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Pupils at a £15,000-a-year boarding school have been banned from Leavers Day after bingeing on alcohol in a Grand Prix car pub crawl race.  More than 20 cars and 50 sixth formers from Haberdashers Adams Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire, took part in an unofficial tradition which involves driving to landmarks with passengers participating in an alcohol challenge.  Whoever returns first from the race, which takes place in Telford Town Park, Lilleshall Monument and Priorslee Lake, wins a p...

Exam Season at LEH - Madeleine Fatani LEH The earlier rising of the sun, the warmer air floating through the window and the smell of blooming flowers hovering through the air can mean only one thing. It is exam season. But how are the students in the Lady Eleanor Holles Sixth Form feeling about the upcoming examinations? The Upper Sixth has been on a turbulent ride regarding exams, having sat numerous different mocks since September, due to the cancellation of their A-Levels, and the uncert...

The teenagers played out the events of the last year in their new play - Credit: Brentwood School The coronavirus has halted all theatre performances but for Brentwood School, theyve seized the opportunity to put a pandemic special on stage. Lockdown: The Musical is a never-been-done-before project written entirely in lockdown by two teachers at the school - and performed entirely by students in lockdown now on YouTube to watch from start to finish. It tells the story of Neo and Chloe, a y...

A lot is at stake! The  Government announced the phased reopening, following the fall in Covid-19 infection rates and the successful preparations done in all schools to ensure a safe learning environment. Teachers for examination classes — Grade Seven, Form Four and Upper Sixth are already back at school while the rest of the teaching staff returns to work on March 17. Other students are expected to be back in class on Monday March 22. Unsurprisingly, the move has largely been applauded. How...

AN ACADEMY leader and former headteacher has urged parents to get their pupils tested for Covid-19 as schools start back next week. Clive Corbett, former head of Pershore High School and current Executive Officer of Avonreach Academy Trust has said that although testing places an extra strain on schools as they start back on Monday, it is vital to help prevent a spike in infection rates as school children and staff come together again. Mr Corbett said: “While the testing puts a burden o...

AN ACADEMY leader and former headteacher has urged parents to get their pupils tested for Covid-19 as schools start back next week. Clive Corbett, former head of Pershore High School and current Executive Officer of Avonreach Academy Trust has said that although testing places an extra strain on schools as they start back on Monday, it is vital to help prevent a spike in infection rates as school children and staff come together again. Mr Corbett said: “While the testing puts a burden o...

The students, from Millfield School in Street, have been offered places at Oxford University and Cambridge University. Upper Sixth student Emily Paterson from Somerset has received an offer to study Medicine at Oxford University. Upper Sixth students Connor Collins from Somerset, Yuhka Machino from Japan and Lily De Lacy from Chichester have received offers from Cambridge University to study Human, Social and Political Sciences (HSPS), Mathematics and History. Millfield headmaster Gavin...

Born to play: Aine McAllister on life as a dual player The Derry dual star feels all players must strive to wear the county jersey Aine McAllister in action for Derry camogs in their All-Ireland Quarter-Final defeat to Meath last month (Pic: Cathal McOscar) Reporter: );  ); The dual player has become an endangered species at county level. Ballinascreens Aine McAllister played both camogie and football for Derry this season. She tells Michael McMullan about her love and passion for playing bo...