For the first time, Exeter School’s Choral Society concert features the work of one its very own pupils.
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, will perform Fionn’s piece on Thursday 19 March 2015 in Exeter Cathedral.
Fionn was very influenced by the music of Max Richter, Eric Whitacre and...
Two of Exeter School’s hockey athletes have been selected to attend the National Age Group Academy in Taunton.
Lower Sixth Formers Abby Pelling and Tom Edgington will train with a group of U17 players, alongside local England U18s and U16s.
In addition England Hockey has selected the pair to partake in the Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (ASSE) as part of the National Age Group Squad (NAGS).
Hockey performance coach Graham Skinner said this was a fantastic opportunity for young, aspiring talented hockey players to gain an insight into what it takes to...
The co-educational independent school for pupils aged 7-18 is winner of the 2013 Good Schools Guide Award for Excellence for Boys taking AS Level Physics and the 2013 Good Schools Guide Award for Excellence for Girls taking AS Level World Development.
This is the sixth year in a row that Exeter School has received an award for excellence in Science and the fifth award for World Development.
Every year, the Good Schools Guide gives awards to schools to celebrate teaching excellence in individual subjects, basing these awards on WOW Factor calculations which are a combination...
Popular science communicator Dr Simon Singh, MBE visited Exeter School on Monday 10 November to give a talk for 700 school children from across Exeter and beyond.
They were fascinated to hear how physics is involved in everything from the Big Bang to The Simpsons. Dr Singh told them how developments in physics have allowed us to understand our universe, as well as develop new technologies which we all rely on, such as smartphones.
They discovered how studying the subject could lead to careers as diverse as creating Hollywood film animations or solving solutions to global...
Exeter School hosted a joint local Geographical Association/South West Region Royal Geographical Society evening lecture attended by RGS members and over 100 pupils and parents from Exeter School, King’s Taunton, Taunton School and King Alfred’s School in Burnham on Sea.
Attended by 119 people, the lecture was given by Dr Stewart Barr, senior lecturer in the geography department at Exeter University, on 7 October.
Entitled ‘Are You Doing Your Bit? Environmental Responsibility in an Age of Anthropogenic Climate Change’, this was a fascinating and challenging lecture which...
Exeter School Sixth Formers got a taste of the real world last Saturday when they experienced the first in a series of practice interviews.
The Upper Sixth Formers were interviewed by local and national professionals and Exeter School alumni at Gilbert Stephens LLP Solicitors in Exeter.
Every year, during late September and early October, Exeter School’s Upper Sixth pupils are given the chance to experience a general interview away from school.
Every effort is made to match the pupil to an interviewer with similar interests, for example potential medical students...
An Exeter School sixth former has helped raise valuable funds for local charity, the Devon Air Ambulance Trust, by organising a World Cup-themed charity day and raising over £3,000.
Upper Sixth Former Emily Ackland first got hooked on fund raising when she cycled from London to Paris last summer raising over £11,000 for PAPYRUS.
She said it was then that she experienced the satisfying feeling of fundraising for charity.
"It is very fulfilling to know that you are helping others whilst also pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone," said Emily.
An Exeter Junior School pupil shared one of the most amazing artefacts seen to date in the Junior School.
Dominic Manning brought in a copy of the memoirs of Queen Victoria, signed by the Queen herself in 1879!
Dominic's history teacher, Giles Ashman, said: "Not only was the signature absolutely remarkable but the children quite enjoyed hearing about Queen Victoria's travels around the country!"
Guest of Honour, the Mistress of Girton College Cambridge, Professor Susan J Smith, delighted pupils, parents, teachers and governors with a fascinating and eye opening speech at Exeter School's annual Speech Day on the evening of 18 September.
Professor Smith is a leading academic and highly respected Cambridge Head of College with an accomplished academic record in the field of Geography. The Royal Geographical Society recently awarded her the 2014 Victoria Medal for conspicuous merit in human geography and her work in social geography.
