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‘The Bramston Bursary Foundation was established in the name of Anna Bramston who founded St Swithun’s in 1884 with the vision to provide talented and hard-working girls, irrespective of background, with the opportunity to reach their full potential through education. The Foundation aims to provide two full life-changing transformational bursaries every year to girls in care, or on the brink...

A Level Success: Students Thrive at St John’s College.... St John’s College in Southsea wide-ability school has a Sixth Form of 90 students. Well-regarded for its pastoral ethos and strong sense of community, the 38 students receiving their results today have taken advantage of the wealth of support and expert advice over the two-year A-Level course. Head Girl, Hannah was...

“A theatrical triumph in every respect”and “an energetic piece, undertaken with enthusiasm and panache by its talented, young cast”, are among sterling comments made by reviewers of the play, which starred more than 20 King’s Ely Senior students and was written by King’s Ely’s Director of Drama and Theatre, Nick Huntington. But it wasn’t just Nick Huntington and the young...

Hampshire Collegiate School is excited to announce that with effect from September, it will be renamed ‘Embley’ and the school will have a new visual identity to strengthen and modernise how it is represented to pupils, families, colleagues and the communities it works with. The new logo shows a double headed eagle – a symbol of hope, strength and courage...

The annual St Edmund’s Festival held at the end of the academic year demonstrates the school’s commitment to the arts, with world-class professionals performing and working alongside the pupils, giving them unique opportunities to immerse themselves in the performing arts. And it was very timely that on the first day of the Festival 2019 the school heard it had been...

George started rowing at the aged of 13 and was a Cambridge Blue, rowing against Oxford in the Boat Race four times. He won the World Championship at Junior and U23 level, Olympic gold and bronze, three World titles and two European crowns in five seasons. He retired from rowing after winning gold at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in...

visiting the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art for the NOW exhibition of contemporary art exploring themes of change, growth and decay including works by French artist Aurélien Froment, sculptor and installation artist Roger Hiorns and Scottish artist Charles Avery visiting the Court of Session, Sheriff Court and High Court to see law in action with everything from tax law to...

Sherborne Girls celebrated the official opening of its new arts centre, The Merritt Centre, on Wednesday 26 June with a spectacular concert featuring Dame Emma Kirkby, former pupil and world-renowned soprano. Dame Emma carried out the formal ‘ribbon-cutting’ ceremony before taking to the stage to perform alongside the school’s senior choir in a memorable event that truly showcased the recital...