One of the great joys and benefits of a boarding education is the fact that there is the time and the space to offer a rich array of opportunities which enable young people to grow and develop and explore the person they are. They develop passions and interests, they develop their character and they learn to play a positive part in a community – all things that will help them to lead a happy and fulfilled life.
Girls’ hockey at Pangbourne College has gone from strength to strength throughout the 2017 season, with the U16 team earning themselves a spot at the Regional Championships. The U16 team fought off competition from local rivals, Bradfield College, and then produced a dominant display against The Abbey. Head of Hockey, Mr Dan Paynter, commented on the match against The Abbey,...
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Since 2004 Kingswood has had strong links with Open Arms, a charity in Malawi. Open Arms has two children’s homes which provide shelter, nourishment and care to orphaned and abandoned infants. The aim is to get the children healthy and back in their own communities with their extended families. If this is not possible they go to a foster home...
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The school received the RIBA Client of the Year Award for 2017 for its new Art & Design building, having been nominated by the architects, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS). The first school to win the award, Bedales was chosen ahead of four other award winning shortlisted projects including Tate Modern’s Blavatnik building, Enfield’s Dujardin Mews and two innovative Forestry...
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Felsted's Ben Waring, age 18, from Hertfordshire has been named the Wisden Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year, an honour based on his outstanding performance in school cricket. He received his award at Lords’s Cricket Ground last night from England Cricketer Jonny Bairstow. Last season, Felsted's Ben Waring won Cricket World's Performance of the Week in July 2015 after breaking the Felsted School record,...
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