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FROM THE HEADMASTER ROSSALL SCHOOL

21st June 2021

Like so many, we were disheartened by Boris Johnson’s announcement that the problematically named ‘Freedom Day’ will be postponed until the end of July, but with a rising number of…

Life skills for pupils post-GCSE at Dauntsey’s

18th June 2021

Pupils from Dauntsey’s, who have now completed their GCSEs, have been kept busy with a range of non-curriculum courses, thanks to the School’s extensive post-GCSE programme. The programme was developed…

Former pupils reunited in support of Pocklington School’s major new fundraising campaign for bursaries

14th June 2021

Tom Nash and Howard Holmes were in the same class from the age of eight and the visit was the first time they had met since they left the school…

Chloé Zhao scooped the Best Director Oscar

14th June 2021

Chloé was a Sixth Form boarder at the school from 1998 until 2000, where Julian and Alison Withers were the teachers responsible for her pastoral wellbeing. Alison is still a…

National Youth Theatre programme is calling for talented King’s Ely duo!

10th June 2021

Billy Pinto, who is in Year 13, and Tom Bateman, who is in Year 11, auditioned back in January by submitting a recording of themselves performing a monologue. They were…

Dauntsey’s is Buzzing About Bees

9th June 2021

The timber Apiary, to be powered by solar panels, will provide a covered observation area for pupils to view the beehives. The hives will be in an undercover area, allowing…

Teacher’s gruelling running challenge raises thousands of pounds for charity

9th June 2021

Nick Williams, who is Head of Economics and a Business Studies Teacher at King’s Ely Senior, set himself the challenge of running 5 kilometres for fifty consecutive days to not…

Kind-hearted King’s Ely student receives card from Her Majesty The Queen

20th May 2021

Willow Barry, who is in Year 3 at King’s Ely Junior, wrote to the Royal Family on April 11th to express her sadness of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh’s…

Dauntsey’s Celebrates Fifty Years of Moonrakers Adventure

19th May 2021

Photographs show: Moonrakers River Crossing Exercise 1984 and present-day Moonrakers. Each Friday afternoon, pupils take part in a wide range of activities including outdoor cooking, kayaking, cycling, first aid, expedition…

New Enterprise and Entrepreneurship course available at Pocklington School Sixth Form

14th May 2021

The course is a blend of class work and an enterprise project, which will give students hands on experience of setting up and running a micro business.  In class, students…