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.
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.
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...
