Remembrance Sunday
This Sunday the School will remember and honour those who sacrificed their lives to serve in the great wars. 1600 OSE took part in the Second World War, and of those, 150 lost their lives. In the...
View ArticleBooks for Nyanga High School
Teddies Maths teacher Henry Chitsenga has been delighted to receive considerable book donations from the School, and parents for the Nyanga North High School in Zimbabwe, where a project, supported by...
View ArticleHigh Praise for The Crucible
Last week a company of pupils and a team of staff put on the annual School Play, which this year, was Arthur Miller’s classic, The Crucible, which recounts the hysteria surrounding the Salem Witch...
View ArticleShell Poetry Competition
Ms. Eldred and Mr. Scates would like to congratulate everyone who entered the Shell Poetry Competition this term. They thoroughly enjoyed reading all the entries. Rev. Lennon and Rev. Jones were guest...
View ArticleTesting at Teddies
Pupil Wellbeing and the Medical Centre The Medical Centre is an integral part of the School, and particularly now, has an extended role to play as regular testing has become part of its remit. The...
View ArticleThe Roman Play
The rapid development of circumstances at the beginning of last year meant that Mr Wiggins’ excellent review of the truly wonderful Staff Play was never published. On the anniversary of this cultural...
View ArticleOur Learning Development Approach
We have a dynamic approach to learning Development (LD) at St Edward’s that has evolved particularly over the last five years as we have moved away from more traditional methods, and towards systems...
View ArticlePupil gives evidence to Parliament
Upper Sixth Form pupil Alexander Barrington Brown explains how he came to be part of a high level policy discussion on the idea of bringing more politics into the national curriculum. ‘Last week, I was...
View ArticlePupil takes part in Vaccine Trial
Lower Sixth Form pupil Meara James has volunteered to take part in the clinical trial to test the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on children and young people. She explains how she got involved: ‘When I saw...
View ArticleSport during lockdown
Eve Singfield, Director of Sports, reflects on a remote but busy term in sport: Whilst we have had to revert to our on-line games programme this term, it has been really encouraging to see pupils and...
View ArticleThe Warden discusses GCSE reform in new podcast
The debate around GCSE reform continues to gain momentum, and with the cancellation of exams for the second year running, assessment methods too are under scrutiny more than ever. In this podcast, the...
View ArticleVictory for the Bees!
The Teddies Bees and their delicious honey is a lovely aspect of life at the School. A loyal band of staff and pupils look after the hives throughout the year, and were recently mobilised to take...
View ArticleDeputy Head Academic Appointed
It was announced today that David Flower, currently Director of Studies at Dulwich College, London, will succeed Matthew Albrighton as Deputy Head Academic from September. David was educated at Chatham...
View ArticleTeddies and the Kitchen Collective
Since September, Teddies has been part of a brilliant community project with Oxford Mutual Aid – the Kitchen Collective. It was started to provide meals to those in need during the pandemic, and brings...
View ArticleLearning for Life
In the last few weeks, visiting speakers to the School have explored some serious and hard-hitting subjects with our pupils in learning and discussion sessions. This has given the pupils the chance to...
View ArticleTeddies on Camera Photography Winners
Teddies on Camera, the pupil media unit, holds regular photography competitions throughout the year on a theme decided by the team. The subject for this round was detail, and we had almost 40 entries...
View ArticleNational Schools’ Regatta
The National Schools’ Regatta took place on Saturday 29th May at Dorney Lake near Eton, the venue for the Olympic Regatta in 2021. Our crews had take part in no formal racing for 15 months, but with...
View ArticleDance for All at St Edward’s
‘I don’t really know why, but we’ve never had that attitude here. I think we’ve just got great pupils that encourage each other.’ So says Lisa Elkins, our Head of Dance, when asked if there’s any...
View ArticleThe Gaudy Art Exhibition
The Gaudy Art Exhibition celebrates the outstanding achievements of pupils across all year groups. The galleries below highlight the exceptional work from the Upper Sixth leavers, the Lower Sixth and...
View ArticleIB Results 2021
IB pupils at St Edward’s were celebrating yesterday as they received a very impressive set of results. Two pupils, Izzy Rees and Kunal Barman, achieved full marks with 45 points each and 18 pupils...
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