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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...

Frewen College is delighted to have a record number of Sixth Form students applying to UCAS this year for University places.  71% of our Sixth Form students who will be leaving Frewen in 2020 have applied to study at university...

In a world where children are being educated for jobs that do not currently exist, it is vital that learning establishments make significant adaptations in the way students are taught. St John’s College in Southsea is doing just that! From...

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...

By Michael Randall, Deputy Head, Downside School The appearance of Covid-19 and the subsequent global pandemic can be characterised as a ‘Black Swan’ event. The Black Swan theory was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and describes an event that is...

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...

Every dystopian novel is not predicated on the main character’s ability to lecture on the comma splice or their mathematical know-how.  The main characters of the genre live by engaging in a dynamic relationship with their own nature; the attitude...