Features
School spotlight: Shrewsbury School International
As the students of Shrewsbury School in Shropshire wander to their first lesson of the day, some of their peers…
21st April 2020
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Events
The May issue of Independent Education Today is out now!
In this issue… CORONAVIRUS NEWS ROUNDUP The latest stories about how independent schools have responded during the crisis COMMENT: STAYING…
20th April 2020
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Events
‘I wasn’t that well prepared at all’: heads swap stories at BSA conference
At this year’s Boarding Schools’ Association (BSA) conference for deputy heads and heads of boarding, teachers came together in Bristol…
31st January 2020
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Skills at their fingertips
People often think of touch typing as an old fashioned skill, but it is making a comeback in many independent…
13th January 2020
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‘Extra-curricular has a name because it matters’
There’s many a perk attached to teaching in an independent school (answers in rank order on a postcard please), but…
6th November 2019
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Shrewsbury School and the super-curriculum
‘Intus Si Recte Ne Labora’; ‘If Right Within, Trouble Not’; is Shrewsbury School’s motto and it is a somewhat fitting…
17th June 2019
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Facilities & buildings
When old meets new
Aged 11, resplendent in slightly-too-large green and black uniform, I walked into my new school in leafy Edgbaston and gasped:…
3rd June 2018
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Not just for boys: making sport co-educational
As a visitor to Shrewsbury School enters the main school gates and drives down the tree-lined avenue of ‘Central’, they…
12th October 2017
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News
Excellent result for Shrewsbury School
Shrewsbury School is celebrating the glowing results of two major inspections carried out by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). Shrewsbury has been…
30th April 2017
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News
Shrewsbury School runners retain their national title
The Royal Shrewsbury School Hunt has the distinction of being the oldest running club in the world, with records dating…
29th January 2017
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