Junior Branch share love of music
No Autumn Term at the UCS Junior Branch is complete without the traditional Autumn Concert in the Great Hall – and this year’s fabulous edition set a high standard for the school’s Performing Arts in 2023–24.
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OG Netball Club growing fast
Fifteen years after girls first joined the UCS Sixth Form, the school’s alumni have launched a netball club which, thanks to the enthusiasm of alumni, UCS mums, friends and the local community, is making impressive progress.
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The Gower tells tale of 2022–23
The last academic year at the UCS Senior School, Junior Branch and Pre-Prep, with its “fantastic education and opportunities”, is documented across the pages of newly published school magazine, The Gower.
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Tennis aces lift title
UCS have lifted the Lawn Tennis Association’s national schools title for Year 7 & 8 Boys after an accomplished team proved too strong for opponents from Birmingham, Somerset and Glasgow during finals weekend in Bolton.
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Partnerships win approval
UCS are celebrating Partnerships Week and have received official endorsement from the Independent Schools Council for two of the Senior School’s projects run in collaboration with partner state schools.
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Up to the challenge of Machinal
A cast and crew of Year 12 and Year 13 pupils take on the challenge of Sophie Treadwell’s groundbreaking epic, Machinal, with a dizzying depiction that will force audiences to face the uncomfortable truths of 1920s America.
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Girls’ sport in the spotlight
Women In Sport Week at UCS highlighted the fun and fitness benefits of playing a variety of sports – from fencing to football via netball and spinning – while revealing some exemplary young sportswomen in the Year 12 and 13 ranks.
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‘So much to remember them for’
The UCS Foundation’s Act of Remembrance was an opportunity for today’s generation to stop and reflect on the cost of the service and the sacrifice borne by predecessors in the school community as well as by countless others.
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Top-flight approval for UCS poet
The UCS Foundation is delighted that a poem written by a Year 7 pupil emphasising inclusivity and unity has been picked by a Premier League side to promote their campaign for diversity and equality as part of Black History Month.
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Foodbank Collection with a twist
In a departure from the usual collection of food items, UCS pupils donated products for babies and parents to North Paddington Foodbank in a partnership that fosters students’ awareness of and support for the local community.
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