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.
A CHALLENGE to climb the height of Mount Everest by completing multiple ascents of the steps in their own homes has resulted in King’s Ely students raising £11,000 for charity. Pupils in Osmond House and Wilkinson House at King’s Ely Senior came up with the idea of the ‘King’s Ely Mount Everest Challenge’ for several reasons – to do something...
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It goes without saying that competition for Oxbridge places is fierce. The universities receive, on average, between five and seven applications for every place available. To make matters more challenging, according to their 2019 admissions reports, around 69 per cent of Oxbridge’s UK offers go to students from the state sector; and this year was no exception. The same is...
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The Stamford Endowed Schools’ Sixth Form debating team have become one of the top 12 school debating teams in the country, following success at the East Midlands Regional Final of the English-Speaking Union Schools’ Debating Mace. Stamford’s team, comprising Oliver Fraser and Harry Laventure, both in Year 13, and Kitty Henderson, Year 12, participated in the first round of the...
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The Dragon is one of the leading Prep schools in the UK educating boys and girls from 4-13 years old. The School has increased the flexibility of its boarding options to meet the needs of modern families. Ten family-style boarding houses run by dedicated Houseparents surround the School in leafy North Oxford. Families can choose full or weekly boarding with...
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A KING’S Ely pupil has been selected to represent the UK in an international mathematics competition for girls. Eleanor MacGillivray, who is in Year 12 at King’s Ely Senior, is no stranger to academic success, particularly when it comes to mathematics and other STEM subjects. But the hard-working Sixth Former has just secured her biggest achievement in a UK Mathematics...
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Students undertaking the One Year Programme will take examinations in up to 9 GCSE subjects depending on their academic and English (spoken/written) profile. The programme is unique and tailored to the needs of each individual with Trent College staff ensuring that each student’s programme is ideally matched to their academic profile. The programme covers a range of core subjects including English, mathematics, modern foreign languages and science. In addition, students can also choose subjects including geography, history, Latin, business studies, music,...
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Miriam, 17, says she is “delighted” to have been awarded the diploma, which is something very few organists achieve while still at school. Miriam, who joined King’s Ely Senior in Year 9 as a member of the Girl Choristers of Ely Cathedral Choir, said: “I am delighted to have been awarded the ARCO diploma. It has certainly been a challenge,...
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Philanthropy is embedded into the curriculum at Dragon School and members of their community have been supporting several initiatives in Oxford during lockdown, which are here described by Ellie King, Director of Social Impact at the Dragon. Windale Readers Dragon volunteers who usually go into Windale Primary School in Blackbird Leys to listen to children reading each week have kept...
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