Queen’s Green Canopy Tree Planting
On a beautifully sunny and bright October morning dignitaries and students gathered in Thornton’s stunning grounds to plant an Oak in memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy Platinum Jubilee Project. The project encourages every community across the UK to plant a tree to help the environment. Oak […]
Laleham Lea School Pupils Support Purley Food Hub
Pupils from Laleham Lea School in Purley dropped off their Harvest Festival collection at Purley Food Hub this week to help support families in crisis. Hundreds of items including pasta, tinned vegetables, baby wipes and toothpaste were donated by Laleham Lea families to the charity who are urgently requesting donations during these challenging times for […]
CISC Christmas Card Competition 2022
The CISC Christmas card competition 2022 is now open for entries. Our theme this year: Walking in the Light! Closing date: Tuesday 15 November I look forward to receiving all your entries and very best of luck to you all! Details Theme – “Walking in the Light!” Entries should be 2D art work or a […]
CISC Touching Hearts, Changing Lives
CISC and supporting sponsors Reed Brand are looking for more stories to share about your former pupils for our Touching Hearts, Changing Lives podcast. Designed to promote independent Catholic education, and more specifically to give CISC schools a louder voice, the podcasts are an indicator of our distinctiveness and a powerful marketing tool. Sharing them […]
CISC Virtual briefing with Moore Kingston Smith & Stone King
This year’s CISC Heads, Bursars and Senior Leaders’ briefing will be held virtually on Tuesday 4 October from 10am to 12 noon. Our Leadership Briefing, led by CISC Headline Sponsors Moore Kingston Smith and Stone King, will give an informed perspective on trends and issues affecting CISC schools. Topics covered will include: Cybersecurity; Mergers and […]
Princethorpe receives the highest possible ratings across all criteria in ISI Inspection
Princethorpe College has received the highest possible ratings across all criteria from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) following an inspection in April 2022. The report, which has just been published, consists of two elements, a focused compliance inspection, encompassing statutory standards, and an educational quality inspection evaluating the achievements of pupils, including academic performance and […]
New Head joining The Oratory Prep School
Mr Andrew De Silva will be joining The Oratory Prep School in Goring Heath as Head from September 2022. Currently Head of the Junior School at St Edmund’s School in Canterbury, Andrew brings with him a wealth of experience, honing his skills through Headships in both the state maintained and independent sectors, in addition to […]
Team Blackout on the starting grid -World Finals F1iS 2022
Team Blackout, will be representing Wales as part of Team GB at the F1 in Schools World Finals in Silverstone this July. F1 in Schools is a world wide competition that introduces STEM subjects to pupils from 9-18. St John’s College has been involved in this project since 2011 when the current Headmaster, Mr Shaun […]