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Recent Highlights
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Junior School Play: 'Murder in the Cathedral' - reviewFriday 14 February 2020"...A haunting and challenging play, demanding and receiving total commitment from this young cast of 40, all of whom clearly sensed they were part of something very special..."
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Shrewsbury receives TES Boarding School of the Year ‘Highly Commended’ AwardFriday 14 February 2020We are thrilled that Shrewsbury School was given special recognition at the Times Educational Supplement Independent School Awards 2020 Ceremony on 7th February.
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Huge home crowd cheers on the 1st XI in Boodles Cup Semi-FinalThursday 13 February 2020The 1st XI took on Queen Ethelburga’s, York in the semi-final of ISFA’s Boodles National Cup – a great occasion for the School, with the game being played in front of vocal home support.
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RSSBC: Wins for all squads in the Wycliffe Big HeadThursday 6 February 2020The Senior and J16 crews began a new term of racing in fine style at the Wycliffe Big Head on the Gloucester Berkeley Canal on Saturday 1st February.
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Cricket: Sixth Former Issy selected for ECB’s ‘The Hundred’ competitionFriday 31 January 2020Issy Wong’s cricket career at a national level has taken another exciting step forward with her selection among the first wave of signings for England Cricket Board’s inaugural ‘The Hundred’ competition.
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British Cadet Rifle Team selectionWednesday 29 January 2020Congratulations to Ollie Taylor (R L6), who has been selected for the British Cadet Rifle Team and will tour with them to Canada during the Easter Holidays.
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Shrewsbury School cross-country team win national bronzeWednesday 15 January 2020Tremendous performances by our RSSH runners at the national Knole Run on 11th January. Highlights of the day included team bronze for the boys’ team, 5th place for Francesca Harris and 7th place for Fourth Former Wi...
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Sixth Former Frank performs as Principal Trumpet with the NYOFriday 10 January 2020Frank Coughlan (SH U6) led the trumpet section of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in three concerts during the Christmas holidays, including one that was broadcast from London's Barbican Centre...
Academic News
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Lord Hague's 'Reasons to be Optimistic'Friday 14 February 2020At the invitation of Sixth Former Sophia Bureau, Lord Hague kindly visited Shrewsbury School on Friday 7th February to deliver a talk to pupils from Shrewsbury and other local schools as part of our Academic Extension...
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Darwin Festival Exhibition at Shrewsbury SchoolFriday 14 February 2020We were delighted to give members of the public special guided tours of our wonderful treasure trove of Charles Darwin’s books, letters and artefacts this week as part of the town’s DarwIN Shrewsbury Festival 2020.
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Sixth Former Jude becomes first current pupil to give a Darwin Society LectureTuesday 4 February 2020A talk that enthralled pupils and staff alike, on venoms, poison dart frogs and crocodile blood...
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Richard Hillary Essay Medal Competition 2020Friday 17 January 2020The Richard Hillary Essay Medal competition provides an opportunity for Sixth Formers to spend two hours pitting their wits against a one-word unseen essay title.
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Oxbridge SuccessFriday 17 January 2020Shrewsbury School is celebrating an outstanding year of success for pupils applying to Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Sixteen Salopians have received offers of places across a whole spectrum of disciplines, f...
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'Histories of the Unexpected'Friday 17 January 2020On 16th January, we were delighted to welcome renowned historians Dr Sam Willis and Professor James Daybell, who gave a thought-provoking and very entertaining talk to pupils on ‘The Histories of the Unexpected'.
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UK Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge 2019Thursday 28 November 2019Shrewsbury School Third and Fourth Form pupils are among the top achievers in a national computing challenge.
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Top Geography mark in the UKFriday 15 November 2019Huge congratulations to Veronica Munday (EDH 2017-19) who scored the highest mark in the country in the Cambridge Pre-U Geography examinations and has been given a Cambridge Outstanding Learner Award.
