ely Cathedral Sixth Form Organ Scholar Miriam, 16, not only passed the examination for the Colleague of the Royal College of Organists (CRCO)…
England squad choose St Swithun’s student
15 year old Sophie Kelly, a pupil at St Swithun’s school, Winchester, has been selected to join the England squad for the upcoming U17 Netball Europe Championships. Playing the position…
Charity receives cheque from King’s Ely
Mental health charity receives bumper cheque from King’s Ely community KING’S Ely has raised more than £1,800 for a charity which supports local people who are struggling with their mental…
Former De Aston boarding student called up to Bermuda Cricket team
Jabari Darrell, a former boarding student at De Aston School in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, has been called up to the Bermuda Men’s Cricket Squad. Jabari, who has represented Bermuda Under…
Noah becomes JP at just 19
Old Leysian Noah Gifford, JP (School House, 2013-18) has just been appointed as one of the country’s youngest magistrates. He is pictured at Cambridge Crown Court shortly after being sworn…
Flying start for new F1 in Schools team
A recently-formed team of budding motorsport engineers from The Leys won two trophies in the regional finals of the F1 in Schools Team Mach 4 competition. Alex H (Y10) was…
Dauntsey’s completes its sports coaching team of excellence
Dauntsey’s has appointed David Hemery to its athletics coaching team. David won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles in Mexico City in the 1968 Olympic Games. He was…
Sherborne Girls teacher adds a touch of drama to historic Company of Dyers
Ros Johnson, Head of Academic Drama at Sherborne Girls, was placed in a different kind of spotlight last week when she became the first female Liveryman of the Worshipful Company…