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Ishan, a pupil at Wellington College, has been honoured with The Diana Award in recognition for his outstanding charitable work to provide laptops and tablets for pupils at a school in India.
Bolton School student Victoria has received a prestigious Diana Award in recognition of her work with St John Ambulance, BiteBack2030, as a Youth MP, as a Chair of the AQA student Advisory Group and her support with the mass vaccination programme.
Samantha, a Sixth Former at King Edward VI High School for Girls in Birmingham, is the first UK girl to win the global Molecular Frontiers Inquiry Prize. Her competition question concerned molecular biological mechanisms and open-label placebos.
5 min read The past year has seen the rise of The Three Marketeers: Covid, Consultancies and Conundrums. Tim Hands, Headmaster of Winchester, reflects on choosing schools in the new normal.
5 min read Ensuring the governing body of a school is diverse, inclusive and reflective of pupils is increasingly important for schools. Ceri Jones, Headmaster of Caterham School, outlines why his school has created a Shadow Board of ten alumni, aged under 30.
5 min read A bursary can completely change a disadvantaged young person's life. John Towers, Headmaster of Homefield Preparatory School in Sutton, explains how his school set up a programme to help children in care – and how other schools can do the same.
5 min read It's time to stop seeing Latin as a 'dead language', argues Dominic Hodgkinson, Head of Classics at Dauntsey’s School, and instead see it as a humanity that can enhance our understanding of the world today.
5 min read It is a rare parent who never needs to complain. So how can you complain in a way which is constructive for everyone – parents, pupils and teachers? Attain's Editor talked to Jeremy Banks of Caldicott and Claire Belk of Bellan House, Oswestry School.
5 min read Many parents look back on the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme with fond memories of expeditions beset by mishaps. As society emerges from the pandemic, the unique and very valuable skills DofE teaches pupils have never been more important.
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