Further enrichment opportunities

Alongside the more traditional co-curricular activities we like to encourage the students to try new activities and spark new interests from coding, to fashion upcycling, to nature conservation. These lunch time clubs allow pupils to develop new skills, foster new friendships and experience new challenges. At the start of each term, we email parents, tutors and pupils the club lists to make them all aware of what we have on offer and the lists are also available on the website.

In September, we host a co-curricular fair in order to let the pupils explore these options further and speak to teachers about what happens within their clubs. This is a fantastic opportunity to start conversations and encourage pupils to try new activities.

A wide variety of day trips take place within term time, extending the curriculum through experience beyond the classroom. These days out of school not only aid their intellectual curiosity but also allows for cultural enrichment and personal and social development. These trips range from visiting museums, attending debates and competitions to watching shows in the theatre during the evenings.

Residential trips also feature regularly in the school calendar. Foreign language study visits enable pupils to improve their speaking and listening skills whilst experiencing the local culture and history trips have shown the students important and moving historical sites across Europe. Sports tours have encouraged teamwork and comradery and our ski trips are a highlight, in fantastic resorts in Austria, France and Italy.

Enrichment Week

In the Senior School, Enrichment Week normally takes place in the penultimate week of the academic year. This exciting school week focuses on providing pupils in Years 7 to 10 with a range of educational trips and resilience building activities to broaden our pupil’s horizons and exposing them to new experiences, whilst promoting social interaction and creating lasting memories. During this week, various residential stays, day trips and DofE expeditions go out across the UK. All pupils are expected to attend and there are no lessons during that week. Further details will be announced as the school year progresses. Please note that there will be an additional charge for any external trips that take place during this week.