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Kindergarten & Pre-School Awarded Early Years Quality Mark19th July 2021This national accreditation is awarded to early years providers of any size within the maintained, private, voluntary and independent sector which meet the Quality Mark Standard. Schools can gain a similar Primary or Secondary Quality Mark for their work in English and mathematics. Each Quality Mark award will last for three years, after which a renewal assessment is required. The Quality Mark for Early Years
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Miss Edwards, Weekly Message 11th June 202114th June 2021Dear Parents I do hope you all had a very enjoyable half term and what lovely weather we are having. This week as we resume the second half of a very busy term our assembly focus was on Safeguarding; something which I am extremely passionate about. We have a statutory duty to make sure that our children understand how to keep themselves safe whether at
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Miss Edwards, Weekly Message 21st May 202126th May 2021Dear Parents With only a week until we break up for half-term it seems that the academic year has flown by and the boys will soon be moving to the next year group in the school or pastures new. With this in mind we have put together a number of online meetings this term for specific year groups where the transition to the next year
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Miss Edwards, Weekly Message 14th May 202118th May 2021Dear Parents Once again it has been an extremely busy week and the boys have been watching the playground developments with interest. I did chuckle when Mr Bolton told me that some of the boys noticed that the workmen had gone and said, 'Where are the builders?' Mr Bolton's reply was, 'They are having lunch just like you.' I was impressed that they were keeping
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Miss Edwards, Head, Weekly Message - 7th May 202110th May 2021Dear Parents It has been such a busy week and we seem to have squeezed five days of school into four days. I was astounded to see many of the DT projects from Year 7 this week and was particularly impressed with Humzah in 7O for his outstanding work. His design has space for his phone with sound paths to amplify the sound, space for
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4th May 2021Dear Parents As the term progresses the boys are getting busier and busier. This week has flown by and it has been especially enjoyable to see some of the lovely displays in the classrooms, particularly after being away from school for so long. It is very important that our classrooms are bright, inviting and exciting as well as being able to display the boys' work
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Boys School Newsletter - Friday 23rd April 202126th April 2021Weekly Newsletter Friday 23rd April Cumnor House School Dear Parents Welcome back, I hope you all had a wonderful Easter break. Now that restrictions are beginning to be lifted it has been lovely to see people catching up with family and friends in the garden and local parks and we have certainly had the weather to be able to do this. We are working towards
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Miss Edwards,Weekly Message2nd March 2021A Message from Miss Edwards I am very much looking forward to welcoming the children back to school in just over a week’s time. I am sure you are also looking forward to being able to work without distractions and to resign your recent posts as supply teachers! Thank you for all your support in our online learning provision, we know it has, at times,
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Back to School at Cumnor Boys - March 20211st March 2021We are delighted to welcome back the boys on Monday 8th March 2021. For further details related to the return to school please click here
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A Message from Miss Edwards16th February 2021A Message from Miss Edwards Dear Parents I am writing this newsletter as a flurry of emails come through from the senior schools this afternoon. I am delighted to report that we have had some excellent results for the boys who sat entrance examinations. The boys have worked extremely hard and we are very proud of their achievements. Mr Jones has been inundated with 'thank
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Head of School, Miss Edwards Weekly Message9th February 2021Dear Parents As we approach half term I would like to take the opportunity to reflect on some of the wonderful things we have achieved over the last 5 weeks. This week our focus was 'Children's Mental Health Week' and I would like to thank the teachers and parents for embracing the many exciting activities. Special thanks to Mr Bolton, Mr Jones and all the
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Cumnor Boys - Weekly Newsletter1st February 2021I started this week with assemblies about physical and mental wellbeing, sharing a beautifully illustrated and written book, The World Made a Rainbow by Michelle Robinson. The story focused on a little girl and her experience through lockdown, not being able to see her friends and family, which is something that we are all experiencing currently. My favourite quote from the book is: This resonates -
Head's Digital Newsletter19th May 2020
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Head Boy's Blog11th March 2020We all know that each one of us is the unique product of what we have been through in life. These events – single big events, a train of smaller events, the humdrum of everyday life – shape us, define us, mould us into the being that we are. Even if we don’t exactly understand ourselves all of the time. But I think we are
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World Book Day5th March 2020
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Under 10 Rugby Success11th February 2020The U10 A side won the CHS U10 Tournament in style by scoring 85 points and conceding a meagre 15 points over 7 matches. -
Sports Round Up8th January 2020
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Artist of the Month3rd December 2019Cumnor Artist of the Month winner: November winner: Henry – 6T December winner: Andre - 4T -
Tate Modern Trip3rd December 2019The boys enjoyed their trip the Tate Modern, they went to see a spectacular exhibition by the installation artist Olafur Eliasson. They boys loved the interactive nature of the exhibition and learning more about contemporary art. -
Autumn Term - Swimming Report21st October 2019We had the first round of the London swimming League on Wednesday 9th October. The Boys swam very well and put in an excellent performance in a very strong gala with four of the six finalists from last year competing. We were very dominant in both Years 3 & 4 and were comfortably the top school in both of these year groups in winning 12 -
Black History Day – A day of talks from Dr Johnson Beharry VC17th October 2019Today, as part of the school’s dedication to Black History Day, Pupils from Cumnor House School for Boys had the honour of meeting Dr Johnson Beharry VC. -
Restless Development Charity Achievement17th October 2019One of our year four pupils, Adam has been supporting this charity in 2019, with his triathlon achievements. Below he tells us of his recent experience to visit the House of Commons with Restless Development. -
Monies raise for Genes for Jeans Day30th September 2019Cumnor House School for Boys has been raising monies for Jeans for Genes, a charity supporting children and families with genetic disorders in the UK. Pupils raised an impressive £825.50 for this wonderful cause. Well done boys! #lifeatcumnor -
My visit to "LIVES NOT KNIVES"25th September 2019As part of the Cumnor diploma our Year 8 pupils develop their leadership skills, through the school house captain system. In this article, Saxon's House Captain, Max W meets with the CEO of his House chosen charity - "Lives not Knives", in his account below, Max speaks about his experience, and the great work that this charity does in supporting children in the UK. -
Football Team of the Week, 2.23rd September 2019
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Football - U9A Hawthorns Festival11th September 2019U9A Hawthorns Festival The Hawthorns Football Festival brought the first set of fixtures for the U9’s this season. After only 1 Games session is was difficult to find time to work on any team shape or tactics, therefore ensuring improvements were made throughout the day was the main focus. After a slow start, getting used to new players and formations, we began to improve. We -
Australian cricketer Michael Clarke visits Cumnor House9th July 2019Cumnor House School, welcomes Australian cricket legend Michael Clarke. On Wednesday afternoon, Cumnor House School for Boys welcomed Michael Clarke former Australian cricket captain to school for an afternoon of cricket skills and training. Michael who is regarded as one of the best batsman of all time, is in the UK as part of the Sky Sports commentary team for the ICC Cricket World Cup and kindly visited -
Grandparents' Tea Party25th June 2019Our @WeAreCumnor Year 1&2 Boys invited their grandparents in for a Tea Party. -
Year 3 Music Scheme19th June 2019Our Year 3 Boys and Girls all join our @WeAreCumnor Music Scheme and choose an instrument to learn to play. -
Father's Day at Purley Nursery19th June 2019Chestnuts celebrated Father’s Day on 14th of June as they spent their afternoon playing and showing their lovely resources and displays to dads, grandfather and uncle. -
Runners up of the U13 Lanesborough 8 aside Big Bash19th June 2019Runners up of the U13 Lanesborough 8 aside Big Bash -
U9A Cricket team win the Downsend 6 A-Side Tournament!17th June 2019U9A Cricket team win the Downsend 6 A-Side Tournament! -
U11 Cricket Report - 17.06.1917th June 2019The U11A cricket team make it through to the U11 Surrey finals day - beating Trinity by 45 runs! Going into the Surrey Cup QF match against Trinity on Thursday, the U11A side looked more than ready after winning all four games at the U11 Tonbridge tournament the day before. The team bowled and fielded tightly and Trinity only managed 244 runs. The Cumnor House boys
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Cumnor Boys House Charity Day3rd June 2019The @WeAreCumnor House Charity Day was a roaring success. -
Spanish Workshop at Whitgift School24th May 2019Our Year 5 @WeAreCumnor Boys went to Whitgift School for a Spanish cultural afternoon. -
Cumnor Boys alumni success20th May 2019Cumnor House alumni, Sam and Aarav played last week for their schools in the Surrey Cup U15 40 overs fixture with great success. Trinity restricted Tonbridge to 171 all out (Sam 65 and Aarav 2-18) from 120-1 after 20 overs when Sam got out! Trinity got off to a very slow start and never recovered as the run rate increased they collapsed to 128 all out (Sam 4-20).
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Launch of outdoor cooking this term20th May 2019Across the Prep School, boys are taking advantage of the new outdoor cooking area, led by Head of Technology, Theo Turner, the boys have been developing their knowledge of cooking over coals, the science behind the process and enjoying the rewards.
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Outdoors Cooking17th May 2019Our @WeAreCumnor Boys enjoyed a spot of outdoors cooking this week. -
Prep Schools Science Challenge16th May 2019Cumnor House School attended the Prep Schools Science Challenge this week, and were on the winning biology team. -
An interview with Darren Roiser & Floyd Steadman9th May 2019Recently we welcomed two guests back to Cumnor House School. Floyd Steadman, former Headmaster of Cumnor House and Darren Roiser, ex-Cumnor Head Boy -
Cricket Tour Barbados 20198th May 2019Over Easter, Cumnor House Cricket Teams toured to Barbados.. playing a number of matches with local teams...
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Make a neuron, make memories3rd May 2019Our brains control everything we think, feel, say and do. -
Spring Term Sports Round Up8th April 2019The Sports Round Up Swimming report Swimming awards Rugby report Rugby awards Rugby team of the season -
Celebration Assemblies4th April 2019Our @WeAreCumnor boys enjoyed their celebration assemblies -
Year 4 at Hampton Court Palace1st April 2019On Friday, Year 4 went on an exciting and historical trip to Hampton Court. On a beautiful day they were able to explore the historical site and were plunged back into Tudor history. During the day the boys took part in interactive learning session; heading back in time with Henry VIII, solved mathematical puzzles in the Great Hall and opened up the Royal Kitchens of Henry -
Banstead Prep Swimming Gala29th March 2019A special mention to the children who swam in the Year 3 races who were extremely dominant.
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Solar Buddy / Light Up Learning29th March 2019Our @WeAreCumnor Year 7 Boys took part in the Global Cognita Solar Buddy / Light Up Learning Event today. -
Persian New Year28th March 2019Two of our @WeAreCumnor Year 2 Boys presented their special assembly on the Persian New Year. -
Fractions using chocolate26th March 2019In class each pupil chose a table to stand by based on the amount of chocolate they would receive. Each time another pupil stood at the table a new fraction had to be calculated.
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Croydon School Swim Finals26th March 2019We put in a very dominant performance and won top school for the tenth consecutive year.
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Gamelan Workshop25th March 2019" We were lucky to have a Gamelan workshop today. We were joined by the boys' school and were put into pairs on each instrument...." -
Year One & Two Spring Concert19th March 2019
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U8 Rugby - One of the best sides in Surrey15th March 2019NATIONAL RUGBY FESTIVAL – SECOND IN THE COUNTRY! -
British Science Week15th March 2019
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French Research Competition15th March 2019Year 3 and Year 4 boys took part in a 'Francophonie research competition'
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U9A at National Finals14th March 2019On a very windy, drizzly and cold day at Epsom College the U9A's set to work constructing what turned out be a series of exceptional performances. -
U9A at the Surrey Junior Rugby Festival14th March 2019A superb effort from all of the boys in what is an extremely difficult festival to get one win in let alone two. The first fixture against King House gave the boys some confidence as they ran in four tries. Unfortunately Travaun suffered a nasty bump to the head which meant he would see no further action that day. The next game were not quite
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Reception Spring Concert14th March 2019
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Coulsdon & Purley Festival14th March 2019Congratulations to Vishaagan (6T) who was awarded a Distinction and 1st Place in his category at Coulsdon and Purley Music Festival this Saturday for his oboe solo performance. -
PA Sports Equipment13th March 2019@WeAreCumnor boys would like to thank our wonderful PA for the sports equipment they provided.
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World Book Day March 20197th March 2019
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Reshe Harrison Prep Assembly6th March 2019Inspirational talk "From childhood dream to airline pilot" In Monday's Prep assembly led by Réshé Harrison, recipient of TAG Farnborough PPL scholarship. Réshé spoke passionately and eloquently about his childhood and his journey to becoming a pilot.
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Pre-Prep Boys Choir5th March 2019Our @WeAreCumnor Pre-Prep Boys Choir came second in their class in the Coulsdon and Purley Festival.
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Pancake Day5th March 2019@WeAreCumnor have had great fun making and flipping pancakes today. -
Budding Research Scientist28th February 2019A'yaan of 7B voluntarily produced a research paper on Greenhouse Gases. He submitted a comprehensive 8 page document complete with data graphs, diagrams and references. By his own admission, he has a better appreciation of the imbalance, resulting from greenhouses gas emissions and how such knowledge can be used in planning for a more sustainable future on Earth.Thank you to his teacher Mrs Smith and also
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Rugby Top Try Scorers15th February 2019
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6B Teamwork Class Assembly11th February 2019
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Rugby Team of the Week8th February 2019
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Parent Talk: Preventing mental health problems in children7th February 2019As part of this week's programme focusing on children's mental health, wednesday night saw 50 parents from across the Cumnor House School group come together to our latest parent talk led by Dr Aric Sigman, focused on preventing mental health problems in children. A hugely insightful seminar covering statistics on screen time, the impact that sport and physical activity can have on cortisol levels, the
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Pupil Wellbeing: Screen dependency seminar7th February 2019As part of our ongoing campaign focusing on children's wellbeing and as part of #childrensmentalhealthweek. We were delighted to welcome the return of Dr Aric Sigman to Cumnor House.
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Focus on Series: KS1 Maths30th January 2019As part of our Focus on Series - KS1 Maths Parents from across Cumnor House School joined together in an evening with our maths lead , Deputy Head Laura Threadgold -
Shrewsbury House Rugby Festival30th January 2019The Shewsbury House Rugby Festival, saw our U9A and U10A teams compete against a host of other local schools this weekend. U9A After a trying start to the U9A's festival, with two players side-lined due to illness and a poor warm up. The U9s dug deep to bring the team together and produce some great rugby throughout the course of the day. Taking to the
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Sports Match Report - 25.1.1930th January 2019Match Reports: Cumnor House vs. The Hawthorns School U9A: Won 40-25 A great result in some very cold and wet conditions. A much improved performance on tackling gave the boys more attacking chances which they capitalised on. Target for next week - giving the ball carrier more support and quicker defensive organisation. U9B: Won 35-20 A great first contact match for the B team. Some powerful
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World & UK Mathletics Success27th November 2018Congratulations to Kamran in Year 6 and Ronan in Year 4 who last week came 1st and 4th respectively in the UK, in the Mathletics Numeracy Challenge. Kamran also went on to become 7th in the world and the first UK school within the Mathletics Hall of Fame. Huge congratulations to both Kamran and Ronan.
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In Conversation with …. Director of Sport, Mr R. Brotherton22nd November 2018Q. Tell us about the Sports Department at Cumnor House? A: “Sport runs through the DNA fabric of our school. This is represented in the schools continued success in both county and national competitions, where we consistently compete against much larger schools; this is testament to the exceptional attitudes of the boys and on-going provision provided by the school and coaching staff.” At Cumnor House we -
Top 50 Prep School for Cricket in The Cricketer 201922nd November 2018Cumnor House School, featured in Top 50 Preparatory Schools for Cricket 2019 by The Cricketer. Awarded every year to Secondary Schools, and for the first time in 2019 to Junior and Preparatory Schools, the prestigious cricketing publication have included Cumnor House School in its Top 50 Preparatory Schools for Cricket in the UK. Following an exhaustive process which saw more than 350 schools submit entries -
Year 8 Geography Field Trip19th November 2018On the 5th of November 2018 my fellow classmates and I went to Juniper Hall on Box Hill. The target of our day was to understand and investigate a micro climate, we went to four completely different locations including cow slip bank, coppiced woodland, viewpoint and woodland east view point. During our time at Juniper Hall we collected a series of data, e.g: wind speed, light intensity and air humidity. We documented -
Cumnor House Pupils on Remembrance Sunday12th November 2018
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1st November 2018Year Four pupil Ronan made it into the Mathletics Hall of Fame last week - appearing in the UK Top 10 (9th place), and Worldwide Top 100 (96th place). Great work Ronan!
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20th September 2018"Nine Cumnor boys made up the majority of the thirteen player squad for the Old Whitgiftians Under 9 cricket team last summer. The Surrey divisions are always of a very high standard with teams having been established for decades. The team played 10 league games and won every match, breaking several records along the way. They won the league with games to spare but in
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Pre-Prep 2017/18 Review7th August 2018It has been a busy and thriving year yet again in the Pre-Prep department. -
Daniel Cummings talks to Professor Becky Allen at the Festival of Education 201827th July 2018Daniel Cummings talks to Professor Becky Allen at the Festival of Education 2018 from CognitaSchools on Vimeo. -
4th Best Cricket School in the Country22nd June 2018After batting first in both games, the team only managed to post low scores of 89 and 86 on a tough batting wicket. The opposition in both games managed to surpass this total comfortably during their allotted 25 overs. Well done to the team on making finals day and we are now the 4th best school in the country for the second successive year - -
Bromley Festival 2018 (Report)4th April 2018Training Choir has been preparing two pieces for Bromley Festival for the entire term! Finally, competition day arrived on Friday 9th March. -
Cumnor House Boys Crowned Croydon Swimming Champions3rd April 2018Cumnor House Boys School had a great night at the Croydon Schools finals. We won 5 events and had 7 second place finishes out of twelve events. We came first and second in two events, and won the top overall School trophy for the ninth consecutive year, scoring nearly double the amount of points as the second placed School. Individual winners were: William Letchford - Year 4 -
Cumnor Pupil Wins Fourth Plinth Schools Award28th March 2018Last week we received a very exciting email from the Arts Council informing us that Kanishk Srivastava of 6T had won a prize in the Fourth Plinth Schools Awards 2018. -
House Music Competition 201819th March 2018Congratulations to all the instrumentalists that reached the final of the House Music. -
Cumnor House School announces stellar scholarship results for 2017-20188th March 2018Cumnor House School are delighted to announce exceptional scholarship results for 2017-18. -
Cumnor House Nursery Grand Opening17th October 2017On Saturday 30th September 2017, Cumnor House celebrated the opening of our fantastic new Nursery in South Croydon with a family fun day. -
Scholarship Record at Cumnor House Boys10th July 2017It has been a year for breaking scholarship records at Cumnor House School for Boys. Cumnor boys have received a total of 36 Scholarships and 9 Awards in their Senior School places. -
'Voice of the Parent' wins National Award6th June 2017A ‘Voice of the Parent’ programme run at Cumnor House Schools, part of the Cognita group, has won a 2017 Confirmit ACE (Achievement in Customer Excellence) Award.
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New Headmaster for Cumnor House Boys and Nursery5th June 2017Daniel Cummings joins Cumnor House School in September. He has taught in the state and independent schools sector in England as well as in Australia and has a track record of innovation and leadership. -
It's official - we're EXCELLENT!20th March 2017Cumnor House School for Boys and Treetops Nursery were inspected by the Independent School Inspectorate (ISI) in February and the Headmaster of the Boys' school, Floyd Steadman, is delighted to announce that we have been awarded the grade of “Excellent” across the board. -
Chinese New Year 20177th February 2017On Tuesday 31st January, during our Pre-Prep Assembly London Yu in 2S stood in front of all the boys and spoke eloquently about Chinese New Year and how they celebrate. London showed us, on the pictures that he brought in, the dumplings (Jiao Zi) he had made on New Year's Eve. The Chinese like [...] -
The Heads discuss the benefits of single-sex education16th January 2017It’s not news to discover that boys and girls are wired differently. Any parent with children of both sexes will appreciate this more than most! There is of course scientific evidence that the two genders do develop both physically and emotionally at different speeds, they learn in different ways, and [...] -
ISFA U11 LONDON REGION SEVEN-A-SIDE CHAMPIONSHIP27th October 2016CUMNOR HOUSE U11A TEAM ARE LONDON REGION WINNERS 2016-17 AND QUALIFY FOR NATIONALS! The London Schools’ tournament at Alleyn’s was enjoyed by 17 participating schools on a beautiful autumn day in South East London. Alleyn’s, Arnold House and Hornsby House emerged as the three group winners, with all three teams [...] -
U11 A team win the first trophy of the year!13th September 2016CHS U11A – SHS 7 a-side Football Tournament Winners! On Saturday 11 September, the U11A side brought back the first trophy of the academic year in style! After progressing through the group stages the team went onto beat Hampton Prep (Quarter-Final), Dulwich Prep (Semi-Final) and eventually hosts Shrewsbury House on [...]
