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One Day You Could be a Teacher!

In his latest blog post, Mr Godfrey (Deputy Head) advocates against the infamous quote, "those who can, do; those who can’t teach."

Discover 07/03/24
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Cooking class for French pupils

Our French A Level pupils spent the day at Migrateful, a charity whose mission is to celebrate migrants and refugees on their journey to integration by supporting them in running their own cooking classes.

Discover 28/02/24
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Celebrating Chinese New Year

Our Chinese New Year celebrations included a whole School lunch, traditional Chinese performances and special workshops for the Lower School.

Discover 26/02/24
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Introducing the Downe House Acting Company

Discover how this special programme for our Sixth Form dramatists helped refine their acting skills before their performance of 'Marvin's Room'.

Discover 07/02/24
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The Transition to University

A special Futures Department event to prepare the Upper Sixth for their next step after life at Downe.

Discover 01/02/24
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Resilience Conference with Radley College

This week, our Lower Sixth were delighted to be invited by Radley College to a conference on resilience, as part of our ongoing Respect Project.

Discover 31/01/24
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Bringing GCSE Poetry to Life

The Upper Fifth (Year 11) were delighted to take part in our annual trip to the 'Poetry Live!' showing at the Oxford Playhouse as part of their English studies.

Discover 25/01/24
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Berkshire Schools Cross Country Competition Success

Downe House was recently represented in Cross Country by our U13, U15, U17 and U19 teams.

Discover 21/01/24
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An evening of ARTiculation!

Lower Sixth (Year 12) pupils delivered presentations about a work of art they find inspiring in this informative and entertaining evening.

Discover 17/01/24
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Upper School Chemists Compete at the University of Oxford

Four budding chemists had the fantastic opportunity to compete in the RSC Top of the Bench Chemistry Competition held at the University of Oxford.

Discover 12/01/24
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Introducing the Downe House Centre for Learning and Research

The Centre for Learning and Research at Downe House has a single aim: to use the latest and most cutting-edge educational research to improve the outcomes of our pupils.

Discover 05/01/24
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Winter Adventures for Pupils studying Modern Languages

Pupils studying German and Spanish at GCSE and A Level recently adventured to the respective countries at the height of the festive season.

Discover 31/12/23
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