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Applicants should be 16+ or turning 16 no later than August 2019. We are looking for students with top grades at school and also at least an IELTS level of 6. To apply, students should submit a: *Students under 18 may alternatively sit our internal English Language test if they have not sat IELTS.  …

Ashbourne final-year A level students won gold awards in the first round of the British Physics Olympiads (2019), putting them in the top 100, while the first year students scooped awards in the AS Challenge. Top row from left – Peter Stanton (Physics teacher) and AS Physics Challenge participants; Top right and front row –…

Ashbourne student Charli Eglinton won Best Short Film and was awarded Overall Winner at the WJEC EDUQAS Moving Image Awards 2018 for her short animation ‘8’,  which tells the story of two brothers and their ties with the mafia. The Moving Image Awards is a national competition, designed in partnership with the British Film Institute, that…

Ashbourne A level Music students won two awards in the ISA Music Composition Competition (2019). Deniz Dortok won second place with Goldmunds Journey and Dominic Tso won third for Homage to Beethoven and Shostakovich, in the sixth form category. The Independent Schools Association (ISA) competition received more than 100 entries from a wide age range of pupils.

Four former Bosworth College Students were recognised for Academic Excellence at this year’s CIFE Awards, hosted by the Lord Lexden at the House of Lords. Bosworth Independent College’s Award went to LIU Chang (Chloe) who was thrilled to attend the ceremony with her mother. Chloe, from China, excelled academically at Bosworth but was most especially-valued…

Around 25 Bosworth students are the first to take up the challenge of earning their Broadway Leadership Award. Open to students of all ages, the award brings together achievements in College and outside. Since its launch in November, the College has felt a buzz as students have become energised to take on new challenges and…

We are delighted to learn that Viet Cuong (Keith) Nguyen’s essay, “5.5 inches”, has been selected ISA Sixth Form Overall Winning Essay. The irony of writing about this on Social Media, given the essay’s theme, is not lost on us! Here are the judge’s comments on Keith’s work: “Our choice of overall winning essay is…

Ashbourne A level Biology students won the Highly Commendable Award and Silver Award at the British Biology Olympiad 2019. The competition, open to students from around the world, is part of the Royal Society of Biology’s programme to inspire, engage and reward budding biologists. Four finalists are selected to represent the UK at the International…

Ashbourne’s A level Drama & Theatre Studies students scooped three awards at the ISA Drama Festival (2019): Hurst Lodge Award for best senior production, Margaret Milner-Williams Medal for best senior boy performer and the Hollygirt Prize for best moment of theatre in senior production. The Independent Schools Association (ISA) competition included around 500 independent and specialist performing arts schools from across the country. Daniel Kedge, who…