At 6pm on Tuesday, 6th May 2025, Etone Exceeding Excellence will be welcoming a face-to-face lecture by Information Scientists, Dr Anna Noel-Storr and Dr Sus Wisneiwski focused on their work for the health-based charity, Cochrane. Dr Noel-Storr and Dr Wisneiwski will be delivering an interactive session (mobile phones will be required) about how they utilise global communities, and AI through the Cochrane Crowd platform to broaden access to evidence based medicine, enabling the best decisions about health to be made. In the context that over 4,000 scientific papers are published weekly, the Drs will explain how the tools of Information Science can help us to keep up.  Parents and pupils are invited to attend.  In addition to our EEE pupils, those with an interest in future careers of medicine, research, and information science would benefit from this lecture.

Our Year 10 students recently took part in an exciting virtual careers workshop with professionals from DELL Technologies. Hosted over Microsoft Teams, the session gave students a unique opportunity to engage directly with DELL employees and gain valuable insights into careers in the tech industry.

The workshop was an informal Q&A format, where students were encouraged to ask questions about career pathways, roles within DELL, and the skills and qualifications needed to succeed in the world of technology. The DELL team shared their personal journeys, discussed the importance of digital skills, and offered advice on how students can start preparing for future careers now.

The session was both inspiring and informative, helping students broaden their understanding of opportunities in tech and giving them a real-world perspective on what it’s like to work in a global tech company.

On Friday our Sixth Form Business and Economics pupils travelled to Star City Birmingham, where they took part in Tutor 2 U’s Grade Booster workshops. These are hgigh quality sessions delivered by exam specification experts aimed at giving pupils some key reminders and tips to securing the highest results in their exams.

As the day began the pupils attended their first session for their respective courses. These events are always well planned and involve high levels of engagement from pupils. Split into the key specification areas they provide a clear path to success for any pupil.

Following the successful sessions pupils had the chance to reflect on the themes of the day, before coming back with revision resources and materials along with online log ins to continue their journey.

This is always a well attended and meaningful trip, which in turn has a fantastic impact on our pupils prospects.

Loudmouth Working for Marcus

Our Year 8 pupils had the chance to watch a performance of Working for Marcus from the Loudmouth Theatre Company exploring with the programme teaching pupils about a wide range of child exploitation issues including child sexual exploitation, exploitation into crime e.g. county lines, substance abuse and knife crime. The session provide a really clear and well constructed opportunity for pupils to consider some ‘deep thinking’ issues and how they can protect themselves and others from some of the dangers. Across the performance the pupils behaved impeccably, as usual, and were praised for showing the Etone Values from the theatre company.

Loudmouth Calling it Out

On Monday our Year 9 pupils had the opportunity to explore the themes of relationships and peer pressure by attending a performance in school by the Loudmouth Theatre Company. Their sessions are targeted to support key criteria of the RHSE curriculum and provide pupils with an expressive creative way to reflect on the ideas from the production. It was a really opportunity for pupils to show their Etone Values being courteous and considering the impacts they have on each other as well as developing their own understanding of themselves and the relationships they have within the world.

During Charity Week at Etone College, Griffin House hosted a successful assembly dedicated to raising awareness about youth homelessness, featuring representatives from the charity Doorway. As an organisation closely linked to Centrepoint, which also focuses on youth homelessness in Warwickshire, Doorway plays a vital role in supporting young individuals in need.

The assembly provided insightful information about the challenges faced by homeless youth, and students were encouraged to consider the importance of community support. Throughout the event, all students displayed respect and attentiveness, actively participating in discussions and activities. 

The charity representative from Doorway shared compelling stories of resilience and recovery, emphasising the impact of Griffin House's ongoing support for the charity. In closing, students expressed their gratitude to the representative for their dedication and the crucial work they do. The assembly inspired a sense of community and encouraged students to continue their involvement in charitable initiatives Etone College run throughout the year.

Our Director of Mathematics, Mr Randall, has written a blog post on the power of talk in the maths classroom and how it helps deepen understanding.

Check it out HERE

We are proud to announce that we have been crowned as Community School of the Year at the Education Business Awards 2025. The Awards look to recognise the schools who have the biggest impact in the country each year. This year hosting it as part of their Education Live Expo at the Evolution in Battersea Park, London.

The award comes after a bumper few years at Etone College, as we introduced our Community Champions as a brand-new student leadership opportunity. These pupils take the  lead on running charity fundraising events and engaging with new community initiatives. So far this year these have included; Toy Drives, Rowing Challenges and engaging with the community by hosting events at the school. These pupils embody the Etone Values and do a tremendous job complimenting the other work we do to support our communities. Including;

• Continuing our membership as Holocaust Ambassadors

• Achieving the International Language School Award
• Developing our careers program with community support on our Careers Day and Fair
• Engaging with local sport clubs
• Supporting our local primary schools in the education of their pupils
• Working with the Nuneaton Library to create links for pupils and their families
• Our Cadets have represented Etone and Nuneaton at remembrance day events
• Achieving a three year streak as league winners for our Etone Football Education Academy

On the day of the event our representatives travelled to the expo taking part in some very interesting discussions. With guest speakers, vendors and education experts it was a fantastic opportunity to attend some CPD sessions. Following this the awards ceremony began, this year being hosted by BBC Tomorrow’s World’s very own Kate Bellingham. As the forth award up there wasn’t a long wait to find out if we had won, but upon the words “Community Champion” it became clear that Etone had won the crown.

After a short celebration, it was time to head home to share the good news with the rest of the school and of course the wider community.

A big thankyou to all of our staff, parents, pupils and of course our communities – Well done Etone College!

Etone Library recently held its second bookfair of this academic year. The fair ran from Thursday 13th March up until Tuesday 18th March 2025.  Parents/carers were invited into School to come along and have a look, with refreshments provided. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed looking at the fair and purchasing their chosen book(s). It was a great success with sales of over £350 which means we have received almost £50 in rewards for Etone. These rewards can now be spent on new books for the Library. Our next fair will be held next academic year in November.