News and Events

Category: Senior School

Upper Sixth interview scheme

18th October 2024

On Saturday 12 October, Upper Sixth donned their smartest clothes and attended Ashford’s Legal Offices to push themselves outside of their comfort zone for a formal interview experience. An enormous…

Music scholars’ concert

11th October 2024

The first concert of the academic year took place in the Music Hall after school on Tuesday, when our senior Music Scholars took to the stage. The pupils ranged in…

Upper Sixth trip to Parliament and the UK Supreme Court

8th October 2024

The Upper Sixth politics pupils recently enjoyed an informative morning visiting the UK Supreme Court. They received a guided tour of the court rooms and an educational talk covering the…

Q+A celebrates its third anniversary

7th October 2024

  Q&A was conceived in the summer of 2021, when a newly appointed prefect offered to take responsibility for improving Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) across the school. In particular,…

Upper Sixth biology residential to Nettlecombe Court

2nd October 2024

  The Upper Sixth Biologists spent three days studying the ecology of very different habitats across Somerset and Devon: the sand dunes at Saunton, the river at Embercombe, and the…

What does a great sixth form experience look like?

27th September 2024

Like Exeter School! Our sixth form space has just had a makeover. We love the newly refurbished area, with its games room, collaboration room, large study spaces, improved changing and…

German exchange teacher reflects on Exeter School

24th September 2024

Written by Bernt Pōlling-Vocke. For two weeks I had been given the opportunity to experience life at Exeter School as part of the UK-German-Connection’s professional enrichment programme, offering British and…

Elisabeth reviews the St Ives art trip

23rd September 2024

Elisabeth in Middle Fifth recently went on the annual St Ives trip with the art department. Here’s her summary outlining what they got up to: Early on a Friday morning,…

Warhammer club welcomes 3F influx

20th September 2024

Our senior Warhammer club started well yesterday with their first meet of the year. It was great to see so many new pupils, especially from Third Form, being welcomed to…

Lt O’Connor decorated with awards

20th September 2024

CCF Contingent Commander Simon Smale started the year by congratulating his long-standing colleague’s good service. Here is the speech he delivered to cadets new and old as they started their…