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King's Ely Junior raise £18,000 for Cancer Research UK

After 12 months of fundraising events, King's Ely Junior are proud to announce that they have ...

Boarding in Belfast

Robert Robinson, Headmaster at Campbell College, explains why boarding in Northern Ireland is...

Falcons Prep for Boys complete gaming challenge  

Pupils were 'praised for their talent' following a challenge set by international gaming compa...

Pocklington School launches Careers and Business Network

The initiative from the Pocklington School Foundation aims to support current and former pupi...

Belmont Grosvenor fundraising to support kids in Harrogate

Pupils, parents and staff at the prep school have launched a fundraising campaign to help poor...

Freedom of assembly

From politics to prefects, Charley Rogers speaks to headteachers across the country about what...

Keeping it independent

Challenges and triumphs: Hannah Vickers looks back at how 2017 has treated the independent sec...

Sunday Times: St Mary's Colchester UK's 9th best prep school

The finding came in the newspaper's Parent Power listing of the UK's Top 100 Preparatory Schoo...

Slice of suffragette history for Manchester High pupils

Former pupil, Rose Dummer, unveiled a replica of the city's forthcoming Emmeline Pankhurst sta...

Into the woods with Spring Grove School

The school has become the first independent in the UK to be approved by the Forest School Asso...

Belmont Grosvenor gives £10k to help children in hospital

Pupils, staff and parents at the independent Harrogate prep school have raised £10,000 to impr...

2017 review: what a year!

Julie Keller, Head at Nottingham Girls' High School GDST, reveals her 2017 highlights

Kent touch this: school life at St Faith's at Ash

Lawrence Groves, Headmaster of St Faith's at Ash, on the lure of life in the Garden of England...

Board games: not just for Christmas

A mobile phone detox policy at Brighton College has led to many pupils rediscovering the lost ...

Positive, progressive schooling at Frensham Heights

Andrew Fisher, Headmaster of Frensham Heights School, reveals how they push the boundaries wit...

Should schools ban mobile phones?

Helen Jeys, Headmistress at Alderley Edge School for Girls, tackles the mobile phones in schoo...

Joint art project by Hornsby House and Lark Hall

Hornsby House School and Lark Hall Primary School presented their completed Bigger Picture art...

Facing the facts

Warren Honey, Headmaster at Hydesville Tower School, explains why mental health must not be ig...

Education for the future

Joe Earley, Head of Design and Technology at Ipswich High School, looks at how the school has ...

Independent school partnerships: a winning combination

Lucinda Reid talks to headteachers about how their independent schools are working in partners...

Artist bringing inspiration to London students

The Gerald Moore Gallery in Mottingham is reaching out to Eltham College students and the wid...

A teacher's perspective on abandoning primary school testing

Lacy Chapman, Head of Lower School at ACS Cobham International School, explains why formal tes...

School life: lights, camera, action!

What happens when someone makes a film about your school? Dermot Dix, Headmaster at Headfort S...

Why the co-ed system instils self-belief in girls

Roberta Keys, Deputy Head of Malvern College, explains why a co-ed system is crucial to prepar...

Top marks for Truro

Truro School almost swept the board in GCSE Geology results, boasting five out of the top six ...

Fantastic Services partner with Boyan Maga School

4,000 high visibility vests donated to 17 London schools to improve road safety as part of com...

Alma matters

Former students are a resource schools can't afford to be without. Hannah Vickers finds out ho...

Special report: wearing it well

Hannah Vickers looks at the latest trends in school uniform and sports kit

Tomorrow's leaders are ready and waiting

Shaun Fenton, Headteacher of Reigate Grammar School, reveals why he is proud of today's childr...

A trip of a lifetime

Three independent schools reveal the schools trips that their pupils found unforgettable

5 lessons in developing a new uniform

In the last 10 years, over 100 schools have used Schoolblazer to redesign their uniform. Here ...

The importance of an off-site education

James Millichamp, of Wolverhampton Grammar School, explains how school trips can bring the cu...

New beginnings at Eaton Square Upper School

Lucinda Reid visits the school, part of the Minerva Education Group of Schools, to find out ho...

St Anthony's Girls celebrate expansion on first birthday

The school opened in September 2016 and recently welcomed their first cohort of Year 2 girls

In conversation with... Learning Ladders

Matt Koster-Marcon, Director of Learning Ladders, talks to BESA about solving problems in sch...

Adrenaline-fueled induction for Beech Hall senior prefects

Tytherington-based Beech Hall School put its new senior prefects through their paces with a st...

In with the new at Eaton Square Upper School

Perry Uniform reveals how it designed Eaton Square Upper School's uniform

Co-op sponsors Fairtrade Schools Awards

The Awards teach children about global issues and raise awareness of ethical trading

Idris Elba joins campaign to fight illiteracy

The actor has joined forces with formerly illiterate mother turned author

Rydal Penrhos named one of UK's top co-ed boarding schools

Recently published League Tables have placed the school 69th in the UK