Sixth Form Inter-House General Knowledge Competition

by tl | Feb 27, 2024 | School Life

The Sixth Form Inter-House General Knowledge Competition is always fiercely fought and feistily contested, and this year was no exception. Spread over three lunchtimes, the format was the same as University Challenge – including starters-for-ten, buzzers, and...

Countdown to the Conundrum

by tl | Feb 27, 2024 | School Life

There were anagrams and puzzles aplenty, as pupils faced off in the annual House Countdown competition. The first heat saw Queen Anne take an early lead, and, despite Feilden and Harcourt narrowing the gap, Queen Anne maintained their lead to make it through to the...

Inspiring a Love of Languages

by tl | Feb 20, 2024 | Academic

Head of School, Dee (Upper Sixth, Gascoigne), and Head of Harcourt, Tara (Upper Sixth, Harcourt), shared their passion for languages with pupils across the School in the first student-led Modern Foreign Languages Day. They organised an array of linguistic and cultural...

Policing Politics

by tl | Jan 30, 2024 | In School Events

The Politics Department were delighted to welcome Matthew Barber (OC, 1999, Harcourt), the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Thames Valley and former Leader of Vale of White Horse District Council to the School to speak to students. Mr Barber provided a unique...

Holocaust Memorial Day

by tl | Jan 28, 2024 | Academic

Holocaust Memorial Day falls on 27 January – the day on which Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated. This year, the theme was the ‘fragility of freedom’, and the History Department prepared and delivered a series of age-appropriate talks designed to encourage pupils to...