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Category: Junior School News

Dr Adrian Rainbow appointed as Head from September 2026

26th June 2025

Exeter School is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Adrian Rainbow as the next Head of Exeter School, starting in September 2026. Dr Rainbow brings a wealth of experience…

Upper Two send messages to the International Space Station

23rd June 2025

Back in January, Upper Two took part in the Astro Pi Challenge where they sent messages to the International Space Station using the Python coding language. They have just received…

Form One ESSIS performance

20th June 2025

Exeter School String Instrument Scheme (ESSIS) has now successfully completed its fourth year, and was celebrated by  an informal concert featuring this year’s Form One string musicians. In class music…

Upper One trip to the Exe Estuary

16th June 2025

Upper One had a fantastic time exploring part of the Exe Estuary as part of this term’s geography topic. The children thoroughly enjoyed searching for crabs and shells before discovering…

Junior school librarians celebrate their Carnegie winning book

6th June 2025

This week, our junior school librarians hosted an extended VIP Library Club to celebrate their shadowing group’s Carnegie winning book choice. Henry read aloud from Wolf and the Bear by…

Form One’s “Incredible Edibles” tea party

5th June 2025

Our Form One pupils have wrapped up their Madame Pamplemousse topic in spectacular fashion—with a beautifully planned and skilfully executed tea party that incorporated their remarkable English, maths, PSHE and…

Form One Roman Day 2025

23rd May 2025

This year’s Form One Roman Day was a tremendous success, filled with learning, creativity, and excitement. Each pupil had their own favourite moment, making it hard to pick a standout…

British Sign Language club helps junior school pupils learn key skills

20th May 2025

British Sign Language (BSL) club is in full swing this term as part of our junior school cross-curricular provision and our pupils have been having an exciting time learning essential…

Founder’s Day 2025

1st April 2025

The sun shone down on this year’s annual Founders’ Day service at Exeter Cathedral, where the whole school community came together to proudly celebrate almost 400 years of history at…

Upper Two take the lead

28th March 2025

This week, U2C pupils delivered their first leadership session to their peers. Mabel, Betsy, Jackson, James B and James L worked fantastically well to plan their frisbee lesson, organise their…