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Holiday Camp Success at Staines Prep

     Staines Prep is looking forward to another anticipated bumper turn-out at The Academies holiday camp following the huge success of the inaugural sports and arts-based children’s camp during the recent Easter...

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RGS Worcester beat local rivals in t20 cricket

A superb all-round team performance from the RGS Worcester 1st XI, saw them inflict a convincing defeat on perennial rivals King’s School Worcester in the first round of the national t20 competition....

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St Swithun’s Junior School pupil wins gold at National Diving Skills final

After being crowned South East Regional Skills Diving Champion St Swithun’s Junior School pupil Evie Johnson, age 11, from Winchester, travelled to Sheffield with 24 divers from Southampton Diving Academy, who all...

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MASTERCLASS AND INTERVIEW CONCERT FROM PRIZE-WINNING CONCERT PIANIST

On Thursday 1st May, Olga Paliy, the prize-winning Ukrainian concert pianist, visited Farlington to give a masterclass and interview concert to music students. In the afternoon, as part of the Music Department’s...

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PRIOR PARK STUDENT EARNS PLACE AT NYT

A Year 11 student at Prior Park College has successfully earned herself a place as a member of the nationally renowned National Youth Theatre. In January this year, Year 11 student at...

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Interpreting league tables and the different exams now offered in schools – Alex Peterken, Headmaster of Cheltenham College

It would be unusual if parents did not take a keen interest in how successful a prospective school was and how much their son or daughter might be expected to achieve in...

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LEFT-HANDERS: ARE THEY ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD? – Antony Clark, Head of Malvern College

  I have to say at the outset that I have a keen interest in the nature of left-handers and how they may differ from right-handers...

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RGS Worcester – Nott a bother

A Worcester schoolboy has been selected for the England U16 rugby team, which beat Wales 24-22 in a junior international game last weekend. Josh Nott, a scrum-half from RGS Worcester, started in...

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RGS Worcester – Go West

A former Worcester pupil has made her professional debut aged 22, playing saxophone in the West End at the launch of the eagerly awaited musical Cool Rider, better known as Grease 2....

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