Saturday, 06 September 2025

Independents keep standards high

INDEPENDENT schools in the Henley area celebrated another excellent year of GCSE results by their pupils. The vast majority of year 11 ...

 

‘How nice it is to get back to a classic results day and celebrate together’

INDEPENDENT schools in the Henley area continued to receive a high proportion of A to A* grades compared to the national average of 27....

 

Teacher banned for life over child sex offences

A TEACHER convicted of child sex offences has been banned from the profession for life. Harvey McGough, 55, the former head of design ...

 

School to become fully co-ed

READING Blue Coat School in Sonning will become fully co-educational by 2027. The independent secondary will start to expand from ...

 

Pupils sleep out on coldest night for charity

A SLEEP-OUT held at Reading Blue Coat School in Sonning raised £6,180 for a homelessness charity. Fifty pupils took part in the event ...

 

Second master appointed head of independent school

READING Blue Coat School in Sonning has appointed a new headmaster. Peter Thomas, who has been second master since 2015, will take ...

 

Rhino conservation expert visits school

TRACEY TAYLOR, education officer for the Helping Rhinos conservation group based, spoke to students, parents and staff at Reading Blue ...

 

PM learns about schools partnership

PRIME Minister Theresa May visited Reading Blue Coat School in Sonning to learn about its student-led outreach programme, the Aldworth ...

 

One school takes all the prizes at public speaking contest

ONE school swept the board at a public speaking competition for young people in Henley. Pupils from the Abbey School in Reading won ...

 

Boys cycle length of the country for charity

FIVE leavers from Reading Blue Coat School in Sonning cycled 950 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats in 14 days for charity. ...

 

Students impress with science studies

READING Blue Coat School pupils Rebecca Clayton and Loic Pohl were two of only 10 students to be shortlisted by the Peter Watson ...

 

Boys are twice as good in speaking contest

TWO teams of pupils from Reading Blue Coat School in Sonning triumphed in the zone final of a public speaking competition. One team ...

 

School takes the honours in public speaking contest

TWELVE students took part in the Henley heats of the Youth Speaks competition organised by Rotary. Two teams from both Reading Blue ...

 

Howzat! Teenage cricketer achieves all As in GCSEs she took just weeks after leaving American hospital

A TEENAGE girl from Henley passed her GCSEs with flying colours despite taking the exams just weeks after being in an American ...

 

Independent schools' headteachers delighted as pupils smash records

INDEPENDENT schools in Henley area achieved another year of strong A-level results. Shiplake College broke its records for the second ...

 

Team effort

Reading Blue Coat School in Sonning raised more than £1,600 for Cancer Research UK with its 14th annual Race for Life, taking the ...

 

American with special reason to like traditionally English sporting event

JESSE ELZINGA has a special affection for Henley Royal Regatta. Not only did he compete there twice, but it was also where he first ...

 

Food for thought

Reading Blue Coat School took part in Cook for Syria, a national fund-raising initiative. Catering manager Suzanne Hemchaoui, who ...

 

War play

PUPILS at Reading Blue Coat School in Sonning staged two performances of Journey’s End this week o mark the centenary of the First ...

 

Blue Coats race for life

A group of 32 charity runners at Reading Blue Coat School have raised more than £1,000 for Cancer Research UK. The 11th annual Blue ...

 

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