Exeter School

Three Economics A Level pupils from Exeter School have been highly commended in the prestigious Royal Economics Society Essay competition.

Max Brewer, Matthew Hills and Charlie Holmes wrote essays on one of six different topics, competing against over 1,600 entrants.

Upper Sixth Former Max was placed on the shortlist of final entrants, putting him in the top ten for his essay entitled: ‘Promoting growth and fighting poverty should be the priority in the developing world, not reducing greenhouse gases’.

Matthew Hills wrote an essay on the same topic for which he was...

Congratulations to Exeter School Kate Marks for her selection on the RFU National Youth Council (NYC).

Through her role as a Young Ambassador for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and Captain of the Cornwall County Squad, the Upper Sixth Former has been selected as one of 12 young people from across the country to serve on NYC.

The NYC is a group of 16 - 24 year olds from across the country, involved in all aspects of the game, working directly with the wider Rugby Football Union and England Rugby to help the growth and development of youth rugby across the country.

Kate has...

Exeter School pupils, parents and staff are celebrating another round of consistently good GCSE results which have set two new records in excellence.

51.3% of all grades were A*, beating the School's record of 47.1%, and a record 82.5% were A* or A grades, compared to last year's 80.3%.

99.3% of grades were A* - C.

There were many high achievers across the range of 19 subjects with 71 pupils achieving eight or more A* or A grades.

Thirty-nine pupils scored 10 A*/A grades.

12 pupils scored ten A*s. These highest individual achievers included Pinhoe...

Exeter School pupils, parents and staff are celebrating a record year for A Level results with an overall pass rate of 100% for the eleventh year in a row.

24% of all grades were A*, a record 66% of grades were either A* or A and a record 89% of all grades were A*, A or B.

41 pupils - almost half of Exeter School's Upper Sixth - achieved more than three A*/A grades this summer.

Among the high achievers, there were five who secured four A* grades each.

These top scorers are Jonty Bradley-Thrush (Maths at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge), Gwyneth Everson...

Exeter School has announced to parents plans for a new pool and changing facilities thanks to an anonymous donation.

A donor, who wishes to remain unnamed, has generously donated the funds to build a new 25-metre, covered, competition-standard, swimming pool.

The school governors have agreed to match the funding to enable much-needed improvements to the boys’ changing room and locker facilities and to create an exciting list of improvements to spectator and participants’ facilities in the Sports Hall.

The school is currently in the process of submitting plans for...

Exeter School is proud to host an exhibition of work by pupils of the WESC Foundation, the Specialist Centre for the Visually Impaired, for the third year running.

Sensational 2014, an exhibition of sensory artwork, will be held in Exeter School's new Art Department gallery from Monday 16 June until Friday 20 June.

John Mason, Head of Art, said: "This is always a special event as it is both humbling and inspiring to see the work of these children."

Irena Boobyer, WESC Foundation Art teacher, said the collaboration between the two schools is a welcome opportunity to...

An Exeter School pupil has won a place on a sought after Salters' Chemistry Camp.

Middle Fifth (Year 10) pupil, Rachel Broderick, has been selected to take part in the camp held at the University of Sussex this summer.

Head of Chemistry, Zoe Jarvis, said these places were very popular and Rachel had to complete a compelling application giving her reasons for wanting to take part in the camp. Rachel will spend several days in the labs, taking part in practical projects, using a range of undergraduate equipment and working with university postgrads and teachers.

She...

Two Exeter School pupils are runners up in a national competition organised by the Oxford German Network.

Upper Fifth Formers (Year 11) pupils Rebecca Richardson and Abby Pelling took part in the German For The Future competition, part of the Oxford German Olympiad 2014, during their GCSE exams.

They had to fill in a two-page survey in German answering questions about what primary school children should learn about in their German lessons and why; which Bruder Grimm fairy tales they would recommend be told to children and why; and which German speaking town or area would be...

On Wednesday afternoon, five members of the Junior School Choir were invited to Jack Simpson House in Heavitree to take part in a recording for Radio 4's You and Yours programme, currently scheduled to be broadcast on Friday 20 June.

The children sang several songs and were interviewed by the presenter Carolyn Atkinson both individually and while chatting to the residents.

The programme will concentrate on how the charity' Kissing It Better' brings the wider community in to the home, engaging the residents with conversation and music.

Music Teacher Rachel Mitchell...

An Exeter School former pupil has won the prestigious Target Jobs Construction Engineering and Design Undergraduate of the Year Award 2014.

2010 leaver Brittany Harris, who is studying Civil Engineering at the University of Bristol, was presented with the award by Sir Trevor McDonald OBE at a ceremony in Canary Wharf, London last week.

She wins an international summer work placement and will spend three months with Laing O'Rourke in Hong Kong, before returning to university for her final year.

Brittany is vice president of EWB (Engineers Without Borders) Bristol and...