Two Exeter School brothers are planning a trip of a life time for a deserving cause.
Lower Sixth Former Tom Counsell and his brother Will, who is the Upper Fifth, are volunteering for four weeks over the summer as rugby coaches in Swaziland.
The duo will be working with the Swaziland-based charity SKRUM, whose aim is to give the school children of Swaziland social awareness and sex education while having fun and playing rugby.
Both boys are on the school's 1st XI rugby team of which Tom will be captain next season and they regularly play for the Exeter Chiefs...
Exeter School’s Young Enterprise team has won the Devon & Somerset round of the national YE competition. The Olde Timers, made up of Lower Sixth pupils who sell clocks from recycled materials such as cheese boxes and records, also took the prize for Best Trade Stand at a Devon & Somerset event held at Asda supermarket. The team generated the highest revenue out of the teams there and repeated their success at the Guildhall Christmas event where they sold out of stock. The enterprising team set up a crowd funding page in a bid to raise enough money to develop their product range and...
Exeter School’s senior Army cadet has relinquished the role to his successor as the exam season gets underway.
Upper Sixth pupil and Army scholar, Warrant Officer 1 Angus Creer, said he was sad to see his four years in the CCF end.
”I’ve really enjoyed it but am looking forward to what comes next”, he said. “I am going to Birmingham University to study International Relations, and after that I will join the army.”
WO1 Creer’s ancestor is an Exeter School alumnus whose name appears on the school’s war memorial. Robin Pratt, Angus’s great-great uncle, was killed in...
Exeter School has been awarded the prestigious Royal Navy Cup by the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) Devon Branch for the sixth time in nine years.
This is the second year in succession that Exeter School has received the Cup.
The Cup is awarded for the number of lifesaving awards which include demonstrating confident and skilful rescues in simulated incidents.
In the last years, ten Year 10 Exeter School pupils have gained their RLSS Survive and Save Silver Awards, and six Lower Sixth pupils and thirteen staff have achieved the National Rescue Award for swimming...
Exeter School’s annual Founders’ Day Service was held at Exeter Cathedral on Wednesday 22 April.
The whole school, comprising boys and girls aged 7-18, staff and governors, gathered to give thanks to its founders in a beautiful service.
The Reverend Hilary Dawson, Rector of Colyton, gave an address at the school’s service encouraging the congregation to live life to the full and do all the good you can in the words of John Lesley, the English preacher, and founder of the Methodist movement.
The service was conducted by the School Chaplain, Mr John Allan.
For the 14th year running, the talented young musicians and singers from Exeter School will perform a special charity concert to raise funds for international charity WaterAid.
All proceeds from this concert, which takes place on at 7.30pm on Wednesday 29 April at St David's Church in Exeter, will go directly to WaterAid projects in Zambia, helping some of the country's poorest communities gain access to clean water and safe sanitation.
Currently in Zambia, 5.2 million people have no access to a safe water source and 8 million people have nowhere safe to go to the toilet...
Three Year 11 pupils have taken first, third and fifth place individually in the weekly competition organised by the 'This is Language' website.
Pupils across the UK answer questions based on their comprehension of videos in French, German and Spanish where native speakers talk about a range of GCSE topics.
By the end of last week's competition, Mr Latimer's class was narrowly beaten into third place nationally, with his 22 pupils answering no fewer than 6,114 questions correctly between them.
Certificates were awarded to the class, and also to the three members of...
Nine Exeter School pupils have received medical offers at top universities across the country.
Six current Upper Sixth pupils have received medical offers this year.
Upper Sixth Former Grace Poole has received an offer to study Medicine at St George’s London. She said Exeter School had been a remarkable place to study her A Levels, from the support of various teachers with her studies and future plans, to the extracurricular activities and sports teams that she has enjoyed being a part of.
“I am leaning towards specialising in a field of Neurology with an open mind...
For the first time, Exeter School’s Choral Society concert featured the work of one its very own pupils who also sang solo parts.
Upper Sixth Former Fionn Connolly, who has recently received an offer to read Music at Cambridge University, composed Ring on Ring inspired by the poetry of Sylvia Plath.
The school community of about 130 pupils alongside parents, staff, alumni and friends of Exeter School, accompanied by a full professional orchestra, performed Fionn’s piece on Thursday 19 March 2015 in Exeter Cathedral.
Exeter School is proud to announce that two of its pupils have been offered places in the field of the arts.
Upper Sixth pupils Daniel Hambly and Clara Finnigan have been offered degree places for September 2015 at The Architecture Association and the London College of Fashion, respectively.
Head of Art, Miss Alison Dyer, said: "We are very proud of the pupils' achievements as the application and interview process for both institutions is very rigorous and the competition for places is incredibly fierce.
"The outcome is the result of considerable preparation and...
