WIDER
Wider Opportunities
at Etone College
At Etone College, we pride ourselves on providing a wide range of opportunities both within and beyond the curriculum to enrich the experiences of our pupils in all years. These cultural capital and wider opportunities have been designed to both complement and enhance our curriculum as well as provide pupils with opportunities to develop their talents and interests still further. Please find below a summary of the wider opportunities provided in each subject. This includes competitions, contributions to our Theme of the Week, visiting speakers, extracurricular activities and trips and visits both within and beyond the UK!
| Subject | Open Here |
|---|---|
| Create | View HERE |
| English | View HERE |
| Geography | View HERE |
| Maths | View HERE |
| MFL | View HERE |
| Music | View HERE |
| PE | View HERE |
| Social Sciences | View HERE |
| Science | View HERE |
40 Steps to Success
As part of our Learning for Life curriculum and form time, pupils will track their participation in wider opportunities throughout the year. These are known as our 40 Steps to Success in each year group and are linked to both our employability skills and Etone Values. Please click on the relevant year group to see the 40 Steps to Success and do please discuss these opportunities with your child.
Click HERE to see the 40 Things to Do and do please discuss these opportunities with your child.
Enrichment Weeks
At the end of each year, we also provide Enrichment Weeks where pupils have further opportunities to develop their interests and talents. These weeks are designed to support our employability curriculum and our Etone Values and planned by subject areas to provide a varied range of activities to enhance our curriculum. This could include visiting speakers, practical workshops, exciting activities and trips and visits. Pupils have a chance to be entered into a prize draw for demonstrating our Etone values or employability skills. Click HERE to see what pupils got up to in 2025 during Enrichment Weeks.
Extra Curricular
To find out more about the range of extra-curricular activities we offer each week, click here. Our timetable is updated each term and informed by pupil voice to make sure that we offer the most relevant and engaging programme that we can. We also provide study support in all subjects for pupils throughout the year to ensure that we do our utmost to support them for upcoming examinations. This applies to the sixth form too where students are offered a varied programme of enrichment activities to enhance their curriculum and ensure that they are ready for life beyond Etone College be this learning how to cook on a budget, prepare for their driving test or know how to keep themselves mentally and physically fit.
Extra-Curricular Information HERE
We also provide numerous additional opportunities that are too many to name but some include CCF, Duke oF Edinburgh, student leadership, active citizenship, competitions, House Sports, community champions, wellbeing events, clubs, trips, visits ........ the list goes on! Check out the relevant pages of the website to find out more.
Exceeding Excellence
We also recognise at Etone that our students come to us already having an array of talents, many of which they pursue outside of school. We actively encourage both parent and pupil voice as well as consultation with our tutors to ensure that we capture this information. The talents of our children, whether they are elite athletes or amazing musicians, are then celebrated in school through our bespoke Etone Elite badges which can be worn on blazer lapels, displays and regular updates in our bulletins and through our website. We also ensure that this information is shared actively with curriculum areas to maximise opportunities to develop the talents of our pupils still further. In addition, we also run a bespoke academic extracurricular programme - Etone Exceeding Excellence - for our High Prior Attaining Pupils, details can be found HERE.
Each year, we celebrate the full range of performative talents of Etone pupils in our talent show. This is an opportunity for pupils to showcase talents developed inside and outside of school and compete for our prestigious trophy. Click HERE to see an overview of last years event.
Careers
At Etone College, we are also committed to providing the most excellent Careers Advice and Guidance and have been recognised for the quality of our provision. Check out our Careers Page to find out more. As part of our provision, pupils all receive the opportunity to take part in both work experience, encounters with employers and university visits to enhance their Careers Learning and to ensure we meet the requirements of the Gatsby Benchmarks and PALS, we are also proud to welcome many visiting speakers into school and host an annual Careers Day and Careers Fair to name just some of our provision. All pupils at Key Stage 4 receive personalised careers guidance and a practice interview day and Key Stage 5 pupils receive support applying to university through UCAS or support with applications for apprenticeships. Check out our good news section of the website to find out more.
Personal Development
We also pride ourselves on the quality of our personal development curriculum and visiting speakers and workshops are a key part of this. To find out more about our curriculum and how we enhance this for pupils with wider opportunities, CLICK HERE. Here you will find information about our Theme of the Week, assemblies, external speakers and competitions both within our school and in the wider Trust. As part of Matrix Academy Trust, pupils are offered a wide range of opportunities across the schools including the amazing Turing scheme where they have opportunities to travel far and wide - CLICK HERE to see our overview of cross trust opportunities.
