Independent School News

Adcote School, near Shrewsbury, has been named ‘Senior School of the Year 2020’ in prestigious national awards after undergoing a “remarkable journey” of transformation. Senior School of the Year is one of the top accolades handed out at the Independent...

Following what has been a significantly challenging time for GCSE students and for teaching staff nationally, Frewen College students have once again achieved impressive results in their GCSE and equivalent courses, with a 100% pass rate and with 79% of...

Youngsters from Abberley Hall School at Great Witley, Worcestershire are celebrating a record haul of prestigious scholarships and exhibitions to leading independent schools. 25 Top Year Pupils from a year group of 42 have won 48 different awards to a...

Former Pocklington School pupil, Luke Potter (17-19) has successfully gained a place to study computer science at Washington and Lee University in Lexington City, Virginia, US. Luke chose to study in the US as in his opinion, the curriculums are more flexible and suited him better. The broader educational foundation not...

Christ College Brecon has welcomed a new Director of Outdoor Education who will join the school from The British Army. Chris Kerr joins Christ College in September after 34 years in the army where he took on a number of...

A recently-formed team of budding motorsport engineers from The Leys won two trophies in the regional finals of the F1 in Schools Team Mach 4 competition. Alex H (Y10) was team manager and CAD Design Engineer, Miles K (Y9) was...

Dauntsey’s has appointed David Hemery to its athletics coaching team.  David won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles in Mexico City in the 1968 Olympic Games.  He was crowned Sports Personality of the Year that year and later...

Jemima Edney, Head of Boarding and Co-Curricular activities at Freemen’s, is running the London Marathon on Sunday 26 April raising money for the Royal SpringBoard charity. Royal SpringBoard is a national charity that enables children from troubled or financially unstable...