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Key Stage 3 pupils took part in creative writing workshops this week when they were joined for the day by New York Times best-selling author, G.P. Taylor. Graham’s first book, “Shadowmancer”, was a phenomenal success and has been translated into over 50 languages, for readers all across the globe.  He has since written an array…

We were delighted to welcome 30 visiting Year 5 pupils to the Senior & Sixth Form on Wednesday. The students, who joined us from a range of local schools, spent the day with our specialist Art staff, taking part in a focussed Art Day, during which they used a range of media, including charcoal, oil…

Last Friday saw our CCF contingent visit the local Ashchurch Camp to take part in various exercises with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal & Search Unit. This was a rare and unique opportunity to experience some of the procedures and equipment the Regiment uses during their day-to-day operations and see how they react to a call-out…

St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form celebrated resounding success at the ISA Midlands Athletics shortly before the half term break, with 13 of our pupils advancing to the ISA National Athletics competition, being held later this month in Birmingham. There was a range of different track and field events that our athletes excelled in, including…

A group of Year 10 and Year 12 Art students travelled to the Forest of Dean last weekend to take part in an Art residential weekend at St Briavels. Built in the early 12th century, St Briavels was an important royal castle on the frontier with Wales. Staying in a location with such a rich history…

Both St Edward’s Prep School and St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form have been fortunate enough to be a home for the Lampedusa Cross this week, as it makes its journey round the Clifton Diocese. The cross, made by pupils from St Edward’s Catholic School in Hampshire, is currently making its way around every school of…

Pupils from Year 7 and Year 8 at St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form recently took part in a Combined Cadet Force (CCF) Taster Afternoon. St Edward’s CCF has been a successful and hugely popular extra-curricular activity over recent years and, from September, it will be on offer to pupils in Year 8 and above. The…

After School on Wednesday we saw a gathering of the Stride-Darnley Society in the Headmistress’s Study, where three pupils, from Year 7 and 8, presented on subjects that they felt passionately about. First up was Max, who chose to speak about Dubai and everything it has to offer tourists. He talked about the enjoyment to…

The finals of our School’s Road to Wimbledon tennis competition took place on Friday, with a number of Key Stage Three pupils progressing to the County Finals. This is the next step on the road to a place in the National Finals, which are played at Wimbledon in August. Road to Wimbledon is the biggest…

Year 10s were joined on Tuesday morning by Jordan and Celia from St James’s Place Wealth Management, who came to the Senior School to lead a session focussing on teaching our pupils about the value of money, differentiating between items that are ‘needed’, ‘wanted’ and what represents ‘value for money’. The workshop started with the…