Start of term

We have had an excellent start to the Michaelmas term. The new boys are all settled in and the football fixtures are well underway. The stars of the show so far are the U9 team who have won both their opening games.

We had a very successful Pre-Prep Football tournament and the standard was amazing.

The Army Hut is now finished and looks amazing and the Library is now well and truly underway. It is all very exciting!

Wellington interviews

Today sees the start of the public school assessment season. Boys are going off for interview at Wellington today. It makes such a difference to have them going on the same day as it gives us a real chance to prepare them properly. We have similar days arranged this term for Harrow and Eton.

First week of term

So the first week of term is under our belts and it has been a hectic and very positive start.

I spent the last five days with Form IVa in France. We had an excellent week. The weather was kind and the group of boys works very hard and learned a huge amount. We visited well known D-Day sites, we covered a great deal of new French and we found time for a swim in the sea!

At School the boys have already been involved in matches, both football and cricket and today we take on the auld enemy! Come on the 'Dale!

It makes such a difference to start the term with such fantastic weather and the boys are all in good spirits. The new boys have settled in and really getting involved in everything on offer, which is great to see.