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Upper Sixth students at St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form were celebrating their A Level results today, with 22% of all results at grades A* or A, and almost half of results at grades A*- B. St Edward’s students have successfully gained places at some of the country’s most sought after universities including the University…

During the last week of term students at St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form had a fantastic time celebrating House Day, with various competitions taking place throughout and market stalls at lunchtime to raise money for charity. The day started with Key Stage 3 pupils split into groups to take part in a ‘Big Colourful…

Pupils were tasked with to designing, making and racing solar powered cars on Friday as part of a Year 8 STEM Challenge Day. The students were grouped in the morning into teams which would be working together to create a car, fulfilling various different criteria that they would be judged on later in the day….

We were delighted to welcome representatives from 20 local businesses to the Senior School this morning to take part in a Networking Breakfast with our Year 12 students. The event provided Year 12 with the chance to learn more about the opportunities on offer to them after Sixth Form, and the different career routes they…

The annual Languages Department ‘European Lunch’ competition took place yesterday afternoon in the Canopy, where Year 9s were tasked with representing a country and recreating their local delicacies. The pupils were briefed with first choosing a European country of their choice, where they would research about the culture and food and create a display where…

This Wednesday saw pupils gather at the Prince of Wales Stadium in Cheltenham to compete in the annual Senior & Sixth Form Sports Day, with many of our athletes breaking school records and gaining priceless points for their respective Houses. The morning started with the traditional whole school warm-up on the track, with everyone getting…

Languages Day took place last Friday, marking the end of a week of language-linked cultural activities which included singing in a foreign language in Music, word derivations in English and RS, as well as a salsa class with Mr Geracitano and Mrs Dunn in the Main Hall. On the day itself, students arrived either in…

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…