Hustings
Calypso Newman, Lower Sixth, writes: The hustings for the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency took place at St Edward’s on Thursday 30th April with around 400 people from Summertown present....
View ArticleWallingford Regatta
Peter Rudge, Master i/c Rowing, writes: Last weekend, our senior rowers raced at Wallingford Regatta and achieved excellent results. The senior boys raced in small boats and the highlight was the win...
View ArticleMay Morning
Tomos Watkins, Music Department, writes: 6.45am is not the time of day one usually associates with singing rude Elizabethan part-songs. Somehow, though, this was what we found ourselves doing on the...
View ArticleOut of Hours
Out of Hours, an exhibition of work by staff in the Art Department, opened today at The North Wall and runs until 22nd May. It offers an exciting mix of work across all disciplines by Peter...
View ArticleRowing Report
Peter Rudge, Master i/c Rowing, writes: It was an extremely busy and successful weekend for the Boat Club with crews racing at three different locations. Our Shell and Fourth Form boys went to...
View ArticleVisit by Alec Stewart
The junior cricketers of St Edward’s were privileged to receive a visit from Alec Stewart yesterday as part of the Clydesdale Bank Ambassador programme. England’s most capped Test cricketer oversaw...
View ArticleNational Schools’ Regatta
The three-day NSR opened for St Edward’s with two really strong performances from our Shell boys and girls. The boys produced three high class races that showed them to be one of the best crews in the...
View ArticleBedford Star Regatta
The Boat Club had a very successful day at Bedford Star Regatta on Saturday. Ten crews made the final in their events and 5 of those were able to convert those final appearances into overall wins. Our...
View ArticleLAMDA examination success
The results of the recent LAMDA examinations have just been received and St Edward’s pupils achieved excellent marks. A variety of examinations including Acting Solo, Acting Duologue, Speaking in...
View ArticleClimbing in Portland
Sixth Former Casper Sunley, Captain of the Climbing Club, writes: On Sunday, members of the newly-invigorated school Climbing Club were lucky enough to be taken to Portland coastline for our first...
View ArticleReaders make Leaders
Milly Pumfrey, English Teacher, writes: ‘Readers make leaders’, a project linking primary and secondary pupils in Oxford, was dreamed up by Rev. Tom Shaw and Jill Hudson, Executive Head of the...
View ArticleSummer Rowing
The summer break saw two members of the St Edward’s Boat Club represent Great Britain with Hugo Marsh again selected to cox the Great Britain eight at the Junior World Championships in Rio. The eight...
View ArticleCAS Induction Trip
Just before the start of term, 40 Lower Sixth IB pupils returned early from their summer holidays. This large group (the biggest IB intake the School has ever had) spent three days in a beautiful...
View ArticleSummer Cricket
St Edward’s cricketing success continued over the summer months. Calvin Dickinson, captain of the 2015 1st XI, played for Worcestershire 2nd XI all summer. Calvin made 48 on his debut versus...
View ArticleAriane Mnouchkine
St Edward’s is currently hosting legendary theatre director Ariane Mnouchkine. Along with five members of her company, Théâtre du Soleil, she is staging her unique “travelling school” – the École...
View ArticleDofE Expedition
DofE Gold canoeists took part in their qualifying expedition at the weekend. They paddled over 80 miles of the Severn, crossed three counties (Powys, Shropshire and Worcestershire), and camped ‘wild’...
View ArticleHarrison Ward Signs Cricket Contract
We are delighted to report that Harrison Ward has been awarded a two-year place on the Sussex Cricket Academy, a development programme for highly talented young players with the potential to play first...
View ArticleEvensong
Alex Tester, Director of Music, writes: It’s always a pleasure to take our musicians to sing and play in major venues, and Monday evening was no exception. It was great to be warmly welcomed by the...
View ArticleSwimming Update
Casper Sunley, Captain of Swimming, writes: A large Teddies team competed against Abingdon, Stowe and St. Helen and Katherine’s at Abingdon pool on Wednesday 7th October; we took three teams in all age...
View ArticleSt Edward’s Singers Concert
Duruflé Requiem; Howells Collegium Regale; Balfour Gardiner Evening Hymn. The Autumn Choral and Orchestral Concert was held on 11th October in the Chapel in order to take advantage of the organ – a...
View Article