Heart January beats winter blues

UCS pupils were more than equal to the challenge of ‘Heart January’, as they deployed a positive and proactive attitude to complete the five tasks of the winter health and wellbeing programme introduced by the Director of Sport.



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Heart January beats winter blues

UCS pupils’ movie nomination

Among the honours recently obtained by UCS pupils, we can reveal that the UCS participants in a film-making day were shortlisted for a prestigious Young Film Academy award.



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UCS pupils’ movie nomination

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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Junior Branch share love of music

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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OG Netball Club growing fast

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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The Gower tells tale of 2022–23

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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Tennis aces lift title

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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Partnerships win approval

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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Up to the challenge of Machinal

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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Girls’ sport in the spotlight

‘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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‘So much to remember them for’