<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>Private School News</title>
	<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk</link>
	<description>Latest Independent School News In The UK</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:34:17 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en</language>
	<!-- generator="WordPress/3.0" -->

	<item>
		<title>Howell&#8217;s School Denbigh celebrate exceptional A Level and AS Level results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students and staff at Howell&#8217;s School have celebrated a truly exceptional set of A Level and AS results this year. The pass rate at A level was 100% with over 60% at the top grades of A* and A. One student, Megan Moore, achieved an astonishing five A* grades to confirm her place at Cambridge [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/09/howells-school-denbigh-celebrate-exceptional-a-level-and-as-level-results/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Caterham School &#8211; Record Breaking A Level Results in Summer 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The largest ever cohort of 139 students in the Upper Sixth Form at Caterham School achieved an outstanding performance in this year’s A-Level examinations breaking all the School’s previous records. ~ 9 students achieved three or more A* ~ 28 students achieved four or more passes at A*/A grade - of which 8 achieved 5 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/09/caterham-school-record-breaking-a-level-results-in-summer-2010/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The King’s School Ely celebrates record results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GCSE records were smashed at the King’s School Ely where 59 per cent of all exams were given the top A* and A marks and 99% of pupils achieved five or more passes graded A*-C. The East Anglian region’s oldest independent school prides itself on developing the best in pupils from a broad range of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/08/the-king%e2%80%99s-school-ely-celebrates-record-results/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Mount St Mary&#8217;s College, Derbyshire &#8211; Record breaking A-level results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is so much that is being celebrated at Mount St Mary’s College after the Derbyshire school achieved record-breaking A-level results for the third year running. A and B grades are up again to 51%, with 35% securing A* and A grades. Leading the way were Head Boy and Head Girl James Proudfoot and Victoria [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/08/mount-st-marys-college-derbyshire-record-breaking-a-level-results/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS ACE IN CHALLENGE AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nottingham High School pupil, Daniel Lin,17, has just returned from Cambridge University where he took part in the annual five day Senior Physics Challenge. Daniel was put forward to take part in the prestigious event, for which places are highly competitive and selective, by his Physics teacher Peter Hortor, after he achieved excellent AS results, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/nottingham-high-school-physics-ace-in-challenge-at-cambridge-university/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Prior Park Students glitter at Palladian Ball</title>
		<description><![CDATA[High heels, floor length dresses and tuxedos were the order of the day at the Prior Park College Palladian Ball. The Ball is held annually in July to celebrate the achievements and bid farewell to the year’s upper sixth form. Students, parents and teachers dressed for the occasion and danced until dawn at the prestigious [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/prior-park-students-glitter-at-palladian-ball/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Budding young Golfer on course for prestigious Loretto Golf Academy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the day, he was the most famous sportsman in the world. Golfer Louis Oosthuizen had just won the British Open at St Andrews, witnessed by millions across the world. But the South African was still able to take the time only hours after his triumph to chat to and be pictured with a budding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/budding-young-golfer-on-course-for-prestigious-loretto-golf-academy/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL’s CHARLOTTE COOK WINS GOLD IN THE U23 DOUBLE SCULLS AT GREAT BRITAIN NATIONAL ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 12 student, Charlotte Cook and her doubles partner, Lucy Burgess from Runcorn Rowing Club won Gold in the Under 23 Double Sculls and Bronze in the Elite Womens’ Double Sculls at the Great Britain National Rowing Championships held in Strathclyde Park, Scotland over the weekend of 16th to 18th July. 17 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/bedford-modern-school%e2%80%99s-charlotte-cook-wins-gold-in-the-u23-double-sculls-at-great-britain-national-rowing-championships/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Rossall School, Lancashire, &#8211; School gets top marks from Inspectors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Independent Schools Inspectorate has given one of the area’s leading independent schools the thumbs up in its latest inspection and cited its unique community culture for the excellent development of its pupils. The Inspectorate, the independent schools’ equivalent of Ofsted, has praised Rossall School in Fleetwood for its delivery of the International Baccalaureate Primary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/rossal-school-lancashire-school-gets-top-marks-from-inspectors/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Mount St Mary&#8217;s College, Derbyshire &#8211; Students host charity holiday week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sixth-form pupils from a Derbyshire school have launched a new charitable venture, for children with disabilities and special learning needs. Mount St Mary’s College, invited local children from Chesterfield charity Home-Based and support group Fairplay, also based in Chesterfield, to come and use the facilities on offer at the College, and enjoy a stay at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/mount-st-marys-college-derbyshire-students-host-charity-holiday-week/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS WORCESTER &#8211; Greenpower car makes dramatic entry for Worcester school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Greenpower Challenge is a series of 90 minute long races for schools, universities and teams from commercial organizations. Each team uses the same batteries, looking to gain speed and durability through good design and skilful driving. The team of sixth formers from RGS actually took the early lead in the race, showing good speed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/rgs-worcester-greenpower-car-makes-dramatic-entry-for-worcester-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ROSSALL SCHOOL, LANCASHIRE &#8211; QUEEN’S HONOUR FOR NORTH WEST SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The country’s oldest Combined Cadet Force, whose members first saw service in The Boer War, will receive the nation’s highest honour at 11.00am Tuesday 29th June, when, at a special ceremony on Lancashire’s Fylde Coast, it will be awarded the Queen’s Colour by the Lord- Lieutenant of Lancashire, The Lord Shuttleworth of Carnforth. At the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/rossall-school-lancashire-queen%e2%80%99s-honour-for-north-west-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STAINES PREP, MIDDLESEX &#8211; Discover the Magic of Maths</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Staines Prep has introduced a special ‘Maths Week’ to its annual calendar of events. The new programme, designed specifically for the Lower School, is dedicated to all things mathematical. It aims to develop the children’s knowledge and enjoyment of numeracy whilst exploring the importance of maths and its links to other areas of the school [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/staines-prep-middlesex-discover-the-magic-of-maths/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>MOUNT ST MARY&#8217;S COLLEGE, DERBYSHIRE &#8211; School celebrates 70th Anniversary in style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Derbyshire school celebrates 70th anniversary in style A historic Derbyshire school has celebrated seventy years of education by inviting past and present pupils and staff to a garden party in its grounds. Originally built by Sir Francis Rodes in the 16th Century, Barlborough Hall became a school in 1940. The party provided an opportunity to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/mount-st-marys-college-derbyshire-school-celebrates-70th-anniversary-in-style/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE &#8211; SCHOOL CELEBRATES FOUNDER’S DAY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nottingham High School and city dignitaries have celebrated Founder’s Day, an annual event to commemorate the founding of the school by Dame Agnes Mellers in 1513. Founder’s Day, Nottingham’s oldest tradition after the Goose Fair, is held each year at St Mary’s Church in the Lace Market and the Council House and is attended by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/nottingham-high-school-nottinghamshire-school-celebrates-founder%e2%80%99s-day/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STRATHALLAN SCHOOL, PERTHSHIRE &#8211; PUPILS ORGANISE GUITAR HERO FESTIVAL IN AID OF CANCER RESEARCH UK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Strathallan pupil Andrew Glover and friends handed over a cheque for over £1,000 to Dorothy Rodger from Cancer Research UK this week. This sum was raised when Andrew and fellow pupils Oliver Beetschen and Jamie Parker organised an inter-house Guitar Hero competition at the School in April. Andrew said “We held a smaller event last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/strathallan-school-perthshire-pupils-organis-guitar-hero-festival-in-aid-of-cancer-research-uk/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>THE MARIST SCHOOLS, BERKSHIRE &#8211; MARIST TIME LORD WINS TIMES AWARD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marist students were continuing in The Marist Senior School’s strong tradition of creative writing when they entered the Young Times’ Writers competition, ‘The Claws of Macra’. The girls responded enthusiastically to the newspaper’s challenge: to write a winning Dr Who story which was spotted by Mrs Barnard the Schools Librarian. Lucy Farrell in Year 9 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/marist-time-lord-wins-times-award/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>HAILEYBURY SCHOOL, HERTFORDSHIRE &#8211; HAILEYBURY PUPILS ACHIEVE RECORD IB RESULTS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB) pupils from Haileybury, an independent, co-educational boarding school in Hertfordshire, have produced the best set of results since the School began offering the IB, with an average points score of 37.2 out of a maximum of 45. The second best year was in 2008, when the average points score was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/haileybury-school-hertfordshire-haileybury-pupils-achieve-record-ib-results/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ROYAL ALEXANDRA AND ALBERT SCHOOL, SURREY &#8211; WHACKY MATHS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maths and fun were combined when ‘Murderous Mathematician’ Kjartan Poskitt visited the Royal Alexandra and Albert School on the 1st and 2nd of July. Pupils aged 9 to 13 took a break from lessons so see how maths could be viewed in a totally different, and very entertaining, way. Over 370 Royal Alexandra and Albert [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/royal-alexandra-and-albert-school-surrey-whacky-maths/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CATERHAM SCHOOL SURREY &#8211; FOUR STUDENTS RECEIVE GLIDING SCHOLARSHIPS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four students at Caterham School have been awarded Gliding Scholarships by the RAF. The four students are part of the School’s Combined Cadet Force RAF contingent. The scholarships are awarded to cadets who have shown appropriate interest and talent. Each cadet will have about 40 launches in a glider until they are judged capable of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/caterham-school-surrey-four-students-receive-gliding-scholarships/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS WORCESTER pupil Dan Staines – determined not to go up the creek without a paddle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After only 18 months in a new sport, Worcester Canoe Club member Dan Staines is making rapid progress in the canoe world, but his hopes of future success depend upon securing sponsorship for a kayak, which can support his weight and decrease drag in the water. Dan, who is a sixth former at RGS Worcester, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/rgs-worcester-pupil-dan-staines-%e2%80%93-determined-not-to-go-up-the-creek-without-a-paddle/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>LANCING COLLEGE MARKS THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF SIR PETER PEARS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A major celebration of one of our finest tenors on Tuesday 22 June with Nick Prettejohn, Chairman of the Britten-Pears Foundation as guest speaker “Lancing was a very heaven: the beauty of its site, the country around, the Downs in all their glory and this marvellous chapel and an atmosphere which was filled with art [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/lancing-college-marks-the-centenary-of-the-birth-of-sir-peter-pears/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STAINES PREPARATORY SCHOOL &#8211; Wild about Raising Money for School Minibus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Staines Prep has proudly announced that they have raised an incredible £24,000 to purchase a brand-new and much-needed 17-seater minibus for outings and field trips. The impressive sum is an accumulation of over seven years of dedicated fund-raising with valued help from parents, pupils and staff members. Every event has played its part in contributing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/staines-preparatory-school-wild-about-raising-money-for-school-minibus/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School students participate in Channel 4’s live Pre-Budget television show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School students participated in Channel 4’s Dispatches Pre-Budget television show – “How to Save £100 Billion – Live” in London on Monday 21st June. Dispatches set out controversial cuts that could save Britain £100 billion. Krishnan Guru-Murthy presented a team of experts who believed their radical proposals could get Britain’s budget back in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/bedford-modern-school-students-participate-in-channel-4%e2%80%99s-live-pre-budget-television-show/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>MERCHANT TAYLORS&#8217; young medics have proved that when the going gets tough, the tough get going.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year seven young men, or nearly 10% of Year 13, have received offers to study what are now, more than ever before, the most competitive options for university admission. Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ School Head of Biology, Mr Bonfante, said: &#8220;Medicine and dentistry have always been extremely competitive options, but now even more so than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/merchant-taylors-young-medics-have-proved-that-when-the-going-gets-tough-the-tough-get-going/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS WORCESTER &#8211; Art Exhibition avoids the blues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the highlights at a school’s recent Art Exhibition was a full-size plaster cast figure, modelled on a friend of the artist. The Blue Man proved to be a real crowd pleaser at the Exhibition at RGS Worcester. Its creator, sixth form student Thomas Hill, made it by covering his friend Grove Sykes from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/rgs-worcester-art-exhibition-avoids-the-blues/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>KING’S BRUTON SCHOOL WELCOMES BACK SUCCESSFUL ALUMNI</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Monday 21st June, King’s School, Bruton held its annual careers convention. Alumni, parents and friends and many from leading blue chip companies such as Credit Suisse and JP Morgan, national firms such as von Essen Hotels and the charity Walk the Walk, as well as notable area businesses like Knight Frank, Earlcoate Construction and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/king%e2%80%99s-bruton-school-welcomes-back-successful-alumni/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>HURST LODGE SCHOOL pupils visit Ascot Business Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ascot Business Park provided students from Hurst Lodge School with a local example of sustainable development. Year 6 had the opportunity to see the benefits of the brownfield site development adjacent to Ascot station when they visited their new local business park last week. Bill Raspin of Raspin Properties Ltd, joint developers of the site [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/hurst-lodge-school-pupils-visit-ascot-business-park/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>MERCHANT TAYLORS&#8217; pupil gains place at the prestigious University of London Institute in Paris.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Merchant Taylors’ Amber Anirah will be jetting off France in September having gained a place at the prestigious University of London Institute in Paris. Studying a three year BA in French, she will be based right in the heart of the cultural capital (with a view of the Eiffel Tower from her window) and will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/merchant-taylors-pupil-gains-place-at-the-prestigious-university-of-london-institute-in-paris/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BBC ACTRESS RETURNS TO BROMSGROVE SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A BBC actress returned to her old school in Bromsgrove on Tuesday (29th June). Charlie Clemmow, who left Bromsgrove School in 2004, is currently starring in the BBC One daytime show ‘Doctors’. Charlie, now 23, spoke to current pupils about drama school, her time on the show and her acting ambitions. Eager pupils posed interesting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/bbc-actress-returns-to-bromsgrove-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL FIRST VIII WIN MARLOW REGATTA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School’s First VIII won the Marlow Regatta at Dorney Lake on Saturday 19th June. This is the first time that BMS has won this event and the crews have shown a huge improvement in their performances since the National Schools Regatta. Members of the winning First VIII included Robert Bell, Edward Munno, Alex [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/bedford-modern-school-first-viii-win-marlow-regatta/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>KINGS SCHOOL ELY &#8211; KING&#8217;S YOUNGEST PUPILS GREET ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Children from King’s Acremont, the Pre-Prep of the King’s School Ely, stood at the west door of Ely Cathedral this afternoon (16 June) and waved flags to greet soldiers of the Royal Anglian Regiment as they arrived for a homecoming service. As they marched to the cathedral, the soldiers would have seen the flowerbed beside [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/kings-school-ely-kings-youngest-pupils-greet-royal-anglian-regiment/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ST HUGH&#8217;S SCHOOL HERTFORDSHIRE &#8211; ST HUGH&#8217;S SCHOOL PLAY WORLD CUP MATCH</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday (15 June), pupils and staff from St Hugh’s School, the Prep school for St Edmund’s College, played in their own special World Cup match. A team of Year 6 boys (aged 10 years) played against a team of male and female teachers. In the end it was youth and agility that won the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/st-hughs-school-hertfordshire-st-hughs-school-play-world-cup-match/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL &#8211; FORMER PUPIL AND NEW BEDFORD MP, RICHARD FULLER, VISITS SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Bedford Modern School student and newly elected Conservative MP for Bedford, Richard Fuller visited Bedford Modern School on Friday 18th June to work with the School’s Year 12 Politics students before addressing an Assembly for students in Years 7 to 9. “I am enormously proud to be an OBM and grateful for my education [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/bedford-modern-school-former-pupil-and-new-bedford-mp-richard-fuller-visits-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>HOWELLS LLANDAFF CARDIFF &#8211; AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY LAUNCHED TODAY!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The book has been published as part of the school’s celebrations for its 150th birthday this year. The book, entitled Howell’s School, Llandaff: A Legacy Fulfilled, traces the origins of the school, the oldest in South Wales (and with its sister school in Denbigh, the oldest in Wales), from the Tudor merchant Thomas Howell, whose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/howells-llandaff-cardiff-an-illustrated-history-launched-today/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL’S MEDIAEVAL DAY FOR YEAR 7 STUDENTS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 7 students took part in a Mediaeval Day at the School on Wednesday 9th June. The event, which was organised by the School’s History Department, was led by Arriere-ban Historic Enterprises Ltd. Arriere-ban Historic Enterprises Ltd., visited BMS last year re-creating activities for Year 7 studies and the day was such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/bedford-modern-school%e2%80%99s-mediaeval-day-for-year-7-students/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BROMSGROVE SCHOOL WORCESTERSHIRE &#8211; SENIOR SCHOOL GIRLS REACH NATIONAL FINALS FOR 3RD TIME THIS YEAR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not satisfied with being National Netball Champions and qualifying for the National Cross Country Finals earlier this year, Bromsgrove School’s Senior Girls have now completed a hat-trick and reached the Field and Track National Athletics Finals where they will represent the Midlands. After comfortably winning the first round of the English Schools Track and Field [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/bromsgrove-school-worcestershire-senior-school-girls-reach-national-finals-for-3rd-time-this-year/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS WORCESTER &#8211; WORCESTER ROWING CLUB PAIR WINS AT STRATFORD REGATTA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two girls representing Worcester Rowing Club swept to victory in the Under 14 double sculls competition at Stratford upon Avon Regatta at the weekend. Grace Baker and Izzy Friedlander (both aged 13) attend RGS Worcester and achieved their success in only their third event together. They beat Gloucester Rowing Club in the first round, then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/rgs-worcester-worcester-rowing-club-pair-wins-at-stratford-regatta/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>KINGS SCHOOL ELY &#8211; NEW GIRL CHORISTERS ADMITTED TO CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watched by families and friends, five pupils of the King’s School Ely have been formally admitted as members of Ely Cathedral Girls’ Choir and welcomed as the newest members of the Cathedral Foundation. The five, Oona Gradwell, Georgia Schneider, Anna-Rose Sliwinski, Anna Hamilton and Emma Jones were presented to the Dean, the Very Rev Dr [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/kings-school-ely-new-girl-choristers-admitted-to-cathedral-foundation/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>KING&#8217;S SCHOOL ELY &#8211; Successful flautists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Ely Cathedral chorister Luke Cunnah is in final sixth form year at the King’s School Ely but already he has letters after his name and the right to wear an academic hood and gown. The 18-year-old is a talented flautist and passed his grade 8 flute exams while he was studying for GCSE. Now, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/07/kings-school-ely-successful-flautists/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>A tree to be planted by every pupil at Rendcomb College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every pupil at Rendcomb College is to plant a tree in the woods surrounding the school as part of an initiative set in motion earlier this year by our environmental committee under the leadership of our environmental co-ordinator, Michelle Lucas. Working with Pete Cairns our Works Manager and Will Wilkinson, Forestry Consultant from Charlton Abbotts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/a-tree-to-be-planted-by-every-pupil-at-rendcomb-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Grade 8 music success for ST SWITHUN&#8217;S SCHOOL pupil!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Daisy Gibbs, a pupil at St Swithun’s School, Winchester, has passed Grade 8 on both viola and piano with distinction in addition to gaining distinction in Grade 6 Theory. Not content with this, Daisy also entered a national music essay competition run by Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and was awarded a Commended Certificate. To achieve all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/grade-8-music-success-for-daisy/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN JUNIOR SCHOOL YEAR 5 PUPILS ENJOY DJEMBE DRUM WORKSHOP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern Junior School Year 5 pupils took part in an exciting Djembe Drum Workshop on Wednesday 9th June. The workshop was held in the Christopher Fry Hall under the expert guidance of Chris Puleston. Chris Puleston has been playing drums and percussion for over 45 years. He has played in over 30 musical projects [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/bedford-modern-junior-school-year-5-pupils-enjoy-djembe-drum-workshop/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Victorian Era is brought to life at Bedford Modern School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 9 students took part in an Academic Enrichment programme at the School on Thursday 17th June learning more about the Victorians. The programme was designed to go beyond the confines of the curriculum and build connections between topics. Students were encouraged to work together as a team, develop their presentation skills [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/the-victorian-era-is-brought-to-life-at-bedford-modern-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The FARNBOROUGH HILL SCHOOL Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Farnborough Hill Sixth Formers Sophie Crisp and Anna Nicholas, both 17 from Farnham, organised a very special charity event in aid of local charity Disability Challengers. The Farnborough Hill Challenge was a sponsored event where participants walked, jogged or ran a distance of 5km in the school’s beautiful parkland. The whole school was off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/the-farnborough-hill-challenge/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Students from STONYHURST COLLEGE take action for Zimbabwean boy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils of all ages at Stonyhurst College have been raising money to help a physically disabled boy in Zimbabwe receive the medical care he needs. A fun-run this week has finally achieved their target of £5,000. 14 year old Kundai Mangoma suffers from a rare disease which has caused a huge tumour on the right [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/students-take-action-for-zimbabwean-boy/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>HIGHCLARE SCHOOL’s Got Style &#8211; and raises money for their charity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The pupils and sixth formers at Highclare School have been working hard to stage their own amazing fashion show to raise money for their school charity “The Kampala Children’s Centre”, which helps provide homes and education for the vunerable young orphaned children in Uganda. The fashion show was a great success, taking place on Friday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/highclare%e2%80%99s-got-style-and-raises-money-for-their-charity/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Former KING&#8217;S SCHOOL Ely Cathedral chorister gains diploma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Ely Cathedral chorister Luke Cunnah is in final sixth form year at the King’s School Ely but already he has letters after his name and the right to wear an academic hood and gown. The 18-year-old is a talented flautist and passed his grade 8 flute exams while he was studying for GCSE. Now, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/former-ely-cathedral-chorister-gains-diploma/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Inventor Frank steps nearer £50,000 prize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former King’s School Ely student, Frank Thorogood is in line for a prize worth £50,000 for his invention that could change the way cricket is practised the world over. He was a keen cricketer during his years at King’s in the 1990s and has created a simple throwing device that recreates the style of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/inventor-frank-steps-nearer-50000-prize/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Russian journalists visit MOUNT ST MARY&#8217;S COLLEGE for boarding best practice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A delegation of Russian journalists has visited a Derbyshire school to develop a greater understanding of the UK boarding school experience.The group, which included three prominent general interest and business journalists and a representative from British Council Russia, visited Mount St Mary’s College and it’s sister school Barlborough Hall – two of the country’s leading [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/russian-journalists-visit-derbyshire-school-for-boarding-best-practice/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>KING&#8217;S BRUTON SCHOOL celebrates its 491st Birthday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1519, King’s Bruton is one of the country’s oldest public schools and so it is with great pride that, every year, it celebrates its commemoration. Pupils, staff and governors process to church where they use the same order of service as followed by their predecessors centuries before. This year the preacher was The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/kings-bruton-celebrates-its-491st-birthday/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>THE “EAGLES” OF BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL BEAT THE “SNOW LEOPARD” AT EASTERN REGION SKI ASSOCIATION RACE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The “Eagles”, Bedford Modern School Year 13 student, Marek Behnke and Year 10 student, Ed Fenton Fowler claimed an impressive scalp at the recent Eastern Region Ski Association race held on 20th May at Milton Keynes Xscape. The two students, members of the BMS Ski Team beat the Olympic star, Kwami Na, known as the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/the-%e2%80%9ceagles%e2%80%9d-of-bedford-modern-school-beat-the-%e2%80%9csnow-leopard%e2%80%9d-at-eastern-region-ski-association-race/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL HOSTS “TECHNOLOGY WEEK” FOR LOCAL LOWER SCHOOLS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School invited pupils from Bromham Lower and Castle Lower Schools to attend a Technology Week at the School between Monday 7th and Friday 11th June. In 2009, 56 pupils from Bromham Lower School visited Bedford Modern School over the course of two days, spending time in the Design Technology Workshop undertaking practical projects. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/bedford-modern-school-hosts-%e2%80%9ctechnology-week%e2%80%9d-for-local-lower-schools/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>British athlete has MOUNT ST MARY&#8217;S COLLEGE pupils jumping for joy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of Britain’s best long-jumpers has put a spring in the steps of pupils at a Derbyshire school after teaching them the tricks of his trade. Nathan Morgan, 31, who won the long jump gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, is holding regular workshops with lucky pupils at Mount St Mary’s College. The first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/british-athlete-has-mount-st-marys-college-pupils-jumping-for-joy/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS THE GRANGE SCHOOL, Worcester, pupils help soap-maker avoid getting in a lather</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three little helpers from RGS The Grange are assisting in the re-launch of a Bretforton based business, which has fallen foul of the might of a multi-national company who claimed exclusive rights over the use of the word ‘naked’. Emma Heathcote-James is the owner of the business, which produces a luxury organic hand-made soap from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/rgs-the-grange-school-worcester-pupils-help-soap-maker-avoid-getting-in-a-lather/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>WORLD CUP ANTHEM TO SCORE FOR HEROES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To coincide with England’s bid for World Cup glory, a Lancashire junior school teacher has penned a personal musical tribute to England’s football heroes, which he hopes will score big for Britain’s injured armed forces’ heroes returning from Afghanistan. With the help of pupils at Rossall School in Fleetwood, Lancashire, sports teacher and aspiring musician, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/world-cup-anthem-to-score-for-heroes/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PUPILS TO EAT THEIR WAY THROUGH THE WORLD CUP AT SIBFORD SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils at Sibford School will be eating their way round the world over the next four weeks. In celebration of the World Cup, catering staff at the school near Banbury will be selecting a match of the day and serving up traditional food from the countries playing. Kicking off the lunchtime fixtures on Friday will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/pupils-to-eat-their-way-through-the-world-cup-at-sibford-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>90 Years On : Founder’s Day at RENDCOMB COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Celebrations at Rendcomb College. Rendcomb College celebrated its ninety birthday with a celebratory Founder’s Day programme attended by well over 500 guests, including trustees, governors, parents, staff and pupils. Founded in 1920 by Noel Wills, the college still enjoys the generous support of its current trustees who are investing substantial funds this summer which will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/90-years-on-founder%e2%80%99s-day-at-rendcomb-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Praise for WYCLIFFE COLLEGE in inspection report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils, teachers and leaders at Wycliffe College in Stonehouse, Glos, have been praised in one of the first of a new-style report by independent schools inspectors. The inspectors found that the school was successful in meeting its aims. From the Early Years provision, described as “effective” and “outstanding” right through to sixth form, inspectors found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/praise-for-wycliffe-college-in-inspection-report/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Young writers follow a poet’s footsteps at STONYHURST COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shakespeare, word puzzles and poetry were some of the topics chosen to inspire 80 talented children from all over the North West, at a Gifted and Talented Day held at Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall. Pupils aged 9 and 10 took part in a range of English activities designed to stretch and challenge them, including creative [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/young-writers-follow-a-poet%e2%80%99s-footsteps-at-stonyhurst-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS WORCESTER pupil &#8211; From Friday night club training to England selection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A 14 year-old Worcester schoolgirl has realised a sporting ambition, following selection for the full England under 16 Hockey Team. Sally-Anne Smith, who attends the Royal Grammar School Worcester, has been chosen to play in goal against Scotland, following a rapid climb up the hockey ladder. In only 12 months Sally-Anne has gone from playing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/rgs-worcester-pupil-from-friday-night-club-training-to-england-selection/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NOTTINGHAM HIGH JUNIOR SCHOOL AWARDED ARTSMARK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arts Council England has awarded its Artsmark to Nottingham High Junior School in recognition of the school’s commitment to, and excellence in, arts education. “I’m delighted that the Arts Council has recognised Nottingham High Junior School’s dynamic arts education programme,” said Ed Jones, Deputy Head at Nottingham High Junior School. “Our pupils have really enjoyed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/nottingham-high-junior-school-awarded-artsmark/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL U16 WATERPOLO BOYS’ TEAM WIN ENGLISH SCHOOLS’ PLATE FINAL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School repeated the success of last year by reaching the Final of the ESSA (English Schools’ Swimming Association) U16 Waterpolo Plate Competition recently and went one better this year by winning the competition and becoming Champions. In a revamped format there were six teams from around the country competing at the Final. Two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/bedford-modern-school-u16-waterpolo-boys%e2%80%99-team-win-english-schools%e2%80%99-plate-final/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL’s CRICKET CAPTAIN SELECTED TO PLAY FOR BEDFORDSHIRE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School’s Cricket Captain, George Thurstance, has been selected to play for the county against Buckinghamshire. This is fairly unique and the last Bedford Modern School student to achieve this feat was Monty Panesar, who later went on to play for England. 18 year old George, who lives in Silsoe, has been in great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/bedford-modern-school%e2%80%99s-cricket-captain-selected-to-play-for-bedfordshire/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STRATHALLAN SCHOOL Leads The Way With Healthier Eating</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Strathallan School has been awarded the prestigious Healthyliving Award plus following the commitment of caterers Sodexho to supporting healthier eating. Strathallan is the first school in Scotland to receive this award which has been gained by only five other operations. Catering Manager Gordon Stewart said “We are really delighted to receive this award as we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/strathallan-school-leads-the-way-with-healthier-eating/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STONYHURST COLLEGE production &#8211; Daisy pulls it off!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A jolly good audience had a ripping time watching a workshop production of the play ‘Daisy pulls it off!’ by Denise Deegan, at Stonyhurst College. Daisy Meredith, the plucky scholarship gal at Grangewood School for Young Ladies, was played by Madeleine O’Dwyer and Trixie Martin, her good-egg friend, was played by Mary Flanagan, both in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/stonyhurst-college-production-daisy-pulls-it-off/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Language Skills Showcased at POLAM HALL SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students from Polam Hall School in Darlington have been using their linguistic skills to promote businesses in the Tees Valley as part of an educational exercise, designed to show the importance of learning foreign languages. Pupils took part in the ‘Eurolinks’ project, organised by the Polam Hall languages department alongside the Routes into Languages North [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/language-skills-showcased-at-polam-hall-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Rydal Penrhos Prep girl Ellie is set on Tennis Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ellie Scarff, a local girl from Colwyn Bay has hit the big time with a personal invitation from the Lawn Tennis Association to join their training camp this week and potentially start a future as a serious British contender in tennis. Nick Lawrence, a North Wales Performance Manager for the Welsh National Tennis Centre recently [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/rydal-penrhos-prep-girl-ellie-is-set-on-tennis-success/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>A truly ‘International’ Baccalaureate flourishes at RYDAL PENRHOS SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rydal Penrhos school based in Colwyn Bay continues to move forward with an education that fits the modern world. This was part of the reason that they started running the International Baccalaureate for sixth formers back in 2004 alongside it’s existing A level programme. The IB has since this time established as a very successful, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/a-truly-%e2%80%98international%e2%80%99-baccalaureate-flourishes-at-rydal-penrhos-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RYDAL PENRHOS SCHOOL SUCCESS AT THE CHESTER DRAMA FESTIVAL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[27 Speech and Drama students from Rydal Penrhos School went recently to perform at Chester Drama Festival, which was held at Queen’s Park High School, Chester. The standard was exceptionally high with schools from around the region battling for places. Rydal Penrhos pupils had to compete with schools including: Moreton Hall, Howell’s, Wrekin, Queen’s and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/rydal-penrhos-school-success-at-the-chester-drama-festival/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>British Inter-Schools Skiing Championships &#8211; success for RYDAL PENRHOS SCHOOL pupil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Up and coming ski talent Ella Ward capped a fantastic team performance by Rydal Penrhos School with a third place at the British Inter-Schools Skiing Championships in France last week. Ella, 11 was joined on the prize-winners’ podium by younger sister Olivia, 9, who came home in fifth place, while the Rydal Penrhos team as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/british-inter-schools-skiing-championships/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>POLAM HALL SCHOOL &#8211; Darlington Rock Walk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Polam Hall has joined forces with four students from the University of Durham’s Geology Department. Their remit is to produce an interactive Geological Walk around Darlington Town Centre. At the initial meeting several girls from M5 and L6 had a brainstorming session and provided some innovative ideas which the Geology students took away to develop. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/polam-hall-school-darlington-rock-walk/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RYDAL PENRHOS PREP SCHOOL in the British UK Chess Challenge – Mega Final</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twenty children from Rydal Penrhos Preparatory School travelled to Warrington to play in the Mega-Final, which is the Quarter-Final Stage of this national competition. Each child had to play six matches and win 4 points out of 6 to qualify for the next stage. The most Rydal Penrhos have ever had do this in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/rydal-penrhos-prep-school-in-the-british-uk-chess-challenge-%e2%80%93-mega-final/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Grandparents’ Days at BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School&#8217;s first Grandparents&#8217; Day was held in 2006. The aim of the event was to involve grandparents in the academic and pastoral lives of their grandchildren. The response to the event was outstanding and, as such, it was decided to make Grandparents&#8217; Day a bi-annual event. This year, Grandparents&#8217; Days took place on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/grandparents%e2%80%99-days-at-bedford-modern-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Derbyshire pupils vote for their own election at MOUNT ST MARY&#8217;S COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A general election involving all the main political parties at a Derbyshire school has produced a clear winner – unlike the real thing! Mount St Mary’s College pupils engaged in some last minute electioneering as representatives from the Conservative, Green, Labour, Liberal Democrat and UKIP parties attempted to get ‘elected.’ As part of the mock [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/derbyshire-pupils-vote-for-their-own-election-at-mount-st-marys-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PRIOR PARK COLLEGE WINS TRAVEL PLAN AWARD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prior Park College announces its win of the ‘School Travel Plan Award &#8211; June 2010’, demonstrating an acute awareness of the impact that school travel has on the environment. The award, established by Bath &#38; North East Somerset Council, aims to encourage schools in the Bath area to use more sustainable methods of transport such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/prior-park-college-wins-travel-plan-award/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>KINGHAM HILL SCHOOL gains historic US endorsement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A pioneering programme that enables American pupils to study at a traditional British independent school whilst satisfying the demands of an American curriculum, has received resounding approval. Cotswold-based Kingham Hill School is waving both the Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes as it celebrates making history as the first British school to receive coveted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/kingham-hill-school-gains-historic-us-endorsement/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Biking For Breakfast &#8211; WREKIN COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wrekin College English Teacher Andy Brennan has set himself the challenge of cycling 500 miles in 50 hours to raise money for the Wrekin College Orphanage in Malawi. Andy&#8217;s aim is to raise at least £1000 specifically for food for the Amao Orphanage in Mtunthama, Malawi. He was shocked that the 50 children living in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/biking-for-breakfast-wrekin-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL THROUGH TO NATIONAL FINAL OF MATHS CHALLENGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School students made up the winning team in the regional Maths Challenge competition held at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge recently. The successful BMS team comprised Year 9 students, Alexander Jeacocke, who is 13 years old and Matthew Wrigley, who is 14 years old together with Year 8 students, Sam Hosegood, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/bedford-modern-school-through-to-national-final-of-maths-challenge/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL HEAD BOY OFFERED PLACE AT BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE TO STUDY MUSIC COMPOSITION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Head Boy and Year 13 student, Segun Akinola, has been offered a place at the Birmingham Conservatoire to read music composition. The Birmingham Conservatoire is an international conservatoire that is a full faculty of Birmingham City University and a major concert venue based in the heart of the city centre. Having obtained [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/bedford-modern-school-head-boy-offered-place-at-birmingham-conservatoire-to-study-music-composition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Noah’s Ark Trust receives £2,600 from RGS WORCESTER</title>
		<description><![CDATA[          Mary Irish from The Noah’s Ark Trust went into RGS Worcester to receive a cheque for £2,600 from the students who raised the money at their recent Fashion Show. The proceeds of the school fashion show &#8216;Behind the Seams&#8217; was given to the charity that helps support young people who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/noah%e2%80%99s-ark-trust-receives-2600-from-rgs-worcester/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BROMSGROVE SCHOOL PREPARES FOR THE LARGEST BUILDING DEVELOPMENT IN ITS 500 YEAR HISTORY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The largest building development in Bromsgrove School’s 500 year history has just received planning approval. On the back of a 2010 OFSTED verdict of “outstanding”, the School is embarking on a multi-million pound transformation of the area closest to the Worcester Road entrance. New sporting, academic, boarding and hospitality facilities will be approached from a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/bromsgrove-school-prepares-for-the-largest-building-development-in-its-500-year-history/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>OSWESTRY SCHOOL Snowsports</title>
		<description><![CDATA[41 pupils and 6 staff enjoyed a fantastic week on Oswestry School’s annual snowsport trip to the Aosta valley in NW Italy. Throughout the week snow conditions were perfect for beginners, intermediate, advanced skiers and boarders alike. The 4* Hotel Norden Palace was a welcome haven for rest and recuperation for tired bodies at the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/oswestry-school-snowsports/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PRIOR PARK COLLEGE ARTIST RECOGNISED BY BATH SOCIETY OF ARTISTS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A former Prior Park student has had her paintings recognised by the prestigious Bath Society of Artists. Two of Marina Gardiner’s paintings, called ‘Kleftiko, Milos’ and ‘Landscape From a Dream’ are currently on display at the society’s summer exhibition. Marina comments: “To have my paintings on display at the exhibition feels like a massive achievement. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/prior-park-college-artist-recognised-by-bath-society-of-artists/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STAINES PREP SCHOOL Revel in the Natural World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils at Staines Prep witnessed the wonder of the natural world during science lessons this week. Studies of animal life-cycles culminated in the emergence of several beautiful creatures which charmed and amazed the children. Year 1 pupils were thrilled to see the newly hatched chicks, whose eggs they had been observing for the last three [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/staines-prep-school-revel-in-the-natural-world/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Engineering science at THE MARIST SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday Year 8 students at the Marist Senior School, Sunninghill experienced a hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) day. This was facilitated by the charity Smallpeice and it was aimed at introducing engineering to women as a future career option. The girls embraced the tasks and challenges with enthusiasm and designed highly commendable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/engineering-science-at-the-marist-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PARKSIDE SCHOOL’S sporting prowess secures them success in athletics, swimming and tennis tournaments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parkside School, based in Stoke D’Abernon, has regained the Epsom College Super Teams trophy for the 10th year in a row. The school entered teams in the U9, U11 and U13 age categories with all boys performing extremely well, notching up points in the swimming, football, hockey, distance running, sprints, basketball and gym tests. Parkside [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/parkside-school%e2%80%99s-sporting-prowess-secures-them-success-in-athletics-swimming-and-tennis-tournaments/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CATERHAM SCHOOL Pupils Run to Raise Money for Charity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday 16th of May, a team of students and teachers from Caterham School dressed as their favourite superheroes and went to Brighton to join over 1500 runners in the annual charitable event, the Heroes Run. The students and teachers will be going to Tanzania in Summer to visit Lerang’wa Primary School, as part of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/caterham-school-pupils-run-to-raise-money-for-charity/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Oswestry School Pupils ‘Ready, Steady, Cook!’ Contest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oswestry School pupils put their culinary skills to the test in a live cookery competition organised by the School’s award-winning catering company, Chartwells. The ‘On your marks, get set, cook!’ competition, overseen by professional chef Darren Tinkler, saw two teams of three pupils and one teacher go head-to-head in a bid to create the tastiest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/oswestry-school-pupils-%e2%80%98ready-steady-cook%e2%80%99-contest/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PRIOR PARK COLLEGE STUDENTS WIN YOUNG JOURNALIST AWARD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two budding journalists from Prior Park have bagged the title of ‘Tamezin’s Young Journalist of the Year Award 2010’. This year’s theme was ‘Inspirational Interviews’, for which winners Tony Heaton, 14, and Emma Clague, 15, interviewed an individual with a fascinating story and wrote it up into an article. Tony Heaton interviewed Polish war hero, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/prior-park-college-students-win-young-journalist-award/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS WORCESTER &#8211; Springfield wins through to next round in Choir of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Worcester primary school choir has battled through the Regional Heats of BBC Radio 3s Choir of the Year competition to qualify for the next round. RGS Springfield, which is situated in Britannia Square in the city, won through following auditions at the Warwick Arts Centre. They were entered in the children’s round and were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/rgs-worcester-springfield-wins-through-to-next-round-in-choir-of-the-year/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Author and Broadcaster Simon Singh MBE Visits Caterham School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Monday 10 May, Simon Singh MBE visited Caterham School to deliver a lecture on Science in the Media. His presentation explored the difficulty the media can experience in seeking to report scientific studies and gave an insight into how the media can, through omission or exaggeration, misrepresent these scientific achievements. Simon Singh is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/author-and-broadcaster-simon-singh-mbe-visits-caterham-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Cheeping chicks charm children at ROYAL ALEXANDRA AND ALBERT SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new generation of residents has arrived at the Royal Alexandra and Albert School. The school’s flock of Dorking hens has produced three lively chicks and pupils have been helping to care for them. The chicks, two girls and a boy are three days old, are fit and healthy and the females are destined to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/cheeping-chicks-charm-children-at-royal-alexandra-and-albert-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Trinity Guildhall exams are an outstanding success for King’s Bruton pupils.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday 14th May 22 King’s Bruton pupils took part in 7 different categories of the Trinity Guildhall performance examinations, including Group Drama, Performing Text and, as a new discipline this year, Shakespeare. 50% of those students gained Distinctions, with UCAS points achieved for candidates in both 4th form and Lower Sixth. The range of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/trinity-guildhall-exams-are-an-outstanding-success-for-king%e2%80%99s-bruton-pupils/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>New Pupils Cause a Stir at BEDFORD MODERN JUNIOR SCHOOL!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern Junior School has been home to a large Teddy Bear wearing a BMS boy’s school uniform for the past ten years. The bear is known to Junior School pupils as “Mr McIver”, as he was presented to the School by Ian McIver, a committee member of the OBM (Old Bedford Modernians’) Club. As [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/new-pupils-cause-a-stir-at-bedford-modern-junior-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Princess Layer and friends at KING&#8217;S SCHOOL ELY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three hens are the latest arrivals at King’s Acremont, the Pre-Prep of the King’s School Ely. They have been given to the school by Year 2 teacher, Mrs Anna Wynn who keeps over 100 hens and other livestock on the family smallholding. Each class was given the task of naming one of the hens. Reception [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/princess-layer-and-friends-at-kings-school-ely/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STRATHALLAN SCHOOL &#8211; Swimming Sensation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Strathallan pupil Duncan Scott achieved outstanding results at the Scottish National Age-Group Championships at Tollcross winning eight individual medals and three relay medals. Duncan who is pictured here with coach Elaine Johnston also achieved six personal best times and was Scottish National Age-Group Champion in the 100 fly, 200 fly and 200 individual medley for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/strathallan-school-swimming-sensation/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL&#8217;S “Oarsome” rowing success continues at Munich and Ghent Regattas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 13 students Greg Edwards and James Powell, who are part of the School’s 1st VIII crew, were selected to represent Great Britain at the Munich European Regatta that took place over the weekend of Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th May. For 18 year old James, this was the first time he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/bedford-modern-schools-%e2%80%9coarsome%e2%80%9d-rowing-success-continues-at-munich-and-ghent-regattas/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>MOUNT ST MARY&#8217;S COLLEGE choir on song at national competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students from a Derbyshire school were on song at the UK’s biggest amateur choral competition. The Combined Choir at Mount St Mary’s College performed in the first round of the BBC Choir of the Year event at The Anvil concert hall, in Basingstoke. Pupils aged between seven and 13 years old sang ‘Sit Down You’re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/mount-st-marys-college-choir-on-song-at-national-competition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Equestrian Excellence at STRATHALLAN SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Strathallan Equestrian Teams excelled at the annual Scottish Schools Equestrian Championships at Gleneagles. The Intermediate Team of Jenny Summersgill, Emma Cheape, Rosie Williams and Sarah Cheape won the dressage and show jumping events and were overall winners. In the Senior Section Heather Larson, Corrie Stewart, Flora Hay and Olivia Woodes-Rogers won the Show jumping event [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/equestrian-excellence-at-strathallan-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Local vineyard looks to repeat their success at RGS THE GRANGE&#8217;S Summer Fair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Worcestershire’s Rose Bank Vineyard has a local school’s Summer Fair to thank for signing up a pub as a customer for its award-winning wine. In 2009, vineyard owner Richard Tomkinson exhibited at the Summer Fair held at RGS The Grange, a junior school only a few miles away in Claines. Whilst attending the Fair, Jim [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/local-vineyard-looks-to-repeat-their-success-at-rgs-the-granges-summer-fair/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>UK’s Leading Authority on child literacy to visit ST JOSEPH&#8217;S COLLEGE, Ipswich</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ruth Miskin, one of the UK&#8217;s leading authorities on teaching children to read and to write, will be presenting her thoughts to Headteachers at St Joseph’s College Ipswich on Thursday 20th May 2010. Over forty Headteachers from across Suffolk and North Essex have been invited to a conference to hear Ruth discuss her Read Write [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/uk%e2%80%99s-leading-authority-on-child-literacy-to-visit-st-josephs-college-ipswich/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School’s Year 9 Rowers win Bedford Regatta</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Around 100 girls and boys from Bedford Modern School took part in the Bedford Regatta on Saturday 15th May. The support from staff and parents was outstanding and definitely contributed towards some great BMS performances. The result of the day came from the Year 9 BMS boys competing in the U14 Octuple who, against tough [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/bedford-modern-school%e2%80%99s-year-9-rowers-win-bedford-regatta/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>FORMER BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL STUDENT CLIMBS MOUNT KILIMANJARO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Bedford Modern School student, Alex Hoppenbrouwers, has successfully climbed to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. Alex reached the summit via the Machame route as opposed to the easier Marangu route. “I landed at Kilimanjaro airport and was taken to Moshi, a small town in the foothills of Kilimanjaro. The next day, after being taken [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/former-bedford-modern-school-student-climbs-mount-kilimanjaro/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>KING&#8217;S SCHOOL ELY Cricketer sets record</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sixteen-year-old Chris Aniskowicz set a record when he scored the fastest 100 in the history of King’s School Ely cricket. In a 1st XI home match against Kimbolton School, he scored a brilliant 129 off 43 balls, the second 50 off just 17 balls. The innings included ten sixes and 13 fours. Chris’ record-breaking performance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/kings-school-ely-cricketer-sets-record/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Record medal haul for KING&#8217;S SCHOOL ELY athletes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[King’s School Ely pupils won ten medals at the Cambridgeshire Club Athletics Championships at St Ives Outdoor Centre. It was the school’s best ever medal performance at the championships. Star of the day was double gold medallist Joe Lines who took first place in two under-17 throws events, winning the discus final with 32m 13cm [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/record-medal-haul-for-kings-school-ely-athletes/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STONYHURST COLLEGE students give striking performance of ‘The Little Matchstick Girl’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A theatrical performance devised and performed entirely by sixth form students has just been presented at Stonyhurst College. A level Theatre Studies students performed an adaptation of &#8216;The Little Matchstick Girl&#8217; for their practical exam, for which the group also wrote and composed songs which were performed live throughout the piece.It was a highly engaging [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/stonyhurst-college-students-give-striking-performance-of-%e2%80%98the-little-matchstick-girl%e2%80%99/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Local Double Scullers from RGS WORCESTER win at Worcester Regatta</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two local pupils emerged from a strong field to win the J14 Double Sculls event at last weekend’s Worcester Regatta. Ben Collins and Harry Turner, who attend RGS Worcester, beat rivals from Stourport Boat Club in a pulsating final, winning by just half a length at the finishing line. RGS had tasted earlier success with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/local-double-scullers-from-rgs-worcester-win-at-worcester-regatta/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Talented students win National Youth Theatre places</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three Stonyhurst students have been awarded places at the National Youth Theatre. Catriona Graffius, Jordan Riley and Helena Bold-Davies are all sixth formers at Stonyhurst College, taking Theatre Studies A Level. “Competition for places with the NYT is very high,” said Stonyhurst Head of Drama, Miss Johanna Egar, “so they have done really well to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/talented-students-win-national-youth-theatre-places/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Stonyhurst Hockey Players help to lead Lancashire to victory!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four Stonyhurst College hockey players have been selected to play for Lancashire. Jessica Pye was selected for the U17s, Clare Lupton for the U16s, and Emily Smith and Helen Finn for the U15s. Emily and Helen played in the Lancashire U15 1st team on Sunday 2nd May, and won the North of England County Tournament. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/06/stonyhurst-hockey-players-help-to-lead-lancashire-to-victory/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STONYHURST COLLEGE receives outstanding inspection report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stonyhurst College and Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall have both just received outstanding inspection reports. Excellent pastoral care, outstanding extra curricular success and the high quality of pupils’ personal development were just some of the accolades received. Everyone attached to the school is thrilled by this exceptional outcome. Mr Andrew Johnson, the Headmaster, said, ‘I am [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/stonyhurst-college-receives-outstanding-inspection-report/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Young Musican from CHRIST COLLEGE lands lead role in WNO MAX production.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan in &#8216;A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream&#8217; Christ College Young Musician of the Year, Jonathan Robinson, has been cast as the lead role of Count Heinrich in the forthcoming production by WNO MAX of Judith Weir&#8217;s opera The Black Spider, directed by Rhian Hutchings. Invited to audition for the role after having participated in workshops run [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/young-musican-from-christ-college-lands-lead-role-in-wno-max-production/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Pupils line the streets to welcome home the Royal Welsh Regiment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christ College pupils welcome home 2RW Christ College pupils were part of a sizeable gathering that welcomed home soldiers from the Royal Welsh Regiment on Saturday 1st May which marked A Company 2nd Battalion&#8217;s official return from Afghanistan. Following a church service in the morning, the soldiers marched through Brecon at midday, led by The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/pupils-line-the-streets-to-welcome-home-the-royal-welsh-regiment/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CHRIST COLLEGE pupil Josceline has her sights on Commonwealth Games glory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christ College pupil Josceline Beaumont is being tipped for the top in the sport of shooting, and is setting her sights on Commonwealth Games glory in 2014. Josceline has been fast-tracked as a future British Olympian after being hand-picked to join the Lloyds TSB Local Heroes initiative. Josceline will receive a cash injection of £1000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/christ-college-pupil-josceline-has-her-sights-on-commonwealth-games-glory/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Staines Prep Celebrates 75th Anniversary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 200 past and present pupils, current and former staff members, parents and governors attended a weekend of celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of Staines Prep. They shared memories and paid tribute to the school at festivities that began on Friday 7th May with a picnic on the lawn, highlighted by a balloon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/staines-prep-celebrates-75th-anniversary/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>National Lacrosse Excellence for MALVERN ST JAMES girls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lottie Van-Praag, Year 10, and Sophie Coombes-Roberts, Year 11, represented Wales in the Women&#8217;s U19 Lacrosse Home International Championship at Cardiff University in March. The girls both played extremely well, resulting in their selection to play for the Wales Senior Women&#8217;s B Team at the Home Internationals in Edinburgh on the 17th and 18th April. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/national-lacrosse-excellence-for-malvern-st-james-girls/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS WORCESTER BEATS ETON COLLEGE IN ATHLETICS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In one of the highlights of their sporting year, RGS Worcester defeated five schools, including Eton College, in a major fixture at Nunnery Wood athletics complex. Throughout a seesaw competition, RGS and Eton dominated proceedings during the afternoon. Eton secured strong wins in the 200m, 400m and long jump. But RGS took seven events in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/rgs-worcester-beats-eton-college-in-athletics/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>GIVING TO A WORTHY CAUSE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Giving blood is one of the most worthwhile things we can do, and one Year 13 student from Trent College in Long Eaton has made it her goal to get as many of her teachers and peers involved in blood donation as possible. Katie Schwarz, 18, who is coming to the end of her A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/giving-to-a-worthy-cause/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Royal Artillery invite our CCF Cadets to an exercise on SENTA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cadets with the Royal Artillery   Last week, forty of Christ College&#8217;s CCF cadets witnessed at first hand the firepower of the Royal Artillery. The SSI of the Christ College CCF, WO1 Bill Dowling MBE, recently received a visit from Captain Rick Groves of 137 (Java) Battery of 40 Regt Royal Artillery. During their meeting, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/the-royal-artillery-invite-our-ccf-cadets-to-an-exercise-on-senta/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>MALVERN ST JAMES SCHOOL &#8211; National Youth Theatre Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Elizabeth Lewis (Year 13) and Jodie Coates (Year 10) who successfully auditioned in Birmingham during the Easter holidays for the National Youth Theatre. Over 4000 students competed for places in 34 audition centres throughout the UK. Jodie and Elizabeth performed a workshop based audition as well as an individual audition. They will both [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/malvern-st-james-school-national-youth-theatre-success/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Derbyshire pupil’s sword skills secure prestigious shield</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Derbyshire pupil is following in the footsteps of some of the most renowned fencers from the past 20 years after winning a prestigious regional prize. James Proudfoot, head boy at Mount St Mary’s College, fought off stiff competition to take home the winner’s shield in the Lancashire Schools Boys’ Under 20 Foil. James, who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/derbyshire-pupil%e2%80%99s-sword-skills-secure-prestigious-shield/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>First Anniversary Celebration for Stay and Play at Howell’s School, Llandaff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Babies and toddlers had a fun-packed morning at Howell’s School, Llandaff, on Tuesday 11th May as Stay and Play celebrated its first birthday. Mums and grandparents enjoyed coffee and celebration cakes as their little ones played in the stimulating, bright and fun-filled environment. They made party hats, sang songs and danced together to celebrate being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/first-anniversary-celebration-for-stay-and-play-at-howell%e2%80%99s-school-llandaff/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Triumphant Tennis Team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Six Strathallan pupils enjoyed a successful tournament at the annual Glenalmond Mixed Doubles Tournament winning the overall trophy. Ruairidh Watson and Lea Gill won all matches in their group and the Group A Trophy while Christian Kolb and Anastasiya Veretennikova won the Group B Trophy. Strathallan Tennis Academy Coach Tommy Ogilvie said “I am delighted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/triumphant-tennis-team/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Caterham Students Win Another Award at The Leatherhead Drama Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Drama students from Caterham School performed at the 2010 Leatherhead Drama Festival in May and were delighted to collect the Richard Houghton Award for Outstanding Contribution. The award, which was for the opening sequence; the visual effect, movement and make-up, was presented to the Sixth Form students by Sir Michael Caine CBE at the Awards [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/caterham-students-win-another-award-at-the-leatherhead-drama-festival/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PRIOR PARK COLLEGE ANNOUNCES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prior Park College announces the winners of its Young Writer of the Year competition 2010. Over 200 pupils from 20 schools around Bath and Wiltshire have been battling it out for this coveted title. After much deliberation, Harry Nickless from Springmead School and Mollie Fresle-McLaren from Norman Court Preparatory School were awarded the titles ‘Young [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/prior-park-college-announces-young-writer-of-the-year-2010/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS WORCESTER &#8211; crews in action at Evesham Regatta</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RGS crews in action at Evesham Regatta – first ever wins for Rachel and Grace Fourteen boats from all age-groups raced at Evesham Regatta last Saturday, and RGS Worcester came away with two wins and several other encouraging performances. Twenty more boats would have raced on the Sunday as well, but heavy overnight rain caused [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/rgs-worcester-crews-in-action-at-evesham-regatta/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>KING&#8217;S SCHOOL, ELY &#8211; Fen Brainage winners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[King’s hotly contested annual Fen Brainage competition was won today (25 March) by a team representing Osmond House. Each of the school’s houses fielded a team of five to answer general knowledge questions in the style of BBC TV’s University Challenge. Osmond’s winning team was Ollie Kenzie, Oliver Moses, Eliot Koopowitz, David Scott and Liam [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/kings-school-ely-fen-brainage-winners/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Howell’s old girls finally receive school certificates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[School pupils these days usually receive their hard-won certificates shortly after winning them, but on 12th May at Howell’s School, Llandaff, a group of ex-pupils returned to receive those gained either by themselves or by family members who were at school back in the 1930s and 1940s. While organising the archives, Mrs Janet Sully, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/howell%e2%80%99s-old-girls-finally-receive-school-certificates/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Famous Cathedral Choir give concert at Stonyhurst College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the world’s most highly acclaimed choirs gave a concert at Stonyhurst College. London’s Westminster Cathedral Choir made its second visit to the Ribble Valley College and sang to a capacity audience drawn from all over the North West in Stonyhurst’s St Peter’s Church. The programme began with choral music for Lent, then Easter, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/famous-cathedral-choir-give-concert-at-stonyhurst-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Ballet success for Barrow Hills’ pupil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Barrow Hills’ pupil, Molly Howard has recently achieved exceptional success with her ballet. Molly, who has been dancing since the age of four at Barrow Hills has just competed at the Ealing Festival where she won not only the ballet solo but also the duet and the duet trophy. At the end of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/ballet-success-for-barrow-hills%e2%80%99-pupil/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Staines Prep Pupils Step into the Past</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday 12th May, Year 4 pupils from Staines Prep visited the Verulamium Museum at St Albans as part of their History topic, ‘Invaders and Settlers’. Verulamium was reportedly one of the largest towns in Roman Britain. The museum houses an interesting array of Roman finds excavated from the site, including some magnificent mosaics. When [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/staines-prep-pupils-step-into-the-past/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Caterham School pupils take delivery of another Caterham Seven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday 29 April Caterham School Kit Car Club released the Caterham Seven that they had built over the past 18 months and took delivery of another collection of parts that will become the next car. The Kit Car Club is one of over thirty five clubs and societies that Caterham School offer as part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/caterham-school-pupils-take-delivery-of-another-caterham-seven/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS Worcester &#8211; 100% success for Springfield Karate Club</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A highly respected karate coach has created a little piece of history with a 100% yellow belt pass rate at a local school. In all,16 pupils from RGS Springfield, based at Britannia Square in Worcester, passed their yellow belt karate test with flying colours. This is only the second time to have happened during the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/rgs-worcester-100-success-for-springfield-karate-club/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Science Challenge 2010 at Cheltenham Ladies&#8217; College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Six schools from across Gloucestershire took part in the Engineering Development Trust’s ‘First Edition’ Science Challenge at the CLC Sports Centre on the morning of Thursday 13 May. First Edition is part of the Widening Participation programme which aims to encourage pupils who will be ‘first in family’, to consider higher education and courses and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/science-challenge-2010-at-cheltenham-ladies-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL STUDENT, RAESHAN DOWNER, SELECTED AS MEMBER OF THE ENGLAND NATIONAL HANDBALL YOUTH SQUAD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 10 student, Raeshan Downer, has been selected as a member of the England Handball Association’s National Youth Squad’s programme. Raeshan will be involved in a preparation camp on 5th June in Warrington in readiness for the Olympic Solidarity Training Camp and Partille Cup, taking place in Sweden from Sunday 27th June [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/bedford-modern-school-student-raeshan-downer-selected-as-member-of-the-england-national-handball-youth-squad/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Music (and breakfast) for a May morning at Stonyhurst College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Choral music and croissants made a fine start to the May bank holiday at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire and a large audience gathered for an 8am start in the ‘Top Ref.’ Schola Cantorum sang a varied programme, which included Benedictus from Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man Mass, Faure’s Cantique de Jean Racine, concluding with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/music-and-breakfast-for-a-may-morning-at-stonyhurst-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>St Edmund&#8217;s College welcomes His Most Eminent Highness Fra’ Matthew Festing, to their Senior Prize Giving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[St Edmund&#8217;s College, England’s oldest Catholic School, held its Senior Prize Giving evening on Thursday 29 April 2010, where the Guest of Honour was His Most Eminent Highness Fra’ Matthew Festing, The Prince and Grand Master, Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta. The evening began with an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/st-edmunds-college-welcomes-his-most-eminent-highness-fra%e2%80%99-matthew-festing-to-their-senior-prize-giving/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STONYHURST COLLEGE &#8211; U14 Rugby Tour to Italy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U14 Rugby team enjoyed a very successful Easter tour to Italy, staying at Lido di Jesolo, near Venice. Training sessions on the beach paid off as they won 3 of their 4 games. The tour also included cultural visits to Venice, the chance to watch some professional rugby at a match between Treviso and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/stonyhurst-college-u14-rugby-tour-to-italy/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Marist Mini Marvels!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marist Year 7 Students become published authors! Twelve Year 7 students at the Marist Senior School, Sunninghill have had their stories selected for publication following success in the latest Young Writers’ creative writing competition, Mini Sagas. Students were challenged to write a fifty word story that would either be thrilling, thought-provoking or amusing. A copy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/marist-mini-marvels/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PRINCE CASPIAN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week children in Years 3, 4 and 8 at Farlington School performed in an impressive operatic production of Prince Caspian by CS Lewis, commissioned by Opera Brava. What made this such an extraordinary event was the fact that until one week before, none of the participants had seen a script or heard any music [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/prince-caspian/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Hurst Lodge School, Ascot, working with The Eden Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At Hurst Lodge we believe that education is about developing the foundations for making a life as well as for making a living and although academic results may act as an entrée to a future career, a good education is more than this. Ultimately experience tells us that children who are happy at school learn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/hurst-lodge-school-ascot-working-with-the-eden-project/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>King&#8217;s School, Ely, footballer selected for ISFA development camp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thirteen-year-old King’s School Ely pupil Zach Binge has been selected by the Independent Schools Football Association to attend an ISFA under-14 development camp at Bradfield School in July. His selection follows an outstanding performance at an ISFA development camp at Repton during the Easter holidays when 42 under-14 players from independent schools all over the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/kings-school-ely-footballer-selected-for-isfa-development-camp/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Designer is guest of honour at prizegiving at The King&#8217;s School, Ely</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Top shoe designer Rupert Sanderson returned to Ely as guest of honour at the King’s School’s Senior School prizegiving in Ely Cathedral on Saturday 8 May. He was a pupil at King’s for ten years, leaving in 1985 to study geography at Royal Holloway, London University. He told the audience of parents and pupils that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/designer-is-guest-of-honour-at-prizegiving-at-the-kings-school-ely/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Scent of success for RGS Young Enterprise Team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Worcester school’s Young Enterprise team, with their unique Aromatherapy Fan, has been judged ‘Best Overall Company’ at the county finals and will now represent Hereford &#38; Worcestershire at the West Midlands Regional Finals in June. Led by 17 year-old Managing Director, Becky Walker, their company is called Inspired and is made up of students [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/scent-of-success-for-rgs-young-enterprise-team/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Holly McGarvie Attends Caterham School Sports Dinner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday 30 April, Caterham School held a celebration dinner which was attended by 120 students, teachers and parents. The ‘black tie’ dinner was held to celebrate an excellent year of sport and the guest speaker was Holly McGarvie who is one of the world’s leading lacrosse players and winner of a World Cup Gold [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/holly-mcgarvie-attends-caterham-school-sports-dinner/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CALLING ALL FORMER PUPILS,STAFF AND GOVERNORS OF OUR LADY’S ABINGDON JUNIOR AND SENIOR SCHOOLS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate our 150th Anniversary we’re having a Grand Reunion Picnic on Saturday 19 June between 11.00am and 4.00pm. Former and current pupils, staff and governors are warmly invited to attend. Guests are invited to bring their own picnic and join friends from their old year groups. Tea, coffee and soft drinks will be available [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/calling-all-former-pupilsstaff-and-governors-of-our-lady%e2%80%99s-abingdon-junior-and-senior-schools/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL STUDENT OFFERED A PLACE AT THE NEW YORK CONSERVATORY FOR DRAMATIC ARTS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 13 student Alex Bloch has reason to celebrate after having been offered a place on the Acting course at The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. Each year, The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts searches for the most passionate and promising young actors from around the world with fewer than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/bedford-modern-school-student-offered-a-place-at-the-new-york-conservatory-for-dramatic-arts/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Marist pupil is youngest chosen for the National Youth Jazz Orchestra</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sophia Hall, a Year 8 student at the Marist Senior School in Sunninghill has been selected for the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Sophia is a highly talented musician instrumentally and chorally. In addition to her prowess on the saxophone she sings with Taplow choir. They who were recently chosen to represent the UK in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/marist-pupil-is-youngest-chosen-for-the-national-youth-jazz-orchestra/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Haileybury hosts top Kenyan tennis players</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Haileybury, a co-educational independent boarding school in Hertfordshire, is to host eight tennis players from Eastern Africa next week. The students are from Malezi School in Kenya, and are making history as the first from the region to travel on a tennis exchange with schools in the United Kingdom. This maiden trip, which will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/haileybury-hosts-top-kenyan-tennis-players/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PRIOR PARK STUDENTS FACE THE DRAGON’S DEN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prior Park College pupils have been pitching their ideas to the ‘Dragons’ at McCann Erickson in Bristol as part of a school media module. Four groups of Year Nine students presented ideas for a new brand of cereal for children to a panel of Prior Park teachers and McCann Erickson professionals, including Managing Director Fraser [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/prior-park-students-face-the-dragon%e2%80%99s-den/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Open evening at Derbyshire school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Outstanding educational facilities at a Derbyshire school will be on show to prospective pupils and their parents at an open evening this month. Mount St Mary’s College will open its doors to families for the event on Tuesday May, 18 from 7pm until 9pm. It will provide visitors with the chance to enjoy an informal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/open-evening-at-derbyshire-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Clarissa Dickson Wright entertains at St Mary&#8217;s Calne</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the Sixth Form Lecture Programme, St Marys’ Calne was delighted to welcome TV Cook and countryside campaigner Clarissa Dickson Wright. Clarissa wowed an audience of girls and parents with tales of her illustrious career and life as one of TV’s famous ‘Two Fat Ladies’. Advising girls to keep an open mind when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/clarissa-dickson-wright-entertains-at-st-marys-calne/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL CRICKET DUO SCORE UNDEFEATED CENTURIES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School students and brothers, George and Harry Thurstance have reason to celebrate after they both scored undefeated centuries in the School’s cricket match away at Haileybury School on Saturday 24th April. Year 13 student, George who joined the School in Year 4, plays for Bedford Modern School’s 1st XI Cricket Team. “”Scoring 133 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/bedford-modern-school-cricket-duo-score-undefeated-centuries/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ST MARY&#8217;S CALNE &#8211; Charity Walk for Molly&#8217;s Fund</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the end of April, Esme and Ellie, two Year 8 girls from St Mary’s Calne, took on the challenge of a 20 mile sponsored walk. They mapped out their route and planned to walk, unaccompanied, along the Ridge Way in Wiltshire and then, the following day, complete their trek along the White Horse Trail. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/st-marys-calne-charity-walk-for-mollys-fund/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ST MARY&#8217;S CALNE &#8211; Chamber Choir has had a very busy few months.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the release of the Requiem on the Regent label in February, the Chamber Choir made its Radio 3 debut as part of the Aled Jones programme &#8211; The Choir – in March. Two tracks from the CD were played &#8211; Let all the world and Libera me from the Requiem. The CD has received [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/st-marys-calne-chamber-choir-has-had-a-very-busy-few-months/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>TIM ABBEY WINS PRESTIGIOUS PAINTER-STAINERS AWARD FOR ART</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tim Abbey, a student in his final year at King’s School, Bruton, has won The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers’ School Prize in Art. Tim received his prize at the Company’s annual prize-giving in London on 23 April. His work, A Triptych of Rheanna, drew praise from many who attended the ceremony and accompanying exhibition, including [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/tim-abbey-wins-prestigious-painter-stainers-award-for-art/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>A Day in the Dealing room for Padworth students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Padworth College Sixth form students visited the ICMA Centre at Henley Business School, University of Reading to find out more about courses and careers in finance and investment and to participate in a practical share dealing session in the brand new state-of-the-art Dealing room. The group of 10 students from Padworth College, who are all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/a-day-in-the-dealing-room-for-padworth-students/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Pupils’ Purple Pinkies Prevent Polio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oswestry School pupils have raised £600 for charity by staging a non-uniform day with a purple theme. Each pupil paid £2 for the privilege of wearing their own clothes on a normal school day. The money raised was donated to the Rotary Club’s ‘Thanks for Life’ project for polio eradication and the Charlotte Hartey Foundation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/pupils%e2%80%99-purple-pinkies-prevent-polio/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Mount St Mary’s pupil ‘on guard’ for national championship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Derbyshire/Spinkhill pupil will compete alongside some of the finest young fencers in the country at a prestigious national championship this weekend. Nina Zimmerman, a year 10 boarding student at Mount St Mary’s College, will represent her school at the British Youth Fencing Championships to be held at the English Institute of Sport &#8211; Sheffield. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/mount-st-mary%e2%80%99s-pupil-%e2%80%98on-guard%e2%80%99-for-national-championship/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School student, Matthew Wong, chosen for International Air Cadet Exchange 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 13 student Matthew Wong has been selected for this year’s International Air Cadet Exchange (IACE) and shortlisted for the Sir John Thompson Memorial Sword where a Sword Award is presented to the best CCF (RAF) Cadet. “I will be attending IACE in July flying to Hong Kong and China as an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/bedford-modern-school-student-matthew-wong-chosen-for-international-air-cadet-exchange-2010/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bromsgrove School Inspection &#8211; Oustanding Results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, Bromsgrove School received inspection reports from OFSTED and the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), who are answerable to the DCSF. It will be six years before the School comes under this level of government scrutiny again. The OFSTED boarding inspection gave the Prep and Senior Schools the summative verdict of “outstanding” (the highest OFSTED [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/bromsgrove-school-inspection-oustanding-results/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Oswestry School Pupils get the Point</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils at Oswestry School have the chance to learn a new sport, thanks to a partnership with the Oswestry Fencing Club. Club coaches Bridie Lloyd and Tom Gulliver visit the school on Thursday afternoons to teach the skills of fencing to a group of 16 pupils, as part of their out of hours learning programme. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/oswestry-school-pupils-get-the-point/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RHS provides a happy and fulfilling educational experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[‘The high quality of pastoral care and the commitment of the staff ensure a happy and fulfilling educational experience’ according to independent school inspectors in their report on The Royal Hospital School (RHS) issued last week. The inspection of the Royal Hospital School, a coeducational boarding and day school for approximately 680 11 to 18 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/rhs-provides-a-happy-and-fulfilling-educational-experience/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Howell’s School, Llandaff Student Art Exhibition at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Cardiff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Howell’s School, Llandaff Student Art Exhibition at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Cardiff Official Opening on 29th April 2010. The Art and Design Department of Howell’s School, Llandaff has organised an exhibition of GCSE, AS and A2 work hosted by the Radisson Blu Hotel, Cardiff. The exhibition of artwork is a demonstration of the talents and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/howell%e2%80%99s-school-llandaff-student-art-exhibition-at-the-radisson-blu-hotel-cardiff/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL STUDENT’S CHARITY HAIRCUT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 8 student Jordan Semmens recently had her cut to raise money for charity. Up until a few weeks ago, Jordan had considerably long hair before taking the drastic decision to have 22 inches cut off for charity. “My mother saw a feature on GMTV informing viewers that hair donations were welcome [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/bedford-modern-school-student%e2%80%99s-charity-haircut/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Election Fever at Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall: the politicians of the future!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Election fever has gripped Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall and parliamentary campaigns are being mounted by pupil-candidates to capture the votes of their peers. Posters, rosettes, competitions and campaigning feature throughout the school, and when the country goes to the polls, Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall will too, with the Tolkien Library becoming the polling station for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/election-fever-at-stonyhurst-st-mary%e2%80%99s-hall-the-politicians-of-the-future/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Derbyshire pupils debate the politics of the election</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Derbyshire school will be transformed into a miniature House of Commons when its pupils meet for a Westminster-style debate about the upcoming general election. The senior debating society at Mount St Mary’s College, in Derbyshire, will meet on Friday 30 April to discuss one of the most prominent issues surrounding this election – the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/derbyshire-pupils-debate-the-politics-of-the-election/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Worcester Warriors Charity Challenge &#8211; Tues. 11th May</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following its success last year, the Warriors Charity Challenge (Worcester Warriors Staff v Worcestershire Teachers) will take place on the main pitch at Sixways on Tuesday, 11 May 2010, KO 7pm. All proceeds will be donated to The Matt Hampson Trust. Come along and cheer on our teachers and hope they can even the series. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/worcester-warriors-charity-challenge-tues-11th-may/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Behind the Seams Fashion Show – raises £2,600 and eco-awareness at RGS Worcester</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Fashion Show with a recycling theme entertained 600 visitors at RGS Worcester and raised £2,600 for charity. Some 110 Royal Grammar School students, aged from 13-18, took part in the show, which featured more than twenty collections with an Eco Fashion theme. The students produced garments with ethical slogans, recycled fabrics in innovative ways [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/behind-the-seams-fashion-show-%e2%80%93-raises-2600-and-eco-awareness/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS Worcester, School elections – including the Jackson Boogie Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last opportunity for electioneering at a Worcester school was grabbed by candidates representing nine political parties. Each candidate was allotted a three-minute slot to win over voters from The Royal Grammar School Worcester, who go to the polls alongside the rest of the country on 6 May. Candidates ranged in age from 13 -18 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/school-elections-%e2%80%93-including-the-jackson-boogie-party/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>JAZZ HANDS AT PRIOR PARK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Prior Park College pupil has been offered a place on the first ever National Youth Jazz Summer School. Louis Archer, in lower sixth form, who plays the tenor saxophone, will be attending the Summer School in August after wowing judges in a round of national auditions. The school will draw together 30 of England’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/jazz-hands-at-prior-park/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>English Inter Schools skiing competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An adventurous Saint Felix pupil has recently competed in the English Inter Schools skiing competition in Les Houches, France. Lollipop Brooker, 8, competed in the ‘Mini’s 1’ section of the contest, in which she came 5th in the Giant Slalom competition in her age category &#8211; Lolli was one of the youngest skiers to take [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/english-inter-schools-skiing-competition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PRIOR PARK STUDENT GOES FOR GOLD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sporty Prior Park College student, Joss Bennett, has won three medals including gold in the Somerset County Championships. Joss achieved gold in the 200m IM, silver in the 200m breaststroke and bronze in the 400m IM. Next Joss will represent Prior Park College in the biathlon at Millfield on 9 May and following that he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/prior-park-student-goes-for-gold/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Saint Felix pupil competes at the national tetrathlon competition.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A talented pupil from Saint Felix School has been called up to the team which will represent the East of England in the national tetrathlon competition. Alice Ward, 13, has been named as part of the team of three which will travel to Windsor later this year. Tetrathlon is a combination of four disciplines – [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/saint-felix-pupil-competes-at-the-national-tetrathlon-competition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Year 4 book making</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Year four pupils at Saint Felix School have completed this term’s creative challenge to design a young child&#8217;s soft book, as part of their design and technology lessons. As part of their initial research stage, the creative youngsters visited Bronte, where they asked the Big Dragons what their ideal book would consist of. During the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/05/year-4-book-making/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>First Anniversary Celebration for Stay and Play at Howell’s School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Babies and toddlers may not immediately spring to mind when you first think of Howell’s School, Llandaff, but its very successful Stay and Play is celebrating its first birthday. Specifically geared to the youngest children, both boys and girls (up to three years old), Stay and Play provides the opportunity for Mums, dads, grandparents and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/first-anniversary-celebration-for-stay-and-play-at-howell%e2%80%99s-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Stonyhurst wins Red Rose County Badminton Championship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday 10th March Stonyhurst College hosted the U19 Boys Red Rose County Badminton Championship and entered 3 teams. The Stonyhurst A Team beat Hutton Grammar School 3-2 in the Final. Stonyhurst have now won the trophy for the sixth time in eight years. Stonyhurst girls have done well too. On Wednesday 3rd March, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/stonyhurst-wins-red-rose-county-badminton-championship/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Blue Peter appeal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saint Felix School has a very exciting link to this year’s ‘Operation Smile’ Blue Peter Appeal. Doctor Per Hall, one of the surgeon’s followed by the Blue Peter cameras in India, is also the brother of Catherine Fuller, a parent at the school and the school shop manageress. Doctor Hall visited Saint Felix to talk [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/blue-peter-appeal/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>New sponsor for Saint Felix School’s equestrian team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A ‘working partnership’ has developed as two Suffolk businesses, Saint Felix School and Southwold Town Garage, join forces. Southwold Town Garage has become the new sponsor of Saint Felix School’s equestrian team. The team, consisting of four girls from the school, will now enjoy invaluable support from their new sponsor. Chris and Kerry Wilmot, who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/new-sponsor-for-saint-felix-school%e2%80%99s-equestrian-team/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Success in the British School’s Modern Biathlon Championships for Saint Felix School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A team of three Saint Felix pupils have won bronze medals in the British School’s Modern Biathlon Championships. Competing for Saint Felix, Alice Ward, Hannah Bacon and Casey Willis completed a 1000m run and a 100m swim in both individual events and as a team. This was a new experience for these pupils and mark [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/success-in-the-british-school%e2%80%99s-modern-biathlon-championships-for-saint-felix-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Party manifestoes scrutinised by the Head on the BBC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mrs Taylor in &#8216;Manifesto Corner&#8217; Head of Christ College Mrs Emma Taylor has been part of a panel who have been scrutinising the main political parties Welsh manifestoes on the BBC Radio Wales &#8216;Good Morning Wales&#8217; programme. It has become affectionately known as &#8216;Manifesto Corner&#8217; &#8211; a corner of the BBC Canteen &#8211; and it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/party-manifestoes-scrutinised-by-the-head-on-the-bbc/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>National Youth Theatre of Wales selection for Jessica</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jessica in CCB&#8217;s production of &#8216;Fiddler on the Roof&#8217; Lower Sixth Form pupil Jessica Tait has been selected to join the National Youth Theatre of Wales. From November 2009 through to March 2010 vast numbers of young people from Wales aged between 16 and 25 auditioned for a coveted place with the National Youth Theatre [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/national-youth-theatre-of-wales-selection-for-jessica/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Easter bonnets at Farlington</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prep girls in their fantastic Easter bonnets at Farlington School.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/easter-bonnets-at-farlington/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Ben helps Wales to a series win against Scotland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ben in action for Wales Over the Easter Holidays, 3rd Form pupil Ben Wigmore was selected to represent Wales U16s at Hockey. Ben, who is still only 14 years old, has a further two years to offer to the National team at this age group. Ben was part of the Wales U16 team that played [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/ben-helps-wales-to-a-series-win-against-scotland/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PRIOR PARK COLLEGE GOES ‘GREEN’ FOR EARTH DAY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prior Park College students have dug out the gardening gloves and tools in support of Earth Day and its 40th anniversary this year. Today’s ‘Green Day’ event has seen pupils planting seeds and vegetables, building bird boxes and paying £1 to wear an item of green clothing; the money raised will fund further sustainability initiatives. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/prior-park-college-goes-%e2%80%98green%e2%80%99-for-earth-day/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>National Science and Engineering week at The Marist School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Science and Engineering week was from the 12-21 March, and the Marist Senior School, Sunninghill, fully embraced it within the Science Department. Glass Frogs, Yeti Crabs, Sea Pigs and Blob Fish were just a few of the strange creatures encountered during National Science and Engineering week. A full week of activities culminating in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/national-science-and-engineering-week-at-the-marist-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Gliding Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Caitlin Fullerton-Jones, Sarah Giles, Francesca Bradley and Georgina Clarke (Year 9 pupils) represented Howell&#8217;s School at the &#8216;Flying Start&#8217; Challenge organised by Careers Wales. The two day event took place at Airbus UK in Broughton in March 2010. The girls learnt about the principles of flight, project planning, material and structures, before going onto design [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/gliding-competition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL PRESENT CLASSICAL SHOWCASE &#8211; Wed. 5th May</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School students will be performing a Classical Showcase on Wednesday 5th May at 7.30pm in the Howard Hall. The concert will feature BMS senior school musicians performing works from the orchestral and choral repertoire including Coronation March “Crown Imperial” by William Walton, Violin Concerto by Max Bruch, Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius and, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/bedford-modern-school-present-classical-showcase-wed-5th-may/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL PARENT, TRACEY SMITH, COMPETES IN LONDON MARATHON TO RAISE FUNDS FOR KEECH HOSPICE CARE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School parent, Tracey Smith, will be participating in the London Marathon on Sunday 25th April in order to raise funds for Keech Hospice Care’s children’s service. The hospice looks after children with a life-limiting illness in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes, which is a huge area to cover. Tracey, who has two sons [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/bedford-modern-school-parent-tracey-smith-competes-in-london-marathon-to-raise-funds-for-keech-hospice-care/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>New Head for St Hugh’s School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[St Hugh’s School, the Independent, Catholic prep school for St Edmund’s College, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Leonard Blom as the new Head of St Hugh’s. Mr Blom took up his post on 20 April 2010 and takes over from the previous Head, Mrs Jacqueline Hart, who left in December to become [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/new-head-for-st-hugh%e2%80%99s-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Triple Distinction for Francesca Hill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Francesca Hill, Year 13, is celebrating this week, having attained Distinction at Grade 8 for Percussion, French Horn and Singing. Francesca has played both the French Horn and Percussion for six years and has been singing since the age of six. She plays percussion in the National Schools Symphony Orchestra and has been a member [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/triple-distinction-for-francesca-hill/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Independent Schools Association (ISA) Drama Festival 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the weekend of March 12th and 13th March Hurst Lodge School, Ascot hosted the ISA Southern Section of the ISA Drama Competition, as it has for the previous 13 years. Every member school of the Independent Schools Association is invited to participate This competition is organised by ISA to promote drama in schools. Schools [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/independent-schools-association-isa-drama-festival-2010/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Fitness is fun for the boys and girls at The Manor Preparatory School!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mrs. Angela O’Rourke, The Manor’s Director of Sport, has facilitated a programme of over 55 sporting opportunities and activities each week, allowing every boy and girl to enjoy physical activity both within the curriculum and out of personal choice. 4 full-time members of the PE Department and over 35 part-time and volunteer experts guide the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/fitness-is-fun-for-the-boys-and-girls-at-the-manor-preparatory-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NACE Challenge Award for excellence awarded to The King&#8217;s School, Ely.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The King’s School Ely has become the first independent school in Cambridgeshire and only the fourth in the UK to achieve the prestigious NACE Challenge Award for excellence in provision for able, gifted and talented pupils. At King’s School, ‘teachers’ subject knowledge is exceptional and pupils are offered challenging contexts for their learning,’ says the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/nace-challenge-award-for-excellence-awarded-to-the-kings-school-ely/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PUPILS EXPERIENCE EXTREME PHYSICS IN NATIONAL COMPETITION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Physics students from Nottingham High School have been taking part in a national Extreme Physics competition over the Easter holidays at Rugby School in Warwickshire. The Nottingham High School team of Peter Hardwidge, 15, Ben Gates, 14, Christian Cummings, 15, and Chris Brenchley, 15, came fourth in the competition, which involved 24 schools from around [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/pupils-experience-extreme-physics-in-national-competition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>National Lacrosse Excellence for Lottie and Sophie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lottie Van-Praag, Year 10, and Sophie Coombes-Roberts, Year 11, represented Wales in the Women&#8217;s U19 Lacrosse Home International Championship at Cardiff University in March. The girls both played extremely well, resulting in their selection to play for the Wales Senior Women&#8217;s B Team at the Home Internationals in Edinburgh on the 17th and 18th April. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/national-lacrosse-excellence-for-lottie-and-sophie/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>French Verse Speaking Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 20 local primary schools came to St. Mary’s School, Gerrards Cross, to take part in the annual French Verse Speaking Festival, with more than 100 pupils from Years 3 to 6 attending. A great amount of effort must have been spent practising beforehand, as all the participants performed their poems magnificently. There were poems [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/french-verse-speaking-festival/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS Worcester pupils at Radio 5 Live Debate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Worcester pupils at Radio 5 Live Debate 15 students from RGS Worcester were among an invited audience at the recent Radio 5 Live debate, titled ‘Trust and Politics’. Hosted by 5 Live’s Victoria Derbyshire, there were MPs from all the major parties, including Hillary Benn, Labour’s Environment Minister and Simon Hughes of the Lib Dems. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/rgs-worcester-pupils-at-radio-5-live-debate/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>9 year old becomes youngest member of the National Youth Choir</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jacob Kelly, a pupil at the Royal Alexandra and Albert School has passed an audition to join the National Youth Choir, and is now the youngest member of the Choir. The audition included singing two pieces of music with an accompanist and a music sight-reading test. The talented 9 year old was delighted when he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/9-year-old-becomes-youngest-member-of-the-national-youth-choir/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Haileybury receives excellent Ofsted Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Haileybury’s boarding provision has been described by Ofsted inspectors as having “outstanding features”, with no recommendations for improvement set. These comments follow an inspection of the School’s boarding facilities in March 2010, which looked at the key boarding school national minimum standards under the &#8216;Every Child Matters&#8217; outcome groups. The overall outcome judgement is good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/haileybury-receives-excellent-ofsted-report/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CLARINET STAR AT NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nottingham High School pupil and professional clarinet player, Jake Hinson, 15, has gained a professional clarinet performing diploma – an almost unprecedented achievement for a person of his age. Jake, to gain the diploma, performed a recital which included the Stamitz Clarinet Concerto No 3, Weber Concertino and Finzi’s 5 Bagatelles. He was marked on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/clarinet-star-at-nottingham-high-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>A Beating Retreat and Concert in Aid of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity &#8211; 21st May 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Band of The Parachute Regiment, is performing an evening of music at St Joseph’s College, Ipswich, to raise funds for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, the Army’s central charity. The concert will take place on Friday 21st May 2010 at 7pm. The College is delighted to support the evening and continues to work closely with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/a-beating-retreat-and-concert-in-aid-of-abf-the-soldiers%e2%80%99-charity-21st-may-2010/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Quick thinking teacher beats volcanic ash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Where so many other schools have failed, a quick-witted teacher from a Worcester school managed to get 20 pupils back from a German exchange trip. Dr Dan Beer, Head of German at RGS Worcester, was in Kleve, near Cologne, with the pupils. He faced a catalogue of problems when he realised the extent of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/quick-thinking-teacher-beats-volcanic-ash/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>All-Round Excellence Confirmed at The Old Hall School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Old Hall School is ‘an exciting school, buzzing with activity and endeavour in a wide variety of sporting, musical, dramatic and other activities’, where academic standards are ‘high overall in comparison to the national average’, according to the Independent Schools Inspectorate. The inspection report, received this week, praised Wellington’s Old Hall School in all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/all-round-excellence-confirmed-at-the-old-hall-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL BOOK LAUNCH: “SCHOOL OF THE BLACK AND RED: A HISTORY OF BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School’s Old Bedford Modernian (OBM) Club editorial team (Peter Boon, Paul Middleton and Richard Wildman) are launching an updated edition of “School of the Black and Red: A History of Bedford Modern School”. First published in 1981 and written by former pupil and teacher, Andrew Underwood, the original book told the story of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/bedford-modern-school-book-launch-%e2%80%9cschool-of-the-black-and-red-a-history-of-bedford-modern-school%e2%80%9d/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>School pupils stranded by volcanic ash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a boarding school the Royal Alexandra and Albert School has been hit harder than most by the ‘no fly’ crisis that has resulted from the volcanic ash which is filling the skies over England. Over 50 pupils are stranded at locations around the globe and are unable to return to school until flights start [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/school-pupils-stranded-by-volcanic-ash/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>SHAKESPEARE AT THE ABBEY SCHOOL, READING</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This term has seen the two major school productions at The Abbey. ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ was an ambitious and impressive Senior School play and the Junior School put on a lively, musical version of The Tempest. A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Senior School production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ was a great success. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/shakespeare-at-the-abbey-school-reading/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Howell&#8217;s School, Denbigh, Awarded Top UK Rankings by Independent School Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Howell&#8217;s School is delighted to confirm it’s current position in the Top 3 UK rankings for Sixth Form, Girls Schools, Boarding Schools and Preparatory Schools. Out of hundreds of other UK independent schools, Howell&#8217;s achieved this superb rating based on independent feedback provided during 2009/10 on 8 key elements within schools. The overall scores place [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/howells-school-denbigh-awarded-top-uk-rankings-by-independent-school-review/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The future&#8217;s not just bright, it&#8217;s green at the Marist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The coveted Eco Schools Green flag is the culmination of a year’s work by the Marist Senior school in Sunninghill, Ascot. In securing this prestigious accolade the school has improved its environmental efficiency and taught students about the importance of protecting the environment through sustainable development. The Green Flag is awarded to schools who exhibit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/the-futures-not-just-bright-its-green-at-the-marist/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>New Headmistress for St Mary&#8217;s School, Buckinghamshire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Board of Governors of St Mary’s School, Gerrards Cross is pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs Jean Ross as Headmistress, to succeed Mrs Fanny Balcombe when she retires on August 31st 2010. Under Mrs Balcombe’s exemplary leadership the School has thrived and grown during her 15 year tenure. The governors, teachers and pupils, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/new-headmistress-for-st-marys-school-buckinghamshire/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Marist Wins them all in a week!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Marist Senior School, Sunninghill, had an impressive week of sporting successes starting with Swimming on Monday 3rd March, where their swimming teams attended the Ascot School’s Relay Competition at Heathfield School. The Year 9 team came first over all in their age group, and the Year 7 teams also came in top positions after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/the-marist-wins-them-all-in-a-week/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>OPEN DAYS IN MAY 2010 at LALEHAM LEA SCHOOL, SURREY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Give your child the best start in life. OPEN DAYS IN MAY Thurs 20th 2– 4.30pm &#38; Sat 22nd 10-12pm For an appointment to visit ring 020 8660 3351 LALEHAM LEA Catholic Independent Primary School Boys and girls aged 3 to 11. Small classes with inspiring and dedicated teachers. Excellent academic results. Outstanding sports facilities. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/open-days-in-may-2010-at-laleham-lea-school-surrey/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Open Morning at St Francis School &#8211; Friday 14th May</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday 14 May 2010 &#8211; 9.30am to 12.30pm • Dedicated Junior &#38; Senior Nursery facilities • Learning through play in a fun, stimulating and safe environment • Whole or part-days available • Nursery Education Grant available • Childcare vouchers accepted Independent education for boys and girls from 2-13 years Telephone: 01672 563228 www.st-francis.wilts.sch.uk Email: admissions@st-francis.wilts.sch.uk]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/open-morning-at-st-francis-school-friday-14th-may/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Multiple Marist Musician Successes at the Woodley Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Talented Musicians from the Marist Preparatory School triumphed at the Woodley Festival of Music and Arts held earlier this month. The Marist Recorder Consort was highly commended for their ‘lovely sense of ensemble playing’ and took home a gold medal. A silver medal was awarded to the Guitar Quartet for their rendition of ‘The Drunken [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/multiple-marist-musician-successes-at-the-woodley-festival/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL POLITICS AND HISTORY STUDENTS VISIT WASHINGTON DC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[12 Bedford Modern School Politics and History students visited Washington DC for four days over the Easter holidays. The BMS students visited key sites to do with U.S. Government and Politics and the Vietnam War. After arriving in Washington on Wednesday 7th April, the BMS students travelled to the National Mall before walking from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/bedford-modern-school-politics-and-history-students-visit-washington-dc/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>National French poetry competition win for Homefield School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Homefield School in Sutton has ended the year on a high: Year 6 pupil, Robin Hartland, has just won a national poetry French competition opened to students from Year 6 to 13! This competition is run by the West of England University (Bristol) and the French institute in London. Homefield School has already won it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/national-french-poetry-competition-win-for-homefield-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Chess success for Homefield School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The under-9 chess team from Homefield School in Surrey have become the EPSCA U9 National Champions 2009 in the final round of the tournament, winning with a record score of 31.5 out of 35 points. (EPSCA stands for English Primary Schools Chess Association). The Homefield chess coach is Miss Bradley.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/chess-success-for-homefield-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>U13 1st XV National Prep Schools Rugby Winners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Under-13 1st XV rugby team from Homefield School has won the National Prep Schools Rugby Tournament. To win the tournament was a fantastic achievement, going one better than the U13 1st XV team of 2005 who reached the final. Well done to all the boys involved and thank you for the parents for all their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/u13-1st-xv-national-prep-schools-rugby-winners/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL TEACHER CHOSEN TO HELP CELEBRATE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF TATE MODERN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School’s Head of Speech and Drama, Mark Burgess, is one of three prestigious writers selected by BBC Radio 4 to help celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Tate Modern. BBC Radio 4 has commissioned the three writers to each write a 15 minute short story inspired by some aspect of the art gallery [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/bedford-modern-school-teacher-chosen-to-help-celebrate-tenth-anniversary-of-tate-modern/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Howell’s celebrates!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year, Howell’s School, Llandaff, the oldest girls’ school in South Wales, is celebrating its 150th birthday. Members of all sections of the school, ranging from the three-year-old girls in the Nursery to the boys and girls in the Sixth Form College took part in a magnificent celebration of music, drama and dance in St. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/howell%e2%80%99s-celebrates/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Worcester teacher has designs on Excellence Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A dedicated Worcester teacher has won an Excellence Award and received national recognition at a ceremony in London for his Maths and Design and Technology work. David Cotterill has taught at RGS Worcester for 29 years and has received due reward from the Design and Technology Association, by winning his category at the Excellence Awards [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/worcester-teacher-has-designs-on-excellence-award/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Princess Cruises sponsor Merchant Taylor&#8217;s Sixth Form student</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Merchant Taylors’ Sixth Former Philip Cave has won a place working as a Deck Cadet Officer for Princess Cruises, part of the Carnival Group, who will sponsor him through his 3 year degree in either Nautical Sciences or Marine Operations. After completing this he intends to study for a further six months to obtain his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/princess-cruises-sponsor-merchant-taylors-sixth-form-student/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Theatre Studies students act for results!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AS Level Theatre Studies classes took their practical exams this week at Stonyhurst College, performing Diane Samuel’s Kindertransport and Jean Anouilh’s Antigone. The first play was about the displacement of Jewish children in WW2, and their new lives in England, cleverly weaving together the past with the present. The second is a French, 20th century [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/theatre-studies-students-act-for-results/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>HMS Pinafore sails into Barlborough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was all aboard HMS Pinafore for youngsters at Barlborough Hall School! Year five and six pupils put on a hugely successful production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s hit comic opera at the school theatre. HMS Pinafore is the tale of two lovers, divided by their social class. Admiral Sir Joseph was played by William Hall, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/hms-pinafore-sails-into-barlborough/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Comedy comes to Gatton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Six talented young comedians took to the stage at the Royal Alexandra and Albert School this week at the first ever ‘RAAS the Roof’ stand-up comedy show. The lively teenagers started the evening with improvised performances in response to suggestions from the audience like ‘Things not to say when your phone goes off in chapel’ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/comedy-comes-to-gatton/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Centenarian makes nostalgic return to Derbyshire school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A 100-year-old lady has made a nostalgic return to the stately home where she lived and worked 85 years ago. Avis Wilks, who celebrated her 100th birthday in August last year, returned to Barlborough Hall School, in Derbyshire. Avis worked on the staff at Barlborough Hall for ten years from the age of 16 before [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/centenarian-makes-nostalgic-return-to-derbyshire-school-2/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>HIGH PRAISE FOR BOARDING AT BISHOP’S STORTFORD COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The independent day and boarding school in Bishop’s Stortford has passed an inspection of its boarding provision with flying colours. Ofsted inspectors say that Bishop’s Stortford College, a co-educational school for four to eighteen year olds, offers ‘much added value’ with boarders enjoying ‘the true essence of boarding which allows them outstanding personal achievement’ as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/high-praise-for-boarding-at-bishop%e2%80%99s-stortford-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Stonyhurst College leads ecumenical service at Blackburn Cathedral</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stonyhurst College, the Catholic boarding school in Lancashire, led an ecumenical service for Lent at Blackburn’s Anglican Cathedral on Monday 22nd March. Prayers were read jointly by the College Chaplain, Fr John Twist, SJ, and the Dean of Blackburn, The Very Reverend Christopher Armstrong, with the Headmaster, Mr Andrew Johnson, reading an extract from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/stonyhurst-college-leads-ecumenical-service-at-blackburn-cathedral/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL YEAR 7 STUDENTS BECOME YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 7 students undertake three modules during their Design and Technology course throughout the course of their academic year. The “Blister Packaging” module focuses on students creating a corporate image to market a stationery item of their choice. As part of the research element of this module, BMS students undertook both discussion [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/bedford-modern-school-year-7-students-become-young-entrepreneurs/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL YEAR 9 STUDENT, RYAN ISAACSON, SELECTED FOR MINI LONDON MARATHON</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 9 student, Ryan Isaacson has been selected for his performance throughout the winter season, to represent The East of England Team in the Virgin Mini London Marathon taking place on 25th April. The Virgin Mini London Marathon is open to anyone aged between 11 and 17 years and will take place [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/bedford-modern-school-year-9-student-ryan-isaacson-selected-for-mini-london-marathon/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Waterton’s Collection returns to Stonyhurst</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of Charles Waterton’s remarkable and famous personal collection of animals, birds, crustaceans and insects has returned to Stonyhurst College this month, having been on loan to a Yorkshire museum for 40 years. It includes a tarantula spider, vampire bat and a platypus. Charles Waterton, an old boy of the College who attended Stonyhurst in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/waterton%e2%80%99s-collection-returns-to-stonyhurst/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Medal success for Mount St Mary’s fencer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A pupil at Mount St Mary’s College has qualified for The British Youth Fencing Championships after claiming a bronze medal at a key regional tournament. Nina Zimmerman, a year 10 boarding student at the Derbyshire school, fought her way to the third place in the Girls Under 16 Foil event at the Yorkshire Youth Fencing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/medal-success-for-mount-st-mary%e2%80%99s-fencer/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Derbyshire pupils’ fresh take on 400-year-old play</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils at a Derbyshire school ensured a memorable night of theatre by putting their own innovative spin on a 400-year-old classic. A range of pupils aged between 12 and 18 at Mount St Mary’s College produced and performed the Shakespearean favourite ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ with an inventive punk rock inspired twist. The play, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/derbyshire-pupils%e2%80%99-fresh-take-on-400-year-old-play/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Daley Thompson Launches Academy for Aspiring Athletes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Surrey children have met decathlon great Daley Thompson as the Olympic gold medallist opened a new athletics academy at the Royal Alexandra and Albert School. The Academy, which starts in April, will give youngsters who have sporting potential the opportunity to follow in the footsteps in one of Great Britain’s greatest Olympians and develop skills [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/daley-thompson-launches-academy-for-aspiring-athletes/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>U18’s Hockey squad win 2 tournaments in 4 days!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stonyhurst College has recently won two consecutive U18’s 7’s Hockey tournaments in 4 days! The first was at Austin Friars School, Carlisle, where the team beat Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith in the final, winning 2-1. 15 goals were scored throughout the tournament with 1 conceded. The second was at Mount St Mary’s, Sheffield, where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/u18%e2%80%99s-hockey-squad-win-2-tournaments-in-4-days/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BROMSGROVE PRE-PREP DO THEIR BIT FOR SPORT RELIEF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bromsgrove Pre-Preparatory &#38; Nursery School has been busy raising money for Sport Relief today. Pupils and staff at the Hanbury Road School came dressed ready to play their favourite sport on Friday 19th March and raised money for the charity amounting to £225. Mrs Kate Western, Year 2 teacher says “throughout the day, all year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/bromsgrove-pre-prep-do-their-bit-for-sport-relief/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Young Shakespeare Company visit Bedford Modern School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern Junior School Year 6 pupils were delighted with the arrival of the Young Shakespeare Company at the School on Tuesday 16th March. Pupils were transfixed by the enchanting story-telling and breath-taking production of &#8220;Hamlet&#8221;, providing most pupils with their first taste of Shakespeare. A storyteller and four Young Shakespeare Company actors performed Shakespeare&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/young-shakespeare-company-visit-bedford-modern-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CHESS STAR TO MAKE HIS MOVES IN CZECH REPUBLIC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A 10 year old England chess star from Windlesham House School in Washington is on his way to play in the Czech Republic over Easter building on his already impressive reputation. Otto Pyper will be attending the 31st International Annual Tournament of Young Players in Frydek Mistek as part of the National Junior U12 squad. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/chess-star-to-make-his-moves-in-czech-republic/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Science casts a spell at Greenacre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of National Science and Engineering week, the Science laboratories at Greenacre School for Girls in Banstead were transported into the magical world of Hogwarts when the school hosted its annual ‘Science is Fun’ evenings. Organised by the Greenacre Science Department with the support of the Royal Society of Chemistry (Downland Section), about 80 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/science-casts-a-spell-at-greenacre/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Caterham School Students Launch the 11th Edition of Preview Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday 24th March a group of Caterham School students who are interested in politics launched the latest edition of Preview magazine at the Palace of Westminster in the company of over 100 invited guests. Preview is a political magazine that is published annually. It contains a number of thought provoking articles by students, former [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/caterham-school-students-launch-the-11th-edition-of-preview-magazine/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>New Sports Hall is Under Starters Orders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Merchant Taylors’ Schools are delighted to announce the building of a new £5.5 million sports centre, to be completed for the new school year starting September 2011. The Schools’ Governors gave the final go-ahead for the project last week and the contractor is due to begin work in April. To mark the commencement of this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/new-sports-hall-is-under-starters-orders-2/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CHORAL SOCIETY OF BROMSGROVE SCHOOL PERFORM AT BIRMINGHAM TOWN HALL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday 20th March The Choral Society of Bromsgrove School took to the stage in the magnificent surroundings of Birmingham Town Hall Comprising of current pupils, Old Bromsgrovians, parents and past parents of the School, members of staff and Governors, as well as friends of the above and augmented by West House and Winterfold Prep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/04/choral-society-of-bromsgrove-school-perform-at-birmingham-town-hall/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Model United Nations Conference in Edinburgh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Miss Mann and Mrs Huntley escorted 11 girls from Years 10 to 13 to the Model United Conference which was held at George Watson’s College, Edinburgh. It was attended by five hundred students from countries as diverse as Poland, Greece and Iran. Each of the girls represented Columbia on a different committee, discussing topics such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/model-united-nations-conference-in-edinburgh/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Judo Silver Medal Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Matthew Sexton, a pupil at the Royal Alexandra and Albert School has beaten opponents up to two years older, to achieve a silver medal at the British Schools Judo Championships. The contest, which took place in Sheffield saw 12 year old Matthew compete against 16 pupils in his category and he was only beaten by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/judo-silver-medal-success/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>New Sports Hall is Under Starters Orders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Merchant Taylors’ Schools are delighted to announce the building of a new £5.5 million sports centre, to be completed for the new school year starting September 2011. The Schools’ Governors gave the final go-ahead for the project last week and the contractor is due to begin work in April. To mark the commencement of this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/new-sports-hall-is-under-starters-orders/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>More &#8216;Golds&#8217; for Christ College pupils &#8230; this time in the Chemistry Olympiad!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gold Awards at the RSC Chemistry Olympiad Christ College sixth formers Andi Tao and Lukas Fischer-Wulf are celebrating a gold medal haul at the Chemistry Olympiad. Head of Chemistry Dr Paul Smith said: &#8220;With only the best candidates in the country even entering the Olympiad, to secure 2 Golds is a superb achievement. We have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/more-golds-for-christ-college-pupils-this-time-in-the-chemistry-olympiad/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>African Art Workshop a big hit at Worcester school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils at a Worcester junior school have just enjoyed a rousing visit by Kenyan artist, Gakonga. The class at RGS Springfield was able to bring its Kenyan topic to life during the artist’s workshop. Gakonga is a very popular artist, working in watercolours, creating a contemporary take on traditional African images. In addition to painting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/african-art-workshop-a-big-hit-at-worcester-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Hoop, hoop, hooray at King’s School Ely</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There were thrills and a few spills at this year’s Hoop Trundle as King’s and Queen’s Scholars – all sixth formers at the King’s School Ely &#8211; bowled traditional wooden hoops along a 100 metre course by the south door of Ely Cathedral. The Hoop Trundle is one of the most fiercely contested events in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/hoop-hoop-hooray-at-king%e2%80%99s-school-ely/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>King’s Ely pupil selected for RADA summer school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sixteen-year-old King’s School Ely pupil Sally Cheng has been awarded a place on RADA’s (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) prestigious Musical Theatre summer school. Sally, who was selected from among over 100 applicants for one of the 16 places on the course, will work on solo and choral pieces with professional musical directors, exploring the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/king%e2%80%99s-ely-pupil-selected-for-rada-summer-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Point Guard waiting on England call-up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A RGS Worcester pupil, Max Whittle, is eagerly awaiting the results of his trial for the England U18 Basketball team, where he was one of 80 players put forward for possible selection. Max attends RGS Worcester and trains with the senior Worcester Wolves team, which currently sits 9th in the British Basketball League, the supreme [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/point-guard-waiting-on-england-call-up/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Caterham School Student Achieves Duke of Edinburgh Gold in Rapid Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Caterham School student, Eleanor Budge (Lower Sixth), was presented with her Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award certificate at the Tandridge Award ceremony on Monday 22 March. Eleanor may have set a record in completing the Gold Award so quickly. She was a Direct Entrant to the Award Scheme at Gold level and the longest section [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/caterham-school-student-achieves-duke-of-edinburgh-gold-in-rapid-time/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>TRENT COLLEGE ART STUDENTS EXHIBIT AT CHATSWORTH HOUSE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday 7th March, Trent College’s Year 12 Art students held a Private View exhibition of their work in the Carriage Restaurant at Chatsworth House. After an onsite educational visit in the Autumn to Chatsworth House, which involved drawing and painting in the house and grounds, artwork was then developed in the department’s studios at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/trent-college-art-students-exhibit-at-chatsworth-house/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Tate Gallery chairman opens new King’s School arts complex</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lord Browne of Madingley, a former pupil of the King’s School Ely, returned to the school to open a new £3.5m arts complex. He was invited by the governors and the Head, Sue Freestone, in his capacity as chairman of the trustees of the Tate Gallery. The arts complex is housed in a magnificent new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/tate-gallery-chairman-opens-new-king%e2%80%99s-school-arts-complex/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>King’s awarded a ‘first’ for ‘inspired’ teaching</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE King’s School Ely is the first independent school in Cambridgeshire to achieve the prestigious NACE Challenge Award for excellence in provision for able, gifted and talented pupils. The award is given by NACE (the National Association for Able Children in Education) for high quality work throughout the school in challenging all pupils, including those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/king%e2%80%99s-awarded-a-%e2%80%98first%e2%80%99-for-%e2%80%98inspired%e2%80%99-teaching/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Famous author, Robert Muchamore visits Bedford Modern School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School students from Years 7 to 9 received a visit by award winning author, Robert Muchamore, on Thursday 18th March. Students from John Bunyan School and Rushmoor School were also invited to attend the session where they were able to hear Robert Muchamore speak, and had the opportunity to purchase some of his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/famous-author-robert-muchamore-visits-bedford-modern-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Spelthorne Junior Chess Championships 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The second Spelthorne Junior Chess Championships took place at Staines Prep on Saturday 13 March. The competition, which was open to all children living or attending school in Spelthorne, is part of an initiative led by Mike Basman (organiser of the British Land UK Chess Challenge) and local organiser Dr Noel Stewart. The tournament comprises [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/spelthorne-junior-chess-championships-2010/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern Junior School pupils present “The Menu Bites Back”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern Junior School pupils from Years 3 and 4 presented &#8220;The Menu Bites Back&#8221; on Thursday 18th March in the Christopher Fry Hall at the School. &#8220;The Menu Bites Back&#8221; was a short musical for children in which the basic theme was diversity. During the Spring Term all the pupils in Years 3 and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/bedford-modern-junior-school-pupils-present-%e2%80%9cthe-menu-bites-back%e2%80%9d/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Derbyshire school hosts orchestral extravaganza</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of the finest school musicians in the country created a symphony of sound during a musical weekend at Mount St Mary’s College. Musicians from four schools combined their talents to perform as an orchestra and also enjoyed a choral workshop culminating in a rousing rendition of Mozart’s ‘Ave Verum’. As well as pupils from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/derbyshire-school-hosts-orchestral-extravaganza/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School take part in Bedfordshire Festival of Music, Speech and Drama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Around 100 students who have their Speech and Drama lessons at Bedford Modern School took part in the annual Bedfordshire Festival of Music, Speech and Drama held at the Corn Exchange between 6th and 13th March 2010. Students from all year groups were represented in 27 classes performing in front of students from other schools, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/bedford-modern-school-take-part-in-bedfordshire-festival-of-music-speech-and-drama/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Hospice fundraising at Farlington School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Farlington’s Prep School has recently been working hard to raise money for St Catherine’s Hospice in Crawley. Girls in Farlington’s four ‘Houses’ – Aylward, Keller, Nightingale and Pankhurst (all named after prominent ladies, of course) all joined together in organising events which included non-uniform days, bun sales and raffles. These ventures, together with the retiring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/hospice-fundraising-at-farlington-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Stonyhurst wins Lancashire Schools Plate Final!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Stonyhurst College U14s won the Lancashire Schools Plate Final at Rochdale RUFC on Sunday 21st March, beating Kirkham Grammar 38 -12. Kirkham provided strong opposition, and at half-time the score was 12-7 in their favour. Stonyhurst played extremely well and managed to take the lead in the second half. The U14s are now preparing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/stonyhurst-wins-lancashire-schools-plate-final/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Stories come to life at Hodder House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hodder House (Stonyhurst’s pre-prep department) celebrated World Book Week by coming to school dresses as their favourite storybook characters. Darth Vader rubbed shoulders with Mog the Cat, Sleeping Beauty and the Little Mermaid, and a variety of Knights in shining armour encountered King Henry V! Everyone looked wonderful as stories leapt out of their pages [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/stories-come-to-life-at-hodder-house/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>World Book day at Farlington School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[World Book Day at Farlington Prep. School is always an extremely popular event, with everyone dressing up as characters from their favourite books, including all members of staff. Year 4 started the day off in style with their assembly on … BOOKS! Some girls from the class read a piece from their chosen book and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/world-book-day-at-farlington-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Big Bang Fair 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students from Nottingham High School Design Technology Department have been celebrating following a victorious weekend at the Big Bang Fair in Manchester, which featured the finals of the National Science and Engineering competition and Young Engineer for Britain competition. Adam Robbins (16) won the Integration and Application of Electronics prize in the Young Engineer for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/big-bang-fair-2010/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Caterham School Compete in the National Schools U19A &amp; U19B Lacrosse Tournament</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 5th and 6th of March, Caterham School 1st XII and 2nd XII lacrosse teams competed in the annual National Schools U19A and U19B Lacrosse Tournament which was held at Imperial College Sports Ground. It was the first time that we had entered a 2nd XII. Only the schools with the strongest squads enter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/caterham-school-compete-in-the-national-schools-u19a-u19b-lacrosse-tournament/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>More international and regional hockey honours at Christ College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U16s Welsh Hockey International Hockey at Christ College continues to go from strength to strength and this has been reflected in a series of national and regional selections. Christ College pupil Ben Wigmore, from Llanfrynach near Brecon, has been selected to play for Wales at U16 level. Ben, who is only 14 years old, will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/more-international-and-regional-hockey-honours-at-christ-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Gold medal winner from Christ College at the British Biology Olympiad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since 1997, Christ College sixth form pupils have competed in the British Biology Olympiad, run by the Society of Biology (formerly the Institute of Biology). There have been many individual successes along ther way and a collective success in 2005 when Christ College won best school in Wales. Gold medal winner at the British Biology [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/gold-medal-winner-from-christ-college-at-the-british-biology-olympiad/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Sixth Form National Energy Initiative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sixth Formers at Farnborough Hill feel passionately about raising awareness of global warming and climate change in the minds of young people, in order to encourage good ecological habits to help safeguard the future. As part of a Sixth Form ecological initiative, Charlotte Stidston, Hannah Sorrel, Hannah Thomas, Hannah Patel, Lillian Carr, Hannah Thrower and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/sixth-form-national-energy-initiative/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Netball teams achieve a &#8216;clean sweep&#8217; against local rivals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The strength and quality of Netball at Christ College has never been in doubt. Recent successes in the County play-offs have meant that Christ College will go on to represent Powys at the National inter-county tournaments at U19 &#38; U16 level. However the performances of all of our netball teams today (10th March) against Llandovery [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/netball-teams-achieve-a-clean-sweep-against-local-rivals/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Polo success for Woldingham girls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 28th February 2010 Woldingham polo team participated in the National Arena Girls Tournament, held in Rugby. The team consisted of Katy Bernard, Laura Endicott and Heather Norris. They played against Rugby, Wellington and St George’s Ascot. They were all very nervous due to the fact that it was the first chukka of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/polo-success-for-woldingham-girls/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>OPEN DAY EVENTS AT BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School (www.bedmod.co.uk) is an independent day school for girls and boys aged 7 to 18 and combines excellent facilities, first class teaching and traditional values. We are proud of our academic standards, our wide range of cultural and sporting opportunities and our exceptionally caring pastoral structure. We want our students to gain the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/open-day-events-at-bedford-modern-school-2010/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NEW NOTTINGHAM BISHOP VISITS NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL ON PILGRIMAGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new Bishop of Southwell &#38; Nottingham – the Rt Revd Paul Butler, paid a visit to Nottingham High School as part of a personal seven hour ‘pilgrimage’ of Nottingham city centre. Riding the tram from the Nottingham suburbs into the city, Bishop Paul’s journey of discovery involved a visit to a weekly market, various [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/new-nottingham-bishop-visits-nottingham-high-school-on-pilgrimage/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>TRENT COLLEGE WIN FIRST GIRLS’ NATIONAL HOCKEY TITLE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trent College in Long Eaton are celebrating after their Girls’ Hockey Team were crowned Under 16 Champions at the National Schools Finals, held in Staffordshire. This achievement was a milestone in itself for Girls’ Hockey at the School, being the first time Trent had a team in the National Finals, and what a debut it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/trent-college-win-first-girls%e2%80%99-national-hockey-title/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>GARY RHODES OPENS QUEENSWOOD’S COOKERY SUITE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday 6 March 2010, Queenswood School, Hatfield, welcomed celebrity chef, restaurateur and author Gary Rhodes OBE to officially open the new state-of-the-art practical cookery suite. For many years the girls have had a vital ingredient missing from school life: cookery lessons. The suite, which was completed in the autumn, was masterminded by the school [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/gary-rhodes-opens-queenswood%e2%80%99s-cookery-suite/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>U12 NETBALL TEAM 4TH BEST IN THE COUNTRY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U12 Netballers from Bromsgrove Preparatory School travelled to Brighton (on Friday 12th March) to compete in the IAPS National Netball finals at Roedean school On the day, 68 teams took part in the U11, U12 and U13 competitions and it was a fantastic spectacle of netball to watch in a stunning setting. Having qualified as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/u12-netball-team-4th-best-in-the-country/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bestselling children’s author drops in to Bilton Grange to celebrate World Book Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GP Taylor, author of fantasy novels including Shadowmancer, Wormwood &#38; The Tizzle Sisters talks to Bilton Grange pupils New York Times bestselling author GP Taylor yesterday visited Bilton Grange Preparatory School in Dunchurch to celebrate World Book Day. The author, who has notched up over sales of over three million books worldwide, has been described [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/bestselling-children%e2%80%99s-author-drops-in-to-bilton-grange-to-celebrate-world-book-day/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School Sixth Form students to address Mental Health Conference at Tavistock Centre, London</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 13 students, Rebecca Pye and Cristina MacKinnon, along with Sara Akhtar and Farah Irshad from Biddenham Upper School, will be addressing 60 mental health professionals at a conference to be held at the prestigious Tavistock Health Clinic in London on Friday 12th March. The Conference is entitled “Culture, CAMHS (Child and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/bedford-modern-school-sixth-form-students-to-address-mental-health-conference-at-tavistock-centre-london/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Canfordian in prestigious Roche Court Articulation Prize final</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Becca Dyson, a sixth former at Canford School, Wimborne reached the final of the Roche Court Articulation Prize held at Cambridge University on the 6th March. The highly prestigious prize was formerly the Kenneth Clarke Art History Award held at Winchester College, but has now been expanded to a national level. It involves writing and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/canfordian-in-prestigious-roche-court-articulation-prize-final/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEST ACTRESS BAFTA FOR WOLDINGHAM OLD GIRL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just seven years after leaving Woldingham School, Carey Mulligan won a Best Actress BAFTA and was nominated for an Oscar for her debut-lead film role in Nick Hornby&#8217;s An Education. Carey had already scooped Best Actress prize at the British Independent Film Awards in December 2009 for the same role. She won the Best Actress [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/best-actress-bafta-for-woldingham-old-girl/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Spring is in the air at Ashford School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Spring Concert at Ashford School last week was another impressive success for the independent school that is growing in popularity for musicians across the globe. With the standard and quality of performers improving at every event this was one of the last performances featuring talented soloist Katrina Peng playing Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/spring-is-in-the-air-at-ashford-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Worcester school links up with local business to try and win car race</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A monumental challenge, to build an electric car able to race in just 13 weeks, has been undertaken by a team of sixth form pupils from RGS Worcester, backed by local company, Superform Aluminium. The students have to construct the car from scratch, and see how far it can be driven in 90 minutes, in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/worcester-school-links-up-with-local-business-to-try-and-win-car-race/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>DREAM OF AN IDEA FOR UN CHARITY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There wasn’t a hint of a yawn or snoozing in class when pupils at a top Fylde Coast independent school decided to dress in pyjamas for a day to raise valuable funds for world children’s charity, UNICEF. The event, at Fleetwood’s Rossall School proved to be a dream of an idea for the charity, with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/dream-of-an-idea-for-un-charity/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Going the extra mile – Bilton Grange raises money for Haiti</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils take on a host of challenges from a vertical mile to a mile of hymns Raising money the easy way was not on the cards for the pupils of Bilton Grange who opted for ‘going the extra mile’ to raise funds for the Red Cross Appeal for Haiti. Children of all ages across the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/going-the-extra-mile-%e2%80%93-bilton-grange-raises-money-for-haiti/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>A &#8216;Taste of the Orient&#8217; promotes learning through creativity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Polam Hall School has introduced a new and motivating teaching method to its Junior School, which moves away from a rigid, prescriptive curriculum and promotes learning through creativity, using the children’s curiosity as the stimulus. The creative curriculum ethos at Polam Hall is helping pupils to understand core subjects by using exciting and interesting ways [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/a-taste-of-the-orient-promotes-learning-through-creativity/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>March sports spectacular at Mount St Mary’s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of sporting competitors from across the country will be in action at Mount St Mary’s College this month. Over the next four weeks, the Derbyshire school will play host to five regional and national sports events. Kicking off the action-packed March sports events programme is the Mount 7s Hockey and Netball Tournament this weekend [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/march-sports-spectacular-at-mount-st-mary%e2%80%99s/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PUPILS CHOSEN TO HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN INDIA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ten pupils from Windlesham House School in Washington are to experience the trip of a lifetime having been selected to visit India later this year. George Carmichael, Monty Clevely, Theo Golden, Claudia Kelley, Will Line, Henry Martin, Marcus Miller, Laila Petra, Mark Smirnov and Joey Walsworth will be visiting education projects and handing over fund-raising [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/pupils-chosen-to-help-make-a-difference-in-india/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>One of the Largest Groups of Young Voices in Shropshire sing Vivaldi “Gloria” &#8211; March 20th, 7.30pm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two Shropshire Music Scholars perform Bach&#8217;s Famous Double Violin Concerto Shrewsbury Abbey March 20th 2010 7:30 pm One of the most famous of pieces, Vivaldi’s “Gloria” is to be performed at Shrewsbury Abbey 20th March by one of the largest groups of young voices in the county. The concert will also feature two brilliant violinists, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/one-of-the-largest-groups-of-young-voices-in-shropshire-sing-vivaldi-%e2%80%9cgloria%e2%80%9d-march-20th-730pm/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Rhymes and Races on Book Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday 5th March, instead of pupils, the Royal Alexandra and Albert School had troops of soldiers, kings, Bo-Peeps, piggies and blackbirds in attendance. It was Book Day and the theme this year was nursery rhymes so all the children and staff came to school dressed as a character from a nursery rhyme. Fancy Dress [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/rhymes-and-races-on-book-day/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School students attend A2 American Politics Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School A2 Politics students attended a revision conference on Wednesday 3rd March in London. The students heard from two notable authors and examiners, Anthony Bennett and Paul Fairclough on a variety of topics including The Presidency, Supreme Court and U.S. Political Parties. As well as the lecture notes, students were given a free [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/bedford-modern-school-students-attend-a2-american-politics-conference/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The BBC Radio Wales &#8216;Jamie &amp; Louise&#8217; show &#8211; Live from Christ College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Christ College pupil and now BBC Wales Today presenter Jamie Owen returned to Christ College on Thursday 4th March. Jamie hosts his BBC Radio Wales show with Louise Elliott every weekday morning from 9.00 am until 12 midday. You may have heard about the massive red scarf which Louise and Jamie have been organising [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/the-bbc-radio-wales-jamie-louise-show-live-from-christ-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Over 125 voices in Choral Spectacular</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Christ College tradition of choral singing showed itself to be thriving in a splendid concert in Brecon Cathedral on Saturday 27th February which brought together all of the school&#8217;s choral groups. Alway Singers, both the Female and Male Voice Choirs, and the Chapel Choir all sang individually before joining forces with the Choral Society [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/over-125-voices-in-choral-spectacular/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>World Book Day celebrated at Bearwood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, 4th March, Bearwood pupils of all ages celebrated World Book Day a number of ways. Firstly, the librarian visited the Prep and Pre-Prep Schools, where the children dressed up and were treated to storytime as well as some free literary gifts and World Book Day cupcakes. The themes for Year 3 and Year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/world-book-day-celebrated-at-bearwood/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>TRENT RUGBY TITANS TACKLE READING</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rugby players from Trent College in Long Eaton have discovered a novel way to fit more reading into their school day. Books and reading play a large role in life at Trent College and its Junior School, The Elms, with all pupils encouraged to read for pleasure. With this in mind, the School’s Rugby Titans, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/trent-rugby-titans-tackle-reading/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BROMSGROVE’S U16A RUGBY TEAM NAMED N.MIDLANDS CHAMPIONS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After an exciting and successful season, Bromsgrove Schools’ U16A rugby team have been declared the North Midlands Champions (on 3rd March 2010). Their opponents, Adam’s Grammar, put up a good fight and it was all square at full time (3 to 3), however it came to the boot of Fifth Former James Widdop to put [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/bromsgrove%e2%80%99s-u16a-rugby-team-named-nmidlands-champions/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>‘SPY DOG’ VISITS ELMS PUPILS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils from Years 2-5 at The Elms, Junior School to Trent College, were in for a treat this week, when award winning author Andrew Cope and his dog Lara came to visit, creating a perfect start to the School’s World Book Week activities. Lara is the inspiration behind Andrew’s bestselling Spy Dog novels, in which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/%e2%80%98spy-dog%e2%80%99-visits-elms-pupils/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Staines Prep Raising Money for Sports Relief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 350 children from Staines Prep took part in a sponsored ‘Exercise to Music’ event on Friday 5 March, to help raise funds for Sport Relief 2010. In the past, each House at Staines Prep has supported its own local charity through various fundraising activities. However, this year for the first time all four Houses [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/staines-prep-raising-money-for-sports-relief/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>WORLD BOOK DAY CELEBRATED IN STYLE AT TRENT COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[World Book Day is always a day to remember for Trent College and its Junior School, The Elms, and this year was no exception. Held on Thursday 4th March, World Book Day is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK and Ireland. One of its main aims is to encourage children [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/world-book-day-celebrated-in-style-at-trent-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CELEBRATING WORLD BOOK DAY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bromsgrove Pre-Preparatory and Nursery School held a celebration for World Book Day with a visit from children&#8217;s author, Cat Weatherill. All the children from Nursery to Year Two had an interactive Storytelling session with Cat who brought her stories to life with music, props and audience participation. Aswell as telling the pupils stories from other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/celebrating-world-book-day/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Duchess of Gloucester visits The Royal Alexandra and Albert school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday 3rd March marked a very special day for the Royal Alexandra and Albert School as it was the 250th anniversary of the admission of the first pupil to the Orphan Working School (which later became the Royal Alexandra and Albert School). To mark the occasion, pupils and staff were joined by the School’s President, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/the-duchess-of-gloucester-visits-the-royal-alexandra-and-albert-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Junior Barbarians trials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two boys from Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall have been selected to play for the Independent Association of Prep Schools Barbarians. Favour Maduka will play for the Under 13 side and Chidiebere Nechi for the Under 11&#8242;s. The IAPS have been holding trials all over the country to select a squad of players to play in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/junior-barbarians-trials/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Hull Collegiate School are National Cross-Country Champions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire pupils were triumphant at the North of England cross-country squad, by winning the recent ISA Cross-Country Championships, held near Coventry, last week. Twelve-year old Andrew Hess achieved his own individual glory by winning his event and becoming the National ISA Cross-Country Champion for his age group. Andrew, aged 12 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/hull-collegiate-school-are-national-cross-country-champions/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Naval surgeon receives Help for Heroes donation from his old school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  An old boy, who is an acting surgeon at Selly Oak Hospital, made an emotional return to his old school to receive a £2,050 cheque on behalf of Help for Heroes Will Sharp, Surgeon-Lieutenant, Royal Navy, returned to RGS The Grange to accept the cheque from Simon Howkins, who is the deputy head at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/naval-surgeon-receives-help-for-heroes-donation-from-his-old-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School student Ryan Isaacson to take part in English Schools’ Cross Country Championships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over two cold and wet Wednesday afternoons in February, Bedford Modern Schools’ Cross Country team competed in the North Beds District Championships and the County Cross Country Championships. Over both events, all of the Bedford Modern runners competed well, with one Junior girl (Samantha Prentice) and one Senior boy (Alex Robertson) together with four Junior [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/bedford-modern-school-student-ryan-isaacson-to-take-part-in-english-schools%e2%80%99-cross-country-championships/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School Year 5 pupils “Build a Tudor House” day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern Junior School Year 5 pupils took part in a Build a Tudor House workshop on Tuesday 2nd March. The workshop ran from 9.00am until 3.30pm in the Christopher Fry Hall at the School and was led by Charlie Lupton from Build a Tudor House(www.buildatudorhouse.co.uk) Materials were provided by Oakwrights, a multi-award winning company [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/bedford-modern-school-year-5-pupils-%e2%80%9cbuild-a-tudor-house%e2%80%9d-day/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STAR-STUDDED EVENING AT BISHOP’S STORTFORD COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lady Gaga, Corinne Bailey-Rae, Led Zepplin, Back Street Boys and even the Spice Girls were amongst the many headline acts performing to packed audiences at the Leo Price Theatre, Bishop’s Stortford College last week. Fourteen acts in total competed for the affection, and votes, of the audiences on two consecutive nights in a special Stars [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/star-studded-evening-at-bishop%e2%80%99s-stortford-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Boomtube</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday 28 February coach-loads of excited Q girls and a posse of proud parents descended on the West End for a concert of a life-time: Boomtube. The event was staged at the famous Phoenix Theatre and masterminded by Harrow School pupil Charles Y and his family to raise funds for the charity ‘Room to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/boomtube/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Mount St Mary’s on its marks for 2012 Olympics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[State-of-the-art facilities at Mount St Mary’s College are playing a key role in attracting prestigious sporting events and national teams to Derbyshire ahead of the Olympics and Paralympics in 2012. Mount St Mary’s, based at Spinkhill, features in the London Organising Committee Pre-Games Training Camp Guide, which is designed to give teams and individual athletes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/mount-st-mary%e2%80%99s-on-its-marks-for-2012-olympics/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School Easter Holiday Activity Courses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 750 children took part in Bedford Modern School&#8217;s Holiday Activity Courses which ran over five weeks of the School holidays last summer. Why not plan your 2010 holidays now and see what Bedford Modern School can offer your children? Holiday Activity Courses at BMS will be running on the following dates during 2010:- Easter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/bedford-modern-school-easter-holiday-activity-courses/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Stonyhurst launches fund for education in Zimbabwe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stonyhurst College in Lancashire launched the Stonyhurst Scholarship Fund in February, with a charity fashion show. The new fund will enable children in Zimbabwe to receive an education. “It only costs 40 pounds per year to go to school in Zimbabwe, yet this is far beyond the reach of many people there,” said Celia Lupton, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/stonyhurst-launches-fund-for-education-in-zimbabwe/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Model pupils engage in winning tactics at RGS Worcester</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four Worcester schoolboys, who came 4th in the 2009 National Warhammer gaming tournament, are in full training to improve on last year’s performance. Led by 13 year old Sam Paget, the team of four all attend the Royal Grammar School in Worcester. They are the current Regional Champions in the 11-18 year age group. After [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/model-pupils-engage-in-winning-tactics-at-rgs-worcester/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Inspection success at Ashford School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ashford School has recently undergone their regular inspection of boarding facilities by OFSTED and have been awarded with an excellent report from the regulators. “Alongside the first-rate inspection reports on the school from the Independent School Inspectorate and on our Early Years from OFSTED, this report confirms the quality of the education and care provided [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/inspection-success-at-ashford-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>SPEEDY SKATER GLIDES TO SUCCESS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Year 8 pupil from Trent College in Long Eaton has earned her place in the top eight speed skaters in Western Europe, one of only two British girls to do so. Last month, Jennifer Pickering, 13, took part in the final Star Class competition in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, finishing in 6th place. The Star [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/speedy-skater-glides-to-success/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>DAME VERA LYNN VISITS LANCING COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday 28 February the pupils and staff at Lancing College were delighted to welcome Dame Vera Lynn to their morning Chapel service. After the service, Dame Vera enjoyed lunch with members of the College choir and their families. She was also entertained by a group of girls from Field’s House who sang their a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/dame-vera-lynn-visits-lancing-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>FIRST EVER FESTIVAL FUELS PASSION FOR READING</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With fourteen events packed into one week, involving thirteen star authors, illustrators and poets, attempting to summarise the highlights of the first ever Bishop’s Stortford College Festival of Literature is an almost impossible task! This extraordinary celebration of all things literary was launched with a controversial lecture on the true origins and identity of Shakespeare [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/first-ever-festival-fuels-passion-for-reading/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS Worcester doubles ‘£10,000 in one week for Haiti’ target</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils at a Worcester school have smashed their target of raising £10,000, in just one week, for the children of Haiti, by banking £22,923. The goal set at RGS Worcester for the week 8-12 February, looked very ambitious, particularly as the end of day one had raised only £101. But the whole school met the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/rgs-worcester-doubles-%e2%80%9810000-in-one-week-for-haiti%e2%80%99-target/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Young equestrian earns national call-up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Derbyshire school’s equestrian sensation is cantering on to the national stage after being invited to train with the prestigious Great Britain Pony Squad. Erin Williams, 12, who attends Mount St Mary’s College, was rewarded with the call-up to the squad’s dressage team on pony Danny Boy B after a series of impressive performances in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/young-equestrian-earns-national-call-up/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School Year 3 pupils experience Egyptian Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern Junior School Year 3 pupils learnt about life in Ancient Egypt through a variety of workshop activities and role plays that took place at the School on Thursday 25th February. Pupils were visited by &#8220;History Off The Page&#8221;, who are a team of specialist teachers who travel from school to school. History Off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/bedford-modern-school-year-3-pupils-experience-egyptian-life/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School “Bees” are aiming to spell success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2009 The Times Spelling Bee arranged for students to compete against others to become the country’s spelling champion. This year, Microsoft is the official sponsor of the Spelling Bee, teaming up with The Times. The 2010 Spelling Bee Championships are open to any student who will be 12 years old between 1st September 2009 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/bedford-modern-school-%e2%80%9cbees%e2%80%9d-are-aiming-to-spell-success/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Educational experience enhanced by IGCSEs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[International GCSEs (IGCSEs) are playing a key role in preparing pupils for higher education, according to teachers at a leading independent school. IGCSEs were introduced for six subjects at Mount St Mary’s College in September 2009 to replace the traditional GCSE. The Derbyshire school offers IGSCEs for Biology, Chemistry, Physics, , French and Spanish and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/educational-experience-enhanced-by-igcses/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>EATING DISORDERS AWARENESS WEEK – 22nd – 26th February 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2007, aged just 14, Constance Barter was admitted to a specialist eating-disorders unit. During the seven months she remained there as an in-patient, she kept an extraordinarily honest and courageous diary, which has become Mealtimes and Milestones. This mature account of a teenager’s struggle with anorexia nervosa sheds new light on what the illness [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/eating-disorders-awareness-week-%e2%80%93-22nd-%e2%80%93-26th-february-2010/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Exciting proposals for the future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After months of deliberation and discussion, the Governors are proposing that Polam Hall would become a Diamond Model School from September 2010. At the same time, the governing body of Hurworth House School were also considering their school’s future direction. Following sensitive joint discussions, the Governors and Head Teachers of both schools now share a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/exciting-proposals-for-the-future/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Polam Hall Students follow the Yellow Brick Road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Polam Hall School pupils are taking parents all the way to the Emerald City hoping to wow audiences with their end of year Wizard of Oz production. In what is the 70th anniversary year for the popular tale, both Infant and Junior School pupils are taking part in the play portraying lovable characters such as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/polam-hall-students-follow-the-yellow-brick-road/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Canford Concert 2010 &#8211; Lighthouse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The biennial musical extravaganza that is Canford’s major concert in Poole’s arts centre, &#8216;Lighthouse&#8217;, took place on Sunday 10th February. 138 pupils took part, performing in the orchestra, senior strings, wind bands and choirs. Sibelius’ ‘Karelia Suite’ opened the programme. Under the baton of David Warwick, the musicians produced a compelling performance: the brass climaxes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/03/canford-concert-2010-lighthouse/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Budding Picassos Showcase Talent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Polam Hall School is giving art lovers the opportunity to see the work of budding Picassos at an exhibition, which features pupils from schools across Darlington and the surrounding areas. The exhibition, entitled ‘Our Heritage Matters’, will display various forms of art, entered by school pupils as part of a competition organised by Polam Hall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/budding-picassos-showcase-talent/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Charterhouse Outclassed by Canford: Boarding Schools Cup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Charterhouse outclassed by Canford Boys&#8217; Hockey &#8211; Boarding Schools Cup Charterhouse 0 Canford 7 Goal scorers Simon Hanley, 5 Tom Darby 2 Canford&#8217;s entire team played very well, especially after only one practice game. The bad weather over the past few weeks may have caused postponements of all the warm-up matches, but this has allowed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/charterhouse-outclassed-by-canford-boarding-schools-cup/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>British Rowing Junior Trials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anastasia Chitty and Alex Wilding took part in the Junior Rowing Trials on the Great Ouse, Lincolnshire in snowy conditions. Anastasia sculled well in a highly competitive field of 56. The Canford girl set out to achieve a place in the top ten so coming home in 6th more than fulfilled her ambitions for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/british-rowing-junior-trials/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School Politics students visit Edinburgh as part of Devolution studies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[21 Bedford Modern School AS Politics students attended a three day trip to Scotland as part of their studies into Devolution and the operation of the Scottish Parliament. During the trip the students went to the University of Edinburgh to hear Dr E. Hepburn on Devolution and also Dr Swanson on studying Politics at University [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/bedford-modern-school-politics-students-visit-edinburgh-as-part-of-devolution-studies/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Former BMS pupil, Professor Stephen Wildman talks at Ruskin Society</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor Stephen Wildman, OBM 1960-69, Director of the Ruskin Library and Research Centre at Lancaster University, was the guest speaker at the Ruskin Society&#8217;s Birthday Dinner at The Athenaeum in London on Monday 8th February. Stephen&#8217;s talk, entitled Black Wind and White Fire: Ruskin&#8217;s visit to Sicily in 1874, was illustrated with letters and drawings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/former-bms-pupil-professor-stephen-wildman-talks-at-ruskin-society/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Lancing College celebrates 110 years of its Combined Cadet Force</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Special events to commemorate this landmark anniversary will take place on 10th March 2010 Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Woodard OL, great-grandson of Rev Nathaniel Woodard (the founder of Lancing College and of the Woodard Corporation of schools), will attend, with his sons Commander Jolyon Woodard RN OL and Captain Rupert Woodard OL. They will arrive in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/lancing-college-celebrates-110-years-of-its-combined-cadet-force/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Extended Project Qualification</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Extended Project Qualification is a new AS level which we are introducing into the Sixth Form. It gives students the opportunity to develop their skills in research and in independent study which are the foundation for university level work. The students can develop ideas covered in their A level studies, use cross curricular themes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/extended-project-qualification/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>West Side Story comes to Bedford Modern School &#8211; March 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School students will be performing West Side Story at the School on Monday 8th March, Tuesday 9th March and from Thursday 11th March to Saturday 13th March 2010. Set in New York in the mid-1950&#8242;s, West Side Story explores the rivalry between two teenage gangs of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. When young [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/west-side-story-comes-to-bedford-modern-school-march-2010/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School Table Tennis players to represent their country</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four Bedford Modern School students and talented Table Tennis stars have been selected by The English Schools’ Table Tennis Association (ESTTA) to represent their country at the International School Sport Federation (ISF) World Schools’ Table Tennis Championships to be held in the Czech Republic between 25th and 31st March. Bedford Modern School’s Table Tennis Team [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/bedford-modern-school-table-tennis-players-to-represent-their-country/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Sixth-formers interview author Philip Pullman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Budding sixth-form journalists Seb Sutcliffe, Aja Garrod-Prance, Maddie Kirk, Ben Honey, Jonny Davidson and Jonny Frost recently interviewed celebrated author Philip Pullman. The pupils spent half an hour with the Whitbread-award winner for the first issue of EXEPRESS, a creative writing and arts magazine that is due to be launched later this term. They asked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/sixth-formers-interview-author-philip-pullman/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PREP SCHOOL SPRING CONCERT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The weather may have been icy outside but inside Farlington’s Courtyard Hall the Prep School’s Spring Concert put a spring in everyone’s step. It was lovely to see all the girls in the Prep School involved, with those who weren’t performing greeting visitors at the door and assisting with the staging. The audience all rose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/prep-school-spring-concert/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Drama workshop at Farlington</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Farlington’s Drama and Music Departments are beginning a new trend of inviting in outside speakers and performers to talk to senior students about their experiences and give them tips and advice. Nikky Griffiths was in the original cast of the musical Wicked in the West End, Hairspray, and in the touring productions of Mama Mia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/drama-workshop-at-farlington/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Howell’s School, Llandaff Oxbridge Offers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students at Howell’s School Sixth Form College are celebrating a bumper crop of offers from colleges at Oxford and Cambridge. Piers Kennedy (18) will be heading to St Peter’s College, Oxford, to read Music, where he has also been awarded a Choral Scholarship. He said, &#8220;I am really happy about getting an offer from Oxford, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/howell%e2%80%99s-school-llandaff-oxbridge-offers/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Oxbridge success at Exeter School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sixth-formers celebrate offers of places Exeter School Sixth Formers and staff are celebrating further success at the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge this autumn. The school has received twelve offers of places so far, in a range of subjects, with particularly impressive achievements this year in Engineering: two pupils have secured Cambridge offers and four [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/oxbridge-success-at-exeter-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Exeter School are Devon U18 rugby champions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[19-12 win in closely-contested match v Plymouth College Wednesday 2 December saw the final of the Devon U18 rugby cup, which was played at Exeter School between the holders, Plymouth College, and Exeter School. The two sides met last year in the final and once this season: Plymouth were the victors by a narrow margin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/exeter-school-are-devon-u18-rugby-champions/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School student is part of International Youth Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 13 student, Garry Hendry, has been chosen to join an International Youth Project as part of the E.U. Youth in Action initiative. The programme will involve Garry spending a week in Spain, learning how to organise, market and recruit for voluntary organisations. “I have been involved with the International Youth Project, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/bedford-modern-school-student-is-part-of-international-youth-project/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School students are “Going Green”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gary Jones, Head of Faculty – Art Design Information Technology at Bedford Modern School together with the school’s Academic Enrichment Co-ordinator, Dawn Costello, arranged for 25 BMS Year 9 students to take part in a session designing and constructing wind turbines as part of their Science, Maths and Technology syllabus. Students were selected based on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/bedford-modern-school-students-are-%e2%80%9cgoing-green%e2%80%9d/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Highclare Pupils Wear Hats for Haiti</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils across all three sites at Highclare School raised money for the Haiti Earthquake Appeal last week, raising a total for the whole school of £1,412. Children at the school’s Nursery and Infant department at Highclare Woodfield, in Wylde Green, wore a great assortment of different hats on Friday 29th January to raise their money, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/highclare-pupils-wear-hats-for-haiti/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Action for Haiti</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cake Sale and Mufti Day raise £548 On Thursday 28th January, the Junior School enjoyed a MUFTI Day and arranged a cake sale, with the specific intention of raising as much money as possible for the relief operation in Haiti. There was an exceptionally positive response from parents and children, resulting in a contribution of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/action-for-haiti/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Primary Maths Challenge 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 17th November 112 Exeter Junior School children sat this year’s Primary Maths Challenge. After some extremely hard work, we have been able to present an assortment of certificates to the candidates. Worthy of particular note are Harry Tremlett of U1F (Year 4) who won a silver certificate and Amber Seaward of U2A (Year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/primary-maths-challenge-2009/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL’s CAPTAIN BRIAN SIMPSON BECOMES FORCES HERO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Staff Instructor (SSI) Captain Brian Simpson is a volunteer Caseworker for The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) Forces Help. SSAFA have been serving the Armed Forces and their families for well over a 100 years and last year alone provided a reliable, caring and trusting service to more than 50,000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/bedford-modern-school%e2%80%99s-captain-brian-simpson-becomes-forces-hero/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Author shares her top tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Luckley-Oakfield welcomes top teenager fiction writer ‘Characters turn the wheel of a plot’ popular fiction writer, Mary Hooper told girls at Luckley-Oakfield when she visited to share the secrets of her successful writing. With the same editor as J K Rowling and over 40 books to her name, Mary was able to offer the eager [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/author-shares-her-top-tips/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>&#8220;Crazy for You&#8221; at Exeter School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior School Play 2009: &#8216;a show which had it all&#8217; Audiences on three successive nights – and hundreds of local primary school children at a Wednesday matinee – were charmed and delighted by this year’s main school drama production of George and Ira Gershwin’s Crazy for You. Under the direction of Andrzej and Stephanie Chrupek, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/crazy-for-you-at-exeter-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Clocking In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Year 6 pupils recreate a Victorian child&#8217;s working day On Monday 25th January Upper Two visited Coldharbour Mill at Uffculme. It certainly lived up to its name on what was a bitterly cold winter’s day! However, it only added to the authenticity, as the children had their history topic on the Victorians brought to life. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/clocking-in/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Everybody Needs Some Buddy Sometime</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Year 6 pair up with Year 3 newcomers Each year pupils from Upper Two (Year 6) pair up with children entering the school in Form One (Year 3) to help them settle in and find their way about. Special Buddy Lunches are also arranged from time to time. Here&#8217;s how some of this year&#8217;s older [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/everybody-needs-some-buddy-sometime/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Stonyhurst’s link with Zimbabwe’s children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of pupils and staff from Stonyhurst College, Lancashire leave for Zimbabwe this week, to visit their Jesuit sister school, St Peter’s, Kubatana. Packed in their suitcases will be gifts of various things which are in short supply in Zimbabwe, such as first-aid materials, art equipment, and footballs. “We are really looking forward to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/stonyhurst%e2%80%99s-link-with-zimbabwe%e2%80%99s-children/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Human i-pod comes to Barrow Hills School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, Barrow Hills School, in Witley hosted a series of concerts by the world famous pianist, Derek Paravicini. What is particularly amazing is that Derek is blind and so plays everything from memory. Even more impressive is that he does not just stick to a pre-arranged programme, but invites requests from the audience. Throughout [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/human-i-pod-comes-to-barrow-hills-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Caterham School Teachers and Students Perform in a Talent Show for Charity.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday 6th February, Caterham School students and teachers performed in a talent show to raise money for charity. A packed auditorium enjoyed a show that displayed a wide range of talent. In addition to singers and dancers, the audience was treated to a skilful magician, a national standard gymnast, a captivating duo that timed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/caterham-school-teachers-and-students-perform-in-a-talent-show-for-charity/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>COMMUNITY SPIRIT AS TRENT COLLEGE TEAMS UP WITH WEST PARK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the cold weather continues, students at Trent College have been in need of a warm and dry place in which to enjoy their traditional outdoor sporting activities. A collaboration with Erewash Borough Council means that this is now a reality! Students from all year groups are now able to make use of the covered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/community-spirit-as-trent-college-teams-up-with-west-park/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>WINDLESHAM HOUSE SCHOOL CELEBRATES ITS CENTENARY YEAR 1910-2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former pupils at Windlesham House School in Washington, West Sussex, are celebrating an historical landmark this year as their organisation marks its 100th birthday. The Windlesham House Association began at a dinner held at the School, which was then based in Brighton, in 1910. The dinner&#8217;s Chair was Alfred Scott who had been the school [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/windlesham-house-school-celebrates-its-centenary-year-1910-2010/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Arsène Wenger to open Haileybury’s new Modern Languages Centre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arsenal Football Club manager Arsène Wenger OBE will open Haileybury’s new £2,2 million Modern Languages Centre on 4 March 2010 at 2.45pm. Mr Wenger, who speaks six languages, will address VIPs and other guests on the importance of learning a foreign language. He will then officially open the two-storey, 1050 square metre facility which was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/arsene-wenger-to-open-haileybury%e2%80%99s-new-modern-languages-centre/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>TOUGH GUYS AT TRENT COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eight brave teachers from Trent College in Long Eaton have taken part in what is said to be the world’s most demanding one day survival ordeal, all in the name of charity. Teachers Geoff Thompson, James Prince, Max Stevens, Guy Hope, Dan Brown, Kevan Taylor, James Marriot and Ben Ward competed in ‘Tough Guy’ during [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/tough-guys-at-trent-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>“Oarsome” success for BMS rowers at Hampton Head</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Approximately 70 Bedford Modern School students took part in the Hampton Head races on the River Thames, by Hampton Court, on Saturday 6th February. The BMS squads ranged from the Junior 14s up to the Junior 18s, with a strong support team to match. From the amount of red and black that was present at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/%e2%80%9coarsome%e2%80%9d-success-for-bms-rowers-at-hampton-head/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>TRENT COLLEGE GEARS UP FOR WORLD BOOK DAY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trent College in Long Eaton always makes a real effort for World Book Day, and this year will be no exception. In preparation for the day on Thursday 4th March, pupils at Trent College’s Junior School, The Elms, have enjoyed a visit from a local children’s author, who inspired them to get reading! On Tuesday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/trent-college-gears-up-for-world-book-day/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Medal haul for Mount St Mary’s fencers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fencers from Mount St Mary’s College made a point by sweeping the board in their first ever regional competition. Members of the senior team proved how mighty their swords are by winning a total of four medals at the Lancashire Schools Foil. James Proudfoot, head boy at Mount St Mary’s, based at Spinkhill, in Derbyshire, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/medal-haul-for-mount-st-mary%e2%80%99s-fencers/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Sports for Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hurst Lodge School, Ascot has recently been visited by Becky Wing a British Championships Gold Medal winner in gymnastics. Becky comes from Farnborough in Hampshire and is an extremely stylish, mature and elegant young performer who stands out for her high level skills, great dance ability, and for the beautiful quality of her work. Hers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/sports-for-schools/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BILTON GRANGE PUPIL BEATS HUNDREDS OF COMPETITORS TO WIN A COVETED PLACE IN THE NATIONAL YOUTH CHOIR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Celine Flowers, aged 12, a pupil at Bilton Grange Preparatory School has been awarded a place in the National Youth Choir (NYC), after a nerve-wracking audition in Birmingham at the end of last year. In a record year for applications to the Choir, over 600 children auditioned for a place at venues up and down [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/bilton-grange-pupil-beats-hundreds-of-competitors-to-win-a-coveted-place-in-the-national-youth-choir/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>High tech accolade for Howell’s School, Llandaff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Picture of students with Mrs Cathy Darnton (ICT Development Manager) Children at Howell’s School, Llandaff in Cardiff are at the forefront of using information and communications technology (ICT) to enhance their work, and that’s official! Following an extensive external assessment Howell’s School has been awarded the prestigious ICT Mark by Becta, the government-funded body responsible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/high-tech-accolade-for-howell%e2%80%99s-school-llandaff/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Fund raising at Duncombe School for the Haitian earthquake appeal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The whole community of children, staff and parents at Duncombe School in Hertford wanted to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Last Friday a coffee morning was held and the Rev Jo Loveridge from All Saints&#8217; Church, Hertford addressed a special assembly. The whole school then gathered in the playground around a map of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/fund-raising-at-duncombe-school-for-the-haitian-earthquake-appeal/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>England selection for Prior Park players</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two top young rugby players from Prior Park Prep School have been selected to represent England in the Prep Schools Barbarians Under 13 Rugby team 2010. Having come through regional, divisional and national finals, Kieran Kelly and Alex Hall will now tour Ireland at the end of March. The selection followed outstanding performances from both [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/england-selection-for-prior-park-players/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Baroness Cox, a “voice for the voiceless”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  The Baroness Cox of Queensbury visited Stonyhurst College this week, and talked about her work with the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust, of which she is the Chief Executive. Over the years, Baroness Cox has travelled, often illegally and in danger, to Armenia, Burma, northern Nigeria, Sudan and North Korea, to offer practical help (she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/baroness-cox-a-%e2%80%9cvoice-for-the-voiceless%e2%80%9d/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BROMSGROVE PUPILS PUT ON TRIAL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[30 pupils from Bromsgrove School were immersed in a Law Experience Day kindly hosted by Harrison Clark LLP last week Nine trainee solicitors from the Worcestershire firm ran work shops for the pupils on different areas of Law. The students from the Worcester Road School then had to prepare for a mock trial based on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/bromsgrove-pupils-put-on-trial/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Shooting Ahead as Strathallan Launches Clay Pigeon Shooting Academy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following on from Strathallan’s continued success at the British Schools Clay Pigeon Championships, the School has now launched a Clay Pigeon Shooting Academy. This will take the form of talented and gifted pupils being selected to join the Academy where International coach Iain MacGregor, the only ISSFA Licence Shotgun coach presently in the UK, will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/shooting-ahead-as-strathallan-launches-clay-pigeon-shooting-academy/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School former student wins European Short Film Competition at Angers Film Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Bedford Modern School student and up-coming London-based film producer, Michael Berliner, with Director, Fyzal Boulifa, has just won the Grand Prix du Jury in the European Short Film Competition at the prestigious Angers Film Festival in France. The Angers Film Festival took place between 22nd and 31st January. Michael’s award-winning film, “Whore” runs for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/bedford-modern-school-former-student-wins-european-short-film-competition-at-angers-film-festival/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School swimmer Adam Ingledew storms to victory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Competing for the first time in 2010 at the Burns Meet in Sheffield, Bedford Modern School Year 12 student, Adam Ingledew took convincing wins in his age group (Males 15/16yrs) in 50m, 100m and 200m Freestyle, together with a 4th place in 100m Butterfly &#8211; all in personal best times. In addition Adam’s 100m Freestyle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/bedford-modern-school-swimmer-adam-ingledew-storms-to-victory/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>£10,000 in one week – RGS Worcester Haiti appeal clock starts ticking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A major charity appeal for the Haiti disaster, with a deadline of just one week to raise £10,000, was launched today by The Royal Grammar School in Worcester. The pupils at RGS Worcester have been set this target to help Save the Children’s work in Haiti, providing safe sanctuary, food and water for the thousands [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/10000-in-one-week-%e2%80%93-rgs-worcester-haiti-appeal-clock-starts-ticking/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Wartime experience for Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Year 5 pupils from Stonyhurst’s prep school St Mary’s Hall went on a school trip with a difference this week. Dressed as evacuees from the Second World War, complete with gas mask boxes, they visited Stockport Air Raid Shelter. The staff at the shelter were also ‘in role’ and the air raid warden told the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/wartime-experience-for-stonyhurst-st-mary%e2%80%99s-hall/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Jack hits the right note!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A ten-year-old boy from a Derbyshire school has been chosen to sing in the prestigious Northern Cathedral Choir. Jack Wilkins, in Year Six at Barlborough Hall School, was selected for the 200-strong choir after impressing during a tough audition in Harrogate. Jack, who is a treble, has been part of the school choirs since he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/jack-hits-the-right-note/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School Waterpolo players continue to make waves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 10 students, Jason Attwood and Ruaidhri Meghen are following on from last year’s waterpolo success by having been selected for the England Talent Group for Boys born in 1995 and 1996. Jason, along with Year 12 students, Matt Leydon and Ben Jarman, represented the East Region in the National Division 2 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/bedford-modern-school-waterpolo-players-continue-to-make-waves/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School student, Hannah Hurley, wins Robert Luff Medical Scholarship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 12 student, Hannah Hurley, is delighted to have been awarded this year’s Robert Luff Medical Scholarship. Overall nine students from Bedford Modern School entered the competition with Year 12 students, Susannah Odell and Christien Fortune, finishing as runners-up. The Scholarship, which offers £1,000 per year remission of fees in the Sixth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/bedford-modern-school-student-hannah-hurley-wins-robert-luff-medical-scholarship/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Old Mountaineer presented with prestigious White House prize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A former student at Mount St Mary’s College has been presented a prestigious White House award for his outstanding contribution to the American world of science. Dr Craig Brown, who was educated at the Derbyshire school in the 1980s, has received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). It is the highest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/old-mountaineer-presented-with-prestigious-white-house-prize/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>U16 NETBALL TEAM QUALIFY FOR NATIONAL FINALS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bromsgrove School’s Netballers represented Worcestershire in the West Midlands finals last week (Saturday 28th January). The U16 team from the Worcester Road school beat Ludlow 12-4, Hereford Cathedral School 20-1, Streetly School 15-4, Walton High School 10-4 and Bablake 13-1. Bromsgrove went through as winners of that pool which meant they faced Newcastle-under-Lyme in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/u16-netball-team-qualify-for-national-finals/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern Junior School pupils raise funds for Haiti Earthquake Appeal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern Junior School pupils wanted to try and do something to help the people of Haiti after the recent earthquake that struck the country on 12th January 2010. The devastating 7.3 magnitude earthquake occurred approximately 16 miles from Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti causing a humanitarian crisis. Haiti is one of the poorest countries [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/bedford-modern-junior-school-pupils-raise-funds-for-haiti-earthquake-appeal/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RSPB Little Schools&#8217; Birdwatch at Hurst Lodge School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Littlehurst Nursery, which is based at Hurst Lodge School, Ascot has been taking part in the RSPB Little Schools’ Birdwatch. It is designed to educate and inspire three- to five-year olds about the birds that share their outdoor space and links well to the Early Years Curriculum. Young children have a natural curiosity in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/rspb-little-schools-birdwatch-at-hurst-lodge-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Brian Ashton puts Stonyhurst through its paces!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brian Ashton, MBE, the former Head Coach of the England national rugby team, visited Stonyhurst College last week. He gave a talk to pupils at Stonyhurst’s prep school, St Mary’s Hall, in which he described the atmosphere among the England players as they prepared to play World Cup matches, and talked about some of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/brian-ashton-puts-stonyhurst-through-its-paces/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>TALENTED FOOTBALLERS AT BISHOP’S STORTFORD COLLEGE JUNIOR SCHOOL SELECTED FOR EAST REGION U13 SQUAD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four boys from Bishop’s Stortford College Junior School have been selected for the East Area U13 football squad to play in the Independent Schools Football Association annual festival at Repton School on March 28th and 29th. The boys staved off strong competition from rivals of a number of leading schools in Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Essex, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/talented-footballers-at-bishop%e2%80%99s-stortford-college-junior-school-selected-for-east-region-u13-squad/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School student prepares for American adventure at Harvard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 13 student, Greg Edwards, was delighted to receive a letter from the Dean of Admissions at Harvard College, USA, stating that a “formal letter of admission to the Class of 2010 would be issued to him on 1st April”. Such an early positive indication to join Harvard College is only issued [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/bedford-modern-school-student-prepares-for-american-adventure-at-harvard/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School win Gold at British Schoolboys’ Skiing Races</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 13 student Marek Behnke won a Gold Medal in the Giant Slalom whilst competing in the British Schoolboys’ Skiing Races held in Meiringen, Switzerland from 24th to 26th January. Marek has also been selected by the British Skier Cross co-ordinator to ski Europa Cup this season which is a great honour. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/bedford-modern-school-win-gold-at-british-schoolboys%e2%80%99-skiing-races/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Kingham Hill School Launches Organ Scholarship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The splendid organ in the Chapel at Kingham Hill School will soon reverberate to the efforts of the school’s first organ scholar. A new scholarship has been established at the Cotswold school, inspired by Headmaster’s wife, Hannah Seward &#8211; a former organ scholar of Jesus College, Oxford. She and Director of Music, Gill Holliday, have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/kingham-hill-school-launches-organ-scholarship-2/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>13 year old to represent Australia at International Dressage Events</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jessica Blackmore, a Year 9 day girl at the Cheltenham Ladies’ College, is the youngest rider to have been given permission by the Australian Equestrian Federation to represent Australia at international dressage events in Junior Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) tests. She is currently the only junior rider Australia has on the International Tour. Jessica competed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/13-year-old-to-represent-australia-at-international-dressage-events/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>OXBRIDGE OFFER</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sibford School head boy, Tom Roger, has been offered a place to read Mathematics at Oxford University. The seventeen-year-old is set to take up his place at Worcester College in September after completing A Levels in English Literature, Physics and Chemistry plus an AS Level exam in Further Maths, He already holds an A Grade [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/oxbridge-offer/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>New eventing course set to benefit Christ College equestrians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils at Christ College and equestrian enthusiasts in the local area are set to benefit from a sponsorship deal between Christ College and the Brecon &#38; Talybont Hunt Pony Club. The five year deal will see Christ College become a key partner with the club and assisting them in the development of the planned new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/new-eventing-course-set-to-benefit-christ-college-equestrians/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>2010 marks the 150th anniversary of Howell’s School, Llandaff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[History Founded on a charitable bequest of a Tudor merchant who died in Seville in 1537, the school was built in 1858-9 and opened in August 1860, with Miss Baldwin as the first Headmistress.  Thomas Howell left money in Trust to the Drapers’ Company of London, of which he was a member, to provide dowries [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/2010-marks-the-150th-anniversary-of-howell%e2%80%99s-school-llandaff/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>School’s musical maestro completes instrumental hat-trick</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Derbyshire school’s musical prodigy looks set for a harmonious career after successfully mastering the highest possible grade for three different instruments. Kris Garfitt, 18, who attends Mount St Mary’s College, has achieved a grade 8 distinction for the piano, the euphonium and the trombone. After taking up the piano aged six, he started learning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/school%e2%80%99s-musical-maestro-completes-instrumental-hat-trick/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CHILDREN HELPING LESS FORTUNATE CHILDREN OVERSEAS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils and staff at Windlesham House School will be playing their part in making a difference as they take part in their fourth annual World Awareness Week. Starting on Monday 25th January, the week will feature a range of special events and speakers visiting the school in Washington, West Sussex. They include speakers from Links [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/children-helping-less-fortunate-children-overseas/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Luckley shows Panasonic a thing or two Luckley-Oakfield school leading the way in school IT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Luckley-Oakfield School, Wokingham, 1 February 2010: Business Technology specialists from Panasonic recently visited Luckley-Oakfield School, Berkshire to learn about technology in UK Schools. During their visit the Panasonic staff were given a tour of the school and able to watch various classes to see how interactive boards form a part of everyday teaching at Luckley-Oakfield. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/02/luckley-shows-panasonic-a-thing-or-two-luckley-oakfield-school-leading-the-way-in-school-it/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>County Cricket Selection for Oswestry School Student</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oswestry School student Oliver Newman has been selected for the Shropshire County U17 Cricket squad. Oliver, who is in Year 11, is a talented wicket-keeper. He was selected from 40 other hopefuls who participated in the county trials. Oliver will be receiving coaching in regular training camps to enhance his skills as he prepares for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/county-cricket-selection-for-oswestry-school-student/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Gap Year Students from Down-Under</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oswestry School has been enriched by two new Assistant Tutors from the southern hemisphere. Known by the school as ‘gappies’, Rhys McCarthy and Jonathan Hosking will be spending their gap year working as assistant members of staff at the school. Rhys is from New Zealand where he has been studying at St Paul’s Collegiate School, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/gap-year-students-from-down-under/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>No Chairs at Chafyn!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday was designated ‘No Chairs Day’ at Chafyn Grove School. The purpose was to explore a kinaesthetic style of teaching by which pupils learn by doing. Staff devised a wide variety of lessons that were thoroughly enjoyed by the children. There were puzzles in Maths, performance poetry in English and a Year 5 group [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/no-chairs-at-chafyn/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Chess Success for Chafyn Grove School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nine year old twins, Joe and Max Ross from Chafyn Grove School, have been making a name for themselves on the chess circuit. The boys did so well in the local Wiltshire competitions that they then qualified for the National Junior Championships in London. Joe, the older twin and Wiltshire Under 9 Champion, found himself [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/chess-success-for-chafyn-grove-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Hockey Success for Chafyn Grove</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Colts team from Chafyn Grove School has just won the Sherborne Under 11 Hockey Tournament. Fifteen schools took part in the one day tournament. In spite of strong opposition in the early stages Chafyn managed to win three and draw three of the six group games, qualifying for a place in the semi finals. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/hockey-success-for-chafyn-grove/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BMS skiers prepare for British Schoolboys International Races</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School’s Year 10 student, Edmund Fenton Fowler will be watching the action in the Winter Olympics closely next month. Ed spent last winter training with the prestigious Red Mountain Racers Ski Racing Academy in British Columbia and came home with a clutch of medals, including winning the 2009 British Columbia U15 Male Ski [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/bms-skiers-prepare-for-british-schoolboys-international-races/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bearwood College Pupil Matt Dunn selected for Under-19 World Cup Cricket Team.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Matt, a sixth former, is currently in New Zealand, ready to compete in the ICC Under-19 World Cup which takes place from January 16th -30th, 2010. The bi-annual tournament involves 16 teams with England facing Afghanistan, Hong Kong and India in the group stages. The squad left the UK on January 1st for Wellington, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/bearwood-college-pupil-matt-dunn-selected-for-under-19-world-cup-cricket-team/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Film Star Joins Dean Close School Cast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HISTORY BOYS WORKSHOP WITH JAMIE PARKER Drama pupils at Dean Close School, Cheltenham, who are putting on The History Boys by Alan Bennett this term, were thrilled to be given the opportunity of meeting and working with the actor Jamie Parker, who played the character of Scripps in the original National Theatre run of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/film-star-joins-dean-close-school-cast/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The English Youth Ballet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four ballet pupils from Stonyhurst College will dance in a production of ‘Giselle’ with the English Youth Ballet in March. Paul and Olivia (who attend St Mary’s Hall, Stonyhurst’s prep school, St Mary’s Hall) and Alice and Joey from the College auditioned for 2 hours, along with 290 other children, in an intensive rehearsal run [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/the-english-youth-ballet/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bear-faced cheek!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[240 teddybears have arrived at Stonyhurst College, thanks to ‘Harrod’s’ and a student’s bright idea. John Golden, a sixth-former at the Lancashire school, is raising money for Stonyhurst’s Children’s Holiday charity, which gives disabled and underprivileged children a holiday each summer. “I emailed lots of major stores to ask of they could make a donation,” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/bear-faced-cheek/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Marymount Music in Vienna!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Marymount International School choir embarked on a whirlwind performance tour to Vienna on Thursday 14th January. During their four days in this historic city, the students will perform four concerts: two at retirement homes, Haus Rudolfsheim and Haus Hetzendorf; two at churches, St Stephen’s Cathedral and St Peter’s Church; as well as giving a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/marymount-music-in-vienna/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Successful Author Patrick Ness Visits Caterham School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, 19 January, author Patrick Ness visited Caterham School to speak to pupils in the Fourth Year about his career and his writing. His two most recent books are part of his ‘Chaos Walking’ trilogy for young people. The first book, ‘The Knife of Never Letting Go’, is highly original and won The Guardian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/successful-author-patrick-ness-visits-caterham-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Sir Richard Eyre CBE centre stage at The Cheltenham Ladies’ College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sir Richard Eyre CBE, former director of the Royal National Theatre, and prolific director of television, opera and film, formally opened the Cheltenham Ladies’ College new Performing Arts Centre, known as the Parabola Arts Centre, on 3rd October 2009. The Parabola Arts Centre, situated in the middle of the town of Cheltenham, opposite the main [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/sir-richard-eyre-cbe-centre-stage-at-the-cheltenham-ladies%e2%80%99-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>HUSKIES AT RENDCOMB</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 100 boarding pupils who returned to school at Rendcomb College, Nr Cirencester on Monday are enjoying the snow in this beautiful environment. Pupils were particularly excited by the opportunity to see a Husky Sled Racing Team in action today. The Tanglefoot Husky Sled Racing Team who are resident in the village were taken out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/huskies-at-rendcomb/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Old Breconian Sgt Ed Griffiths has had a busy start to 2010.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Old Breconian and RAF Search &#38; Rescue&#8217;s Sgt Ed Griffiths explains to the BBC how the adverse weather has kept him and his colleagues busy at the beginning of 2010. Please click here. Ed returned to Christ College last year and delivered a presentation in the chapel to current pupils about his role as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/old-breconian-sgt-ed-griffiths-has-had-a-busy-start-to-2010/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Hurst Lodge pupils sing at &#8220;BETT&#8221; show in Kensington Olympia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils from Hurst Lodge School in Ascot sang a collection of songs from a new curriculum-based musical to thousands of delegates at the internationally renowned &#8220;BETT&#8221; show in Kensington Olympia last week. The largest educational exhibition in the world, BETT attracts over thirty thousand visitors annually, and the performance by seventeen junior pupils from Hurst [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/hurst-lodge-pupils-sing-at-bett-show-in-kensington-olympia/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Pint-size gymnast floors national rivals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A gymnast at The Blue Coat School, Birmingham, has floored his rivals in a national competition….with nearly three years to spare! Eight-year-old Emilio Olson became U11 individual floor winner in the Trinity Gymnastics Competition, Wycombe Abbey, with an almost equally peerless performance on the vault. Attracting teams from several counties – West Midlands, Shropshire, Buckinghamshire, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/pint-size-gymnast-floors-national-rivals/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>OXBRIDGE SUCCESS AT STONYHURST</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Six sixth-form students have won places at Oxford and Cambridge this year. Oxford offers have been awarded to Allamin Daggash (to study Engineering at St Edmund’s College), Haruki Kawano (for Mathematics at Lincoln College), Eleanor McClelland (to read Arabic and Islamic Studies at Pembroke College) and Rebecca Powell (Chinese at Hertford College). Destined for Cambridge [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/oxbridge-success-at-stonyhurst/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>GREASE IS THE WORD FOR NEWCASTLE STUDENTS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A theatrical group of students at Newcastle Church High School have wowed audiences at Newcastle College theatre with their energetic production of the hit Broadway musical Grease. Strutting their stuff as T-birds and Pink Ladies, the girls received a standing ovation from the packed auditorium on their opening night, following several months of rehearsals. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/grease-is-the-word-for-newcastle-students/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Skiing ace recognised by top children’s TV programme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A youngster at The Blue Coat School, Birmingham, who was told that she may never walk has confounded doctors with her skiing exploits – and won a coveted Blue Peter badge in the process! Ten-year-old Molly Griffith was awarded the badge after her sister wrote and told Blue Peter about her disability, a hemiplegia resulting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/skiing-ace-recognised-by-top-children%e2%80%99s-tv-programme/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Six BMS students gain Oxbridge offers whilst Greg Edwards is heading to Harvard University</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School is delighted to announce that six of their Sixth Form students have been offered places at Oxbridge Colleges for 2010 entry. Additionally, BMS Sixth Form student Greg Edwards has been offered a place at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Peter Hall (Engineering at Robinson), Rachel Cullum (Archaeology / Anthropology at Emmanuel); [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/six-bms-students-gain-oxbridge-offers-whilst-greg-edwards-is-heading-to-harvard-university/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Kevin Barrett OS Captains England Rugby Sevens team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Barrett OS is England’s captain for the Emirates Airline IRB Sevens. Kevin Barrett, who left Stonyhurst in 1998 and is currently with Saracens, was part of the Stonyhurst Sevens squad which won The National Rosslyn Park Schoolboy Sevens in 1997. Last season, he helped England to win the cup trophies at the Wellington and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/kevin-barrett-os-captains-england-rugby-sevens-team/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Question time for Derbyshire MP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Derbyshire MP has survived one of her toughest interviews yet after being grilled by pupils at a local school. Natascha Engel, the MP for North East Derbyshire, visited Mount St Mary’s College to discuss a number of important issues with the school’s senior debating society. Pupils used the opportunity to find out as much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/question-time-for-derbyshire-mp/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>New ICT facilities at The Blue Coat School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Exciting new developments have been made to the ICT facilities at The Blue Coat School, Birmingham, during recent months. 20 Apple iMac computers now form the centrepiece of a brand new Media Centre, giving pupils the opportunity to work with industry-standard applications on wonderful, cutting-edge equipment. So far they’ve manipulated audio, video and still images [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/new-ict-facilities-at-the-blue-coat-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ENVIROMENTAL ISSUES TAKE CENTRE STAGE AT RENDCOMB COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the success of an Eco week last year, the College has been working hard this term to implement more “green” initiatives. One of the first jobs was to form Rendcomb’s new Environmental Committee under the leadership of Michelle Lucas, our newly appointed Environmental Co-ordinator. Our latest green initiative is our tree planting campaign. Every [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/enviromental-issues-take-centre-stage-at-rendcomb-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>King&#8217;s School Bruton &#8211; Gap Year programme in Sinai Peninsula</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Six arduous days trekking deep in the heart of the Sinai Peninsula in the burning heat of the Desert of Sin; five nights in the open under the stars of a perfectly clear middle-eastern sky; a technicolour sunrise over the Red Sea and the western mountains witnessed from the very summit of Mt Sinai itself. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/kings-school-bruton-gap-year-programme-in-sinai-peninsula/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>POETRY SUCCESS AT SAINT FELIX</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two talented young pupils from Saint Felix School in Southwold have both been successful in the 2009 Young Poets of the Year competition. 11-year-old Caitlin Dobson was named the winner of the 10-11 age group with her poem &#8220;The Graceful Fox&#8221;. The runner up prize was awarded to 11-year-old Victoria Green, who penned the poem [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/poetry-success-at-saint-felix/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Saint Felix pupil breaks international record</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A talented young swimmer from Saint Felix School, Southwold, has broken the Scottish Junior record for 200m butterfly. The Scottish teenager, Bryony Campbell, 15, took part in the Eastern Region Winter Championships at the UEA last weekend, beating the original record of 2.13 by one second. A delighted Bryony said she wasn’t aware of her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/saint-felix-pupil-breaks-international-record/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>MINISTER FOR NORTH EAST LAUNCHES SCHOOL COUNCIL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rt. Hon Nick Brown visited Newcastle Church High School, in Jesmond, today (6th November) to announce the elected candidates for the Junior School’s first council. The independent girls’ school set up its polling booths, rolled out the bunting and handed out rosettes and ballot papers for the first time for this year’s council elections. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/minister-for-north-east-launches-school-council/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Business as Usual for Staines Prep School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite heavy snowfall and reports of thousands of school closures across the country, it was business as usual for Staines Prep. With only one day of the new term lost due to bad weather, staff and pupils continued to fulfil a full timetable of studies. Year 6 pupils not only braved the elements to attend [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/business-as-usual-for-staines-prep-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>England Sweep</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three Dean Close pupils have this week achieved the highest sporting accolade &#8211; to be selected for the England team in their various sports. Abi Porter is 15 years old and has just secured a place in the England U16 hockey team, having gone through various junior and regional performance camps. Abi, a Sports Scholar, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/england-sweep/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>WORD PERFECT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Girls from Newcastle Church High School in Jesmond were invited to Europe’s leading pen store, The Pen Shop in Eldon Gardens as a reward for excelling in their formal letter writing class. The six girls managed to generate some exceptional responses from a range of celebrities including Twiggy, Torvill &#38; Dean and Niall Quinn, all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/word-perfect/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Opening of new Jane Austen Wing at The Abbey School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday 2 October, the new Jane Austen Wing at The Abbey School in Reading was formally opened by Jessica Powell, Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Google. The formal proceedings were started by Peter Smith, Chair of Governors at The Abbey, who talked about this significant investment for the future and how the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/opening-of-new-jane-austen-wing-at-the-abbey-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Oxbridge Dozen at The Abbey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twelve Sixth Formers at The Abbey School were delighted when their postman made it through the snow to deliver their Oxbridge offer letter &#8211; five from Cambridge and seven from Oxford. Mrs Rachel Dent, Director of Sixth Form said “I am delighted for the girls. This year has been more competitive than ever at these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/oxbridge-dozen-at-the-abbey/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>New Choral Society at Saint Felix School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saint Felix School’s brand new Choral Society launched this week, seeing members of the Suffolk community join parents and staff of the school to form the group. The first meeting of the group took place on Monday at Saint Felix’s school chapel. Andrew Jenkins, director of the Choral Society, said the first rehearsal had been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/new-choral-society-at-saint-felix-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Saint Felix Pupils help 2009 Blue Peter charity appeal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils from Saint Felix School in Southwold have been rolling up their sleeves and getting stuck into helping Blue Peter with their 2009 appeal, Send a Smile. The aim of the appeal is to give at least 300 children living in Guwahati, India, the life-changing operation they desperately need to repair the cleft palate which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/saint-felix-pupils-help-2009-blue-peter-charity-appeal/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Royal Hospital School Choir at the Royal Albert Hall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 130-strong choir of the Royal Hospital School is performed at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 12 December by invitation of eminent composer and conductor, Dr John Rutter CBE. John Rutter, held regular rehearsals at the Royal Hospital School, nr Ipswich, as he prepared the choir for their performance at his Christmas Celebration at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/royal-hospital-school-choir-at-the-royal-albert-hall/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>History comes to life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Year 8 pupils at Sibford School near Banbury enjoyed a history lesson with a difference when the Time Traveller came to visit. Otherwise known as Dave Lord, the Time Traveller brought the Civil War to life allowing pupils to dress in period costume, handle artefacts and weapons and learn about the hardships, battles and diseases [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/history-comes-to-life/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CCSS student gains full marks in the UK Maths Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A student from Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies (CCSS) was one of the nine students nationally to gain full marks in the Senior UK Maths Challenge, the biggest national maths competition aimed at young people aged from 16 to 19. It is especially impressive considering that 90,000 of the best mathematics students in Britain entered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/ccss-student-gains-full-marks-in-the-uk-maths-challenge/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Igloo building at Saint Felix School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With hundreds of schools around the country closed due to the extreme weather over recent weeks, one local school was determined to make the most of the snowy conditions. Saint Felix School, Southwold, remained open throughout the recent wintery spell, and as part of afternoon lessons children took part in an igloo building session. Housemaster [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/igloo-building-at-saint-felix-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NEWCASTLE SCHOOL HELPS ROMANIAN APPEAL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The pupils at Newcastle Church High School have been busily collecting pens and pencils to fill over 250 pencil cases to send over to Romania. The pencil case appeal aims to enable school children in a poverty stricken area to get an education, by providing essential school items such as pencil cases and exercise books. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/newcastle-school-helps-romanian-appeal/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ST CLARE&#8217;S &#8211; OUTSTANDING!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of publicity in the newspapers and other media recently about how difficult it is for good schools to be graded as Outstanding. Not so at St. Clare’s. The College had been awarded the highest rating for the quality of its boarding after a recent Ofsted inspection in November 2009, something [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/st-clares-outstanding/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Year 9 County Badminton Champions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A large snowman stood at the entrance to Cranfield University sports hall to greet the Year 9 badminton squad as they embarked on their quest to become county champions for the second successive year. He may well have had cold feet but the Upper 4 girls remained undaunted and warmed to their task in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/year-9-county-badminton-champions/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NEW PUPIL TAKES TIME OUT AFTER JUST ONE DAY!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For 14-year-old Arnont Soontranugulwong, January 2010 heralded the start of a new school in a new country. However, the Thai youngster was expecting slightly more than a single days teaching ahead of him! Less than 24-hours after arriving as a student at Sibford School near Banbury, the big freeze saw Arnont being forced to take [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/new-pupil-takes-time-out-after-just-one-day/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Open on time!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[King’s was not to be defeated by the weather and the school opened on time. 5th Form internal exams took place as planned and day pupils taking external exams were given the opportunity to stay free of charge in boarding houses. Headmaster, Ian Wilmshurst stated “I am very grateful to all academic and support staff [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/open-on-time/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Malvern St James Receives Outstanding Ofsted Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Malvern St James Girls’ School is celebrating after receiving a fantastic Ofsted report &#8211; achieving OUTSTANDING in all categories concerned with the well-being of the children. The 360 pupil school was inspected during November and the report recognises the School’s exceptionally high quality of pastoral care. The outcome judgements in Being Healthy, Staying Safe, Enjoying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/malvern-st-james-receives-outstanding-ofsted-report/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Riding Talent at Barrow Hills School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Christmas Term saw history being made as a team of show jumpers represented Barrow Hills at an inter school show jumping competition at the hallowed ground of the All England Show jumping Course at Hickstead. In all, 14 teams were represented from prep and public schools across the South East. The course was big [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/riding-talent-at-barrow-hills-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Snow Time at Barrow Hills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils and staff at Barrow Hills returned to school on Monday following an unexpected few days of additional holiday due to the heavy snowfall last week. An intrepid team of Governors, staff and parents came in at the weekend to clear access to the school so we could open. Not only could everyone come back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/snow-time-at-barrow-hills/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>First Engineering Challenge in the South West</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first ever South West of England ‘First Edition’ Engineering Challenge took place at the CLC Sports Centre on the morning of Thursday 10 December. The Engineering Development Trust’s ‘First Edition’ is part of the Widening Participation programme which aims to encourage students from under-represented groups with a current focus on students who will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/first-engineering-challenge-in-the-south-west/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School welcomes Mike Hall as new Headmaster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School is delighted to welcome Mr Mike Hall, BA (Hons), MA as the new Headmaster with effect from 4th January 2010. Mr Hall has been the Principal Deputy Head of the fully co-educational and independent Kingston Grammar School since 2004. Prior to that appointment he was at Arnold School, also co-educational and independent, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/bedford-modern-school-welcomes-mike-hall-as-new-headmaster/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Boarding school opens a day early</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the big freeze looking set to continue, parents of boarders at the Royal Alexandra and Albert School are worried that they might not be able to get their children to school on Sunday evening ready for their first day on Monday. Forecasts are showing that the weather might take a turn for the worse [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/boarding-school-opens-a-day-early/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Choir of Lancing College: Performance at Westminster Abbey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Choir of Lancing College: Performance at Westminster Abbey Tuesday 5th January The magnificent Choir of Lancing College sang Choral Evensong in Westminster Abbey on 5th January. It was the feast day of Edward the Confessor, founder of the Abbey, and also the eve of the Epiphany, so the music chosen reflected this. •Introit &#8216;Ab [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/the-choir-of-lancing-college-performance-at-westminster-abbey/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Kingham Hill student Sam Zhu wins coveted Oxford place</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kingham Hill School is celebrating pupil Sam Zhu’s offer of a place to study Mathematics at Oxford. It is a remarkable achievement following Sam’s childhood in China where his education was disrupted as he and his mother were forced to move several times to avoid persecution for their Christian faith. Sam came to England with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/kingham-hill-student-sam-zhu-wins-coveted-oxford-place/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Fun in the snow at Duncombe School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unlike many schools in the area, Duncombe School in Bengeo was able to open on both Wednesday and Friday despite the adverse weather. The pupils revelled in building snowmen with their friends during play time and the staff adapted lessons to embrace the opportunities afforded by the extraordinary conditions. But the snowfall, although heavy by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/fun-in-the-snow-at-duncombe-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School raises £1,500 for Prostate Cancer Charity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School staff and students sponsored BMS Staff Instructor (SSI) Captain Brian Simpson to grow a moustache, for “Movember”, in aid of Prostate Cancer, and have raised £1,500 for the charity. “Movember” is the annual, month-long celebration of the moustache or “mo”, highlighting men’s health issues, in particular prostate cancer. Captain Simpson, who has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/bedford-modern-school-raises-1500-for-prostate-cancer-charity/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BMS pupils cast their votes on Junior School Council</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern Junior School Year 6 teacher, Karen Johnson set up the Junior School Council in January 2006 after realising that pupils should have a voice and that this was something that would benefit both them and the School overall. 12 pupils are currently on the Junior School Council representing Years 3, 4, 5 and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/bms-pupils-cast-their-votes-on-junior-school-council/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Staines Prep Pupils Receive Honoured Visit from Mayor of Spelthorne</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils at Staines Preparatory School were proud and honoured to welcome The Mayor of Spelthorne, Councillor Caroline Spencer, to their school for a special guided tour on Tuesday 8th December. Councillor Caroline Spencer, who was elected Mayor in May 2009, began her visit in the School Hall. After voicing her approval of how smart the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/staines-prep-pupils-receive-honoured-visit-from-mayor-of-spelthorne/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>St James is featured in top Independent Schools magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The editor of The Good Schools Guide, Mr Ralph Lucas, was asked to write an article for &#8216;First Eleven&#8217; &#8211; a top independent schools magazine. He was asked to write about schools that encouraged &#8216;Entrepreneurship&#8217;. Ralph named St James as one of six schools that he felt was particularly successful, amonst them being, Manchester Grammar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/st-james-is-featured-in-top-independent-schools-magazine/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A nanny state may well be a source of anger for many parents, but there’s only one thing that gets the goat of the kids from a leading Fylde Coast independent school, and that’s the plight of less fortunate children in Africa… The infants of Rossall School, Fleetwood proved that the solution is child’s play, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/the-kids-are-alright%e2%80%a6/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School student, Dom Chandler, strikes Water Ski Gold</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 9 student, Dom Chandler, aged 13, has recently been awarded the Cutting Edge Gold Youth Development Award and Platinum Competition Licence for 2010 by British Waterski, the highest level available to youth skiers under the age of 16. His main objectives for 2010 are to improve both his slalom and trick [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/bedford-modern-school-student-dom-chandler-strikes-water-ski-gold/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>WINDLESHAM&#8217;S JOURNEY TO SPARKS WINTER BALL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;That was outstanding, great music, great sense of humour and brilliantly done – congratulations,&#8221; these were the words from impressionist Rory Bremner to pupils of Windlesham House School in Washington, West Sussex, as he hosted a charity ball in London. He was speaking after the pupils gave a spectacular performance at the Sparks Winter Ball, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/windleshams-journey-to-sparks-winter-ball/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Oxbridge experience for top performing pupils</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Top performing pupils at Mount St Mary’s College spent a day in Oxford learning more about life at one of the world’s leading universities. The group, mostly from Year 12 at the Derbyshire school, visited the University of Oxford as guests of the Catholic Chaplaincy, which is run by the Jesuits. Pupils enjoyed a tour [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/oxbridge-experience-for-top-performing-pupils/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>School’s Christmas water scheme to aid African students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Deprived children living in an African village are to get access to clean water every day thanks to an aqua aid scheme set up by staff and pupils at a Derbyshire school. Kind hearted teachers and children at Barlborough Hall School are raising £2,000 to pay for a new water tank at Makumbi Mission, in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/school%e2%80%99s-christmas-water-scheme-to-aid-african-students/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Maths triumph at Stonyhurst</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the second year running, the Stonyhurst College Senior Mathematics Team has won the regional final of the UK Maths Challenge, held in Lancaster recently. They are now through to the final in London in February. Beating Rossall School into second place, the team comprised of Pawel Rzemieniecki (from Poland), Haruki Kawano (from Japan), Naomi [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/maths-triumph-at-stonyhurst/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>TRENT COLLEGE CHEMISTS VISIT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chemistry students from Trent College in Long Eaton have had the opportunity to use state of the art equipment, which they would normally only read about in their textbooks. Year 13 students, who are in the final year of their Chemistry A Level course, visited The University of Nottingham this month for a spectroscopy masterclass. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/trent-college-chemists-visit-the-university-of-nottingham/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Snow rest for Mount St Mary’s students!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was business as usual for staff and students at Mount St Mary’s College today (Tuesday, January 5). Despite snowy conditions, the Spinkhill school stayed open and pictured (from left) in their snow uniforms are pupils Matthew Woodcock Fowles (Thorpe Salvin, Worksop), Robert Pattison (Hasland, Chesterfield) and James Sharpe (Hasland, Chesterfield).]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/snow-rest-for-mount-st-mary%e2%80%99s-students/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Adaobi wins ‘Best Chairperson’ award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adaobi Anah from Stonyhurst College won ‘Best Chairperson’ in the Business and Professional Women&#8217;s Association Public Speaking Competition last week, in Billington, Lancashire. Adaobi (aged 17, from Nigeria) was in a team who addressed the subject of the English Language and how we use or misuse it, and was awarded a gavel and a gift [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/adaobi-wins-%e2%80%98best-chairperson%e2%80%99-award/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Messiah performance marks anniversary of sacred masterpiece</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is 250 years since the death of George Frideric Handel but his most well-known piece of work is still proving a hit with pupils past and present at Mount St Mary’s College. More than 100 singers from the Senior Choir joined with former members, current and former staff, parents and family friends to perform [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/messiah-performance-marks-anniversary-of-sacred-masterpiece/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>2009 Prize Winners at MPW Cambridge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Outstanding overall achievement Ina Metko won the prize for outstanding overall achievement. Ina joined MPW from Ismail Qemali School in Albania to follow a two-year A level course in Politics, Law, Mathematics, Further Mathematics and Economics. She achieved AAAA at A level, including maximum marks in six Mathematics units, five Law units and four Politics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/2009-prize-winners-at-mpw-cambridge/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Hubert Jones Science Centre wins a major award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Hubert Jones Science Centre at Christ College, constructed off site by Yorkon, has won the Building Schools for the Future Award at the Builder and Engineer Awards. The Hubert Jones Science Centre Designed by P+HS Architects, the science centre provides facilities which are unrivalled in Wales, as part of the school&#8217;s major commitment to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/the-hubert-jones-science-centre-wins-a-major-award/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Christ College salutes the work of The Prince&#8217;s Trust</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gerry O&#8217;Sullivan, Emma Taylor and Lisa Rogers (BBC Wales) A Prince&#8217;s Trust Cymru worker from Caerphilly has won a prestigious award, sponsored by Christ College, for her passion and dedication when helping young people. Gerry O&#8217;Sullivan, 44, scooped the The Prince&#8217;s Trust Staff Award at the Prince&#8217;s Trust Cymru&#8217;s Celebrate Success awards ceremony held in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/christ-college-salutes-the-work-of-the-princes-trust/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Rugby at Christ College scores with a major Welsh PLC sponsorship deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New sponsors unveiled at Christ College Rugby teams at Christ College Brecon are set to benefit from one of the largest ever sporting sponsorship deals in the schools history. Welsh insurance broking to financial services company Thomas, Carroll Group PLC &#8211; which is shortly to establish its first office in Brecon &#8211; has signed a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/rugby-at-christ-college-scores-with-a-major-welsh-plc-sponsorship-deal/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>School’s charities week supports St Wilfrid’s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kind hearted pupils and staff at Mount St Mary’s College have raised hundreds of pounds for a charity which supports homeless and vulnerable people in the city. Teachers and students at the Derbyshire school collected £500 for the St Wilfrid’s Centre by organising a host of activities as part of its annual charities week. Fundraising [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/school%e2%80%99s-charities-week-supports-st-wilfrid%e2%80%99s/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>New all-weather courts at Oswestry School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oswestry School has completed the refurbishment of the tennis courts at Welsh Walls, to provide a flood-lit, all-weather surface with facilities for tennis, mini tennis and netball. The versatility of the two new courts is also greatly enjoyed by the children of Oswestry School Bellan House, since it provides them with an extra play area [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/new-all-weather-courts-at-oswestry-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Christ College welcomes The Rt Hon Lord Justice Thomas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday 13th November, Christ College welcomed The Rt Hon Lord Justice Thomas to deliver the 2009 Lord Atkin Lecture, the seventh annual lecture given in memory of this illustrious Old Breconian. Lord Justice Thomas, whose father was a pupil at Christ College, delivered a very thought-provoking lecture titled The Criminal Justice System: Judges and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/christ-college-welcomes-the-rt-hon-lord-justice-thomas/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Senior Girls&#8217; Cross Country Team crowned Welsh Champions again!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welsh Champions 2009 In horrendous conditions the Christ College Senior Girls&#8217; team ploughed through the mud and rain to bring home the silverware and retain their title of Welsh Champions. Having won the trophy last year the girls were delighted to repeat their success this year, and with most of the team available next year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/senior-girls-cross-country-team-crowned-welsh-champions-again/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Christ College CCF crowned overall champions at the 2009 Cambrian Patrol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christ College&#8217;s CCF have won the overall 2009 Cadet Cambrian Patrol, overpowering all of their opponents along the way. On the weekend of 18th – 20th September, Senior and Junior teams from Christ College Brecon CCF participated in the annual Cadet Cambrian Patrol which was held on the Sennybridge Training Area. This is Wales&#8217;, indeed, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/christ-college-ccf-crowned-overall-champions-at-the-2009-cambrian-patrol/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Choir of Lancing College to sing at Westminster Abbey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The magnificent Choir of Lancing College will be singing Choral Evensong in Westminster Abbey on 5th January. It is the feast day of Edward the Confessor, founder of the Abbey, and also the eve of the Epiphany, so the music chosen reflects this. •Introit &#8216;Ab Oriente Venerunt Magi&#8217; by the 16th century composer Jacob Handl [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/the-choir-of-lancing-college-to-sing-at-westminster-abbey/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Oswestry School Launches Art Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Oswestry School art department is proud to announce its first annual art competition which is open to the public, with a winning prize of £2000. The Peter Edwards Art Award aims to promote the very best in contemporary painting and is a competition which is open to all. It will be exhibited for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/oswestry-school-launches-art-award/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>All female cast in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 2 December, a production of the world’s most famous love story, performed by an all female cast, took place in the brand new Parabola Arts’ Centre at Cheltenham Ladies’ College. Girls from Year 8 through to Year 13 took part in the production over three nights. Dr Joanna Bratten, Director of the Extra-Curricular, Enrichment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/all-female-cast-in-shakespeare%e2%80%99s-romeo-and-juliet/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School Headmaster retires after 13 years’ service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Smith, Bedford Modern School Headmaster, retires on Friday 11th December, at the end of the Autumn Term, after 13 years&#8217; distinguished service at the School. 1996 saw the opening of the Robert Luff Centre by Robert Luff, CBE (OBM) and Lenny Henry and in 1998, Dr Christopher Fry (OBM) visited BMS. The same year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/bedford-modern-school-headmaster-retires-after-13-years%e2%80%99-service/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Ex-Bedford Modern School students assisting in Sri Lanka</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School staff and students have been raising money to assist communities affected by the Tsunami, through a number of fund-raising activities, partly initiated by Old Bedford Modernian (OBM), Mark Bullerwell. Mark and his wife had been in Thailand on Boxing Day 2004 and stood on the beach and watched the sea go out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2010/01/ex-bedford-modern-school-students-assisting-in-sri-lanka/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School brings early festive cheer to local senior citizens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School hosted their annual Christmas Party for senior citizens at the School on Saturday 28th November. The Christmas Party is part of the rich and long tradition that BMS has of serving the local community. From midday to late afternoon, BMS Sixth Form students and staff donned full seasonal attire, to provide food, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/bedford-modern-school-brings-early-festive-cheer-to-local-senior-citizens/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Student awarded Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Evie Paterson, student at Cheltenham Ladies’ College and member of the British Junior Eventing Team in 2009, has been awarded the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS). Her seven year old horse, Direct Supreme, has also been put on the Equine Pathway. TASS is a Government funded programme which supports and fast-tracks young sporting talent. Evie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/student-awarded-talented-athlete-scholarship-scheme/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Green Awards help children grow Staines Preparatory School wins Gold for Middlesex</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Staines Preparatory School, in Staines, Middlesex has been awarded their gold award by the Woodland Trust for getting involved in green activities including tree planting, reducing carbon emissions and recycling. The new initiative launched this year by the Woodland Trust offers schools the opportunity to bring the great outdoors, the wonderful world of wildlife and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/green-awards-help-children-grow-staines-preparatory-school-wins-gold-for-middlesex/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Fine art on display for launch of new school facility</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Music from the String Ensemble at Mount St Mary’s College greeted guests at the opening of the school’s stunning new Art and Design department. Visitors enjoyed refreshments at the launch before watching a performance of Yasmina Reza’s ‘Art’ by three members of Mount St Mary’s Senior Drama Society. The new department, officially opened by headmaster [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/fine-art-on-display-for-launch-of-new-school-facility/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BILTON GRANGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL TO OFFER 100% BURSARY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Subject to the Headmaster’s discretion, the value of the bursary could rise to 105% The Headmaster of Bilton Grange Preparatory School, in Dunchurch, Warwickshire announced today that a bursary of 100% of the school fees will be available, subject to assessment, to families of children entering the school in September 2010. This is in addition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/bilton-grange-preparatory-school-to-offer-100-bursary/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Stonyhurst stages Sweeney Todd musical</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stonyhurst College’s major production this year was Sweeney Todd, the award-winning musical thriller by Stephen Sondheim. David Mann (17, from Hurst Green) was a darkly menacing ‘Demon Barber of Fleet Street’, who returns to London after 15 years’ transportation on false charges and vows revenge. His grisly throat-cutting activities were lightened by a hilarious Mrs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/stonyhurst-stages-sweeney-todd-musical/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Recyclable Fashion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hurst Lodge School, Ascot encourages environmental awareness through their Green Team of Form Representatives. Each academic year the pupils are set challenges to ensure the School remains eco-friendly and the pupils are aware of sustainability. The latest challenge was to produce an article of fashion from recyclable materials. The competition was fierce between the years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/recyclable-fashion/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PUPILS PERFORM FOR CHILDREN&#8217;S CHARITY IN LONDON AS SPECTACULAR PLANS ARE REVEALED</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Astronauts sending messages from on board the International Space Station, The Bootleg Beatles headlining, thousands of children performing, HRH Princess Michael of Kent opening the festival weekend and a world’s first with ground-breaking multi-media rock concert technology… This will be Odyssey – a two-day festival spectacular taking place at Windlesham House School, in Washington, West [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/pupils-perform-for-childrens-charity-in-london-as-spectacular-plans-are-revealed/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ROOSEVELT VISITS NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Haven Roosevelt, the grandson of former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, has visited Nottingham High School to speak to its History and Politics Societies. Mr Roosevelt, discussed his younger days, particularly those associated with his grandparents, including his grandmother Eleanor’s active work in social and welfare reform in the United Nations in the aftermath of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/roosevelt-visits-nottingham-high-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>TEACHER GROWS A TASH FOR MEN&#8217;S HEALTH AWARENESS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A teacher at Windlesham House School in Washington has been inspired by a moustache movement to raise money for a brain tumour charity. Alex Armstrong, who was also a pupil at the school, got involved with Movember, a moustache growing charity event held every November that raises funds and awareness for men&#8217;s health. Alex has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/teacher-grows-a-tash-for-mens-health-awareness/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Sporting Schoolgirl of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Talented Farnborough Hill student, Georgia Peel, has been named ‘Sporting Schoolgirl of the Year’ in the School Sport Magazine awards. This follows her award of the Michael May Cup for the single outstanding performance in 2008/9 by the Hampshire Schools’ Sports Federation. Georgia’s achievement was to win the English Schools’ Athletics Association national 1500m title [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/sporting-schoolgirl-of-the-year/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Old Mountaineers down under!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Derbyshire school has set up a new educational partnership in Australia providing sixth form pupils with the chance to head ‘down under’. Mount St Mary’s College has developed an exchange programme with St Aloysius School, in Sydney, whereby every year two leavers can travel to Australia for a gap year. As part of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/old-mountaineers-down-under/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School raise funds for Prostate Cancer Charity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Staff Instructor (SSI) Captain Brian Simpson who has six medals for Army and Combined Cadet Force (CCF) services over the last 42 years, in addition to the Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal (Malaysian People’s Medal) for distinguished chivalry, gallantry and sacrifice, has been raising money for prostate cancer. Movember is the annual, month-long [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/bedford-modern-school-raise-funds-for-prostate-cancer-charity/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Kingswood Prep School Christmas Fayre &#8211; another great success.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the rain, nothing dampened the festive fun and cheer at the Christmas Fayre at our Prep School which was an amazing success. Mr Simon Morris, Principal of the Kingswood Foundation, cut the ribbon and promptly at 2.00pm declared the event &#8216;open&#8217;. Children and parents rushed in to see all the exciting stalls and join [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/kingswood-prep-school-christmas-fayre-another-great-success/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS Worcester&#8217;s gym gets the Warriors seal of approval</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RGS Worcester’s state of the art fitness suite has been officially opened by the Worcester Warriors. Jonny Arr, Aussie legend Chris Latham and All Black sensation Rico Gear cut the ribbon at the school’s modern Butler Fitness Suite in front of pupils and sports staff today. The players, accompanied by Keir Hansen, Warriors Strength &#38; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/rgs-worcesters-gym-gets-the-warriors-seal-of-approval/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>UK’s top achieving school loses Chaplain to head Kingham Hill School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Magdalen College School, Oxford, that topped this years ‘A’ Levels result table, has lost its chaplain and house master to Kingham Hill School, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. Nick Seward, 38, took over as headmaster at Kingham Hill at the beginning of the new school year, following five years at Magdalen College School. He brings with him [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/uk%e2%80%99s-top-achieving-school-loses-chaplain-to-head-kingham-hill-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Kingham Hill School Launches Organ Scholarship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The splendid organ in the Chapel at Kingham Hill School will soon reverberate to the efforts of the school’s first organ scholar. A new scholarship has been established at the Cotswold school, inspired by Headmaster’s wife, Hannah Seward &#8211; a former organ scholar of Jesus College, Oxford. She and Director of Music, Gill Holliday, have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/kingham-hill-school-launches-organ-scholarship/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>David Cameron is thanked by grateful pupil at Kingham Hill School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Hector Mahony (11) learned that David Cameron was to visit Kingham Hill School, he determined to thank him personally for helping to overturn an LEA decision in 2002 that threatened to bar him from joining the same primary school as his two brothers. Hector approached David Cameron minutes before he officially opened the two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/david-cameron-is-thanked-by-grateful-pupil-at-kingham-hill-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS Worcester win Epic Encounter!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RGS Worcester took city honours as they defeated King’s Worcester 3 &#8211; 0 in the Modus Challenge Cup on Wednesday night (Dec 2). Contrary to the score line, on the pitch the action lived up to the electric atmosphere with a resurgent RGS controlling the ball and tempo of the match during an extremely even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/rgs-worcester-win-epic-encounter/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Octagon Academic Society at Kingham Hill School, Oxfordshire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Octagon Academic Society was formally launched in September and has had a successful opening term. Alongside lessons which are designed to stimulate the mind into new and challenging ways of thinking, Octagon has also hosted debates in the Lecture Theatre including one led by a visiting speaker from Oxford University, Christopher Shields. His topic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/octagon-academic-society/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Key Skills for Parents – a Lesson on Life for Bedford Modern School students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School’s PSHE (Personal Social and Health Education) programme works alongside the academic curriculum to allow students to develop the skills necessary for adult life. PSHE has a number of key aims including the development of social skills; helping students make decisions and choices; raising awareness of social issues; helping students discover their own [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/key-skills-for-parents-%e2%80%93-a-lesson-on-life-for-bedford-modern-school-students/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School students shine at Shakespeare Schools Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[30 Bedford Modern School students from Years 7 to 9 performed “The Tempest” at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage as part of the Shakespeare’s Schools Festival on Tuesday 10th November, After rehearsing for six weeks, the BMS students had the opportunity to perform their 30 minute abridged version on a professional stage as part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/bedford-modern-school-students-shine-at-shakespeare-schools-festival/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School represented at Ampthill celebration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Bedford Modern School was represented when OBM and former staff member Andrew Underwood (1945-51 and 1966-89) organised the unveiling of a plaque in memory of the Revd Hugh Reeve (c. 1566-1646), Rector of Ampthill for 46 years from 1600. Andrew Underwood, who founded the Bedford Modern School Archives in 1972, and is the author [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/bedford-modern-school-represented-at-ampthill-celebration/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>UNESCO DECLARES FORMER TRENT COLLEGE PUPIL ‘HISTORIC ICON’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A former pupil of Trent College in Long Eaton, who attended the School in the 1920s, has been honoured by an international organisation. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has honoured The Honourable Mom Rajawongse (Mr) Kukrit Pramoj, by declaring him to be a ‘Great Personality.’ Mr Kukrit, a member of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/unesco-declares-former-trent-college-pupil-%e2%80%98historic-icon%e2%80%99/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>JAMES ACCEPTED ONTO NATIONAL TALENTED ATHLETE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME – FOR SECOND YEAR RUNNING</title>
		<description><![CDATA[    Nottingham High School pupil and national relay orienteering champion, James Taylor, 18, has been accepted for the 2009/10 Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme, (TASS), for the second year running. James is one of twenty one British orienteers to be awarded TASS this year – a Government funded programme that represents a unique partnership between [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/james-accepted-onto-national-talented-athlete-scholarship-scheme-%e2%80%93-for-second-year-running/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bromsgrove Prep U12 Hockey players named Regional Champions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Under-12 hockey players from Bromsgrove Preparatory School are celebrating this week after being crowned Regional Champions. On Friday 27th November the U12 team at the Old Station Road School competed in the IAPS Regional Hockey tournament in Repton. Bromsgrove had five teams to play in their group stage and only the top two schools were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/bromsgrove-prep-u12-hockey-players-named-regional-champions/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School students win awards for volunteering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Sixth Form students were awarded their V Award Certificates for making a difference in the local community at a special Assembly held at the School on Monday 23rd November. Community Service is an option for Sixth Form students at BMS. Placements take place weekly and there are currently 26 students at the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/bedford-modern-school-students-win-awards-for-volunteering/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BMS win Gold and Silver at British Indoor Rowing Championships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School students competed in the British Indoor Rowing Championships held at the NIA Birmingham on Sunday 22nd November. In the Junior 18 heavyweight category, BMS Year 13 student Greg Edwards won Silver in a time of six minutes and 17 seconds which was a new Bedford Modern School Boat Club record. In the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/bms-win-gold-and-silver-at-british-indoor-rowing-championships/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Assembly &#8211; but not as we know it</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Royal Alexandra and Albert School was the setting for an extraordinary assembly project this week. As part of the ‘Gifted and Talented’ programme, Year 8 pupils from local schools, gathered in the School Chapel to work on an engineering task to assemble a structure. The day-long task was devised to develop the pupil’s problem-solving, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/assembly-but-not-as-we-know-it/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>SUCCESS IN THE PALM OF THEIR HANDS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Newly crowned world heavyweight boxing champion, David Haye may have made a decent fist of his assault on the world title by beating Russian giant, Nikolai Valuev, but nearer to home several pupils at one of the region’s leading independent schools have also had a hand in a major sporting triumph that sees a national [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/success-in-the-palm-of-their-hands/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Might Bilton Grange Preparatory School have the X Factor?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A resounding, yes! Two former Bilton Grange pupils (OB’s) are making waves in the popular music scene &#8211; solo artist, Taio Cruz and Charles Haddon, lead singer of the curiously names, ‘Ou Est Le Swimming Pool’. Taio Cruz Taio Cruz attended Bilton Grange in the 1990s. His love for music was evident from his school [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/might-bilton-grange-preparatory-school-have-the-x-factor/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>&#8216;Model Pupils&#8217; take to the catwalk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Polam Hall students have shown that they are ‘model pupils’ by taking to the catwalk in aid of children’s charity Helen and Douglas House. The group of Sixth Formers helped to raise £1500 by linking in with local fashion retailers to model their ranges of informal and eveningwear in front of an audience of 300 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/model-pupils-take-to-the-catwalk/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BISHOP’S STORTFORD COLLEGE PUPIL LANDS ROLE IN BIGGEST SELLING WEST END SHOW OF ALL TIME</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twelve year old David Ballard, from Sawbridgeworth, is over the moon after landing a part in OLIVER!, the biggest selling West End show of all time. The talented young actor will share the Theatre Royal Drury Lane stage with Griff Rhys Jones who has been cast as the new Fagin and Jodie Prenger who plays [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/bishop%e2%80%99s-stortford-college-pupil-lands-role-in-biggest-selling-west-end-show-of-all-time/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>SIXTH FORMER WINS PLACE IN NATIONAL YOUTH WIND ORCHESTRA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A talented musician from Bishop’s Stortford College has won a place in the National Youth Wind Orchestra. Sixth Former Abigail Heath had to impress the selection panel with two contrasting pieces, sight-reading and her responses to their questions. As one of the seven clarinettists in the orchestra, Abigail will take part in two ten-day courses [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/sixth-former-wins-place-in-national-youth-wind-orchestra/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>London to Bearwood World Challenge Bike Ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The challenge was for five members of the Brazil World Challenge team to bike ride from the Brazilian Embassy, next to Hyde Park in London to Bearwood College, to raise funds for their World Challenge expedition to Brazil in July 2010. So one fine Saturday morning, five members of the team along with two members [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/london-to-bearwood-world-challenge-bike-ride/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bromsgrove School qualify with three teams through to National Finals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bromsgrove Preparatory School, along with the Senior School Inter Girls team participated in the Cross Country Midland Qualifiers in Warrington, Cheshire on Saturday 14th November. The Junior Boys, Junior Girls (Prep School) and Inter Girls (Senior School) teams all qualified for the National Finals in Cornwall on Saturday 5th December. The school has never had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/bromsgrove-school-qualify-with-three-teams-through-to-national-finals/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Pupils raise £400 for Help for Heroes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Junior pupils at the Royal Alexandra and Albert School turned up for school in army dress on Friday 13th November. The combat-clad youngsters were raising money for Help for Heroes, which is a charity close to their hearts as many have family members on active service in Afghanistan. Pupils and staff paid £1 to come [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/pupils-raise-400-for-help-for-heroes/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>DARREN GOUGH OPENS SCHOOL CHANGING COMPLEX</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils at Sibford School near Banbury were given some tips from the top today when England, Yorkshire and Essex cricketer, Darren Gough, stopped by to conduct a special coaching session. The international all-rounder and Strictly Come Dancing champion was at the school to officially open a new £850,000 sports changing complex. But he took time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/darren-gough-opens-school-changing-complex/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>TALENTED TRENT COLLEGE STUDENT AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS SCHOLARSHIP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A talented Design and Technology student from Trent College in Long Eaton has received a prestigious scholarship for his outstanding work. At an awards ceremony hosted in London by the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Adam Clarke was awarded an Arkwright Scholarship for Design and Technology. The Arkwright Trust was founded in 1990 and supports [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/talented-trent-college-student-awarded-prestigious-scholarship/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Prep 6 act up at Globe Theatre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, 5th November The Royal School&#8217;s Prep 6 girls went to the Globe Theatre in London. On arrival, they were greeted by a professional actress, Jen, who took them into a drama studio attached to the Globe Theatre. After a lively warm up, Jen put the girls into groups to act as characters from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/prep-6-act-up-at-globe-theatre/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Rededication of Bedford Modern School Memorial Window</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School’s Harpur Window, which is a memorial to all OBMs (Old Bedford Modernians), was dedicated on Remembrance Sunday 1959, in the School Hall of the old BMS site in Harpur Street. The window was transferred to the current BMS site in Manton Lane in 1974 and this year celebrated its 50th anniversary. A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/rededication-of-bedford-modern-school-memorial-window/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Olympic Hockey hopeful gives Bilton Grange Hockey players a masterclass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great Britain and Cannock Hockey star, Richard Lane, came to Bilton Grange to demonstrate the type of hockey skills that make him a favourite to be picked for the England 2012 Hockey team. Although the Bilton Grange hockey season starts in January, the girls and boys from the school were given the opportunity for a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/olympic-hockey-hopeful-gives-bilton-grange-hockey-players-a-masterclass/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Year One children at Bilton Grange enjoy medieval day with a banquet and a medieval tournament – on space hopper stallions!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Year One at Bilton Grange have enjoyed a change from their normal routine: dressed as lords and ladies they enjoyed a medieval banquet for lunch and then took to their steeds (or space hoppers) to take part in a Medieval tournament. To celebrate the end of their ‘Castles Week’ when they had learnt about life [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/12/year-one-children-at-bilton-grange-enjoy-medieval-day-with-a-banquet-and-a-medieval-tournament-%e2%80%93-on-space-hopper-stallions/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>WINDLESHAM&#8217;S ATHLETES SHINE IN CROSS-COUNTRY BATTLE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Windlesham House School runners have been celebrating after an excellent haul of medals at the Worthing &#38; District Cross-Country Championships. 38 pupils from the school in Washington took part in the event on Saturday 21st November at The Gallops in Findon Valley. 10 year old John Vignaux took gold in the U11 boys section while [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/windleshams-athletes-shine-in-cross-country-battle/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Girls Successful in County and Midland Lacrosse Trials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Malvern St James Sports Department is celebrating after 24 girls were successful in being selected for the Worcestershire County Lacrosse Squads. The Malvern St James girls dominated the trials for the County teams with 12 girls selected for the U15 team and 12 girls for the U19 County team. 10 girls have also been successful [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/girls-successful-in-county-and-midland-lacrosse-trials/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Arty students star in West End comedy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A hit West End comedy has been brought to the stage in Derbyshire by arty students at Mount St Mary’s College. Three members of the Spinkhill school’s Senior Drama Society starred in the performance of ‘Art’, by Yasmina Reza (translated by Christopher Hampton). The play explored art and the friendship of characters, Serge, Marc and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/arty-students-star-in-west-end-comedy/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Summer Term 2009 &#8211; news from Emscote House School and Nursery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Yellow Woods Challenge The School achieved 1st place in “The Yellow Woods Challenge”. In liaison with Warwick District Council a presentation of £300 and a Gold Oak Award Certificate was received for outstanding achievement in recycling 235 “Yellow Pages”. Emscote House is now one of the top 6 Schools in Warwick District Council to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/summer-term-2009-news-from-emscote-house-school-and-nursery/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>England Netball Co-Captain Runs a Coaching Session at Caterham School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Karen Atkinson, the current England netball co-captain, came to Caterham School on Thursday 19 November to run coaching sessions for the U14, U15 and Senior netball players. Karen has over 100 England caps and has played in three Commonwealth Games and three World Championships. Earlier this month was inducted into the England Netball Hall of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/england-netball-co-captain-runs-a-coaching-session-at-caterham-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>LORD WANDSWORTH STUDENTS TRIUMPH IN MATHS CHALLENGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, 21 schools from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight competed in the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust regional team challenge. The event took place at the &#8220;Intech&#8221; science centre near Winchester. This was an event for 6th form mathematicians. Students took part in three different rounds of questions, including a &#8220;cross number&#8221; round [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/lord-wandsworth-students-triumph-in-maths-challenge/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Prior Park pupils prepare to be Barbarians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three talented boys from Prior Park Prep School in Cricklade have fought off fierce competition to be chosen to represent the South West in the Independent Prep Schools Barbarians Rugby championships. Joe Beckett, Alex Hall and Kieran Kelly were selected from 40 boys from schools across the region. Prior Park Prep was one of only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/prior-park-pupils-prepare-to-be-barbarians/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>SUNDAY TIMES RANKS NOTTINGHAM HIGH JUNIOR SCHOOL AMONGST THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nottingham High Junior School is the highest ranking independent boys’ junior school in the East Midlands according to the recently published Sunday Times top 250 Preparatory Schools league table. Not only has the school been ranked 20th in the UK, up ten places on last year, but it is the 3rd highest ranking independent boys’ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/sunday-times-ranks-nottingham-high-junior-school-amongst-the-best-in-the-country/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>A Grand Afternoon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 100 grandparents joined pupils at Duncombe School in Bengeo for a special afternoon recently. The celebration gave grandparents an opportunity to look around the school, guided by their grandchildren and to see the children’s work. The visitors were then treated to a traditional cream tea and home-made cakes prepared by the catering department. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/a-grand-afternoon/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>TWO DIVERSE AUTHORS IN TWO DAYS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two celebrated authors, Mark Wagh and Beverley Naidoo, have recently visited Nottingham High School as part of its ‘Year of Reading’. This initiative is designed to engage with boys of all ages at the school, exploring reading habits, preferences, philosophies about reading and its importance. Nottinghamshire County Cricketer, Mark Wagh was well received by boys [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/two-diverse-authors-in-two-days/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Moon Rocks Land at St Edmund&#8217;s College!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rare samples of Moon rock and lunar dust landed at St Edmund&#8217;s College, in Old Hall Green this week, on loan from the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council. Meteorites of different kinds also formed part of the display and students were able to handle and study them, seeing the obvious differences in the materials [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/moon-rocks-land-at-st-edmunds-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Prestigious White House award for Old Mountaineer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A former student at Mount St Mary’s College is to receive a prestigious White House award for his outstanding contribution to the American world of science. Dr Craig Brown, who was educated at the Derbyshire school in the 1980s, will be given a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). He is an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/prestigious-white-house-award-for-old-mountaineer/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Cadets lead memorial service to mark Remembrance Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Young cadets at Mount St Mary’s College have marched to remember fallen war heroes at a special memorial service to mark Remembrance Day. On Wednesday, November 11, at exactly 11am, students and staff gathered in the school’s Memorial Chapel for a service of remembrance. The last post was sounded to mark the start of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/cadets-lead-memorial-service-to-mark-remembrance-day/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BMS through to last 16 of ISFA Boodles Cup 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School 1st XI Football Team are through to the last 16 of the National Independent Schools Football Association Boodles Cup, after their thrilling 3-2 victory over the much fancied Ardingly College, Sussex in the last round. As rugby is played at the School in the Autumn Term, Bedford Modern School is the only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/bms-through-to-last-16-of-isfa-boodles-cup-2009/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Change is the Theme of the Day for Staines Competition Winners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Create &#38; Wait, the free educational children’s web gallery, created by Staines Preparatory School teacher Claire Eastaugh, has announced the proud winners of its poetry competition, which was centred on the theme ‘Changes’. The site’s sixth successful competition since its launch in 2007, drew entries from throughout the local area from budding young poets bursting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/change-is-the-theme-of-the-day-for-staines-competition-winners/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Chinese Ambassador offers scholarship to Kingham Hill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The applause could be heard all over the school as the Chinese Ambassador announced that she was offering a special scholarship for one Kingham Hill pupil to study for a year in China. Ambassador Fu Ying’s announcement came as a surprise at the end of a question and answer session with sixth formers that she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/chinese-ambassador-offers-scholarship-to-kingham-hill/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Stunning New Facilities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Girls at Farnborough Hill are looking forward to pushing creative boundaries even further following the completion of the St Anne’s Art and Design Technology Centre. The building was blessed and officially opened by the Bishop of Portsmouth, The Right Reverend Crispian Hollis, in a ceremony attended by students, staff and guests. The Grade 1 listed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/stunning-new-facilities/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS Worcester Number 1 in the Midlands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At a ceremony held at the Institution of Engineering &#38; Technology, Savoy Place London, on 30th October 2009, Robin Hearn, Jonathan Horne, Joseph Perry and Douglas Wilkie from RGS Worcester were awarded prestigious Arkwright Scholarships for their outstanding work in design &#38; technology. Robin Hearn’s Scholarship is sponsored by The Happold Trust, Jonathan Horne’s is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/rgs-worcester-number-1-in-the-midlands/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>WARM WELCOME FOR NIGERIAN TEACHERS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two teachers from Nigeria have been swapping stories with pupils and staff at Windlesham House School in Washington after an enlightening two-day visit. Adegoke Ayansola and Olumide Oniyide teach at the Day Waterman College – a co-educational boarding school for 11-18 year olds set in a 25 hectare site in Asu near Abeokuta in Ogun [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/warm-welcome-for-nigerian-teachers/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CHEMISTRY WEEK AT TRENT COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students from Trent College in Long Eaton have been taking part in food related activities as part of national Chemistry Week, stimulating their interest in science, and their taste buds! Themed weeks are organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) every two years to promote a positive image of Chemistry. Talking about how Trent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/chemistry-week-at-trent-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Peterborough High School Announces Expansion of its Co-educational Provision</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following year’s of outstanding success, Peterborough High School will be expanding from September 2010 to allow the admission of boys into Years 7 and 12, becoming the City’s only independent co-educational school for pupils aged 4 to 18. To reflect this, the School’s name will also change so that, from next September, the School will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/peterborough-high-school-announces-expansion-of-its-co-educational-provision/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>SURBITON HIGH SCHOOL ACROBATS REPRESENT GREAT BRITIAN AT THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Vila de Condo, PORTUGAL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Five elite gymnasts from Surbiton High School, were selected to represent Great Britain at the Acrobatic European Championships held in Portugal. The venue at Vila de Condo was of Olympic proportions and 25 different countries competed for the title of European Champion. Great Britain sent two competitors for each category, knowing that only one competitor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/surbiton-high-school-acrobats-represent-great-britian-at-the-european-championships-vila-de-condo-portugal/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Surbiton High School Win British Schools’ Ski Championships for Second Consecutive Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday 15th November Surbiton High School sent two ski teams to Pontypool in Wales to compete at the British Schools’ Ski Championships. The girls were competing against approximately 400 racers but were well prepared following recent successes in previous races in the series. All girls skied admirably despite the torrential rain and after the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/surbiton-high-school-win-british-schools%e2%80%99-ski-championships-for-second-consecutive-year/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>£100,000 BOARDING INVESTMENT AT FLEETWOOD SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A £100,000 investment at one of the region’s top independent schools has resulted in new facilities for boarders and day pupils and has been completed as another phase of the five year development programme of the school’s Fleetwood campus facilities. Co-educational Rossall School has upgraded another of its Grade 2 listed buildings to provide improved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/100000-boarding-investment-at-fleetwood-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Hannah Coakley appointed as Youth Advisor to Trustees of UNICEF UK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hannah Coakley,(18, from Radyr) has been selected as one of two Youth Advisors to the Board of Trustees of UNICEF UK following an application and interview process. This is the first time that young people have sat on the board and played such an influential role in the organisation. Hannah, who attended Howell’s School, Llandaff [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/hannah-coakley-appointed-as-youth-advisor-to-trustees-of-unicef-uk/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Hurst Lodge School &#8211; green bins for recycling classroom waste.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hurst Lodge School, Ascot encourages environmental awareness through their Green Team of form representatives. They seek to intergrate environmental and sustainability issues in every decision made. The Green Team recently challenged each class to make their own bin for recycling classroom waste paper. The design had to be practical and fun. The competitive buzz that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/hurst-lodge-school-green-bins-for-recycling-classroom-waste/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ST JOSEPH’S, READING, TO BECOME CO-EDUCATIONAL FROM 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Governors of St Joseph’s Convent School in Reading have made the landmark decision to move from being a predominantly girls school, to becoming a co-educational school, with the first intake of boys to take place in September 2010. St Joseph’s currently takes boys from 3-7 years old and girls from 3-18. As from September [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/st-joseph%e2%80%99s-reading-to-become-co-educational-from-2010/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BMS Win Five Events at Upper Thames Small Boats Head</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School students from Years 10 to 13 took part in the Upper Thames Small Boats Head on Sunday 1st November, in extremely windy and wet conditions. Crews from around the country competed on the famous Henley Royal Regatta course over 3,000 metres. BMS won the U18 Coxed Fours (Greg Edwards, Alex Robertson, James [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/bms-win-five-events-at-upper-thames-small-boats-head/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>World Masters Games Sydney 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Kate Nimmo, Second in Department and Head of Swimming at Cheltenham Ladies’ College, competed in five swimming events at the World Masters Games in Sydney during the week of 10th October 2009. She won five gold medals. Kate trained with the Cheltenham Swimming Club and the Gloucester Masters, in order to boost her fitness [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/world-masters-games-sydney-2009/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[600 delegates from 31 schools convened at Cheadle Hulme School, Manchester, for the Model United Nations Conference. This is a multi-centred debating exercise in which teams from schools represent the delegations of a particular country convened as a ‘Model’ United Nations in session. The aim is for students to learn about key international issues, co-operate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/model-united-nations-conference-2/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Malvern St James girls win first prize in Prestigious National Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Girls from Malvern St James are celebrating having won the Challenge the Chancellor Competition for the third time. The ‘Challenge the Chancellor’ competition gives students the chance to decide how and why they would spend government money and was hailed as a great initiative on its launch a number of years ago. The students have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/malvern-st-james-girls-win-first-prize-in-prestigious-national-competition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>‘Air miles’ make African mission a reality for Derbyshire teacher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Pupils at a Derbyshire school have gone to great lengths to help one of their teachers take off on a cultural exchange trip to Africa. Youngsters at Balborough Hall School bought hundreds of special ‘air miles’ flight vouchers to help send deputy head teacher Dave Wilson on a visit to Makumbi Primary School and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/%e2%80%98air-miles%e2%80%99-make-african-mission-a-reality-for-derbyshire-teacher/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BMS APPOINT NEW DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND ADMISSIONS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School are delighted to announce that Michelle Upton has been appointed Director of Marketing and Admissions at the School. Before joining BMS on Monday 19th October, Michelle was previously employed as Marketing Manager at St Margaret’s School, a day and boarding school for girls in Bushey, Hertfordshire. Michelle Upton commented, “Coming from a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/bms-appoint-new-director-of-marketing-and-admissions/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Sam outruns the field</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 360 children from 22 schools across the north of England enjoyed the autumn sunshine at the 2009 Malsis Cross Country in October and a ‘home win’ was recorded by Malsis pupil Sam Stewart of Addingham Moorside who came first in the field of 100 runners in the U11 boys category, adding a gold [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/sam-outruns-the-field/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Anti Bullying week &#8211; staying safe in cyberspace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anti Bullying week, which runs from 16-21 November, is this year urging children to stay safe in cyberspace. The focus comes as we witness an increase in the worrying – and growing – trend that is cyberbullying. Staff and pupils at Highclare School will be taking part in Anti Bullying week and using it to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/anti-bullying-week-staying-safe-in-cyberspace/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NATIONAL SUCCESS FOR YOUNG NOTTINGHAM MUSICIANS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Success beckons for Nottingham High School pupil, Jake Hinson, age 14, as he prepares to battle it out in the final of the Nottingham Young Musician of the Year, a national competition being held at the Djanogly Recital Hall, Lakeside Arts Centre, University of Nottingham on Sunday 8 November. Jake, who plays clarinet, secured his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/national-success-for-young-nottingham-musicians/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>“It’s a cutting-edge education”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Only the country’s top 100 independent preparatory schools make it into the Tatler’s Schools Guide. This is Bilton Grange’s second consecutive appearance in the annual publication. •“It’s a cutting-edge education” •“Bilton Grange has bagged 33 (Scholarships) in the past three years, which is impressive” •“The school is determined to push constantly to remain at the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-a-cutting-edge-education%e2%80%9d/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS Worcester BC welcomes back Cambridge cox in triple boat launch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RGS Worcester Boat Club marked the arrival of new Chief Coach Joe Lyons with a row-past and a boat-naming ceremony on Saturday, in which three boats were given the traditional treatment. Former Alice Ottley pupil and Cambridge cox Carole Burton was top-of-the-bill, spectacularly smashing a bottle of bubbly over the bows of the coxed quad [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/rgs-worcester-bc-welcomes-back-cambridge-cox-in-triple-boat-launch-2/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Unbeaten Sports Teams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The girls&#8217; and boys&#8217; sports teams have started the new academic year with some tremendous results. The Bilton Grange estate offers outstanding facilities for sport and recreation, whether in the traditional team games or in more individual pursuits. Team games for both boys and girls are an important part of the daily programme, and we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/unbeaten-sports-teams/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>“I’m a shoebox! GET ME OUT OF HERE”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr Ian Morris and Bilton Grange’s very own ‘Ant and Dec’: (left to right) Will Jeffrey, Mr Ian Morris and Mani the Boa and Dylan Churchill From leg waxing to boa constrictors, a recent assembly at Bilton Grange Preparatory School was a little different. Every year, Bilton Grange, like many schools across the country, participates [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-a-shoebox-get-me-out-of-here%e2%80%9d/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BMS student wins Grantham U13 Table Tennis Open Title</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 8 student, Alex Meade, has reason to look pleased! Having won the Burton-on-Trent Open U13 Table Tennis title last month, Alex has now added the Grantham U13 Open Title which took place recently. Alex had a relatively easy passage to the Final, where he faced local Grantham boy Matthew Leete, who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/bms-student-wins-grantham-u13-table-tennis-open-title/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Gymnast’s visit inspires local children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils and staff at Duncombe School, Bengeo, gasped as Olympic hopeful Danny Lawrence gave a breathtaking display of gymnastics at the school recently. His visit was arranged with the organisation Sport for Schools as part of the 2012 Inspirational Campaign. The campaign’s mission is to inspire 2,012 children to enrol in sports clubs throughout the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/gymnast%e2%80%99s-visit-inspires-local-children/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>DOUBLE SUCCESS FOR NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS IN HI TECH COMPETITION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nottingham High School pupils Anthony Brown, 16, and Adam Robbins, 16,have both secured places at the final of the National Science and Engineering Competition following their wins in the Midlands regional final of the competition. The competition is open to 11-18 year olds in the UK who have completed a project in any aspect of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/double-success-for-nottingham-high-school-pupils-in-hi-tech-competition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Oswestry School Pupils ‘Top of the Class’ at Regional Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils from Oswestry School took part in the Shropshire Festival of Verse and Prose, which took place at Moreton Hall on Saturday 17th October. The festival is open to all schools in north Shropshire and Cheshire Quiana Booker came 1st in Storytelling and Public Speaking, telling her own amazing horror story, &#8216;Alice&#8217;, and speaking about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/oswestry-school-pupils-%e2%80%98top-of-the-class%e2%80%99-at-regional-festival/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>First class sports staff head for Derbyshire school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Derbyshire school is on its marks for another successful sporting year after appointing two games teachers with experience of coaching at the highest level. Mount St Mary’s College has appointed a fencing coach with 15 years experience and a rugby coach who worked with the Rugby Football Union (RFU). The school’s Head of Boys’ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/first-class-sports-staff-head-for-derbyshire-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Girls mark the centenary of the Suffragette Movement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the recent centenary of the Suffragette Movement the pupils at Perthshire’s leading girls’ school Kilgraston were involved in several interdisciplinary projects looking at the changing role of women in society. For the final of the project the pupils hosted an Edwardian Afternoon Tea Party. The girls enjoyed dressing up as maids and serving [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/girls-mark-the-centenary-of-the-suffragette-movement/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Navy Day at The Cheltenham Ladies’ College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students from ten local Gloucestershire schools were invited to attend a Navy Day held at the CLC Sports Centre on 15 October 2009. The 133 boys and girls were split into teams comprising students from the ten different schools. Students were challenged to design, test and modify a model aircraft, powered by an electric motor, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/navy-day-at-the-cheltenham-ladies%e2%80%99-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Derbyshire school pays tribute to former head teacher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Teachers and staff at Mount St Mary’s College have paid tribute to former head teacher Fr John Grumitt SJ who has died aged 79. Fr Grumitt, who was head at the Spinkhill school from 1976 to 1990, is remembered with affection by long-serving staff. The last Jesuit head at Mount St Mary’s, Fr Grumitt was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/derbyshire-school-pays-tribute-to-former-head-teacher/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Lancing College announces The ‘Evelyn Waugh’ Lecture Thursday 19 November 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lancing College announces The ‘Evelyn Waugh’ Lecture 2009 to be given by Alexander Waugh author; musician; record-producer; critic and film-maker Thursday 19 November 2009 Great School, 6.30pm Lancing Foundation Dinner 8.15pm The annual Evelyn Waugh lecture commemorates one of our greatest 20th century novelists, a distinguished OL (Old Boy) of Lancing College. This year’s lecture [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/lancing-college-announces-the-%e2%80%98evelyn-waugh%e2%80%99-lecture-thursday-19-november-2009/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Great response to new Worcester Pre-School Play Group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grange Acorns Pre-School Play Group meets every Monday morning at 9.15am at RGS The Grange in Worcester. The brightly decorated and purpose built rooms and grounds offer all the finest facilities and caring atmosphere for pre-school children. “The group offers parents and toddlers a fun packed morning along with a bit of exercise, games and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/great-response-to-new-worcester-pre-school-play-group/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>England Rugby Scrum Half Paul Hodgson leads a Training Session for Caterham School 1st XV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Hodgson, London Irish and England scrum half, came to Caterham School on Monday 12th October to run a training session with the School’s 1st XV. After an initial assessment, Paul worked the team through decision making drills and conditioned tackling and defensive alignment exercises. Director of Sport, Rob Clarke said, ‘It was fantastic to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/england-rugby-scrum-half-paul-hodgson-leads-a-training-session-for-caterham-school-1st-xv/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>TRENT COLLEGE STUDENTS VIEW GLOBAL WARMING IN GREENLAND</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The issues surrounding global warming are an ever present feature in today’s news bulletins, with footage of how rising temperatures, melting sea ice and crumbling glaciers are dramatically changing the landscape of the northern hemisphere. A group of Year 12 students from Trent College in Long Eaton recently had the chance to experience these scenes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/trent-college-students-view-global-warming-in-greenland/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Taking pathology back to school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday 4th November 2009, Howell’s School, Llandaff will be hosting an event run by Cancer Bank Wales as part of National Pathology Week (2 &#8211; 8th November 2009). Cancer Bank Wales will be running a series of workshops during the day for Year 11 students. The workshops will include: DNA extraction, a liver disease [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/taking-pathology-back-to-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS Springfield Year Four &#8216;Sort It&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday (October 2), Laura from The Duckworth Worcestershire Trust visited Year Four at RGS Springfield to help them with their recycling work. The children had to sort a variety of materials as if they were going to be recycled, with The Duckworth Trust offering information and help along the way.   Laura told the pupils [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/rgs-springfield-year-four-sort-it/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Teachers are Dancing in the Moonlight!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday evening (October 10), RGS Springfield teachers Mrs Webster, Mrs Carr and Mrs Walker took to the hills to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Care. The intrepid trio walked across five miles of the Malvern Hills with moonlight to guide them. Although the weather during the day had looked as though it would be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/teachers-are-dancing-in-the-moonlight/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Animal Antics at Brownie Meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Brownies at RGS Springfield had a surprise visitor to their pack meeting this week, Angie from Animal Antics brought in a variety of animals to meet them. She brought in Mo, the pygmy hedgehog, Dylan, a very large European rabbit, Dozer the chinchilla, Marmalade the corn snake, Judy the tortoise and Drizzle the Little [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/animal-antics-at-brownie-meeting/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>&#8216;FANTASTICAL&#8217; AUTHOR VISITS TRENT COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students from Trent College in Long Eaton were treated to a fantasy this week, with a visit from children’s author Sam Enthoven. Sam writes books for 11-15 year olds, which he describes as ‘fantastical action thrillers’. His passion and energy for his work certainly made him an inspirational speaker for Years 7, 8 and 9 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/fantastical-author-visits-trent-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>TRENT COLLEGE SWIMMERS LEARN FROM THE BEST</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A former Trent College student and International swimmer has returned to the College to share her skills with younger students. Emma Bird, 18, left Trent College this summer after completing her A Level studies. She is now taking two years out of education to pursue her swimming career, before progressing to University. Emma has an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/trent-college-swimmers-learn-from-the-best/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS The Grange win Rugby Sevens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The RGS The Grange U11 rugby teams got their season off to a flying start by winning The Elms 7-a-side tournament on Saturday. In the group stages the first string team was victorious against Monmouth School, King’s St Alban’s and Hereford Cathedral School to top their group. In the final RGS The Grange met Abberley [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/rgs-the-grange-win-rugby-sevens/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Two wins for BMS at Bedford Small Boats Head</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Fours and Small Boats Head took place on Sunday 11th October with a record entry of over 420 crews. Bedford Modern School had 32 Year 9 students (Project Lightning) competing alongside dozens of other BMS rowers from Year 10 (Project Legend) and Year 11. There was ample support from parents who were very excited, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/two-wins-for-bms-at-bedford-small-boats-head/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CHARLEY BOORMAN GOES BACK TO SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Actor and adventurer, Charley Boorman, went back to school this week to revisit the place where he spent some of his teenage years. The best selling author, who suffers from dyslexia, was a pupil at Sibford School near Banbury from 1980 until 1983. He told current pupils how he came to Sibford after being diagnosed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/charley-boorman-goes-back-to-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Ironman World Championship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mrs Edwina Sutton, Director of Sport at The Cheltenham Ladies’ College successfully completed the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii on Saturday 10 October 2009. She finished in an incredible 10 hours 48 minutes and 15 seconds and came 15th in her division. Edwina qualified for the championships when she was the second woman to finish [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/ironman-world-championship/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>William the Conkerer!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils at Barlborough Hall School are having a smashing time reviving a traditional school ground game. Conkers is proving very popular at Barlborough with children regularly competing to see who has the winning weapon. Wanda Parkinson, head teacher at Barlborough, said: “It is wonderful that our pupils can still play traditional games at school. “Children [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/william-the-conkerer/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Scotland Rugby Stars Coach Strathallan’s Rising Stars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scotland Rugby Internationalists, Max and Thom Evans spent an afternoon at Strathallan School this week coaching school rugby squads. The Rugby stars, who also play for the Glasgow Warriors, are the 45th set of brothers to play for Scotland and took to their coaching roles with great ease and confidence. Their rigorous training drills were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/scotland-rugby-stars-coach-strathallan%e2%80%99s-rising-stars/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Pupils’ show some community spirit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RGS The Grange in Worcester was packed for the annual Harvest Festival service, with more than 150 parents in attendance to join in with the service. Youngsters learned about the history of the celebration the festival as well as the importance of helping those less fortunate that themselves. The audience enjoyed some music, poetry and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/11/pupils%e2%80%99-show-some-community-spirit/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>HELEN FRASER TO BECOME CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE GIRLS’ DAY SCHOOL TRUST</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Girls’ Day School Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of Helen Fraser, currently Managing Director of Penguin UK, to the position of Chief Executive effective from 25th January 2010. Helen has had a distinguished career in book publishing. Prior to her thirteen years at the helm of Penguin, the world-famous book publisher, Helen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/helen-fraser-to-become-chief-executive-of-the-girls%e2%80%99-day-school-trust/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Fundraising’s a piece of cake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On September 25th RGS Worcester supported the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support by hosting their own coffee morning and cake sale. Hundreds of cakes and biscuits were available during the morning break in Britannia House, with the charity event witnessing large numbers of RGS Worcester pupils and staff descending [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/fundraising%e2%80%99s-a-piece-of-cake/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGS Worcester cook serves up 30 years of service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cheerful cook Julia Pugh has today (October 7) dished up an astonishing 30 years in the canteen of a local school. She has been behind the counter in Britannia House on the Upper Tything since the 7th October 1979 and has witnessed several major changes and events along the way. Originally starting in the Alice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/rgs-worcester-cook-serves-up-30-years-of-service/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Two sporting Surrey Teachers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday 28th September Neil Fox, led by 3000 cyclists, crossed the start line at Buckingham Palace for the 45 mile Palace to Palace bike ride in aid of the Prince’s Trust. The ride took the cyclists around some of London&#8217;s most opulent sites including the backdrop of Buckingham Palace, the deer of Richmond Park [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/two-sporting-surrey-teachers/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BMS students meet Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg MP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 6th October, 17 Bedford Modern School Politics students attended the &#8220;Nick Clegg meets &#8230; Bedford&#8221; Question and Answer session at the Harpur Suite in the town. Nick Clegg was there to support their Mayoral candidate and to answer questions from the 100 strong audience. Bedford Modern School students asked questions about child poverty, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/bms-students-meet-lib-dem-leader-nick-clegg-mp/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Open Morning at The Mill School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NURSERY AND RECEPTION OPEN MORNING WEDNESDAY, 11TH NOVEMBER 10AM TO 12 NOON For details and to register please contact 01380 723011 OR E-mail: office@mill.wilts.sch.uk THE MILL SCHOOL  Happy, confident children.  Excellent facilities.  Full and varied curriculum.  Play based learning.  Experienced staff.  Beautiful safe, rural setting.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/open-morning-at-the-mill-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Howell’s School Senior Choir to sing in Beijing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forty members of the Howell’s School Llandaff Senior Choir are practising hard to perform in one of the world’s greatest concert halls during the forthcoming school tour in China &#8211; the prestigious Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing. The choir members are all 15-18 years old and are looking forward to the experience of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/howell%e2%80%99s-school-senior-choir-to-sing-in-beijing/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Funky Footwear day for Surrey Air Ambulance Fund</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday the students and staff of Hurst Lodge School, Ascot took part in a Funky Footwear day in support of the Surrey Air Ambulance Fund. The idea was a simple one. Everyone came to school wearing decorated shoes, flowery wellingtons and anything else which could be described as bright and fun. Each person taking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/funky-footwear-day-for-surrey-air-ambulance-fund/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Ceremonial opening of Stonar’s superb new Sixth Form Centre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stonar School’s official opening of its new Sixth Form and Arts Centre earlier this term was attended by current parents, current and past Sixth Form students, staff, governors, guests and the Mayor of Melksham, Mr Richard Williams. Guest of honour, Ann Daniels the Polar Explorer, gave an excellent illustrated talk and then cut the ribbon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/ceremonial-opening-of-stonar%e2%80%99s-superb-new-sixth-form-centre/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Pupils Excel in Ballet Performance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three pupils from Oswestry School were delighted to be in the cast for a wonderful production of ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ by the English Youth Ballet. The ballet, performed at The Severn Theatre in Shrewsbury, was a sell out and it was a unique opportunity for the children to celebrate their talent. Fiona Newman (10), Verity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/pupils-excel-in-ballet-performance/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Caterham Students give a storming performance at The Ashcroft Theatre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fifth Year students from Caterham School performed an abridged version of Shakespeare’s magical, romantic play ‘The Tempest’ &#8211; a story of castaways, assassination attempts and strange sorcery – at The Ashcroft Theatre on Friday 9th October 2009. Each evening for three nights, four local schools performed their own unique half hour interpretations of Shakespeare’s most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/caterham-students-give-a-storming-performance-at-the-ashcroft-theatre/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Speech Day at Oswestry School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Guest of Honour at the Oswestry School 2009 speech day was the actor Robert Hardy CBE, who gave a fascinating speech which wove a masterful tapestry of amusing anecdotes, expert historical knowledge and keen insight into contemporary situations. Mr Hardy is no stranger to Oswestry School, having visited during the 600th Anniversary celebrations in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/speech-day-at-oswestry-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Local Teacher to perform “Flower of Scotland “in front of 70,000 fans as Scotland play Japan in Tokyo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Andrew McGarva, newly appointed Director of Music at Kilgraston School in Bridge of Earn, Perth will be performing “The Flower of Scotland” in front of 70,000 football fans as they gather to watch the Scotland national football team play Japan in the Nissan Stadium, Yokohama on Saturday the 10th of October. Andrew has recently arrived [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/local-teacher-to-perform-%e2%80%9cflower-of-scotland-%e2%80%9cin-front-of-70000-fans-as-scotland-play-japan-in-tokyo/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Hurst Lodge supports the NSPCC and Childline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2008 the NSPCC launched the Child’s Voice Appeal with the aspiration that no cry should go unheard. When a child needs help, ChildLine and the NSPCC Helpline may be their only hope Hurst Lodge School, Ascot had a special treat today when &#8216;Buddy&#8217; (centre) the NSPCC and Childline Schools’ mascot came to visit them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/hurst-lodge-supports-the-nspcc-and-childline/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BMS appoint new Head of Girls’ Rowing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School are delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Tristan Mayglothling as Head of Girls’ Rowing at the School. Tristan was previously the Community Rowing Coach at the Star Club in Bedford for three years. “I heard about the position from Alistair Brown, Bedford Modern School’s Director of Rowing, who spoke to me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/bms-appoint-new-head-of-girls%e2%80%99-rowing/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CCSS appoints new Principal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies (CCSS) has appointed Stuart Nicholson as its new Principal. Mr Nicholson has replaced Mr Neil Roskilly, who has recently taken the post of the CEO of the Independent Schools Association, one of the oldest of the independent schools’ organisations in the UK, which has 300 member schools. Stuart Nicholson has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/ccss-appoints-new-principal/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NEW STATE OF THE ART SIXTH FORM CENTRE OFFICIALLY UNVEILED</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nottingham High School’s new state-of-the-art Sixth Form Centre and dining hall has been officially opened by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, Sir Andrew Buchanan and School Captain, James Taylor. Governors and staff as well as other VIP guests were invited to the event which included an opportunity to take a tour of the new building. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/new-state-of-the-art-sixth-form-centre-officially-unveiled/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Friends of Staines Prep Celebrate 20th Anniversary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A celebration of twenty years of fundraising by The Friends of Staines Prep School took place on Tuesday 29 September at the school in Gresham Road, Staines, where past and present governors joined committee members and new parents from Nursery and Reception groups for a party. A new logo was unveiled and was proudly displayed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/friends-of-staines-prep-celebrate-20th-anniversary/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School Archivist brings Bedford to life in book of old photographs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Archivist and OBM Club Secretary, Richard Wildman’s book about Bedford in the series Britain in Old Photographs, first published in 1994, has just been re-issued in a new format by The History Press, price £12.99. The new full-colour cover shows celebrations in Greyfriars Walk on VE Day, 8th May 1945. The book [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/bedford-modern-school-archivist-brings-bedford-to-life-in-book-of-old-photographs/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BMS student wins two Silver Medals at UK School Games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bedford Modern School Year 12 student Adam Ingledew was selected for the second year running to compete in swimming events at the UK School Games, having won two Bronze Medals last year. This year, the Games were held in Wales between 3rd and 6th September. The swimming events were held at the new 50m pool [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/bms-student-wins-two-silver-medals-at-uk-school-games/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Hull Collegiate School &#8211; Open Week, 5th &#8211; 9th October 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Open Week will be held during Monday 5th to Friday 9th October 2009. Join us for a guided tour of the school and find out how the school functions during a typical working day. Open Week is the perfect opportunity for you to witness real lessons and see our pupils in action, both in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/hull-collegiate-school-open-week-5th-9th-october-2009/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Two Teachers to compete in World Championships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwina Sutton, Director of Sport at The Cheltenham Ladies’ College, is soon to be competing in the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii. Kate Nimmo, Second in Department and Head of Swimming, has flown to Australia to compete in the swimming events at the World Masters Games in Sydney. Edwina qualified for the championships when she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/two-teachers-to-compete-in-world-championships/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Pupils have a ball as Strictly fever hits Barlborough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Strictly fever is sweeping Barlborough Hall School where youngsters are putting their best feet forward with a former world dance champion. Pupils at the Derbyshire school are waltzing their way to become the next Darren Bennett or Lilia Kopylova by taking part in ballroom dancing lessons. The children are taught by two-time World Amateur Ballroom [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/pupils-have-a-ball-as-strictly-fever-hits-barlborough/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Open Afternoon &#8211; Wednesday, 14th October 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our next Open Afternoon will take place on Wednesday 14th October and everyone is welcome to come to see the school in action. For those particularly interested in the Nursery and Junior School, the time to come is between 1.30pm and 2.40pm. The Senior School will be open from 2.30pm until 3.40pm, and pupils will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/open-afternoon-wednesday-14th-october-2009/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Kilgraston hosts first ever Scottish Girls Schools team show horse jumping competition.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Five leading girls’ schools from across Scotland came to Perthshire on Sunday 27th September to participate in the first ever Scottish Girls’ Schools Association Equestrian event at Kilgraston School, Bridge of Earn. And Kilgraston, the only school in Scotland boasting an on-site equestrian centre, showed their consistency by winning the overall team point’s trophy with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/kilgraston-hosts-first-ever-scottish-girls-schools-team-show-horse-jumping-competition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bromsgrove School introduces IB: a major alternative to A levels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month Bromsgrove School began teaching the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) to a group of 38 students from the UK and abroad. Once the School had passed a rigorous authorisation process, some 30 staff underwent training in locations as varied as Birmingham and Athens. The Programme was then launched with induction and team building [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/bromsgrove-school-introduces-ib-a-major-alternative-to-a-levels/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BMS students volunteer in local community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Community Service at Bedford Modern School is an option for Sixth Form students. Placements take place weekly and there are currently 26 students at the School volunteering in organisations such as the Red Cross Charity Shop, Salvation Army and Save the Children Shops in Bedford and Willen Hospice Charity Shop in Milton Keynes. BMS students [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/bms-students-volunteer-in-local-community/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Pupils commended for Art in the Windsor Festival Schools&#8217; Programme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are happy to announce that two students of Hurst Lodge School, Ascot were Highly Commended in the Windsor Festival Schools&#8217; Programme 2009. Congratulations go to Sophie Pikus who was highly commended for her oil painting &#8216;Jamestown&#8217; and Katie Ellesley, also highly commended for her textile diptych &#8216;Sanctuary&#8217;. The Exhibition took place at Ascot Racecourse [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/pupils-commended-for-art-in-the-windsor-festival-schools-programme/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>HOWELL’S SCHOOL LLANDAFF THINKS PINK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first day at Sixth Form College can be nerve-wracking for anyone, but Emily Howell, a student at Howell’s School Llandaff, had other things on her mind. “My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer over the summer and was operated on the day of the GCSE results, three days before her 50th birthday,” she said. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/howell%e2%80%99s-school-llandaff-thinks-pink/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BBC ‘Gardeners’ World’ Expert officially opens Bilton Grange organic garden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On a glorious Autumn Saturday, Bob Flowerdew, one of Britain’s leading organic gardeners visited Bilton Grange Preparatory School in Dunchurch to open the pupils’ organic garden. In the Autumn sunshine, Bob Flowerdew admired the garden, which has taken pupils, parents and staff at the school over three years to develop, and talked about the importance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/bbc-%e2%80%98gardeners%e2%80%99-world%e2%80%99-expert-officially-opens-bilton-grange-organic-garden/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Local boy wins Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lord Wandsworth College pupil, George Sandford, has received the Robbie Keast Award for his outstanding contribution to the Hampshire Schools U16 Rugby team. England British Lions winger Ugo Monye , a former pupil of the college, presented the trophy to George in front of an audience including Gary Keast, father of Robbie Keast, and Ian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/local-boy-wins-award/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NINE YEAR OLD FROM NOTTINGHAM BECOMES NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been a busy summer for Nottingham High Junior School pupil Michael Fletcher, who returns to school a national chess champion after being awarded the title of Under 9 Champion, out of 67,000 entrants, at the prestigious British Land UK Chess Challenge – the largest school chess tournament in the world Michael, representing Nottingham [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/nine-year-old-from-nottingham-becomes-national-chess-champion/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Success at the Windsor Festival Participatory Programme for Senior Schools for Hurst Lodge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Montgomery Sadler who received 1st Place in the Windsor Festival Participatory Programme for Senior Schools 2009, in the Music Composition category for her piece ‘The Stars’. The Festival aims to encourage imagination, creativity and artistic talent in senior schools, both state and private, through the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Young people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/success-at-the-windsor-festival-participatory-programme-for-senior-schools-for-hurst-lodge/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Macmillan Coffee Morning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday 25th September the 6th form day students hosted a Macmillan coffee morning in the lounge of Havelock &#8211; one of our new day houses. The event was open to parents of day students and teachers alike and was very well attended. Those present did not manage to consume all the cakes, which had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/macmillan-coffee-morning/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>What a difference a new headmaster can make</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At one level nothing very much at Kingham Hill has changed at all. The setting is still as stunning, tucked as it is in a beautiful fold of the Cotswolds, not far from Stow-in-the-Wold. The founding principles remain firmly in place – vibrant Christian ethos, all-ability intake and education of the whole person. The deputy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/what-a-difference-a-new-headmaster-can-make/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>St Francis&#8217; College girls surpass themselves in pursuit of top grades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Year 11 girls at St. Francis’ College, Letchworth gained a remarkable set of GCSE grades again, however this year, the percentages of A*s and A’s were beyond expectation. A remarkable 73% of examinations taken achieved grades A* and A, an extraordinary result for a school which accepts girls of average ability and above. The coveted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/st-francis-college-girls-surpass-themselves-in-pursuit-of-top-grades/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Belles of the Academic Ball</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another bumper crop of A Level results has been awarded to St Francis’ College girls this year. 83.7% of results were at A /B grade, with 59.6% of the examinations taken achieving grade A. Possibly the most remarkable statistic is that almost 40% of the Upper Sixth girls achieved 3, 4 or 5 straight A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/10/belles-of-the-academic-ball/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bedford Modern School celebrates for a second week running</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After last week’s record A Level results, Bedford Modern School is again celebrating after achieving its second best ever GCSE results. Students achieved a pass rate of 98% A*- C of which 62% were A*- A grades which is up nearly 7% on last year and 88% were A* &#8211; B grades. In Mathematics &#38; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/bedford-modern-school-celebrates-for-a-second-week-running/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>REGIONAL FIRST FOR LANCASHIRE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A top Fylde Coast school has become the first independent school in the North of England to gain authorization to teach the prestigious International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme to infant and junior school pupils, following an inspection and evaluation carried out by the International Baccalaureate Organization. The authorization of co-educational, Rossall Junior, Infant and Nursery [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/regional-first-for-lancashire-independent-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Rotary Annual Conference &#8211; Jersey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend the Farnborough Hill public speaking team and their coach, Mrs Lori Winch-Johnson, were delighted to be invited to join Rotary International District 1250 at their 28th Annual Conference in Jersey. The girls were participating as the Youth Speaks Senior Schools winners of 2008-9. The conference programme promised the delegates ‘Chairperson: Joanna Belcher, Speaker: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/rotary-annual-conference-jersey/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>SENIOR APPOINTMENTS AT FYLDE INDEPENDENT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[    One of the region’s oldest independent schools has bolstered its senior management team with two key appointments. Rossall School, Fleetwood has appointed Anton Maree, 44, as Deputy Headmaster, the post vacated by Fergus Livingstone, who has moved to Lord Wandsworth College in Hampshire to become Headmaster. Anton joins Rossall following seventeen years at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/senior-appointments-at-fylde-independent/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Outstanding sporting achievements at Prior Park School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prior Park Prep School pupils finished last term by triumphing in the sporting arena, with no less than five pupils becoming County players and five pupils receiving ‘Player of the Year’ awards from their sports clubs. In hockey, having been selected for the Gloucestershire Squad, Yvie Seville and Lurenda Mudd were named ‘Players of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/outstanding-sporting-achievements-at-prior-park-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Centenarian makes nostalgic return to Derbyshire school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A 100-year-old lady will make a nostalgic return to the stately home where she lived and worked 84 years ago. Avis Clarke, who celebrated her 100th birthday in August, will return to Barlborough Hall School on Saturday September 19 at 10:00 am. Avis worked on the staff at Barlborough Hall for ten years from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/centenarian-makes-nostalgic-return-to-derbyshire-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Roald Dahl Day at the Marist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oompa Loompers, Willy Wonka and creative writing make the day a resounding success! The Marist Senior School Year 7 and Year 8 students celebrated Roald Dahl Day this week by writing their own books to celebrate the famous author’s life, dressing up as their favourite Roald Dahl characters, and writing ‘revolting’ rhymes. Students put a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/roald-dahl-day-at-the-marist/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Strathallan Celebrates 30 years of Girls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Strathallan School welcomed back the first girl at the School, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of girls at Strathallan and for the opening of the new girls’ boarding house, Glenbrae, earlier this week. Margie Burnet Ward, now headmistress at Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire, made her first visit back to School in three decades to join [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/strathallan-celebrates-30-years-of-girls/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>A Royal Audience for Strathallan Singers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fourteen Strathallan pupils travelled to Royal Deeside last weekend to perform for Her Majesty the Queen at Crathie Kirk and also at the morning service at Braemar. Our Choir, under the direction of Director of Music, Mr Richard Walmsley is the only one to receive an invitation to perform at Crathie Kirk and is made [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/a-royal-audience-for-strathallan-singers/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Junior Citizen Scheme Encourages Safety Awareness in Staines Prep Pupils</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils from Staines Prep School attended an action packed afternoon at the British Airways Community Learning Centre in Harmondsworth on 14th September, where Spelthorne Borough Council community safety officers had set up a series of challenging activities to raise safety awareness amongst pupils. The twenty-five Year 6 pupils who took part in the annual Junior [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/junior-citizen-scheme-encourages-safety-awareness-in-staines-prep-pupils/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Help for Heroes back at RGS Worcester</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following on from last terms Help for Heroes charity fundraising day, RGS Worcester where delighted to present a cheque for £1,600.32. Peter Elcock, Help for Heroes, Volunteer Group Co-ordinator for Worcestershire was on hand to receive the impressive amount and also presented the school with certificates of appreciation, awarded in recognition of the contribution of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/help-for-heroes-back-at-rgs-worcester/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CELEBRATING THE NEW ART SCHOOL AT LANCING COLLEGE &#8211; A special Art Day in the Reeve Art School, one year on</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  ART AT LANCING The art tuition at Lancing College, under the direction of Caroline Pringle, is exceptional. This year’s A Level results included 11 A grades. Lancing’s Art Department has an impressive record of producing students who become designers, photographers, architects, art historians and painters. In 2009, five students went on to study architecture, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/celebrating-the-new-art-school-at-lancing-college-a-special-art-day-in-the-reeve-art-school-one-year-on/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Three out of the five UK Finalists for LAMDA Competition are from Howell’s School, Llandaff, GDST in Cardiff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three students from Howell’s School, Llandaff are through to the UK final of the LAMDA* London Communication and Performance Awards Competition in London on Saturday 12th September 2009. This is the fifth year in a row that a student from Howell’s School, Llandaff in Cardiff has made it through to the Finals. LAMDA invite the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/three-out-of-the-five-uk-finalists-for-lamda-competition-are-from-howell%e2%80%99s-school-llandaff-gdst-in-cardiff/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Clubmark status for 2 DASH athletics club</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Derbyshire athletics club is celebrating after picking up a national excellence award. 2 DASH (Derbyshire and South Yorkshire Harriers), which is based at Mount St Mary’s College, Spinkhill, has achieved Clubmark status &#8211; the national standard for high quality sports provision for young people. Part-funded by Coalfields Regeneration Trust grants, the club was set [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/clubmark-status-for-2-dash-athletics-club/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART SIXTH FORM CENTRE AND DINING HALL READY FOR STUDENTS AT NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Work has been completed on a new £4.5m state-of-the-art Sixth Form Centre and dining hall at Nottingham High School. The scheme has been designed by Nottingham architects maber and constructed by Derby based contractor G F Tomlinson Building and representatives from all parties involved in the development gathered to celebrate the handover of the building [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/new-state-of-the-art-sixth-form-centre-and-dining-hall-ready-for-students-at-nottingham-high-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Emilia moves mountains with charity run</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eight year old Emilia Thompson stormed the field in charity race to secure a top ten finish and help raise hundreds of pounds for charity. Emilia, a pupil at Barlborough Hall School, Derbyshire, finished in the top ten girls in the Bupa 1.5km Great Yorkshire Mini Run at Don Valley Stadium. She was cheered on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/emilia-moves-mountains-with-charity-run/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Sainsbury’s Chief Executive delivers over £750 of equipment to local school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Children from Howell&#8217;s Junior School in Llandaff were visited by Sainsbury’s Chief Executive, Justin King last week when he personally delivered the first batch of sports equipment the school has redeemed through the Sainsbury’s Active Kids scheme. The equipment will be a welcome addition to the school’s P.E. kit and is part of Sainsbury’s commitment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/sainsbury%e2%80%99s-chief-executive-delivers-over-750-of-equipment-to-local-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bromsgrove School Appoints New Head of Cricket</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bromsgrove School is delighted to welcome Richard Cox as its new Director of Cricket. Richard who is an ECB Level IV Coach and a Member of the Elite Coaches Panel for the International Cricket Council Europe has most recently worked at Warwickshire County Cricket Club as Director of Cricket for Warwickshire Cricket Board as well [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/bromsgrove-school-appoints-new-head-of-cricket/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>SHOWJUMPING SUCCESS FOR SOPHIE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, having qualified at the prestigious Cardigan County Show, Sophie Stratton, Year 9, competed in the National Championships held at the BSJA Scope Festival of Show Jumping at Staffordshire County Showground. This was the fifth time that she had qualified for the finals. Sophie performed incredibly well under pressure and finished 3rd out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/showjumping-success-for-sophie/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS EXCEL IN EXAMS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nottingham High School has an excellent reputation for delivering outstanding results at GCSE and A Level and this year has been no exception. At A Level, for the first time a 100% pass rate was achieved, with over 82% of the grades being A or B. 43 boys got three A grades or better. Of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/nottingham-high-school-pupils-excel-in-exams/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>St Mary’s Girls Shatter Outdated Stereotypes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[St Mary’s students have again disproved the old stereotype that boys outperform girls in Maths and Science. From a group of 22 A-level students testing in Maths and Further Maths this year, 18 Grade As were achieved. Separate Science results were also strong, with 80 per cent of all GCSE marks A* or A. 89 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/st-mary%e2%80%99s-girls-shatter-outdated-stereotypes/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PUPIL DEBUTS FOR WORCESTERSHIRE CC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Current Pupil Ben Cox (17) makes his senior debut for Worcestershire County Cricket Club on Wednesday 16th September. He kept wicket behind Somerset &#38; International players such as Marcus Trescothick and Justin Langer. Ben has been playing for Worcestershire Under 17s this summer and has played just four second XI games. This is a great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/pupil-debuts-for-worcestershire-cc/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>First Minister supports the Kilgraston Peru Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday evening, 11th September saw the first in a series of fundraising events for the Kilgraston School 2010 Peru expedition. A Gala Dinner was held at the Grouse and Claret restaurant, Kinross and was a huge success raising nearly £4,000. The First Minister, Alex Salmond, gave a very personal and entertaining welcome to all the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/first-minister-supports-the-kilgraston-peru-project/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Kilgraston girls gain a taste of life as a business leader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sixth Form pupils from a leading Perthshire independent school, Kilgraston, started the school year by been given an opportunity to experience life of a busy business executive by taking part in a series of tasks organised by Businessdynamics, a registered educational charity that aims to bring business to life for students. The pupils took [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/kilgraston-girls-gain-a-taste-of-life-as-a-business-leader/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Budding boxing star Luke lands knockout GCSE grades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Junior boxing champion Luke Rhodes is celebrating a knockout set of GCSE results. The 16-year-old, a pupil at Mount St Mary’s College, in Spinkhill, achieved nine A* grades and one A in this year’s exams. Welterweight Luke, from Maltby, in Rotherham, is the current Yorkshire and Humberside, and Midlands Champion, following successful bouts in May [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/budding-boxing-star-luke-lands-knockout-gcse-grades/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>New Headmaster for RGS The Grange, Worcester</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Governors of The Royal Grammar School are delighted to announce that the new Headmaster of RGS The Grange (one of the two RGS preparatory schools) is Mr Gareth Hughes. Mr Hughes takes up his appointment from 1 September 2009, following the resignation of Mr Tim Lowe for personal reasons and ill-health. Mr Gareth Hughes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/new-headmaster-for-rgs-the-grange-worcester/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>New Deputy Head for St Edmund&#8217;s College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/new-deputy-head-for-st-edmunds-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>SMILES ALL ROUND AS HALF OF ALL GRADES AT A LEVEL ARE STRAIGHT As</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The girls at Newcastle Church High have great cause to celebrate today as a phenomenal 50 per cent of all marks achieved are A grades, which is double the national average. The award winning Newcastle school has even more reason to celebrate this year as three quarters (75 per cent) of the results gained are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/smiles-all-round-as-half-of-all-grades-at-a-level-are-straight-as/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>A QUARTER OF GIRLS SECURE ALL A* OR A GRADES AT GCSE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Newcastle Church High School has cause for celebration as a quarter of students have gained A* and A grades in all 10 or more GCSE subjects taken, up five per cent from last year’s results. Over 60 per cent of the Newcastle Church High GCSE results were at A* and A grade and 85 per [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/a-quarter-of-girls-secure-all-a-or-a-grades-at-gcse/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER A BISHOP&#8217;S STORTFORD COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior School pupils at Bishop&#8217;s Stortford College took over the reins of a history lesson, to teach Junior School classes about the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in Canada – doing so with great aplomb. A curriculum topic for both age groups (albeit at different levels), each Fourth Form (Year 9) student had to teach two Lower [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/learning-from-each-other-a-bishops-stortford-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>HIGH ACHIEVING ART DEPARTMENT ON THE MOVE WITH NEW £1.5 MILLION INVESTMENT AT BISHOP&#8217;S STORTFORD COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils at one of the county’s leading independent schools are looking forward to pushing creative boundaries further following the completion of a new, £1.5m art centre. The spacious, purpose-built facility at Bishop&#8217;s Stortford College to be named the Walter Strachan Art Centre, in memory of one of the College’s great teachers and advocates of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/high-achieving-art-department-on-the-move-with-new-15-million-investment-at-bishops-stortford-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Full Marks at A Level at Polam Hall School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Polam Hall students celebrated outstanding A level results with a number of students achieving multiple A grades and the school once again having a 100% pass rate. Lucy Downes gained 5 A grades including a perfect score (300/300) in her A level Physics. Lucy intends to study Astro or Particle Physics at University and plans [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/full-marks-at-a-level-at-polam-hall-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Excellent GCSE Results at Polam Hall School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Polam Hall School are once again celebrating outstanding results for GCSE Exam results with six students achieving a full set of 10 A* and A grades. Almost half of all papers taken at the school were graded A* or A with a third of the students gaining 7 or more A* and A grades. Modern [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/excellent-gcse-results-at-polam-hall-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Kingham Hill School bucks the recession trend by growing 10%</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At a time when many independent schools are tightening their belts and experiencing lower student numbers, Kingham Hill has enjoyed a ten percent increase in its school roll. The school, situated between Chipping Norton and Stow-in-the-Wold, welcomed new headmaster, Nick Seward (39), in September 2008. He introduced a revised vision for the school, one that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/kingham-hill-school-bucks-the-recession-trend-by-growing-10-2/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>A new school year sees the commencement of an exciting new scholarship programme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s Western Mail, Head of Christ College Emma Taylor is extensively quoted on the subject of scholarships and bursaries (please click here for details) and as the new school year starts, one talented pupil is benefitting from an innovative new scholarship programme developed between Christ College and a leading UK pharmaceutical company. Penn Scholar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/a-new-school-year-sees-the-commencement-of-an-exciting-new-scholarship-programme/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>New &#8216;Extended Project&#8217; to be piloted at Christ College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parents will no doubt be aware of the plethora of options now available at 16+, including the IB, Welsh Bac and Cambridge Pre-U qualifications. We remain convinced that the best qualifications for Christ College pupils continue to be A levels, but are conscious that universities are anxious to see good independent research skills as well. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/new-extended-project-to-be-piloted-at-christ-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Celebrations underway as the class of 2009 record best ever A level results!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Celebrations are well under way at Christ College Brecon, whose pupils have this year achieved the best A level results ever recorded at the school. Over 75% of all grades were A or B, representing a 2% improvement on last year&#8217;s results. All Oxbridge bound Eleven candidates achieved straight A grades in 3 or more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/celebrations-underway-as-the-class-of-2009-record-best-ever-a-level-results/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Record GCSE results at Kingham Hill School!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kingham Hill School enjoyed record GCSE results this summer, with 92% of pupils gaining at least five grades at A*-C. The school is non-selective academically, but prides itself on the tremendous value-added it achieves with pupils across the ability range. Nowhere was this more evident than with the Wormington brothers, Thomas and Edward. Not only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/record-gcse-results-at-kingham-hill-school-2/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Three little pigs go to school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three little piglets have just arrived at the Royal Alexandra and Albert School. Chuck and Olive the Oxford Sandy and Blacks, and Aunt Vivienne, the Saddleback have moved in to the orchard in the school’s grounds. The 10 week old piglets will be looked after by Countryside Management BTEC pupils as part of the animal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/three-little-pigs-go-to-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bilton Grange Pupils achieve Exceptional Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Record year for scholarships to senior schools Following confirmation from Senior Schools across the Country, Bilton Grange Preparatory School is pleased to announce a record year for scholarships, with 14 awards made to 13 children.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/bilton-grange-pupils-achieve-exceptional-awards-2/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Stonar’s rising golfing star</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stonar Sixth Former, Ellena Farrow, 16, of Chippenham looks set to be one of the UK’s rising golfing stars. On 12th July she won the best nett trophy at the South West Regional Girls’ Championships held at Bude and North Cornwall golf club. On 27th August Ellena won the County Girls Championships held at Marlborough; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/stonar%e2%80%99s-rising-golfing-star/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>An Outstanding Report from Ofsted for Caterham School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In June this year Caterham School had an announced Boarding inspection by the Office for Standards in Education, Children&#8217;s Services and Skills (Ofsted). The results have now been published. Ofsted report that ‘’the school offers an outstanding level of care to the Boarders and that the overall quality rating is outstanding’’. The inspection covered six [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/an-outstanding-report-from-ofsted-for-caterham-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Kingham Hill School bucks the recession trend by growing 10%</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At a time when many independent schools are tightening their belts and experiencing lower student numbers, Kingham Hill has enjoyed a ten percent increase in its school roll. The school, situated between Chipping Norton and Stow-in-the-Wold, welcomed new headmaster, Nick Seward (39), in September 2008. He introduced a revised vision for the school, one that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/kingham-hill-school-bucks-the-recession-trend-by-growing-10/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Record GCSE results at Kingham Hill School!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kingham Hill School enjoyed record GCSE results this summer, with 92% of pupils gaining at least five grades at A*-C. The school is non-selective academically, but prides itself on the tremendous value-added it achieves with pupils across the ability range. Nowhere was this more evident than with the Wormington brothers, Thomas and Edward. Not only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/record-gcse-results-at-kingham-hill-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bilton Grange Pupils achieve Exceptional Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Record year for scholarships to senior schools Following confirmation from Senior Schools across the Country, Bilton Grange Preparatory School is pleased to announce a record year for scholarships, with 14 awards made to 13 children.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/bilton-grange-pupils-achieve-exceptional-awards/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Angus and Leo qualify for penultimate stage of the World’s largest Chess tournament</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Angus and Leo qualify for penultimate stage of the World’s largest Chess tournament Pre-Prep Year 3 pupils, Angus Robinson and Leo Johnson, have reached the Gigafinals of the British Land UK Chess Challenge. Angus and Leo recently took part in the Warwickshire Mega Challenge, and by coming second and third in this round, both will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/angus-and-leo-qualify-for-penultimate-stage-of-the-world%e2%80%99s-largest-chess-tournament/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Belgium beckons for Derbyshire rugby star Brandon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rising rugby star Brandon Hannam has been selected to represent his country at an international festival in Belgium. Brandon, a year 13 boarding student at Derbyshire’s Mount St Mary’s College, has been picked for the Scottish Exiles U20 squad. Scottish Exiles are players with Scottish blood, mostly drawn from English schools. Eighteen-year-old Brandon caught the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/belgium-beckons-for-derbyshire-rugby-star-brandon/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS GIVEN INSIGHT INTO WORLD OF BUSINESS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  The whole of Year 10, along with 8 members of staff, at Nottingham High School have taken part in a Business Dynamics conference intended to equip the boys with an insight into and understanding of the world of business. The day involved two practical workshops, for which the boys were divided up into teams. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/nottingham-high-school-pupils-given-insight-into-world-of-business/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Physical adventures on Dartmoor for Royal School&#8217;s Year 8 girls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Royal School’s Year 8 recently went to the Sheldon Centre on Dartmoor for a week of physical adventures including climbing, abseiling, swimming, caving, cycling and hiking. They also managed to include a day of geographical fieldwork on Hay Tor and in the villages of Christow and Bovey Tracey. This busy schedule was combined with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/physical-adventures-on-dartmoor-for-royal-schools-year-8-girls/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CELEBRATING A LEVEL SUCCESS AT QUEENSWOOD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With over 85% of A level grades at A or B, once again Queenswood girls are celebrating their superb achievements; 94% of grades were at an impressive A-C grade. For the seventh consecutive year, the overall pass rate was 100% and 18 out of 47 candidates achieved three A grades or more in their subjects. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/celebrating-a-level-success-at-queenswood/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BEST EVER GCSE RESULTS AT QUEENSWOOD!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Queenswood girls are celebrating the best GCSE results ever with a huge 8% increase on our previous best! With 80% of GCSE grades at A*/A, 95% A*-B and 100% A*-C, the school is delighted with the record breaking achievement. A total of 443 out of 552 subjects taken were passed at A* and A; 16 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/best-ever-gcse-results-at-queenswood/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>A Level Congratulations at Malvern St James! 99.5% pass rate and 82.8% A-B grades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Malvern St James is celebrating another year of excellent examination results. As one of the top 25 independent girls&#8217; schools in the country, the School is delighted with its recent success at A and AS Level. Girls achieved 99.5% pass rate with 82.8% achieving A-B grades. Nearly 40% of the Year 13 girls achieved 3 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/a-level-congratulations-at-malvern-st-james-995-pass-rate-and-828-a-b-grades/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>GCSE Celebrations at Malvern St James</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Further to last weeks excellent ‘A&#8217; Level and AS success, Malvern St James Girls&#8217; School is delighted to announce its GCSE results. Girls achieved 100% pass rate, 95.5% of all grades were A*-C with over 50% being A* or A. Headmistress, Mrs Rosalind Hayes said, &#8220;We are extremely pleased with another set of superb external [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/gcse-celebrations-at-malvern-st-james/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>TEAMS ANNOUNCED FOR ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE NATIONAL SCHOOLS RUGBY FESTIVAL 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The teams and draw for this year’s National Schools Rugby Festival were announced today by the tournament committee. Principal of the College Sian Grant said “Our main aim with the Festival is not only to celebrate school boy rugby, but also to provide the boys with the opportunity of playing in a highly competitive and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/teams-announced-for-st-joseph%e2%80%99s-college-national-schools-rugby-festival-2009/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>GCSE results continue to rise at Royal Alexandra and Albert School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Year 11 pupils at the Royal Alexandra and Albert School rounded off the academic year with another crop of excellent GCSE results. 80% of pupils achieved 5 or more A*-Cs which is a 2% increase on the School’s 2008 figure of 78%. Headmaster Paul Spencer Ellis said “I am pleased our results have continued to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/gcse-results-continue-to-rise-at-royal-alexandra-and-albert-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>GCSE Star Performers at Peterborough High School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Year 11 students at Peterborough High School gained the highest number of A* and A grades on record, increasing this year to over 56 %. The number of A*-B grades was also exceptionally high at 81%, equalling the school’s previous best. Star performers were Katie Avison, who this year gained 9.5 A*s and two As [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/gcse-star-performers-at-peterborough-high-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Another 100% Year for A level results at Peterborough High School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students and staff at Peterborough High School are celebrating achieving a 100% pass rate at A Level for the second successive year. As well as this excellent headline figure, 59% of all the grades were at A or B, narrowly beating last year’s figure of 58% and putting smiles on many faces. Shani Osborne in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/another-100-year-for-a-level-results-at-peterborough-high-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Helping the Transition from Primary to Secondary Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two new Junior Houses, opening this September at the Royal Hospital School, have been specifically created to aid the transition from a primary education to secondary. Andrew Evans, Head of Lower School, explains the underpinning philosophy, “Our aim is to develop a hunger and motivation for learning as well as teaching values for later life, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/helping-the-transition-from-primary-to-secondary-education/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CORE SUBJECTS ON THE RISE AT ROSSALL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Core subjects of English and Maths scored particularly well for Rossall School, Fleetwood, in this year’s GCSE results and science A-grades were also encouraging, as more students opted for the traditional subject areas for GCSE. In English, the school recorded a 51% pass rate A*-A grades, 40% A*-A in Maths and 43% A*-A across all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/core-subjects-on-the-rise-at-rossall/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Marist Students Excel in GCSE Performance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students, teachers and parents delighted with results 84% of Marist GCSE students have achieved A*, A and B grades this year, with 100% of students achieving five A* &#8211; C passes in their examinations overall. The average points score for Marist students rose to 607 points with the average number of GCSEs per student 12.3. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/marist-students-excel-in-gcse-performance/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>GCSE Exam Success at St Edmund&#8217;s College!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students and staff at St Edmund&#8217;s College, near Ware, are celebrating another excellent set of GCSE results today. This year’s results are some of the best that the College has ever seen, with 41% of students achieving an A* or A grade, and eleven students achieving 10 or more straight A* and A grades. St [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/gcse-exam-success-at-st-edmunds-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bearwood College’s strong GCSE results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bearwood College’s GCSE pupils have achieved an impressive set of results this year, with 87% of entries gaining a Grade C or above. 30% of entries are at Grade A* or A – consistent with last year. Mr George Penlington, Academic Deputy, comments: “87% of candidates gained 5 GCSE’s, including Maths and English, at Grade [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/bearwood-college%e2%80%99s-strong-gcse-results/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bromsgrove School has just registered its best ever GCSE results.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Over 60% of the 1200 GCSE and AS examinations sat by Fifth Formers were achieved at A* and A, while numerous individuals achieved nine or ten GCSEs at A* and A. Among this latter group is Will Packwood, an American boarder currently on Birmingham City’s books. 97% of all GCSEs fell within the A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/bromsgrove-school-has-just-registered-its-best-ever-gcse-results/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>98.3% of Haileybury pupils achieve five A* &#8211; C grades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GCSE pupils at Haileybury have again achieved outstanding results, with  98.3% achieving five or more A* &#8211; C grades and 60.5% achieving A or A* grades. 96.1% of all entries at GCSE were graded A* &#8211; C. Natalie Peacock is the school&#8217;s top achiever, with 10 A*s. Four pupils achieved nine A*s, with another four [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/983-of-haileybury-pupils-achieve-five-a-c-grades/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Record GCSE results for Lancing College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Record results for Lancing College &#8211; another year of academic success at GCSE: 625 of the 982 (63.6%) GCSEs taken by 92 pupils were graded A* or A.  29.4% of GCSEs taken were awarded A* grade.  87.7% of GCSEs taken were awarded A*, A or B grades. “I heartily congratulate our GCSE candidates on their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/09/record-gcse-results-for-lancing-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGSAO students gain good marks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RGSAO Worcester has again achieved excellent results in the GCSE examinations with 52.1% of passes being at A*/A grade. The overall pass rate (A*-C grades) was 97.2%, and 99.9% of candidates achieved 5 A*-C grades. Forty-two RGS candidates gained at least eight A* or A grades. As in the recent A Level examinations, this top [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/rgsao-students-gain-good-marks/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>HIGH ACHIEVING RECORD CONTINUES AT BISHOP’S STORTFORD COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[· A record 69% of entries taken were awarded A* or A, with a new high of 36% at the top A* grade at Bishop’s Stortford College in this year’s GCSE examinations. · An impressive 43 students, 45% of the year group, each gained at least 10 A* or A grades. · 100% of pupils [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/high-achieving-record-continues-at-bishop%e2%80%99s-stortford-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Record–Breaking Year for Farnborough Hill Girls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shrieks of delight were the order of the day at Farnborough Hill on GCSE results day. Students were jumping for joy when they opened their results to find strings of As and A*s. In a record year for Farnborough Hill a total of 27 girls (nearly one third of the year group) gained straight A/A*s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/record%e2%80%93breaking-year-for-farnborough-hill-girls/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>LANCING COLLEGE A LEVEL RESULTS Another year of outstanding results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[·85.3% of A Levels taken have been graded A or B, further reinforcing Lancing’s reputation for consistent high achievement. ·Lancing’s average of A-B grades for the last six years is 83.4%. ·For the sixth year running, Lancing&#8217;s percentage of A-B grades is above 80%. ·40.1% of all candidates achieved at least 3 A grades. ·18 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/lancing-college-a-level-results-another-year-of-outstanding-results/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>County Cricket Players</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a full winter of selection trials at the indoor cricket school, Anna Monk (Upper 4) and Maya Thrasher (Lower 5) were selected to play for the Northamptonshire U-15 cricket team. They made their debuts on Sunday for the Northamptonshire U-15 cricket team. They both played their part in a fine victory against Warwickshire in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/county-cricket-players/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Selfless students embody Jesuit spirit on pilgrimage to Lourdes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kind hearted students from a Derbyshire school have returned from Lourdes in France after helping elderly and wheelchair-bound pilgrims to Mass. Twenty two students and three staff from Mount St Mary’s College took part in the pilgrimage to the town, which is situated in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France, from June 27 to July 3. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/selfless-students-embody-jesuit-spirit-on-pilgrimage-to-lourdes/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Marist students win further awards at the 2009 National Drama Festivals Association Final</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ten Year 12 students from the Marist Senior School have been presented with the Buxton Trophy for ‘most promising youth performance’ in the 2009 National Drama Festivals Association (NDFA), British All Winners Festival (BAWF). The girls performed in the BAWF final on 22 July which took place at the Rhoda McGraw Theatre, Woking. The all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/marist-students-win-further-awards-at-the-2009-national-drama-festivals-association-final/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>‘The Gunpowder Treason Martyrs’ (Wed 4th November 2009)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Presentation at Bilton Grange Preparatory School on Wednesday, 4th November at 7:00 p.m.(Ticketed event) It is known that Sir Everard Digby was lodging in Dunchurch while the Gunpowder plot unfolded while Robert Catesby, the charismatic leader of the plotters, had properties at both Lapworth and Ashby St. Legers. The Gunpowder Plotters also stayed at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/%e2%80%98the-gunpowder-treason-martyrs%e2%80%99-wed-4th-november-2009/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RARE CHANCE TO SEE STONYHURST&#8217;S HISTORIC COLLECTIONS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WHERE can you see a real Egyptian mummy, a lock of Mary Queen of Scots&#8217; hair and Arthur Conan Doyle’s school desk, all under one roof this summer? Well the answer of course is Stonyhurst College, which is once again opening its doors to the general public for guided tours during August. Originally a 16th [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/rare-chance-to-see-stonyhursts-historic-collections/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Gala Opera Night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A highlight of this term was the Gala Opera Night, which featured professional soloists and a selection of arias and chorus numbers from the world’s favourite operas and musicals. The Malvern St James Chorus performed alongside three very talented young professional singers all of whom are award winning graduates of the RNCM: Emma Johnston (Soprano), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/gala-opera-night/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Mount St Mary’s celebrates record-breaking A-level results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hardworking pupils, dedicated staff and supportive parents at Mount St Mary’s are celebrating after the Derbyshire College recorded outstanding A-level results. Mount St Mary’s, at Spinkhill, achieved a record-breaking 100 per cent pass rate with 30 per cent of students graded A. The Head Boy and Deputy Head Boy were among the top performers at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/mount-st-mary%e2%80%99s-celebrates-record-breaking-a-level-results/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bearwood College: A-Level Results 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bearwood College is delighted to congratulate its Upper Sixth Form students on their strong 2009 A/Level results, yet another improvement on the results of the previous year. Bearwood College saw a strongly improved performance in the A/Level results for A-B grades at 69% (2008 – 48%; 2007 – 44%), and for A-C grades at 84% [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/bearwood-college-a-level-results-2009/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Marist Students A Level Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marist Senior School – students receive 7% rise in A grades based on previous year. Students from the Marist Senior School received excellent A Level results again this year, with students achieving a 7% rise in A grades. Although students opened envelopes with some trepidation, nerves soon turned to excitement and parents, friends and teachers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/marist-students-a-level-success/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NON-SELECTIVE SCHOOL’S SOLID PERFORMANCE IN A-LEVELS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite growing numbers of students opting for the International Baccalaureate Diploma at Rossall School, Fleetwood, the independent school returned a solid performance in this year’s A-level results with a percentage pass rate of 91% A-E grades and a 6% rise in A-B grades to 63%, a rise which is significant given the school’s non-selective policy, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/non-selective-school%e2%80%99s-solid-performance-in-a-levels/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Another Successful Year for Wycliffe’s Sixth Form Students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Among another great set of results for Wycliffe A level pupils this year were those of the six students who achieved all A grades. Included in this figure were Jeremy Fletcher of Eastcombe, Stroud with 4 As, and four others who achieved 3 A grades. These were Susie Jackson from Slimbridge, Dursley’s Ellie Chubb, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/another-successful-year-for-wycliffe%e2%80%99s-sixth-form-students/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Haileybury pupils achieve 54% A grades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Haileybury&#8217;s A Level pupils have produced excellent results this year, with 54,1% achieving A grades, up from 49,7% last year. The number of A-B grades for A Levels and the International Baccalaureate is 81%. The percentage of A grades marks Haileybury&#8217;s best year yet and are increasing sharply each year. The 2007 total of A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/haileybury-pupils-achieve-54-a-grades/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>MORE A LEVEL RECORDS AT BISHOP’S STORTFORD COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the seventh consecutive year, new A level records have been set at Bishop’s Stortford College. 64% of A levels were awarded an A grade, a new high point. 88% were awarded A or B and 98% were awarded an A, B or C, both statistics matching last year’s record figures. Once again, the pass [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/more-a-level-records-at-bishop%e2%80%99s-stortford-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Achieving their goals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tears of joy were the order of the day as Farnborough Hill girls opened their A level results. The hard working students were delighted to have achieved their goals and are looking forward to university life. The results were outstanding: 84% of the grades achieved were A or B grades with 93% of all grades [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/achieving-their-goals/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Record year for RGSAO A Level students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RGSAO A Level students were celebrating today, as news of their excellent results came through from the examination boards. The overall RGSAO pass rate (grades A-E) was 99.8%, with 77.2% of subjects taken scoring A and B grades. 89.6% of the subjects taken were graded A, B or C. The percentage of A and B [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/record-year-for-rgsao-a-level-students/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Stonyhurst pupils achieve 100% Oxbridge Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again Stonyhurst is celebrating a strong performance at A-level. 100% of the students who have offers to study in Oxford or Cambridge have achieved their dream to attend one of the top universities in the country. Students have gained a clutch of A-grades to secure places on courses as diverse as Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/stonyhurst-pupils-achieve-100-oxbridge-success/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>SENSATIONAL RESULTS AT BROMSGROVE SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[164 pupils at Bromsgrove School sat 522 A levels this year and, remarkably, almost 60% of all grades were A, with a third of all pupils scoring three or more straight As. 84% of all grades fell into the A/B bracket, while the A to E pass rate was 99.8%. Local Head boy Alex Harding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/sensational-results-at-bromsgrove-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PHC Success At District Athletics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[North Herts District Schools Athletics Championship was held recently at Riddlins Track Stevenage. The Princess Helena College followed up their win by the seniors in April with another strong performance winning the Small Schools Cup and a grand total of 17 medals including 5 golds. Our medals included golds for Annie Reid in the Year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/phc-success-at-district-athletics/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CHANCE OF A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR BOYS FROM NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[16 boys from Nottingham High School are about to experience the trip of a lifetime with a 28 day expedition to Siberia. The trip, organised by World Challenge, will give the boys a unique opportunity to explore the wild, unpopulated and remote areas of the Altai region in Siberia. Beginning with a day long expedition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/chance-of-a-lifetime-opportunity-for-boys-from-nottingham-high-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STONYHURST PUPILS BEAT THE CREDIT CRUNCH</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A TEAM of pupils from Stonyhurst College took up the Young Enterprise challenge and showed even they can beat the credit crunch and run a profitable company. Twelve pupils from Poetry launched ‘Entity’ earlier this year and have successfully been selling personalised T-shirts and promotional items for school productions. Their closing accounts showed a healthy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/stonyhurst-pupils-beat-the-credit-crunch/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Mount St Mary’s choir wins national music award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Derbyshire school choir is celebrating after winning a top national music award. The talented Mount St Mary’s College Junior Choir was presented with the Voices Foundation Junior Choirs Award for Excellence at the National Festival of Music for Youth in Birmingham. Mount St Mary’s was one of 22 choirs from across the country chosen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/mount-st-mary%e2%80%99s-choir-wins-national-music-award/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Olympic competition comes to Malvern!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sixty-six children attended from four GSA (Girls’ School Association) Schools to take part in the Junior GSA Olympics. The girls competed in a variety of sports including hurdles, sprint and javelin. Medals were awarded to groups for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place overall and certificates given to the winners of each event. Event organiser, Miss [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/olympic-competition-comes-to-malvern/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>IB results for the class of 2009 at St Clare&#8217;s, Oxford</title>
		<description><![CDATA[St. Clare&#8217;s is delighted to announce another set of really good results this year. Our average score was 34.40 which is the equivalent of 4 grades A’s at A Level; we felt that it was an excellent reflection of the year group. This year only 68 of the 45,132 students worldwide (0.15% of candidates) gained [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/ib-results-for-the-class-of-2009-at-st-clares-oxford/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>&#8216;YOU’RE HIRED&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Malvern St James Girls take part in ‘Apprentice’ like day of activities Girls in years 9 and 12 brushed up their entrepreneurial skills in readiness for a day of business activities entitled ‘Road to Success’ Day in June. Ten successful career women from the world of business, finance and marketing visited the school to take [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/you%e2%80%99re-hired/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Mayoral visit for the Marist Senior School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Royal Borough Mayor visits the Marist to recognise high achieving students during the annual prize giving ceremony Royal Borough Mayor and Mayoress, Councillor Jesse Grey and his wife Mrs Christine Grey, attended the Marist Senior School on 9 July as guests of honour at the school’s annual prize giving awards ceremony for students in Years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/mayoral-visit-for-the-marist-senior-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bearwood College’s Nursery and Reception Classes praised in recent LEA Moderation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bearwood College’s Nursery and Reception classes (Foundation Stage) were recently moderated by the Local Education Authority (LEA) and passed with the highest outcome that could be achieved. The moderators were particularly impressed with the positive relationship the staff have with all the children and the parent feedback forms. The moderation is a process where the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/bearwood-college%e2%80%99s-nursery-and-reception-classes-praised-in-recent-lea-moderation/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NOTTINGHAM HIGH JUNIOR SCHOOL PUPIL WINS PRIZE IN NATIONAL ANIMATION COMPETITION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nottingham High Junior School pupil Tom Walton, 9, has won the ‘Best Human Interest’ category in the 2009 UK Schools Computer Animation Competition after creating a one minute film about the Twin Towers. Tom attended the Schools Computer Animation Festival and Awards Ceremony at The Museum of Science &#38; Industry in Manchester where, along with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/nottingham-high-junior-school-pupil-wins-prize-in-national-animation-competition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Countryside becomes the classroom for Barlborough pupils</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Young pupils at a Derbyshire school have swapped the classroom for the countryside as part of a special outdoor educational event. Children at Barlborough Hall School enjoyed a variety of art-based outdoor activities over five days as part of the Great Outdoors Week. The event included sculpting sessions with an artist from the Harley Gallery, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/countryside-becomes-the-classroom-for-barlborough-pupils/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Staines Prep’s Dracula Show Rocks Shepperton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Staines Prep School’s Year 6 this week transformed the John Crook Theatre at Halliford School, Shepperton, for a musical horror-crime drama, the Dracula Rock Show by Malcolm Sircom. In two performances on 7th and 8th July, Dracula was summoned from his one hundred year sleep by his night creatures, the zombies and vampires, rumbling with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/staines-prep%e2%80%99s-dracula-show-rocks-shepperton/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BLAST OFF! &#8211; LOCAL SCHOOL CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT OUTER SPACE AT STONYHURST</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TO celebrate the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, more than 40 local primary school children attended the annual ‘Physics Fair’ at Stonyhurst College, to learn about outer space. The children from the schools of St Michael and St. John’s RC, Clitheroe, and St. Joseph’s RC, Hurst Green, were split in to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/blast-off-local-school-children-learn-about-outer-space-at-stonyhurst/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE RESULTS UP AT ROSSALL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The eagerly awaited International Baccalaureate results are out and the area’s longest-established study centre for the prestigious Diploma, has recorded a 10% overall increase in pass rate, taking it above the world average. Rossall School, Fleetwood, which is now in its twelfth year of teaching IB, has increased its pass rate to 84.38% and has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/international-baccalaureate-results-up-at-rossall/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Founders Dinner at Hurst Lodge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once a year the senior students and staff at Hurst Lodge get together to honour the memory of the schools founder Miss Doris Stainer. The event is usually a formal sit down dinner but this year because of the wonderful weather the schools extensive grounds were used to host the supper party. Founders dinner is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/founders-dinner-at-hurst-lodge/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bugsy Malone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hurst Lodge School have just performed a musical theatre production of Bugsy Malone. Set in 1929 in New York and more particularly in Fat Sam’s Grand Slam Bar, Bugsy, Blousey Brown, Tallulah, Fizzy and a host of colourful characters fight for survival against Dandy Dan, his hoodlums and the dreaded splurge guns. Students from year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/bugsy-malone/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>2,500 YEAR OLD EGYPTIAN MUMMY RETURNS TO STONYHURST</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AN Egyptian mummy, discovered by a Jesuit missionary and archaeologist in 1850, has returned to Stonyhurst College. Since the 1970s the remains of the unidentified young boy, aged five or six, have been cared for at Manchester Museum. It has been part of the museum’s world famous collection of Egyptian artefacts and, over the last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/2500-year-old-egyptian-mummy-returns-to-stonyhurst/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Macbeth The Musical</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was a very innovative production at the end of our first ever focus week for Upper 4. Masterminded by Jane Leitner and with staff support, Upper 4 students managed to complete the production from beginning to end (marketing, directing, choreographing, designing and creating the set, etc) in just five days. It culminated in an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/macbeth-the-musical/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Caterham School Lower Sixth Students receive training in non-verbal communication</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 30 June, Lower Sixth students at Caterham School received training in non-verbal communication. The workshop was run by Tracey Sinclair and Charles Damerell, co-founders of NVI International, a company that teaches people how to maximise their interpersonal skills through the development of Non-Verbal Intelligence. According to many specialists, up to 93% of what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/08/caterham-school-lower-sixth-students-receive-training-in-non-verbal-communication/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>College Speech Day Farewell to Dr Giles Mercer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Longest serving senior school Catholic Headmaster retires after 24 years Trustees, governors, parents, pupil, staff – old and new, gathered together at the College’s traditional Speech Day to bid farewell to Dr Giles Mercer, after 13 years as Headmaster at Prior Park. The principal celebrant at Mass was the Rt Revd Christopher Jamison, Abbot of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/college-speech-day-farewell-to-dr-giles-mercer/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Marist Students Celebrate End of School in Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marist Sixth Form Leavers’ Ball is a sparkling occasion A glamorous Leavers’ Ball was held for the Sixth Form girls of the Marist Senior School who have now completed their final exams and will shortly head off to their chosen university. On Tuesday 30 June, Year 13 students attended the ‘red carpet’ themed event at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/marist-students-celebrate-end-of-school-in-style/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STONYHURST TEAM STRIKES GOLD IN FENCING COMPETITION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[STONYHURST pupils displayed remarkable speed and skill when they won gold and silver medals at a fencing tournament. Twin brothers Simon and Magnus Whittle (14) and Yoann Belon (15) took on more than 150 competitors to defend Stonyhurst&#8217;s honour at the Bromsgrove School Fencing Challenge earlier this month. The Stonyhurst fencers fought exceptionally well, with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/stonyhurst-team-strikes-gold-in-fencing-competition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>&#8216;Grow your own expertise’ helps Highclare school allotment scheme to blossom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Green fingered youngsters at Highclare School Woodfield saw their hard work blossom this term thanks to some expert advice. They opened a mini allotment thanks to new ‘grow your own’ e-business Urban Allotments Ltd, who have worked with the school to create this scheme for the Highclare children. A concrete area which previously had little [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/grow-your-own-expertise%e2%80%99-helps-highclare-school-allotment-scheme-to-blossom/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CTC students win Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in Physics &amp; Mathematics Olympiads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the British Mathematical Olympiad Round 1 (2008-2009), the following CTC students were awarded medals:- Miss DUONG Minh Trang from Vietnam Silver Medal and Distinction Mr XIANG Lingrui from China Bronze Medal and Distinction Mr Nguyen Huu Duc from Vietnam Bronze Medal and Distinction The picture above shows from left to right Principal Mario Di [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/ctc-students-win-gold-silver-and-bronze-medals-in-physics-mathematics-olympiads/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Financial Times Top 1,000 Schools 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the latest Financial Times league tables published on 21st March 2009, CTC was ranked No. 77 out of the top 1,000 schools and colleges nationwide. CTC has now appeared in the top 100 (10%) of the FT league table for the sixth successive year, with its best placement being at No. 40 in March [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/financial-times-top-1000-schools-2009/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Lads v Dads &amp; Mums v Sons Cricket</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again the Boys beat their parents in the annual cricket matches. The Colts took on a confident Dads X1 captained by Mr Williams, the Colts Captain&#8217;s father. Runs soon began to flow as the boys batted and the fathers struggled to roll back the years! When the fathers batted they found it difficult to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/lads-v-dads-mums-v-sons-cricket/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>MP OLIVER LETWIN VISITS NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Conservative MP Dr Oliver Letwin has visited Nottingham High School to give sixth form pupils an insight into the world of politics.   Now chairman of the Policy Review and of the Conservative Research Department, Dr Letwin held a question and answer session with the pupils and staff and discussed the parliamentary system.   Arguing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/mp-oliver-letwin-visits-nottingham-high-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Year 8 Examination Success!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to all the Year 8 boys who successfully secured a place at their Senior School with some very impressive marks at Common Entrance. This year schools include: Epsom College, St. John&#8217;s Leatherhead, City of London Freeman&#8217;s, Ewell Castle and Reigate Grammar. The boys are now off to Aderdovey in North Wales for a week [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/year-8-examination-success/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Year 4 boys from Priory School, Surrey, visit Sayers Croft</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Year 4 boys have just returned from their first residential trip with the school having visited Sayers Croft in Ewhurst. Sayers Croft is a beautiful, safe and secure site with 56 acres of woodlands, meadows, ponds and fields and has been providing quality outdoor experiences for young people for over 70 years. The boys took [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/year-4-boys-from-priory-school-surrey-visit-sayers-croft/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Priory Prep, Surrey, named as &#8216;Outstanding&#8217; Ofsted School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Priory Preparatory School has been awarded an &#8216;Outstanding School&#8217; award by Ofsted for its recent Inspections held at the school. Headmaster, Graham Malcolm said &#8216;We are delighted to receive this award and the recognition of the excellent work going on every day in the classroom.&#8217; Only a handful of schools in the country have received [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/priory-prep-surrey-named-as-outstanding-ofsted-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Family man joins RGS The Grange, Worcester</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RGS The Grange Worcester underlined its aims and ambitions today &#8211; announcing the appointment of rising-star Simon Howkins from Dulwich Preparatory School. The dynamic Worcester School has appointed family-man Simon Howkins as the new Deputy Head and he will take over from the departing Deputy Mark Turner from September. Simon was previously employed as Director [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/family-man-joins-rgs-the-grange-worcester/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Salter&#8217;s Festival of Chemistry Winners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday May 13th a team of lower four girls represented the school at the annual Salter&#8217;s Festival of Chemistry: Zayneb Fahroud L4W, Aylie Scanlon L4W, Sophie Wallace L4L, Kathryn Evans L4L. The event was held at Southbank University in London. In previous years our teams have done well in the practical challenges and this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/salters-festival-of-chemistry-winners/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Form 5 visit- Portsmouth historic dockyard.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We arrived in Portsmouth after a 2.5 hour journey and made our way directly to HMS Victory, accompanied by our guides. We experienced &#8216;life&#8217; on the Victory through a discovery session of activities, and had a guided tour of the ship- all very enjoyable. After lunch we boarded the HMS Warrior where again, through various [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/form-5-visit-portsmouth-historic-dockyard/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Sports Dinner at Wycliffe College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The annual Sports Dinner, held on Wednesday 24th June, proved yet again to be an excellent event enjoyed by all. The evening sun shone as members of all the senior teams arrived to be greeted by a chilled glass of cava before taking their seats in Wycliffe Hall. After the introduction by the Director of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/sports-dinner-at-wycliffe-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Caterham School Pupils Perform Alice in Wonderland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday 25 June and Friday 26 June, pupils at Caterham School performed Alice in Wonderland to large audiences of parents, teachers and friends. Forty-two pupils were involved either in the cast or in the backstage team. Saskia Jiggens (2D), as Alice, completely stole the show with a polished performance as the eponymous heroine. Joe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/caterham-school-pupils-perform-alice-in-wonderland/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>21 County Titles for RGSAO, Worcester</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RGS Worcester &#38; the Alice Ottley School continues to experience excellence in Track &#38; Field as shown by their twenty-one Hereford &#38; Worcester County Athletics titles won in recent weeks. This is the most ever achieved by the School in any one season. Leading the way has been Adam Damadzic, who retained both his County [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/21-county-titles-for-rgsao-worcester/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Good Schools Awards 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to all the girls and teaching staff who have worked hard to achieve the Good Schools Award. Bedford High School for Girls has won the 2009 Good Schools Guide A Level Award for both: Girls taking Music Technology at A level &#8211; for the fourth consecutive year, an outstanding achievement Girls taking English Language [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/good-schools-awards-2009/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>School serves up tennis treat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils, staff and parents at Mount St Mary’s College got into the Wimbledon spirit by taking part in their very own version of the tennis tournament. They gathered at the Derbyshire school for a Wimbledon Sunday competition, which featured a series of fixtures including mixed American doubles in rounds followed by semi-finals and finals. Organised [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/school-serves-up-tennis-treat/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>U11 Swimmers are National Champions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bromsgrove Prep School swimmers Jack Weston, Jeremy Turner, Harry Lloyd-Jones and Henry Walker (all Year 6) are walking on water as they celebrate winning the U11 4 x 25m Medley Relay at the National ESSA Championships held in Sheffield in June. The competition is open to all state and independent Primary and prep schools in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/u11-swimmers-are-national-champions/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Caterham School Pupils Attempt World Record for Robot Dancing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday 26 June, 569 Caterham School pupils dressed as robots to perform a ‘’Robot Dance’’ in an attempt to set a new World Record. The previous record for the most people performing a Robot Dance was 276, which was set in September 2007 by the University of Kent. Achieving the record required pupils to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/caterham-school-pupils-attempt-world-record-for-robot-dancing/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>National Handwriting Competition winners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils at the Marist Preparatory School have won the top prize of £500 in the annual National Handwriting Competition organised by SATIPS (Society of Assistants Teaching in Preparatory Schools). The national competition is open to all pupils aged 4-14 to showcase their handwriting skills. Even though computers are now commonly used in schools, homes and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/national-handwriting-competition-winners/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Inaugural Law Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Cheltenham Ladies’ College recently welcomed a group of trainees from the Worcestershire law firm Harrison Clark to host the first law workshop to be held in College. Twenty girls, from Year 12, who are looking to study law at university, were enthusiastic about taking part in the workshop. During the morning, girls were introduced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/07/inaugural-law-workshop/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>New Environmental Area Now Open at Staines Prep School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A miniature wildlife sanctuary, providing a haven for all kinds of creatures from insects to frogs and foxes, was officially opened on Saturday (20th June) by Mike Bannister, Chairman of Governors of Staines Prep School. The school’s new Environmental Area is the brainchild of science teacher Derek Heath. Where once there was a pile of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/new-environmental-area-now-open-at-staines-prep-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Lancing Excels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils at Lancing College enjoy a wide range of experiences beyond the national curriculum and are encouraged to embrace new interests in the spirit of self discovery. Cultural, sporting, and practical activities all feature in the weekly timetable. Here are a few of the pupils’ impressive recent achievements: Charity Fashion Show Saskia Greenhalgh and Lauren [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/lancing-excels/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>HALF-WIT CELEBRITIES TO BLAME FOR ILL-EDUCATED CHILDREN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The cult of celebrity, shocking parenting and appalling public values are to blame for the thousands of poorly educated children in Britain, according to a former chairman of the Boarding Schools’ Association, now head of one of the North of England’s leading independent schools. Speaking to an audience of British and overseas parents, and dignitaries [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/half-wit-celebrities-to-blame-for-ill-educated-children/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Artistic Success at RGSAO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RGS Worcester &#38; The Alice Ottley School recently celebrated modern art in a lavish and popular Art Show. The showcase offered three exhibitions of contemporary art by the schools GCSE, AS and A2 Art and Design Students within their new specialist Art Block. Around 100 people enjoyed the vivid displays on the night, which included [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/artistic-success-at-rgsao/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>OXBRIDGE BECKONS FOR SEVEN AT STONYHURST</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SEVEN Stonyhurst pupils have been offered places this year at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Sixth formers Joe Lea from Stonyhurst, Gabriel Cohen for Hebden Bridge, Lucy Wang from Shanghai and Sarah Whitehouse Chichester, have conditional offers at Oxford. Joe will read Mathematics, Gabriel will study History, Lucy Engineering, and Sarah will read Theology. Cambridge University [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/oxbridge-beckons-for-seven-at-stonyhurst-2/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Derbyshire students score top marks with scholarship success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four gifted children from Derbyshire have won scholarships for one of the region’s top schools for their academic, musical and artistic talents. The scholars, all aged 11, have won places at Mount St Mary’s College in Spinkhill, Derbyshire after sitting the scholarship paper as part of the school’s entrance test. Grace Williams, a student at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/derbyshire-students-score-top-marks-with-scholarship-success-2/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Young stars of the stage perform production of Bad Girls &#8211; Mount St Mary&#8217;s College, Derbyshire &#8211; Friday, June 26th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Venue: Mount St Mary&#8217;s College, Spinkhill, Sheffield, S21 3YL Bullying tackled by budding stars of the stage Budding stars of the stage will tackle the issue of bullying in schools with a contemporary drama production. Students at Mount St Mary’s College, in Spinkhill, are staging an adaption of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel ‘Bad Girls’. The emotive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/young-stars-of-the-stage-perform-production-of-bad-girls-mount-st-marys-college-derbyshirefriday-june-26th/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Four Howell’s Students in top ten in UK Anne Frank letter writing Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The letter writing competition was run by the Anne Frank Foundation and Puffin books. The competitors were given the task of writing a letter. The theme was: If you were to write to Anne Frank, what would you tell her about your world compared to the world in the 1930s/40s? There was one national winner [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/four-howell%e2%80%99s-students-in-top-ten-in-uk-anne-frank-letter-writing-competition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>RGSAO Win Midlands&#8217; Title</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RGS Worcester &#38; The Alice Ottley School were successful in getting three of its teams through to the Midlands Final of the English Schools&#8217; Athletics Cup at Tipton this week. Both Junior Boys&#8217; and Girls&#8217; teams made the final eight with the boys improving considerably upon their qualifying round score to finish fourth behind the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/rgsao-win-midlands-title/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>MTS CCF Shooting Team wins yet more trophies.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In April sharp shooting Merchants’ marksmen won the prestigious Red Rose Challenge. The eight-strong team won the blue ribbon County of Lancaster Rifle Association annual event competing against 32 other teams from Combined Cadet Forces and gun clubs across the North-West. Coached by Regimental Sergeant Major Simon Brett, the Merchants’ team proved to be the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/mts-ccf-shooting-team-wins-yet-more-trophies/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Merchants’ celebrates record admissions to top medical schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Merchant Taylors’ is celebrating a record number of admissions to the nation’s top medical schools with 14 young men and women gaining offers to study Medicine and Dentistry. Medicine is traditionally one of the most competitive degree courses nationwide. Head of the Girls’ School Sixth Form, Mrs Peppin, said: “I am sure the nation’s health [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/merchants%e2%80%99-celebrates-record-admissions-to-top-medical-schools/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Wycliffe meets The Apprentice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sir Alan Sugar met his match when he took on Wycliffe’s 14- and 15-year-old entrepreneurs in a special The Apprentice Enterprise Day at the school. In the event, pupils had to take up Sir Alan’s challenge to design, develop and market a new brand of breakfast cereal. The day for Year 9 pupils was organised [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/wycliffe-meets-the-apprentice/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Collingwood School celebrates its 80th birthday!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Collingwood Boys’ School was opened by its owner Mrs Hollis in January 1929 at ‘Winton’, 13 Stanley Park Road. Five years earlier she had founded Collingwood School for Girls. She soon began to take boys and, as numbers increased, decided to separate the girls from the boys. Soon the boys’ school needed larger premises and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/collingwood-school-celebrates-its-80th-birthday/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Student success celebrated at special awards ceremony</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The talent, achievements and dedication of pupils at Derbyshire’s Mount St Mary’s College have been celebrated at special awards ceremony. More than 60 awards were presented to students at the school’s Grand Academy annual prize-giving weekend. They were presented by VIP the High Sheriff of South Yorkshire Mrs Helena Muller in recognition of academic achievements, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/student-success-celebrated-at-special-awards-ceremony/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Caterham School Pupils Raise Money for HIV Charity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last September, at the beginning of the academic year, a group of Third Year pupils chose to embark on the Social Entrepreneurs Project, a scheme described as ‘Young Enterprise with a conscience’. HOPEHIV, a charity that supports children and young people in sub-Saharan Africa affected by HIV/AIDS, created the project. Pupils are given ‘seed capital’’ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/caterham-school-pupils-raise-money-for-hiv-charity/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PUPILS GET AN INSIDE VIEW OF PARLIAMENT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PUPILS studying A Level Politics at Stonyhurst College travelled to London recently to experience first hand what life is like inside the Palace of Westminster. The pupils were greeted by Nigel Evan’s researcher (MP for Ribble Valley) who took them to a private room to observe Prime Minister&#8217;s Questions, in the House of Commons. Afterwards, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/pupils-get-an-inside-view-of-parliament/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Help for Heroes at RGSAO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RGS Worcester &#38; The Alice Ottley School enjoyed a heroic day of charity fundraising on June 19th as the school supported Help for Heroes. With every pupil and teacher playing their part, the school had already raised £500 by the end of break – an amount that will significantly help the wounded from our Armed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/help-for-heroes-at-rgsao/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Madeleine receives a letter from the Prince of Wales!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ten year-old Madeleine Robinson, from St Hugh&#8217;s Prep School, in Hertfordshire, was delighted when she recently received a letter from HRH The Prince of Wales. Madeleine had sent a card to The Prince of Wales last month, to tell him about her love of playing the harp and to ask whether she would be eligible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/madeleine-receives-a-letter-from-the-prince-of-wales/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Young Staines Prep Artists Captivate with Deadly Dinosaur Entries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Children’s web gallery Create &#38; Wait, the brainchild of Staines Prep teacher Claire Eastaugh, has announced the winners of its latest art competition, ‘Dynamic and Deadly Dinosaurs’ and the launch of a free to enter poetry competition. The original idea for the science themed competition was dreamt up and finally judged by a group of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/young-staines-prep-artists-captivate-with-deadly-dinosaur-entries/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Marist Girls Raise £448 for the Thames Valley Hospice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[School girls have organised a special ‘Bag2School’ clothing collection to raise money for charity Sunninghill, Ascot, Berkshire, March 18, 2009: Two pupils at the Marist Preparatory School have organised an event with school friends to raise £448 for the Thames Valley Hospice. Rianna Monteagudo and Olivia Waldron, both aged 10, heard about the ‘Bag2School’ initiative [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/marist-girls-raise-448-for-the-thames-valley-hospice-2/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>An African Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils in Year 4 of Hurst Lodge School Ascot had a wonderful African cultural experience on Monday morning. A parent from Northern Nigeria flew in specially from Kano, Nigeria with one of her domestic staff to teach Year 4 girls a Fulani dance. The girls were fully dressed in beautiful hand-woven traditional Fulani costumes and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/an-african-experience/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Prizegiving at Padworth College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Padworth College welcomed local minister, Rev Malcolm Duncan as the guest speaker at Presentation Day. Rev Duncan, who also acts as a church consultant and is involved in many community development projects, gave a lively and inspirational speech urging students to pursue their ambitions, to face setbacks with fortitude and resolve and to make the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/prizegiving-at-padworth-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>SUMMER CONCERT SERIES STARTS OFF WITH ‘HEADMASTERS CONCERT’ AT STONYHURST COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE first in the series of free summer concerts has been held by pupils and teachers at the ‘Headmaster’s Concert’ at Stonyhurst College. The Stonyhurst Music Scholars performed instrumental solos, duets and ensembles to a packed audience. The concert also included two singing performances. Featured performers were: Natalie Crouch aged 17 from Stonyhurst, Alex Johnson [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/summer-concert-series-starts-off-with-%e2%80%98headmasters-concert%e2%80%99-at-stonyhurst-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Two pupils from St Edmund&#8217;s College appear in the ITV Drama ‘May Contain Nuts’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two pupils from St Edmund&#8217;s College, near Ware, are appearing in ‘May Contain Nuts’ &#8211; a two-part comedy drama for ITV1, currently being screened on 11 and 18 June, starring Shirley Henderson, Darren Boyd, Elizabeth Berrington and Sophie Thompson. Nine-year old Andrew Byrne, who attends the prep school of St Edmund&#8217;s College (called St Hugh&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/two-pupils-from-st-edmunds-college-appear-in-the-itv-drama-%e2%80%98may-contain-nuts%e2%80%99/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Marist Senior School is awarded Artsmark Silver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arts Council England has awarded an Artsmark Silver to the Marist Senior School in recognition of the school’s commitment to, and excellence in, arts education. Practitioners in art, music, drama and dance have been regularly invited to visit the Marist Senior School to showcase different skills and styles in each area of the expressive arts. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/marist-senior-school-is-awarded-artsmark-silver/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Harriet wins competition to be UK Environmental Ambassador</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Harriet Elliott, a Year 7 student at Howell’s School, Llandaff, has won a national competition run by British Gas called Our Planet, Our Say to become a UK Environmental Ambassador as part of a new children&#8217;s think tank. Harriet will take part in the UK&#8217;s first eco-friendly youth Think Tank. The Think Tank will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/harriet-wins-competition-to-be-uk-environmental-ambassador/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Kilgraston girls cook to perfection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Home Economics Department of Leading Perthshire girls’ school, Kilgraston, held its first Cook of the Year competition. The girls were asked to develop a two course menu using local Scottish ingredients and meeting the dietary targets. Winners in the senior section were Sophie Chisolm and Hanne Bjormark with a menu of Grilled fillet of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/kilgraston-girls-cook-to-perfection/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Fred’s Flying Circus Stars at Staines Prep Summer Fayre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Acclaimed as ‘the best littlest circus in the world’, the star attraction at Staines Prep School’s Summer Fayre in Gresham Road, Saturday 20th June, will be Fred’s Flying Circus in its little big top, 50 foot tent. Master of Ceremonies and performer Fred Delius will officially open the event at 12.30 and the fun goes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/fred%e2%80%99s-flying-circus-stars-at-staines-prep-summer-fayre/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>SLINDON COLLEGE RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD FOR GCSE RESULTS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Slindon College has been awarded The Good Schools Guide GCSE results accolade for its consistently high GCSE grades in Art &#38; Design (Graphics). The Good Schools Guide is a publication aimed at highlighting the best independent schools in the UK and entry into it is by invitation only. The award has been made on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/slindon-college-receives-national-award-for-gcse-results/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Marist Senior School – finalists in the All England Theatre Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From winning five trophies at the Maidenhead Drama Festival, students perform as finalists in the All England Theatre Competition Eleven Year 12 students from the Marist Senior School have performed as finalists in the All England Theatre Festival, which took place on Saturday 6 June at the Strode’s Theatre in Somerset. Further to their success [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/marist-senior-school-%e2%80%93-finalists-in-the-all-england-theatre-festival/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Prep Pupils Read for Charity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils from Kilgraston Prep School raised over £1,600 by participating in this year’s ‘Readathon’, the UK’s national sponsored reading event. Each pupil in the Prep School selected a number of books to read over a ten day period and then asked friends and family for sponsorship. The money raised will support life changing work of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/prep-pupils-read-for-charity/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Girls Go Green</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Marist Senior School Promotes Eco Initiatives During An Environment Week The Marist Senior School has been awarded an Eco Schools Bronze Certificate and has held an Environment Week to raise further awareness of environmental concerns by involving the entire school in a range of different eco projects. The theme of the week which ran [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/girls-go-green/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Polam Hall Offers Unique Foundation Stage Learning Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Polam Hall School is to undergo exciting redevelopments that will see the school able to offer a unique early years education to girls and boys aged 2 to 5. Governors at the Darlington school have made investment proposals for a new generation of pre-school age children in the Junior School. They will include the redevelopment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/polam-hall-offers-unique-foundation-stage-learning-experience/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Successful Author Christopher Lloyd Visits Caterham School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Lloyd, author of the very successful book What on Earth Happened?, visited Caterham School on Thursday 11 June to talk to First Year pupils. Christopher Lloyd said: ’The book covers the whole history of the Earth—planet, life and people— in one easy-to-read narrative volume. It is not just a history book, it also covers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/successful-author-christopher-lloyd-visits-caterham-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>More science at less cost to the environment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday 5th June marked the official opening of a new energy efficient science building at the Royal Alexandra and Albert School. The School has expanded its science facilities with the addition of two new science laboratories and a state-of-the-art science preparation room. The two new labs have multi-media projectors and sound systems that are capable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/more-science-at-less-cost-to-the-environment/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STUDENTS FIND FORMULA FOR SUCCESS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Laboratory skills, knowledge and team work proved to be the catalysts for success for three students from one of the area’s oldest independent schools when they found the formula for success in the Royal Society of Chemistry Schools’ Analyst Competition. Rossall School Sixth Form students, Nicola Blythe, Thanh Dong and Daniel Stone have triumphed in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/students-find-formula-for-success/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Stonyhurst pupils VISIT THE HEART OF WELSH POLITICS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A-LEVEL pupils at Stonyhurst College completed their learning curve of British politics when they travelled to Wales to meet politicians at the Welsh Assembly in Cardiff. The pupils were honoured to meet First Minister Rhodri Morgan, who gave a brief account of his experiences and told the pupils that he would be retiring soon after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/stonyhurst-pupils-visit-the-heart-of-welsh-politics/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bilton Grange School Choir Sing Evensong at Peterborough Cathedral</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chapel Choir from Bilton Grange Prep School in Dunchurch, Warwickshire made the sixty mile trip from Rugby to Peterborough to sing Evensong last Saturday. Within the awe inspiring Romanesque Gothic architecture, the choir came together to sing a wide range of music from Millinger’s Preces and Responses to Goodhall’s Love Divine. With clear diction [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/bilton-grange-school-choir-sing-evensong-at-peterborough-cathedral/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bilton Grange pupil hits a century in cricket</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oliver Robinson to receive Lord’s Taverners Centurion Award Talented sportsman Oliver Robinson (aged 13) from Clifton on Dunsmore, is to receive a Lords Taverners Centurion Award certificate after scoring a century in a hard fought cricket match against Formarke Hall Prep School, Derbyshire. The opposition scored 163-7 in 32 overs, with Oliver then opening the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/bilton-grange-pupil-hits-a-century-in-cricket/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Wycliffe joins top schools to celebrate trail-blazing achievement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wycliffe has received further recognition for its outstanding achievement in securing the Challenge Award for excellence in gifted and talented education. Being the first independent in the UK and still the only school to ever win the award across all six stages of education, Wycliffe was invited to join other trail blazers in Oxford to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/wycliffe-joins-top-schools-to-celebrate-trail-blazing-achievement/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Eco Warriors record ancient tree.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week Year 6 Eco Warriors were delighted to meet Michael Scott from the Woodlands Trust who visited our school to inspect our favourite tree the Cedar of Lebanon. It was planted when the main house was constructed and has grown and flourished with the school over the years. The &#8220;Cedar tree&#8221;,as it is affectionally [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/eco-warriors-record-ancient-tree/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BILTON GRANGE SHOOT FOR SUCCESS AT BRITISH SCHOOLS AND YOUNG SHOTS CHAMPIONSHIPS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two teams from Bilton Grange, have shot to success at the British Schools and Young Shots Championships, which were held at E. J. Churchill Shooting Ground in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire last week. Out of the ten teams entered, Bilton Grange A team came 3rd and the Bilton Grange B team, joint 5th. Amongst the overall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/bilton-grange-shoot-for-success-at-british-schools-and-young-shots-championships/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>2008 Junior 8 Summit UK Representatives promote the Competition to UK Youth!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hannah Coakley, Jasper Warner and Harry Brooks from Howell&#8217;s School, Llandaff, GDST in Cardiff gave an interview to Five News on their experience in preparing and taking part in the Junior 8 Summit in Japan last July. Part of a team of four, they won a UK-wide competition to act as youth representatives of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/2008-junior-8-summit-uk-representatives-promote-the-competition-to-uk-youth/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Anju George Wins Imperial College School of Medicine Surgical Society&#8217;s Sixth Form Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anju George, Rashmi D&#8217;Souza and Aneesh Sharma, from Year 12 at Howell’ School, Llandaff, in Cardiff were chosen as three of the top five entrants of the Imperial College School of Medicine Surgical Society&#8217;s Sixth Form Competition. Students from all over the nation were invited to submit their summaries with the title &#8220;100 Years of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/anju-george-wins-imperial-college-school-of-medicine-surgical-societys-sixth-form-competition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Chicken Club</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chickens have arrived at the Royal Alexandra and Albert School. And with the chickens has come Chicken Club. Every weekday afternoon from 4-5pm pupils from the school join teacher Mr Greenhalgh to look after the 9 chickens and also to maintain the vegetable garden. The chicken project has involved many pupils throughout the school. Year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/chicken-club/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STONYHURST COLLEGE PUPILS WIN PLACES WITH NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOUR pupils from Stonyhurst College have been accepted to train with the prestigious National Youth Theatre (N.Y.T.) this summer. All four boys successfully auditioned for the coveted places and Bradley Goss 15 from Burnley, Rashad Burns 17 from Fayetteville USA, Winston Obi 18 from Lagos Nigeria, and Conor Kennedy 18 from Maidenhead, will be heading [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/stonyhurst-college-pupils-win-places-with-national-youth-theatre/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Most Outstanding New Teacher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Farnborough Hill teacher Lizzie Goddard, 27, has won the award for Outstanding New Teacher of the Year (South region). She will now go through to the national finals in October. As she collected her ‘Plato’ Trophy, she was cheered by a large audience including pupils, parents and colleagues at the Winchester Guildhall yesterday, in an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/most-outstanding-new-teacher/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Triple Gold for Peterborough High in National Indoor Rowing Championships!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Peterborough High School has participated in the Concept 2 National Indoor Rowing Championships since its inception in 2005 and has won several medals. However, with the fourth Championships now complete and even with a huge increase in the number of teams competing, the School is celebrating its best ever results, with three of their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/triple-gold-for-peterborough-high-in-national-indoor-rowing-championships/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Dragon Boat success on the River Thames for St. Clare’s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fourteen different nationalities represented St. Clare’s on the River Thames on Sunday and secured third place in the 11th annual Dragon Boat race run by the Rotary Club of Abingdon. The St. Clare’s Team competed against 17 others including teams from RAF Brize Norton and the Thames Valley Police. The team competed in three qualifying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/dragon-boat-success-on-the-river-thames-for-st-clare%e2%80%99s/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Staines Pupils Discover the Secrets of Roman Britain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ancient crocks, skulls and clothing brought Roman Britain to life for Staines Prep School’s Year 4 pupils, staff and parents last week, on a day out at the Verulamium Museum in St Albans. The children enjoyed exploring the museum’s fascinating array of Roman finds excavated from the area, including some magnificent mosaics. Highlights of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/staines-pupils-discover-the-secrets-of-roman-britain/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Midlands Today newsreader NICK OWEN present prizes at Wrekin College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prize giving at Wrekin College last week was a newsworthy event, when Nick Owen took centre stage to hand out an array of academic and achievement prizes to pupils at the school. Josie Pointon won the International Sportswoman Prize for her achievements with England Netball and James Lauder the International Sportsman Prize. James has represented [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/midlands-today-newsreader-nick-owen-present-prizes-at-wrekin-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>SIX TALENTED ARTISTS ACHIEVE GCSE STANDARD THREE YEARS AHEAD OF TIME AT BISHOP’S STORTFORD COLLEGE JUNIOR SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Six talented artists at Bishop&#8217;s Stortford College Junior School have achieved GCSE standard three years ahead of time by successfully passing the Silver level of the Arts Award. The Silver award achievers, Phoebe Poulter, Stephanie Malyon, Emily Neill, James Scott Flanagan, Portland Samek-Richardson and Amy Roberts, gained their Bronze award last year and are currently [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/six-talented-artists-achieve-gcse-standard-three-years-ahead-of-time-at-bishop%e2%80%99s-stortford-college-junior-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>LOCAL SCHOOL WINS TOP PRIZE BY STEPPING OUT OF THE CLASSROOM &amp; INTO THE NHS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hurst Lodge School is delighted to announce that pupil, Milly House from year 7 has won the South Central regional prize for the first ever Step into the NHS schools competition. The Step into the NHS competition was designed to encourage children aged 12-14 to think laterally about health service careers and their future work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/local-school-wins-top-prize-by-stepping-out-of-the-classroom-into-the-nhs/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PISCARI BUYS ST COLETTE’S PREPARATORY SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PISCARI BUYS ST COLETTE’S PREPARATORY SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE AND SECURES A BRIGHT NEW FUTURE OR THE SCHOOL Piscari, a leading education services company, has purchased St Colette’s Preparatory School from GEMS. As the school’s current site at Tenison Road, Cambridge comes to the end of its lease, Piscari has completed on a separate transaction with another [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/piscari-buys-st-colette%e2%80%99s-preparatory-school-cambridge/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>SIBFORD SCHOOL RECEIVES GLOWING REPORT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Teachers, parents and pupils at Sibford School near Banbury are celebrating a highly successful inspection report from the ISI – the Independent Schools Inspectorate. The report states that the Quaker-run school ‘meets well its aims to encourage and enable all pupils to recognise their gifts and talents, and to realise their full potential’. It describes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/sibford-school-receives-glowing-report/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Caterham School Students Win the Sir Michael Caine Drama Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students studying A Level Drama and Theatre Studies at Caterham School have won the Sir Michael Caine Drama Award for Junior Groups at the Leatherhead Drama Festival. The play they performed was the abridged version of The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman. Lower Sixth student Emma O’Brien also won Best Junior Actress for her performance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/caterham-school-students-win-the-sir-michael-caine-drama-award/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>QUEENSWOOD WINS TENNIS TITLES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two tennis events have been won by the impressive Queenswood pupils in recent weeks: The dynamic duo of Becky Smaller (13) from North London and Lindsay Young (13) from Maidenhead won the 14U Harpenden Girls Schools Championships held on the 9th May at Harpenden Tennis Club. This competition first took place in 1921 and was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/queenswood-wins-tennis-titles/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Winners Announced for the NCEM Composers Award 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new national award working in partnership with BBC Radio 3 and The Tallis Scholars The prestigious NCEM Composers Award 2009, presented in association with BBC Radio 3 and The Tallis Scholars, has been won by 16-year-old Elizabeth Edwards and 23-year-old Michael Perrett. Elizabeth is a student at Farnborough Hill. The winners were announced at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/winners-announced-for-the-ncem-composers-award-2009/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ANN WIDDECOMBE MP TO VISIT STONYHURST COLLEGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe MP, will be the guest of honour at Stonyhurst College this weekend, when she will give prizes and awards to Upper Sixth form pupils who are about to leave. This is the first official visit to Stonyhurst College by the MP who is known for her forthright views and lively [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/ann-widdecombe-mp-to-visit-stonyhurst-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Lessons in Life as Staines Prep Children Hatch Eggs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Science lessons at Staines Prep this week revealed nature’s living, breathing wonders to pupils looking into the life-cycle of animals, culminating in the hatching of several beautiful creatures. Year 1 children at the Gresham Road school were thrilled to see the newly hatched chick whose egg they had been observing for the last three weeks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/lessons-in-life-as-staines-prep-children-hatch-eggs/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Investing in future careers for students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Marist Senior School is working towards ‘Investor in Careers’ the quality standard in careers education The Marist Senior School is now working towards Investor in Careers, the nationally recognised quality standard for the management of careers education and guidance in schools. The purpose of working towards Investor in Careers is to provide students with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/investing-in-future-careers-for-students/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Young entrepreneurs complete charity business challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Enterprising students at Mount St Mary&#8217;s College have completed an Apprentice-style business challenge to help raise money for a special summer disability sports event. Sixth form pupils at the Spinkhill boarding and day school raised more than £3,000 by organising and hosting a charity fundraising ball for staff, parents and their friends. They designed and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/young-entrepreneurs-complete-charity-business-challenge/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Ten Tors history for RGSAO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RGS Worcester &#38; The Alice Ottley School made history this month, recording the school’s first ever female Ten Tors Challenge success. Saturday, May 9 saw an RGSAO team of five boys and one girl enter and complete the gruelling 35 mile endurance course that is the Ten Tors. Walking independently for two days across the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/ten-tors-history-for-rgsao/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STONYHURST PUPILS TO REPRESENT LANCASHIRE IN NATIONAL GOLF COMPETITION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THREE teenage pupils have teed-off to a first for Stonyhurst College as they will be representing Lancashire at the 2009 English Schools Championships, at Thetford Golf Club, Norfolk, on July 8. The three pupils: Callum Jones, 18 (team captain) from Birkdale, near Southport; Jack Milton 17, from Cadiz, Spain; and Sebastian Leigh 16, from Germany, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/06/stonyhurst-pupils-to-represent-lancashire-in-national-golf-competition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Teddy Bears’ Picnic at St Hugh&#8217;s School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday 13 May, St Hugh&#8217;s Prep School, in Old Hall Green, held an Open Afternoon and a special Teddy Bears’ Picnic to welcome the new Nursery and Reception children who will be starting in September. The children (and parents) enjoyed their picnic bags, whilst Mel the Magician kept everyone entertained with spinning plates, balloon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/teddy-bears%e2%80%99-picnic-at-st-hughs-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Prep School Pupils help plant Hedge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday 22nd May 2009 pupils from Kilgraston Preparatory School Upper Two class (P5) completed landscaping the ground around the school’s recently finished swimming pool complex. The girls planted the final shrub completing a hedge consisting of hazel, hawthorn, dog-rose and holly along the boundary with the neighbouring farm field, immediately behind the new pool. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/prep-school-pupils-help-plant-hedge/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Success with the Howell&#8217;s Equestrian Team &#8211; winning at Gadlas Inter Schools Show Jumping Competition.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The annual Gadlas Inter-Schools Challenge, held at Southview Arena in Cheshire, saw the &#8216;Howell&#8217;s Horrors&#8217; taking first place in the hotly contested 2&#8217;3&#8243; class. The team consisting of Georgina Clark (riding Sinva), Abigail Bevan (Cyril) and Charlotte Rowlands (Wilma), beat 11 other teams from schools in Cheshire, Shropshire and Wales, to take first place on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/success-with-the-howells-equestrian-team-winning-at-gadlas-inter-schools-show-jumping-competition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Great Balloon Race</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the release of balloons for the The Great Balloon Race on Howell&#8217;s School birthday party on May 11th, reports have been coming in from Holland and Ireland of balloons tickets being found there. There is a prize for the balloon which travels the furthest.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/the-great-balloon-race/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Lancing College: Open Farm Sunday 7th June</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday 7th June, 1.00 – 3.00pm A rare opportunity for members of the public to take a tour of the Lancing College Farm Project Lancing College is one of the few schools in this country to include a working farm on its estate. Derek Cleaver, the Farm Manager, a farmer with forty years experience, is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/lancing-college-open-farm-sunday-7th-june/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Staines Prep Pupils Take Spelthorne French Twin Town Trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fourteen pupils represented Staines Prep School as part of the annual &#8216;Semaine Européenne&#8217; in Spelthorne’s French twin town Melun, from the 3rd to 11th May with Claire Eastaugh, French co-ordinator at the school and Deputy Headmaster Malcolm Amiss. The week in Melun is a European project which coincides with the commemoration of the end of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/staines-prep-pupils-take-spelthorne-french-twin-town-trip/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>SCIENCE SUCCESS AT NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Science pupils at Nottingham High School have been celebrating after winning an array of awards in the first round of the International Chemistry Olympiad and the British Biology Olympiad – a national competition from which to select a team for the International Biology Olympiad. Star pupil, Ted Pynegar, 18, gained a gold certificate in both [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/science-success-at-nottingham-high-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Year 9 camping challenge at Shiplake College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Selecting a spot amongst the nettles and flourishing vegetation to settle down for the night on Shiplake College’s very own mid-Thames Island has presented a challenge for Year 9 pupils this term. Every House has taken the opportunity to bed down for the night after Mr Foakes has transported them across the river in his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/year-9-camping-challenge-at-shiplake-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Thames Ditton Regatta success for Shiplake College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shiplake College’s J14 octos had an excellent day, amongst the squally showers, at the Thames Ditton Regatta. The J14B octo put in a very strong performance and received a lot of acclaim on the day from onlookers. They convincingly beat Whitgift School in the first round and then drew Kingston Grammar School A crew in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/thames-ditton-regatta-success-for-shiplake-college/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Flt Lt Kate Simmonds from RAF Shawbury visits Howell&#8217;s School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Howell&#8217;s was visited by Flt Lt Kate Simmonds, a helicopter flying instructor from RAF Shawbury recently. Kate has held the rank of Capt in the Army, where she was also a helicopter instructor. She provided the girls with a fascinating insight into her career to date, including mountaineering in the Himalayas, and ski instructing in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/flt-lt-kate-simmonds-from-raf-shawbury-visits-howells-school/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Salter&#8217;s Chemistry Competition success for Howell&#8217;s girls.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four Year 8 pupils recently attended the Salter&#8217;s Chemistry Competition at Bangor University, one of 15 North Wales schools competing for the prestigious title. The pupils are judged by not only their ability to do the experiments, but also their Chemistry knowledge, teamwork and efficiency. Rhian Beesley, Francesca Bradley, Sarah Stewart and Caitlin Jones- Fullerton [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/salters-chemistry-competition-success-for-howells-girls/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Marist Preparatory School Support Childhood Cancer Charity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pupils donate funds from their Easter Egg Raffle to the charity ‘Christopher’s Smile’ Sunninghill, Ascot, Berkshire, 12 May, 2009 Pupils at the Marist Preparatory School have donated a cheque for £226.62 to Mrs Karen Capel who, with her husband Kevin, is a founder of the childhood cancer charity ‘Christopher’s Smile’. Infant and junior girls participated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/marist-preparatory-school-support-childhood-cancer-charity/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STONYHURST CHOIR BRIGHTENS A WET MAY DAY BANK HOLIDAY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[STONYHURST’S choir cheered up a damp May Day Bank Holiday with an early morning concert, performed for parents, pupils and other members of the public. In spite of the early hour, the 8am concert drew a good audience who listened to a variety of pieces in the college’s Top Refectory, after the wet weather forced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/stonyhurst-choir-brightens-a-wet-may-day-bank-holiday/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Student actresses scoop five trophies at the Maidenhead Drama Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Student actresses scoop five trophies at the Maidenhead Drama Festival and qualify for the All England Theatre Festival Eleven students from the Marist Senior School have won five awards at the Maidenhead Drama Festival, which took place recently at the Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead. The Year 12 students used both naturalistic and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/student-actresses-scoop-five-trophies-at-the-maidenhead-drama-festival/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL PUPIL MAKES ENGLAND U16 INDOOR CRICKET SQUAD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nottingham High School Pupil Anuj Dal, 12, has been selected to join the England U16’s Indoor Cricket Squad. Invited to attend the U16 trials after having played in the National League Indoor Games at the U19 level, Anuj’s performance took the selectors by storm and led to his inclusion in the squad. Anuj will now [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/nottingham-high-school-pupil-makes-england-u16-indoor-cricket-squad/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Lancing College hosts Science Challenge for Preparatory Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lancing College has an outstanding Science Department, which gains excellent academic results and fosters links with major engineering companies and industry in the locality. It also hosts, annually, the very popular Science Challenge for Preparatory Schools. This year, 130 children, aged 10 – 11, from 11 preparatory schools will take part. The project is being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/lancing-college-hosts-science-challenge-for-preparatory-schools/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>GHANIAN DRUMS LAUNCH NEW PROJECT AT LWC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An inspiring Ghanaian drumming workshop led by Abass Nii Dodoo helped to launch Lord Wandsworth College’s partnership with a Ghanaian school. Working under the guidance of Sabretrust charity, the project will see pupils and staff developing links with a school in Ghana. In the summer of 2011, a group from LWC will spend three weeks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/ghanian-drums-launch-new-project-at-lwc/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Diana Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Founder’s Day prize-giving ceremony at The Royal Alexandra and Albert School was particularly special this year. In addition to celebrating the achievement of pupils who received the School’s prizes, three pupils were presented with the nationally recognised ‘Diana Award’. Year 11 pupils, Calum Spink, James Ascough and Nadia Howell each received a Diana Award [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/diana-awards/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STONYHURST PUPILS REPRESENT GREAT BRITAIN WITH WAR CEMETERY MEMORIAL DESIGN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PUPILS from Stonyhurst St. Mary’s Hall have been given the proud task of designing a fitting memorial at a new World War One war cemetery, in Fromelles, Northern France, created for the soldiers killed in a long forgotten battle. Stonyhurst St. Mary’s Hall has been chosen to represent Great Britain in submitting artwork for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/stonyhurst-pupils-represent-great-britain-with-war-cemetery-memorial-design/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ISGA UK Silver for RGSAO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RGS Worcester &#38; The Alice Ottley School made Golf history recently at St Andrew’s, as the dynamic school came second in the Independent Schools Golf Association (ISGA) UK finals. Competing on the Fairmont St Andrew’s Pittocks Course as Regional Champions, the RGSAO team – Rudy Hercik, Jamie Hodges and Jake Payne – faced the very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/isga-uk-silver-for-rgsao/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Marist Schools spring charity ball</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marist charity ball raises over £17,000 to share with Helen &#38; Douglas House Parents and friends support an ‘Oscars’ themed spring ball at Wentworth to raise charity fund Sunninghill, Ascot, Berkshire, 1 May, 2009: The Marist Schools spring charity ball ‘A Night at the Oscars’ was held at the Wentworth Golf Club on Saturday 25 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/marist-schools-spring-charity-ball/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Strathallan Equestrian Teams Triumph</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Strathallan’s equestrian teams excelled themselves winning the Overall Championships Cup at the Scottish Schools Championships held at Gleneagles. The Teams won 1st in the Senior section, 2nd in the Intermediate section and 3rd in the Junior section. Best Individual sashes for dressage and combined dressage and showjumping were presented to Fergus Baird and Andrew Glover [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/strathallan-equestrian-teams-triumph/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL’S BIG BAND WINS SILVER AT NATIONAL CONCERT BAND FINALS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of Nottingham High School’s Big Band have been celebrating after winning a silver award at the finals of the National Concert Band Festival in Cardiff, the UK’s largest wind and big band festival. The 18 strong band were one of only five bands in the country to be selected to play, as a result [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/nottingham-high-school%e2%80%99s-big-band-wins-silver-at-national-concert-band-finals/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Students hit the right note with world leading pianist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A series of master classes from one of the world’s leading pianists was music to the ears of students at Derbyshire’s Mount St Mary’s College. They were joined by pupils from a number of other local schools for the sessions with internationally acclaimed musician and teacher Professor Ekaterina Murina Chair of Piano at the St [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/students-hit-the-right-note-with-world-leading-pianist/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Springfield, Worcester, set to Sparkle &#8211; Activity Day 16th May.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Worcestershire’s most unique preparatory school Springfield is opening its doors to the wider community next Saturday (May 16) as it hosts an Activity Open Day for all, between 10am and 1pm. The morning will offer a range of fun, free activities for boys and girls aged 2+ to 11 years across the beautiful six acre [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/springfield-worcester-set-to-sparkle-activity-day-16th-may/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bilton Grange pupils walk the walk to raise over £1,400 for ‘Walk For Water’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On a sunny Sunday morning, over 200 pupils, staff and parents of Bilton Grange walked the four miles around the school’s 160 acre estate in Dunchurch, fundraising for the ‘Walk For Water’ campaign. The walk is part of a global campaign that will see thousands of people from all over the world undertake sponsored walks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/bilton-grange-pupils-walk-the-walk-to-raise-over-1400-for-%e2%80%98walk-for-water%e2%80%99/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Bilton Grange Under-11 boys triumph at Regional Hockey Finals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Team to represent the Midlands at Hockey National Finals Following on from their success last term, the Bilton Grange Under 11 boys’ hockey team has triumphed against some formidable opposition to become Midlands champions. Representing Warwickshire at Beeston Hockey club last Sunday, the boys beat off opposition teams from Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Nottinghamshire. The boys [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/bilton-grange-under-11-boys-triumph-at-regional-hockey-finals/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>School&#8217;s dazzling dance show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 120 girls and boys aged 7-16 took part in the dance extravaganza at the Royal Alexandra and Albert School on Saturday. In the school’s dance show “One Night on Broadway” pupils gave a dazzling performance of hits from favourite musicals. This memorable event was organised by Dance Teacher, Becky Muir who was herself a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/schools-dazzling-dance-show/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>EXCEPTIONAL TALENT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Esther Monaghan, a pupil at Sibford School, near Banbury, has been awarded the Bristol University Warren Scholarship for students with exceptional artistic talent. The 19-year-old violinist, who lives in Kidlington, will be moving to Bristol in September to study English and Classics and to audition for a place in the University Symphony Orchestra.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/exceptional-talent/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ISA Drama competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations are due to Olivia Gibbon of Hurst Lodge School, Ascot. Olivia is a Year 12 student who has been presented with the Margaret Milner-Williams Medal in the ISA Drama Festival Awards of 2009. This award is presented to the Best Senior Girl in this nationwide competition. Olivia and other sixth formers performed “Playhouse Creatures” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/isa-drama-competition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>OLMYPIC HEROES INSPIRE PUPILS AT STONYHURST</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOUR times Olympic swimmer Suki Brownsdon and Team GB nutritionist Dr. Gill Horgan visited Stonyhurst College to get PE pupils in to the spirit of the 2012 Olympic games. They are both members of the British Olympic Foundation, which is the charitable arm of the British Olympic Association. The Foundation’s aim is to increase opportunities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/olmypic-heroes-inspire-pupils-at-stonyhurst/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Students nominated for prestigious award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two students from Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies (CCSS) have been nominated for the awards from the Council for Independent Education (CIFE) and received them from Baroness Perry of Southwark during the ceremony at the House of Lords on 23d April. CIFE is a professional association of 15 independent sixth-form and tutorial colleges in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/students-nominated-for-prestigious-award/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL HAVE WINNING FORMULA AT NATIONAL CHEMISTRY COMPETITION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chemistry pupils from Nottingham High School are celebrating after becoming runners up in the national final of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s RSC prestigious ‘Top of the Bench’ competition that took place at Loughborough University. Having won the East Midlands Regional Final in January, the four strong team; Kyle Lam, 16, David Bennett, 15, Tom [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/nottingham-high-school-have-winning-formula-at-national-chemistry-competition/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Pupil selected for the Great Britain Junior Target Rifle Squad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Josceline Beaumont, a pupil at Christ College Brecon, has been selected as a member of the Great Britain Junior Target Rifle Squad to shoot at an international competition in Oldenburg, Germany this weekend and early next week. Josceline, who is from Abergavenny, is just 14 and a Year 10 pupil. She will join her Team [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/pupil-selected-for-the-great-britain-junior-target-rifle-squad/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>NEW BILLY JOINS CAST OF INTERNATIONAL SMASH-HIT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[B I L L Y E L L I O T T H E M U S I C A L CELEBRATES FOURTH BIRTHDAY IN LONDON BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL RECEIVES 15 TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS AND WINS NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS; CIRCLE BEST MUSICAL AWARD On 12 May 2009, as Billy Elliot the Musical celebrates [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/new-billy-joins-cast-of-international-smash-hit/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>STONYHURST PUPILS PUT ON ROCK OPERA CLASSIC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE Centenaries Theatre at Stonyhurst College came alive to a modern rock classic opera when pupils and staff staged a vibrant production of the ever popular Jesus Christ Super Star. The fast paced Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber show, premiered in 1971 in New York, kept the packed audience entranced, especially as the cast mingled among [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privateschoolnews.co.uk/2009/05/stonyhurst-pupils-put-on-rock-opera-classic/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Great Britain junior athlete to coach Cross Country at Saint Felix School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saint Felix School is delighted to welcome Eleanor Sprake to the school. Ellie is a Old Felician and now a Great Britain junior athlete. She has represented England in the World Schools Cross Country Championship