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KINGHAM HILL ARE THE BRAINS OF OXFORDSHIRE

General knowledge quizzing has taken off as a hugely popular activity among some of the pupils at Kingham Hill School.  Since the arrival of Mr Gareth Williams (Head of Languages), a self-confessed...

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Trinity Parents’ Association donate £11k to charity at end-of-year Proms

More than 1,000 members of the Trinity School community celebrated the end of another school year at the Trinity Proms last Saturday 4th July. Governors, parents, staff, pupils, friends and neighbours picnicked...

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Trinity Triathlon 2015 attracts 500 competitors

Some 500 youngsters aged 8‐19 years took part in the Trinity Triathlon. They swam, ran and cycled on, what turned out to be, a perfect summer’s day last Sunday 28th June. One...

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Trinity wins Surrey U15 T20

Final Trinity 136‐9 20 overs Whitgift 135‐7 20 overs In a hard fought match, Trinity and Whitgift U15 cricket teams fought tooth and nail to become the Surrey T20 champions and win...

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Belmont School – Iceland trip

Recently a group of around 40 children and staff, set off on an adventure to Iceland to experience, first hand, the 'Land of Fire and Ice'. Thankfully, there was no 'fire' to...

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Belmont School – Weather Week

We have just completed 'Weather Week' which has been fabulous. The week involved the whole school and included a drama production, a talk by Ian Currie, lab experiments for the whole school,...

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Belmont School – Production of “Oliver”

Pupils at Belmont Preparatory School in Holmbury St. Mary, near Dorking in Surrey have put on a production of 'Oliver.' Based on the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens they followed the character...

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UK boarding schools: educating the leaders of tomorrow – by Caroline Nixon, Chairman, BAISIS.

One in seven countries has a leader who studied in the UK. A recent British Council report states that one in seven...

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International study centres: kick-starting UK education – by Caroline Nixon, Chairman of BAISIS

BAISIS is the British Association of Independent Schools with International Students and is a group of 50 British independent boarding schools and colleges.  It exists as...

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