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.
The Leys Sixth Form Drama Scholar, Amira A, returns to Emmy-nominated Netflix drama ‘Bridgerton’ for Season 3. Amira was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to take a non-speaking role in Season 2 of ‘Bridgerton’, the Emmy-nominated Netflix drama based on Julia Quinn’s bestselling romance series. This summer she had the privilege of filming for Season 3, where she...
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Chef, restaurateur and TV presenter Prue Leith was the guest of honour for a special opening ceremony for Headington’s new Food and Nutrition Centre. Prue visited the School on Friday 23rd September to cut the ribbon, meet some of the girls cooking in the state-of-the-art new facilities and enjoy afternoon tea with a selection of sixth formers and staff in...
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Christ’s Hospital was awarded the School/College of the Year Gold Award at the UK Social Mobility Awards in London on Thursday 13 October, in recognition and celebration of outstanding commitment to social mobility. This was only 48 hours after receiving the Judges’ Special Award for Contribution to Social Mobility at the Independent School of the Year 2022 awards! The winners...
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Twelve-year-old Jina, a pupil in Year 8 at Badminton School in Bristol, has been selected to join the prestigious U18s Severn Stars Netball Super League Nova Academy based in Worcester. This phenomenal achievement for someone so young will enable Jina to train and play against some of the most talented netball players in the country. It comes after Badminton School’s...
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Robin Fletcher, CEO of the Boarding Schools Association (BSA) officially opened the new boarding house at Bede’s Senior School this morning. Although the new boarding accommodation, Dorms House, opened its doors to the very first students at the start of this term, Bede’s were delighted to welcome Mr Fletcher to the official ribbon-cutting event. The grand opening welcomed both current...
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Mayfield School, the leading Catholic independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18, has been selected as a finalist in the category ‘Independent Girls’ School of the Year 2022’ in the Independent Schools of the Year Awards. Mayfield is one of just six schools across the country to have reached this stage in the Girls’ School category....
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Year 13 pupil, Ben TB, received a Highly Commended award in this year’s Trinity College Gould Prize for English Literature. This is an impressive achievement as only 20 are chosen from more than 200 applicants from all over the world. The Gould Prize is an annual competition aimed at talented Sixth Form students with an interest in English Literature and...
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Olly Langton became Headmaster of Belhaven Hill School in Dunbar, East Lothian, in July 2020 in the depths of the Pandemic. Belhaven is one of Scotland’s few prep schools that still offers both a boarding and day education, and the longer school day provides more time for a genuinely all-round education with lots of sport, music and life skills, as...
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