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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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Opera Brava

Girls in Years 3, 4 and 8 at Farlington School, outside Horsham, rehearsed and staged an opera from scratch last week. Guided by the professional opera company, Opera Brava, the girls worked...

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RGS Worcester – through to next round of National t20 competition

In a three-way first-round tie for the National Schools t20 Competition, RGS Worcester won through to the next round after convincoing wins against King’s Worcester and Llandovery College. The first match saw...

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International Recognition for Bromsgrove Physicists

Two pupils from Bromsgrove School have been honoured by a major scientific organisation for their work in Physics. Vladyslav Kolesnyk and Alexander Stepanov, both former pupils, developed a method of measuring the...

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Latin brought to life

Eighteen GCSE Latin students from Bishop’s Stortford College exchanged the wintry climate of the UK for the warmer climes of Italy over Easter. During the co-educational, day and boarding school’s six-day trip...

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INTREPID PUPILS SURVIVE THE ELEMENTS FOR SILVER

While Hertfordshire basked in the first spring sunshine, forty-eight intrepid Bishop’s Stortford College pupils faced the winds, rain and snow drifts of the Derbyshire hills on their Duke of Edinburgh Silver practice...

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