Forget Tom Top Gun Cruise – you can meet a real life Maverick when the former leader of the RAF’s most famous unit comes to Exeter.
Wing Commander Simon Meade O.B.E. is the former Commanding Officer and Team Leader of the Red Arrows Aerobatic Display Team.
He will be giving a talk and special presentation at Exeter School on Friday March 31 (7:30) to raise money for FORCE Cancer Charity.
Simon is an inspiring speaker who draws on his wealth of experience in delivering results in an environment where failure is not an option and mistakes costs lives.
Exeter School hosted its first Education Festival on Monday 20 February 2023. Head, Louise Simpson was delighted to welcome educators from across the region to “EdFest23: Educating for Character”.
EdFest is an annual conference that convenes educators from across the region to connect with colleagues; this year the theme was Educating for Character, and delegates had the opportunity to engage in important conversations around the development of character in our pupils, the importance of our schools in supporting character education, and how supporting character education is a way...
Exeter School features as number 98 in a list of the top 400 independent secondary schools in the 2022 edition of The Sunday Times Parent Power.
This means that the co-educational day school for 7-18 year-olds maintains its ranking as the top independent school in Devon.
Exeter School Head, Ms Louise Simpson, said: “The Parent Power table is about so much more than exam results; it also reflects how well a school supports pupil mental health and how well-rounded the offering is. Whilst our phenomenal exam results are testament to our hard-working pupils and...
An Exeter pre-prep and nursery is celebrating the success of its newly launched Forest School. The New School, an independent setting based on the edge of the city caters for children aged 3-7 and has a strong reputation for blending academic excellence with a caring, family feel.
The school, which became part of the Exeter School family in 2021 sits in an acre of leafy space in the village of Exminster and has undergone extensive refurbishment during that period. Part of this renovation project has seen the outside space repurposed, with a new nature trail running around the...
Exeter School, one of the South West’s leading co-educational independent schools, pays tribute to Year 11 pupils on their excellent results, the first cohort since 2019 to sit traditional GCSE exams following COVID19.
The school community are celebrating the tremendous achievements of our Year 11 pupils, which saw more than a third of all grades scored at a nine, the highest possible award.
Despite facing various challenges to their education throughout the pandemic pupils have shone, with 81% of grades awarded being 9-7.
The Exeter School community are celebrating another year of outstanding A-Level results, with a 100% pass rate, continuing a pattern of excellence from the school’s sixth form. 12 pupils scored three or more A* grades, with 32% of all results being at A*, and nearly two thirds of all grades being A* or A.
Head Ms Louise Simpson said: “A-Levels pave the way for our leavers’ next steps to university and we are thrilled that almost all of the outgoing Upper Sixth have secured their chosen university place in a range of institutions including Oxbridge and those within the Russell...
An historic blue plaque has been erected on the science department at Exeter School to commemorate a previous pupil who sacrificed his life to save others in a devastating explosion that tore through a London based factory in 1917.
Andrea Angel (also known as Andrew or Andreas) was born in 1877 in Bradford, before moving to Devon with his parents, where he was educated at Exeter School.
He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford with a First in Chemistry in 1899, eventually lecturing and running the laboratory at his alma mater. He was forbidden from enlisting at the start...
Matford Brook Academy, part of the Ted Wragg Trust is pleased to announce that Emily Simpson-Horne has been appointed as the first ever headteacher of the brand new school being built on the edge of Exeter within the Haldon Reach development.
Emily is an experienced headteacher and school leader in the South West after moving from working in education in the Midlands. Her most recent post was leading an all-through school during which she developed a passion for educating 2-16 year olds on the same site. Having worked with schools across the country to innovate community led, ‘...
Exeter School is delighted to be hosting its first Education Festival on Saturday 25 June. The festival, which is framed around the concept of ‘Character Education’ will provide teaching professionals, parents and academics with the opportunity to discover how we can use this approach to ensure our children flourish throughout their school life and are ready for productive lives beyond.
Character Education focuses developing a child’s inherent character, and how schools have a role to play in helping them shape who they are. By providing a guiding force in the way they learn the...
A talented Exeter School pupil has been selected for the prestigious National Youth Theatre. Emily who is in Year Ten, is taking Drama at GCSE and recently started LAMDA acting lessons which are offered at school. She has taken part in many Exeter School productions since joining in Year Three, including the recent performance of ‘The Odyssey’.
Emily attended an NYT audition day held at Exeter School for pupils in March. This involved a three-hour workshop followed by an individual audition with a NYT director where she had to perform a monologue of her choice. Emily found out...
