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Hazlegrove pupils, parents and staff plant a five-acre Jubilee Wood

Saturday morning dawned bright and sunny with no frost in the ground – a perfect day for the Hazlegrove Prep school to be planting the trees for the Jubilee Wood. The wood,...

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Charles Dickens’ great-great-grandson reads A Christmas Carol to Hazlegrove pupils

To kick-off Christmas celebrations at Hazlegrove Prep School in Somerset, Mark Dickens, the great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, made a guest performance at the school to perform a 40 minute reading of A...

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Hazlegrove calling… astronaut, Nicholas Patrick

On Monday 3 December, Years 3 to 8 from Hazlegrove had a Skype Video Link with Dr Nicholas Patrick, Astronaut. This link-up was the highlight of the Library’s ‘Space’ display, celebrating the...

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Hazlegrove U12 girls celebrate 3rd place at the IAPS National Hockey Finals

Both the U12 and the U13 Hazlegrove Girls’ Hockey teams headed off from Somerset to Hertfordshire to compete in the National IAPS Hockey finals. This is the culmination of a national tournament...

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Hazlegrove Pupils send clothes to Africa

The packing of over 1,000 items of sports kit and children’s clothes including tracksuits, shirts, shorts and even Crocs, collected in the last couple of months by pupils from Hazlegrove School for...

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Old Hazlegrovian, Peter Wilson, makes a surprise visit to Hazlegrove with his gold medal

Staff and pupils at Hazlegrove were very excited to receive a surprise visit from Peter Wilson, Olympic Champion and past pupil. Peter first spoke to all the pupils in pre-prep and gave...

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Hazlegrove girls win the Save the Children U13 Girls National Tennis Championships

Congratulations to Hazlegrove pupils Sophie H and Tilly S for winning the National Finals of the Save the Children U13 Girls' Tennis competition at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton. It was...

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Girls do better in single-sex education

Research from the Institute of Education demonstrates that girls achieve more in single-sex educational environments. Statistics continue to demonstrate that girls thrive in single sex schools. Achievements at The Maynard School, an...

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RGS The Grange girls finish second in the hockey nationals

A Worcester school has finished runner-up in the IAPS (Independent Association of Prep Schools) National Under 11 Hockey Finals, held at Repton School in Derbyshire. The team from RGS The Grange started...

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