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St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form began their Christmas celebrations this week, holding their annual Carol Service in the magnificent surroundings of Tewkesbury Abbey. With readings from pupils, and a range of performances from our talented choirs, it really put the congregation in a festive mood. Year 7 pupil, Nathanael H, opened the service with…

Earlier this half-term, Year 12 Business and Economics students travelled to Bristol to participate in the Festival of Economics, hosted by Bristol University. The Festival, in its eighth year, sees economists and experts from around the world debate with each other, and the audience, about some key economic questions. Our Year 12s took part in…

Year 8 pupils were able to explore Science both in and out of School on Monday morning with some pupils visiting attending the Gloucestershire Schools’ Christmas Lectures, whilst others took part in a series of exciting lab experiments at School. The purpose of the Gloucestershire Schools’ Christmas Lectures is to bring some of the STEM…

Our Year 8 students thoroughly enjoyed a performance by The Watermill Ensemble of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in our Main Hall this afternoon. The Ensemble are currently touring the UK with their modern adaptation, providing audiences with a fresh and contemporary take on the famous Shakespearean comedy. The company of four actors transformed seamlessly…

A group of Key Stage 3 pupils have achieved considerable success in the UK Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge. 13 Computing students from St Edward’s have succeeded in securing places at the annual Oxford Computing Challenge. This first part of the Challenge, which is the Computer Science equivalent to the Maths Challenge, saw over 35,000 children…

Sport St Edward’s had a very successful day on Tuesday when the U15 girls won the ISA Midlands Hockey Tournament. The Team finished top of their group with two wins and a draw, progressing to the semi-finals against Lucton School. The St Edward’s team defended and attacked together superbly, with Olivia B scoring a hat-trick…

In the lead up to Christmas, this year, the St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form Chaplaincy Team have embraced a tradition common in many parts of the globe called ‘Las Posadas’. Celebrated chiefly in Latin America, Mexico, Guatemala and Cuba, Las Posadas is a special focus during the season of Advent as preparations are made…

Pupils from a range of schools visited St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form this afternoon to take part in the Year 5 Maths Challenge, held in our Main Hall. Almost 100 young Mathematicians from 25 local schools, including Ashton Gate Primary, Calton Primary School, Gastrells, Lucton School, Saint John’s Primary School, St Edward’s Prep School…

Rugby players from St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form have been fortunate enough to take part in two specialist training sessions this week, one with rugby player Will Safe, and the other at new ‘The Huddle’ gym in Cheltenham. On Wednesday, former Gloucester Rugby player, Will Safe, put our St Edward’s Excellence Programme & Scholarships…

Students from Shukutoku Sugamo High School in Japan paid a visit to the Senior School today. It was a fantastic opportunity for our own students to learn more about Japanese culture and find out about how life for school pupils in Japan is different to their own. When they arrived the Japanese children were given…