Malvern View • Lent 2015
Malvern College excels for independent thinkers
From the Headmaster
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I do hope that you will enjoy this edition of the Malvern View reflecting, as usual, the tapestry of events at Malvern in the academic sphere, music, sport and beyond. In particular, 2015 is a very special year for the Malvern community since it is our 150th Anniversary and there has been much activity in which our pupils, staff, Old Malvernians and others have delighted. I am sure that you will sense from the pages which follow how much the majority of our pupils enjoy what they are doing at school and benefit from it and how vibrant this community is.
‘Malvern College has been hugely influential in trailblazing the International Baccalaureate and is an example of a school that encourages independent thinking and learning’ (Telegraph, 18 January 2015). Malvern was one of the first schools to introduce the IB in 1992 as an alternative to A levels in the Sixth Form and has been preparing pupils for the IB, as well as A levels in the Sixth Form, ever since. The IB is not just a recognised route to universities at home and abroad; its ethos is to educate the whole person and provide the necessary skills to succeed in a rapidly changing world. Its great strength is in its educational philosophy which is advanced and has, at its heart, a holistic development process that encourages pupils to become free thinkers and independent learners, preparing them well for the world beyond school.
Antony Clark Headmaster
Joseph Zivny heads for Harvard Having been awarded a Harvard Book Prize earlier in the term, Joseph has recently achieved his ambition of an unconditional place at Harvard University to read Mathematics. This crowns a very distinguished academic career at Malvern. Joseph’s results in public examinations, the leading role he has played in the College academic societies and debating arenas (including as a founding member of the Model United Nations team) and the scholarly example he has set his fellow pupils have all been quite outstanding. Aside from all this, he plays an exemplary role as College Sacristan and senior member of the RAF section of the Malvern CCF. He is a young man with a boundless intellectual appetite who thoroughly deserves his success and our praise. Jamie Russell, Housemaster SH