It’s always wonderful to have members of the community come back to the school, and even more wonderful when we can reunite former pupils with their old teachers! On Tuesday…
Chef Henry Hampshire (OW 2017), award-nominated vegan chef and founder of The Garden Restaurants and Kordia Events, returned to KESW for an inspiring cooking demo with some of our BTEC Level…
Ensuring the dynamic presence of King Edward`s was fully felt across mainland Europe last week, SPAIN for our second group of Queen Mary House (Year 7 & 8) pupils.
If a picture paints a thousand words, there`s a veritable library to enjoy in this video! From watersports to waterparks, from Girona to Barcelona, this was an action packed trip full of joy and laughter... and possibly blue ice lollies.
Our huge thanks to our fantastic staff for their kindness, humour and tremendous energy.
Childhood memories are made of this...
~QMHontour #broadeninghorizons #makingmemories
🇫🇷 A brilliant, action packed schedule for a group of our Queen Mary House (Year 7 & 8) pupils as they headed across the Channel to France with a side order of Belgium this week. 🇧🇪
From Bruges chocolate museum to Passchendaele museum, watersports, lunch on beach with sand castle competition and sand yachting, to a theme park, a little rain most definitely did not stop play!
Great energy, humour and a ‘get stuck in’ approach prevailed… fuelled by compulsory poulet frites & waffles, naturally! 😋
A huge thank you to our amazing staff who have made this week such brilliant fun for our youngest pupils.
We can’t wait to welcome you all back later today!
#QMHontour #broadeninghorizons
#makingmemories
JOIN US for our Founder’s Day Festival Battle of the Bands and KESWTube!
A festival atmosphere as bands compete in Battle of the Bands. Performances by live bands will be interspersed with music videos created by Houses for the KESWTube competition.
A highlight of our annual Founder’s Day Festival weekend celebrations, you can expect a fantastic and fierce musical competition!
To book your FREE place, head over to https://www.trybooking.com/uk/GODI
#musicalexcellence #exceptionalmusic #battleofthebands
JOIN US for a Founder’s Day performing arts celebration.
Chamber Concert: We bring together students and professional musicians in an intimate programme distinguished by musical excellence and artistry, including the premiere of the setting of the winning poem of the inaugural Bridewell Poetry Competition. Saturday 27 June, 1.30-2.30pm
Opera Scenes: Join us in Giovanni’s Cafe (Recital Room) for an afternoon of scenes from classic operas, including the works of Mozart, Britten, Gilbert & Sullivan and more. Saturday 27th June, 4-5.30pm.
Re-United – a Drama Scholars Project, Drama Studio : A piece of physical theatre designed by our Scholars, accompanied by original music from our Composer-in-Residence. Exploring themes of family, change, and identity, Re-United promises to be a moving and imaginative theatrical experience. Friday 26th June, 4.30pm.
To book your FREE place, head over to https://www.trybooking.com/uk/GODI
#musicalexcellence #exceptionalmusic #performingartsexcellence
JOIN US for Proms in the Park, Picnic and Pimms at King Edward’s School Witley on a Saturday 27th June.
A highlight of our annual Founder’s Day celebrations, you are warmly invited to pack a picnic, a travel rug or a deck chair or two and join us on the Chapel lawn to enjoy our beautiful School grounds and catch up with friends, old and new, over a glass of Pimms or a soft drink if you prefer.
You can expect a fantastic evening of colourful music courtesy of our wonderful pupils and music Scholars. Our Orchestra, Jazz Band, Brass ensemble, Chamber ensembles, Bands, Saxophone Ensemble, Junior Camerata and soloists are poised to entertain and delight.
So... dress up or dress down, bring a flag... or two... but mostly, we’d love you to just bring you.
We can’t wait to welcome you.
To book your FREE place, head over to https://www.trybooking.com/uk/GODI
For frequently asked questions, head over to: https://www.kesw.org/2026/06/10/proms-in-the-park-picnic-and-pimms-a-founders-day-festival-celebration/
Links in bio
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We are delighted to share that King Edward’s Witley has been selected as a finalist in the Education Choices Awards 2026, recognising our commitment to providing ‘opportunities in Art and Music’ and ‘working with local charities’.
Our Music and Arts programming continues to expand and provide a wide range of intentionally inclusive and aspirational opportunities. We offer regular intimate ‘At Home’ recitals and ‘Open Mic’ evenings to larger School Concerts including over 20 bands, choirs, ensembles and orchestras.
Our Art department benefits from three well-equipped, airy, studios and deliberately offers broad artistic opportunity. Inspired by our Artist in Residence, new art and textiles clubs have grown very quickly in momentum this year, nurturing a love of creativity in our youngest pupils.
Enduring values of kindness, compassion and authentic connection underpin our support of local charities, a core School activity. Selected by our pupil-led charity committee, in 2025/26 we welcomed the Surrey Coalition of Disabled People as our annual School Charity, following our partnership with Charlie’s Promise. The committee also arrange a wide variety of fundraising activities at School, including charity runs, bake sales and non-uniform days. Additionally, KESW has offered very significant support to local charity Stripey Stork, who collect and redistribute children’s items to families in Surrey who are experiencing hardship. Over 200 members of our School community donated toys, books, games and other gifts through engagement with pupils, staff and parents.
Thank you to @education_choices_magazine for choosing King Edward’s Witley and we wish our fellow finalists the very best of luck for the finals next week!
🎼 Whether you are playing or singing for simple pleasure or focused on a professional career as a musician or in music production, King Edward’s provides extraordinary musical opportunity for all.
At a glance... Over 5,000 individual lessons, concerts, competitions, UK and international tours and examinations each year…
Over twenty choirs, orchestras and bands, including our Chapel Choir, Camerata, Lower School Choirs, Senior Vocal Ensemble, Junior Vocal Ensemble, Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Saxophone Quartet, Brass Quintet, Percussion Ensemble and 10+ Bands...
Recent external performance experiences: St Peter’s Vatican City, Saint Paul’s Outside the Walls Rome, St Mark’s Venice, Guildhall, Mansion House, St Bride’s Fleet Street, St Clement Danes, Guildford, Chichester, Winchester, Westminster, Southwark Cathedrals and St George’s Chapel and Windsor Castle...
Come and explore how incredible King Edward’s is for living, learning and musical excellence.
Contact our team at admissions@kesw.org or call us on +44 (0)1428 686735 to learn more.
#musicalexcellence #musiceducation #KESWmusic
British Biology Olympiad Success 🧫🧬🧪
An excellent recent performance by KESW in the British Biology Olympiad. In an extremely challenging competition designed to stretch pre-university students well beyond A Level standard through evaluating advanced problem-solving, Leonor and Anais (both Lower 6th) received a high commendation and a silver award respectively; we are proud to share that this places Anais in the top 15% of entrants nationally in this competition. Congratulations to both! 💫
#scienceatkesw #womeninscience #britishbiologyolympiad
As the weather has warmed, our grounds have been busy with activity. On the QMH lawn, First Form pupils have been testing catapults they designed and built themselves in our Design Technology facilities - applying creativity, precision and problem-solving beyond the classroom. Practical learning, collaboration and a healthy degree of trial and error, all brought outdoors.
#keswitley #bridewellschools #designtechnology #handsonlearning
Year 5, 6 and 7 pupils from local prep and primary schools are invited to join us for fun and informative after-school taster sessions at King Edward’s. Starting after half term, sessions are offered in a range of subject areas, including Maths, Food Science, English, German, Business/Economics and Physics. There are 3 sessions for each age group. Session dates are as below:
Year 5 pupils:
Thursday 4th June – Maths
Thursday 11th June – Food Science
Monday 15th June – English
Year 6 and 7 pupils:
Monday 8th June – German
Monday 22nd June – Business/Economics
Monday 29th June - Physics
Sessions run for an hour (5.15pm – 6.15pm) on Monday and Thursday evenings, and parents are very welcome to stay here, with any younger siblings, at our Piccadilly Café or drop off and pick up.
Bookings may be made via KESW.org/explore (link in bio).
