Head Girl: Yasmin Khan OW 1995

🇬🇧 Commonwealth Day 2026 was celebrated on Monday, 9 March, with the theme “Unlocking opportunities together for a prosperous Commonwealth”. The day highlighted the 56 member countries’ collaboration and our collective action to foster economic growth, education, and resilience through empowering citizens and creating equitable opportunities.

With our Royal Family in attendance at the Westminster Abbey service, a small number of our pupils were invited to represent King Edward’s in a tremendous day of service and celebration.

Our strong City of London links date back to our very beginnings in 1553, and provide our pupils with exceptional opportunities to connect with our heritage and understand the importance of service and global citizenship. Our thanks to Mr Simon Lightman for supporting our pupils in their participation in such a significant national event.

#anexceptionalschooljourney #bridewelleducation #commonwealth #unitedbydiversitysince1553

🎼 3rd Form pupils, Stella and Eve recently took to the iconic Wembley Arena stage to perform as part of the Voice In A Million (VIAM) stage choir. Known as “The World’s Most Spectacular School Concert”, it is an annual event staged to raise awareness of children in care and encourage people to think about fostering or adoption.

Our songbirds not only passed two rounds of auditions against strong candidates to win places in the VIAM stage choir, they both also secured solo parts in several songs. Reflecting on their experiences:

“I’m really grateful to be in VIAM this year. I’ve loved every second of it, it’s an amazing atmosphere and I’ll remember it for the rest of my life”, said Eve.

“This is my fourth year in the stage choir and my first in the senior backing vocalist group where I get to focus on the soprano harmonies which I love”, said Stella.

You can find more information about VIAM on the website https://voiceinamillion.com where there’s also a link to donate to Adoption UK.

#VIAM #Raisingvoicesforgood #KESWvocalists #keswmusic

Recently a number of our Lower Sixth pupils attended an inspiring London Careers Festival event with experts in their fields, Professor Martin Elliott and Professor Robin May.

Professor Elliott specialises in open heart surgery for babies at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Our pupils learnt about his career journey towards realising his specialisation as well as the various entry opportunities into the medical profession and the importance maths plays in planning surgery. 

Professor May is a specialist in infectious diseases. He also shared an incredible and diverse career journey and how he now uses his knowledge and experience in human infectious diseases to advise the government as the Chief Scientific Adviser for the FSA.

With insightful advice from both experts, our pupils learnt that a career, especially in science, is not a destination but a journey of discovery to be explored and enjoyed.

#careersinmedicine #careersinscience #londoncareersfestival ##bridewelleducation

☀️ Bright skies and warm spring sunshine added to the delight of visitors to AppArt at King Edward’s over the long Easter weekend as upwards of 2000 folk from near and far followed the sculpture trail through our beautifully grounds, and immersed themselves in the vibrant creativity of the gallery exhibition. AppArt runs every day from 10am-4pm until Saturday 18th April and is free to all.

The sun’s still shining, so why not come and explore the incredible talent of professional and emerging artists at one of South East England’s most celebrated art and sculpture events hosted at King Edward’s Witley. No booking required. Coffee shop open! ☕️

#appart #sculpturetrail #keswitley #artexpo

A brilliant day at School as we celebrated the return of AppArt with @nicolagodden_sculpture officially opening the Sculpture Trail and Exhibition, which includes pieces from both King Edward’s and @barrowhillsschool pupils, staff and parents. AppArt is open for two weeks from 4th April, between 10.00 and 4.00 each day. Prepare to be amazed!