This week, the KWS Dance Company competed in the annual Great Big Dance Off 2026, performing to a large and enthusiastic audience and showcasing an exceptional standard of talent and dedication. The Junior team delivered a powerful contemporary-commercial fusion piece titled The Dead Dance, earning an impressive 3rd place. They narrowly missed out on a […]
After attending the Leadership Foundations course in the Autumn Term of Year 12, we were given the opportunity to attend the Leadership Foundations Conference on 10th February in St Albans. Although the event was labelled as one about leadership, it is not solely for those who possess conventional leadership traits; instead the topics discussed can […]
Happy Chinese Year of the Horse (马年大吉!) Students have celebrated the Lunar New Year with a range of exciting events, and there’s more to come… Past student Lina Badi scored Grade 9 in her Mandarin GCSE at KWS last year, receiving a full scholarship for her A Levels at Wycombe Abbey School in Hangzhou. Lina […]
House Badminton Competition It has been great to host a house badminton competition for each year group every day this week. We look forward to sharing the results of these at a later date. Netball Well done to the U13B netballers against Loreto B. They won 9 – 6 and it was a great afternoon […]
The results are being tallied and the marking pens are out, but before we even look at the grades, we need to talk about the attitude! Last week, our Year 11 cohort sat their core-subject mock exams. While mocks are often viewed as a “dreaded” milestone, our students handled the pressure with a level of […]
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World Book Day is one of the most exciting days of the school year for the library, with a real focus on reading for pleasure. We’ve been enjoying the fun and creativity that reading can bring, and getting stuck into lots of great activities connected to books and reading. The staff dressed up as characters […]
Inclusive Sports This week we had some medal success, as various students competed in a county table cricket competition at Beaumont School. The team ended up winning the competition and progressed through to the London and Thames Valley regional finals in Aylesbury. If they progress through that competition, they then get to compete at Lord’s […]
On a dark and wet evening at the start of February, a large group of Year 11 and 12 students, with their parents/carers, gathered in the library to find out more about the process of applying to study at Oxford or Cambridge Universities, and the support we offer here to our prospective Oxbridge candidates. During […]
As we roll into the half term break we’ve seen the library transformed into a very colourful place. The weather may continue to be dull, but the Library is lit up with the rainbow colours of LGBT+ History month, and also our wonderful Lunar New Year decorations. Our book displays feature the best of our […]
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