Children at Barrow Hills School were delighted to meet Olympic champion hockey player Helen Richardson-Walsh MBE last week when she dropped into the school to talk about the opportunities for women in sport and her personal journey to Olympic success.

Wellington College's Master, Julian Thomas, completed the Marathon des Sables to raise money for St Michael’s Girls’ Primary School in Uganda.

Wellington College returned to the Chelsea Flower Show for a second time, with the beautiful ‘Breaking Ground’ garden, designed by Wilson McWilliam Studio, picking up a gold medal in the Show Gardens category.

​The year 2017-18 marks the 125th anniversary of the founding of Shropshire prep school, Packwood Haugh, and preparations are well under way for a busy programme of events running throughout the year to celebrate this milestone.

From dusk ‘til dawn across two weekends in May, senior and intermediate pupils at Northbourne Park School took part in the annual overnight camps. This event is a real highlight every year for the children as it allows them to put all the skills they have learnt from leadership lessons to the test. The challenge is to build a shelter from natural resources and spend the night in it.

Gregg Davies, Headmaster of Shiplake College, describes what happened next after the school took the decision to ban mobile phones – and how the technology ban has enabled students to properly connect with the world around them.