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Teaching carries on at St John’s

1st April 2020

The last week of the Spring Term saw schools’ transition to a new phase of learning, where technology and teaching skills were tested as never before. However, as always, students…

National Youth Music Theatre selection for talented King’s Ely Sixth Form student

1st April 2020

KING’S Ely Sixth Form student, Billy Pinto, has been called-up by the prestigious National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT). Billy, 16, will be starring in (subject to the COVID-19 situation) ‘Imagination’,…

School DT Department manufacturing 200 masks per day for the NHS

30th March 2020

Design Technology teachers at a Stamford School are manufacturing 200 protective face masks a day for the NHS, as part of the national effort to increase the availability of PPE…

Taunton School sees impressive 60 students selected for cricket pathways

23rd March 2020

Both boys and girls ranging from 9 to 18 years have been selected for county, district, academy and international squads, including Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and as far as Hong Kong….

St Swithun’s pupil wins young composers’ award

10th March 2020

St Swithun’s sixth form student Pernille Faye, has won a coveted music award for the second successive year. The prize, a place on the Martin Read Foundation’s 2020 Young Composers’…

Arctic Adventure of a Lifetime Dauntsey’s Pupils

9th March 2020

A group of Second Form pupils from Dauntsey’s spent half term in the North of Sweden on an ‘Arctic Adventure’ of a lifetime. Their base was the city of Skellefteå…

Wins For Sixth Form Organ Scholar

9th March 2020

Prizes aplenty for skilful King’s Ely and Ely Cathedral Sixth Form Organ Scholar Miriam, 16, not only passed the examination for the Colleague of the Royal College of Organists (CRCO)…

England squad choose St Swithun’s student

3rd March 2020

15 year old Sophie Kelly, a pupil at St Swithun’s school, Winchester, has been selected to join the England squad for the upcoming U17 Netball Europe Championships. Playing the position…

Charity receives cheque from King’s Ely

18th February 2020

Mental health charity receives bumper cheque from King’s Ely community KING’S Ely has raised more than £1,800 for a charity which supports local people who are struggling with their mental…

Former De Aston boarding student called up to Bermuda Cricket team

14th February 2020

Jabari Darrell, a former boarding student at De Aston School in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, has been called up to the Bermuda Men’s Cricket Squad. Jabari, who has represented Bermuda Under…