Independent School News

The Governors of Fairstead House School and Nursery in Newmarket, Suffolk, are delighted to confirm the appointment of Michael Radford as Head. Mr Radford, who was previously Deputy Head at Fairstead House, has been Acting Head since the beginning of...

Recent reports in the media suggest that “Girls see physics as for white men only” and MPs have been told that girls do not take physics at A-level because they think the subject is only for white boys. (BBC news...

Photograph shows: Lower School pupils taking part in the Dauntsey’s Manor Marathon Dauntsey’s has celebrated the tenth anniversary of its Manor Marathon. The event involves Lower School pupils cycling 26 miles between Bath Abbey, along the canal path, returning to...

City of London Freemen's present the first edition of Factual Freemen's; a student-led scientific magazine featuring articles from Freemen’s Senior School students. After much hard work, co-editors Alison and Natalie (Lower 6) have published a collection of thought-provoking and sometimes...

Students at the Duke of York’s Military School in Dover were joined by the Belgian Ambassador to the UK, His Excellency Mr Bruno van der Pluijm, for the annual Inter-House Drill Competition. All students from Year 8 to 13 took...

On 23-24 March 2022, staff and pupils at The Leys School, Cambridge held their first ‘Giving Day’, raising more than £25,000 for school bursaries, and almost £5,000 for chosen charities beyond the School. The day included a programme of events...

A cast of 15, supported by an assistant director and seven technicians, all from the Fifth and Sixth Forms at Dauntsey’s, have staged a daring new production of ‘Jekyll & Hyde’. Elise Chambers, Head of Speech and Drama, adapted the...

Dauntsey’s has welcomed All Blacks rugby legend Sean Fitzpatrick to the school, in the second of this term’s Mercers’ Lectures. The former New Zealand All Blacks legend gave a captivating talk about his rugby career, highlighting his inner drive, his...