From The Headmasters Desk Despite the end of term drawing nearer, this week at the College has felt busier than ever. Assessments for all non-examination years are now complete, and the public examinations take place today. A great deal of time and effort has been put in to prepare for the Sports Days (this afternoon ...
From The Headmasters Desk It was an honour to be able to attend a (very wet) celebration event in Buckingham Palace Gardens this morning, at which HRH The Earl of Wessex congratulated hundreds of young people, including three Old Dovorians, on the successful completion of their Gold DofE Award. The commitment necessary to achieve the ...
From The Headmasters Desk It has been an extraordinarily busy term at the College and I know that pupils and staff will be ready for the Easter break, when it arrives. There has been a full card of sports fixtures, a superb school production, a House Music competition, a variety of themed weeks and a ...
From The Headmasters Desk Without a doubt, the highlight of this week has been the school production of Remember the "Porter" and "Macbeth". Mr Godfrey and Mr Wilkinson, working with pupils from across the Senior School age range, have been able to deliver a genuinely different and extremely immersive experience. To read more of this ...
From The Headmasters Desk Gong hei fat choy! As a school we celebrated Chinese New Year this week. Whilst a particular focus was placed on making this special for our pupils from south east Asia, it was a valuable opportunity for the whole school to learn about the traditions and culture of others. The Latest ...
From The Headmasters Desk Whilst thankfully we have not (yet) seen the same wave of COVID cases some schools have, we were nevertheless pleased to hear the news that the period of self-isolation will reduce to five days from Monday - subject to negative LFT results on the mornings of Day 5 and Day 6. ...
From the Headmaster’s Desk As the end of term approaches I would like to thank you for your support throughout this very busy term; as always, it is greatly appreciated. It has been wonderful to have been able to meet families face to to face at events and for a more normal programme of competitive ...
From the Headmaster’s Desk The long awaited Harry Potter Week finally arrived on Monday! As you will see over the next few pages of this special edition of the weekly newsletter, staff and pupils have been busy both in and out of lessons. It has been wonderful to see the creative and ingenious links made ...
From the Headmaster’s Desk Whilst the return of certain measures which we had all hoped were behind us has been an unwelcome start to the week, the mood around the College is generally positive. This has no doubt been helped by some beautiful weather, which has shown off the autumnal colours of the trees beautifully ...
From the Headmaster’s Desk Although the temperature has dropped considerably since we have returned from the half term break, the trees on The Close look splendid bathed in autumnal light. I would like to publicly thank our Grounds Team, who continue to do such a wonderful job in keeping our site looking beautiful. I know ...
