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HERTS COUNTY RECOGNITION FOR NETBALL TALENT

The talent of four Bishop’s Stortford College netball players has been recognised in recent Herts County Screening trials. Lucie Sudworth was awarded a County academy place, whilst Elizabeth Francis, Lili Herbert and...

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Record total raised for charity

Year Eight pupils at RGS Worcester have raised over £7,500 for St Richard’s Hospice, an amount which has staggered the charity as well as staff at the school. Lizzie Brazier from the...

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CHURCH HIGH PUPILS REACH FINALS OF PRESTIGIOUS MUSIC COMPETITION

Junior school pupils from Jesmond based independent school, Newcastle Church High, are celebrating today after reaching the finals of a prestigious Blue Peter competition to create a soundtrack to accompany famous Wallace...

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RGS Worcester,The Grange – We are the champions!

Following a stunning sequence of performances, a Worcester school has been crowned National Champions after winning the Independent Schools Football Association (ISFA) U11 Finals. The team from RGS The Grange travelled to...

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St Swithun’s pupil selected for England Lacrosse in Canada this summer

St Swithun’s sports scholar Emily Sambrook Smith, aged 16 from Winchester, has been selected to play in the A team for England Lacrosse's U19 tour to Canada in July 2013. The tour...

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St Swithun’s pupil is UK junior archery champion

Year 10 St Swithun’s pupil Olivia Williams from Brockenhurst has been confirmed as the current UK Junior Ladies Barebow Metric Clout 90m record holder. Shooting at the Waterside Archers Clout competition held...

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ADVANTAGES OF BOARDING AT GREENFIELDS

Greenfields started as a day school but as its reputation and numbers grew, over one fifth of the student body is now made up of boarding students. There are over 40 spaces...

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For a confident girl, choose a girls’ school.

Some parents feel unsure about a single sex education for girls. They say it’s old-fashioned and out of touch. ‘Boys exist in reality and girls need to learn to cope with them’...

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Caitlin MacGregor

On Saturday 27th April 2013, Caitlin MacGregor (Prep. 5) went to Royal Russell School to represent Farlington in the IAPS (Independent Association of Preparatory Schools) National Trampolining Competition. Caitlin competed in the...

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