After entering through the Stage Door, drama club began their first visits to The Belgrade Theatre in preparation for their performance in B2 at The Belgrade in July.  The day started with a briefing and tour with Education Producer, Claire who explained the origins of the theatre and its name alongside explaining how spaces are used, and the reasons for those iconic dressing room mirror lights.  Etone pupils were - as always - respectful, curious, and positive.

Eleanor reflected, "this place is so amazing, I wish I could live here forever!"  Dexter agreed, "the lighting and stage are amazing, one of the best I've seen."  Cara complimented, "the staff are so friendly, welcoming and helpful" and  Eloise remarked, "you can tell that there have been many extraordinary performances here."  As the day moved on to improvising, rehearsing, and polishing the devised work,  Jess said, "the opportunity to work in this space is overwhelmingly fantastic!"

We are delighted to celebrate the success of our students who recently took part in our Careers Competition, held as part of our Careers Week celebrations at Etone College.

A huge congratulations to our winner, Emily (8P2), whose outstanding work earned her the top prize of a £10 voucher or sweets! 🍬

Well done also to our runners-up, Libby (7P2) and Jessica (7C1), for their fantastic entries and hard work.

The competition was hosted in the library, giving students the opportunity to explore a wide range of career pathways using our newly developed, dedicated careers section. This area includes books and leaflets covering different qualifications, educational establishments, career options, CV writing, and more—supporting students in making informed choices about their futures.

This event reflects our ongoing commitment to careers education at Etone College, helping students build knowledge, confidence, and ambition for the world beyond school.

Take a look inside our Paired Reading sessions that take place in the library.

Our Year 10 peers work with their buddies to develop their reading and comprehension skills. These sessions are focused on building confidence of our young readers and establishing links between year groups.

So far this year the programme has been a universal success with reading scores increasing an average of 10 points. This shows a much greater reading ability by our pupils, who all think the provision is great.

On Thursday we held our Parent Session on Supporting Your Child online. The session was held in response to parent voice, with the request for more information on what parents can do to support pupils online.

Following a wave of online developments in the past few years this is a very 'hot topic' and so we were thrilled to roll out a brand new session for 2026. This one focusing on the provision of our Digital Safety curriculum, emerging online dangers, methods to support your child and finally where support can be accessed from.

The event was once again really well attended and responses from pupils have been overwhelmingly positive and grateful.

To watch our video please click here for the Parent Workshop Session: https://www.etonecollege.co.uk/parent-carer-support-workshops/

To check up on our E-Safety support find our dedicated webpage here: https://www.etonecollege.co.uk/e-safety/

On 21^st April, Etone Exceeding Excellence ventured to Riversley Park to learn the new skill of orienteering.  Our teams raced around the park in the sunshine working together to read their maps to identify locations, find, read, and understand information and collect answers developing their local knowledge along the way.  We are highly thankful to have been supported in the creation of this task by Liz Phillips and Bruce Bryant, both active members of British Orienteering with impressive National rankings.

The competition was fierce but our ultimate winners were 'A Sensible Team Name' (Nathan, Dannis, Oscar, and Reuben, Year 9 with 26 correct answers; in second place were 'Pancake (Tabitha ,Year 9, and Sam, and Mikaela, Year 8) with 25 correct answers, and in third place were '7 ups' (William, Charles, Gabe, Summer, and Hasan, Year 7).  A huge congratulations to everyone who took part for demonstrating  their courtesy (especially when they realised that there was a wedding at the registry office!), being supportive to each other and demonstrating the employability skill of communication and teamwork.

The first ever Matrix Netball Tournament took place on Wednesday 22nd April, with Etone proudly hosting schools from across the trust as they competed for the shield in an exciting day of netball.

Etone entered two strong Year 9 teams, Etone A and Etone B, who both performed brilliantly throughout the competition. Showing excellent teamwork, determination and skill, both teams progressed to the semi-finals against tough opposition.

Etone B continued their impressive run to reach the final, where they delivered an outstanding performance to be crowned Matrix Netball Tournament Champions.

Impressively, Etone B was our boys team, highlighting the growing popularity of men’s and mixed netball within the sport. It was fantastic to see boys taking part in the tournament and embracing the sport, demonstrating how netball continues to grow and become more inclusive for all.

It was equally fantastic to see so much talent, sportsmanship and school spirit on display throughout the event. A huge well done to all of our players for representing Etone so brilliantly, and thank you to all the schools who took part in making the first Matrix Netball Tournament such a success.

Etone have once again lifted one of the coveted Trust trophies. Whilst not all about the winners, it is great to see the hard work pay off.