We are beaming from ear to ear today! Our inspiring Head Master, Dr Stephen Burley, scooped the award for 'Best Head of a Public School' at last night's coveted Tatler Schools Guide Awards. Read more at .
#TatlerSchoolsAwards
#TatlerSchoolsGuide
@KHSHead
We were honoured to welcome HRH The Princess Royal, to see first-hand the huge investment in girls’ education
@KHSWarwick
and mark completion of Project One Campus at Warwick Independent Schools Foundation.
Full story here:
@RoyalFamily
@GSAUK
@KHSHead
And here are our Year 7s in action with Fletch in their 'sign a song' session of Anne-Marie's 'Perfect to Me' using British Sign Language. Huge thanks to
@FletchSignSong
#signlanguage
#BSL
Our A level results are in! Over 50% of all results were graded A* to A, over 85% of all results were graded A*to B, over 96% of all results were graded A* to C, with a 100% pass rate overall. Congratulations girls, we are so proud!
@HMC_Org
@GSAUK
This morning our girls and staff gathered at school to commemorate
@KHSWarwick
140 Year anniversary by creating a giant 140! We have a full schedule of celebrations planned for this year, so watch this space.
#History
#140reasons
Congratulations to our girls receiving their GCSE results today, headline figures are as follows: 72% Grades 9-7, 50% Grades 9-8 , 99% Grades 9-4. We are so proud!
@GSAUK
@HMC_Org
Congratulations on your A Level results girls, the strongest in seven years!! 63% of all results were graded A* to A, 24% of all results were graded A*, 90% of all results were graded A* to B, 96% of all results were graded A* to C, 100% pass rate overall!
#alevelresults2018
An historic day
@KHSWarwick
as we closed our famous blue door for the last time, after 140 years. It truly was a momentous occasion. Many thanks to all who took the time to share it with us.
#140years
King’s High School GCSE pupils celebrated their outstanding results: 73% A* to A (9-7 on numeric grading system), 51% A* (9-8 on numeric grading system), 99% A*-C (9-4 on numeric grading system), 1/3 - achieved all As/7s or better!
#proud
#gcseresultsday2018
@GSAUK
@HMC_Org
It's the last day at school today before our Year 11s go off on study leave for their GCSEs, and the excitement is at fever pitch. Good luck girls, we will miss you!!
#studyleave
#revision
#GCSEs2019
King’s High Old Girl, Sophie Turner's first acting role
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was the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. She went on to star as Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones
@SophieT
#140reasons
The adventure begins! Welcome all our new Year 7 girls to their new King's High and
@WarwickPrep
school - the start of an amazing journey, with their £43.5 million new school the biggest investment in girls' education in years
@GSAUK
@HMC_Org
@GoodSchoolsUK
@ISC_schools
We are on count down to the International Space Station live link up with
@WarwickPrep
and our full schedule of space activity during the next few weeks. An opportunity our pupils will never forget!
#internationalspacestation
#ISS
#Space
We welcomed two very special visitors to
@KHSWarwick
this afternoon to our Wellbeing Club. Jeffers and Tigger
@guidedogs
were an absolute joy! The girls have also been fundraising to support them in their mission to provide life-changing services for those with sight loss.
@KHSWarwick
is named UK Senior School of the Year in the Independent Schools Association Awards, wins Excellence and Innovation in the Performing Arts, and is highly commended for Sport and Fine Arts. Very proud of our whole community!
@isaschools
@GSAUK
A guard of honour and huge cheers this morning for our much loved Senior Deputy Head, Mrs Renton, who is embarking on an exciting new adventure after 17 remarkable years
@KHSWarwick
. And what other than ‘Sweet Caroline’ to play us out of assembly. Mrs Renton, thank you! 🐝
Breaking News! We are delighted to announce that King’s High has, once again, been shortlisted for a Tes Independent Schools Award; Whole-school community initiative of the year 2020.
@tes
#TesISAwards
@GoodSchoolsUK
@GSAUK
@isaschools
The Warwick Independent Schools Foundation is delighted to announce that Dr Stephen Burley has been appointed Head Master
@KHSWarwick
and congratulations also to Mr James Barker on his appointment as Head Master
@warwickschool
.
We may not be singing around the campfire this year, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of our Year 7 girls
@KHSWarwick
who have had a wonderful day bonding!
#aspireachieveenjoy
King's High is shortlisted by TES for Senior School of the Year and the award ceremony is tonight at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. Fingers crossed!
#Awards
@tes
Our newest King's High girls, raring to go! Delighted to welcome each and every one of our 111 new Year 7 girls - our biggest intake ever. Girls' education continues to flourish!
@GSAUK
@HMC_Org
'Outstanding leaders...combine personal humility with professional will and they are committed to the work which will bring about the picture of success for that organisation, not to their own self promotion.'
More on
@KHSHead
's news at . 🏆
The rain held off as our Year 7 girls
@KHSWarwick
enjoyed ice creams this afternoon in our wonderful new Quad with their House Families. What a cool welcome!
#aspireachieveenjoy
What better way to end your first day at a brand new school? Year 7 are shaking and stomping their moves with leading percussionist Simone Rebello, Director of Percussion at Royal Northern College of Music.
@KHS_Music_Dept
@ExCathedraEd
#rncm
We are delighted that
@KHSWarwick
has been shortlisted as ‘Independent Girls’ School of the Year’ in the
@ISParent
2020 Awards. “A wonderful accolade,” says
@KHSHead
. Read the full story at
Well done to Elisia Sellar 7W, who has raised money for the Key Stage 3 charities. During lunch and after school she made bookmarks in DT for staff and pupils to buy, contributing to over £1000 raised collectively with other girls for
@MakeAWishUK
@Blisscharity
@TheBHF
#charity
All
@KHSWarwick
got behind
@YoungMindsUK
#HelloYellow
campaign. Our Wellbeing Ambassadors decided to focus on their teachers' welfare too. They organised relaxing sessions for staff: photography, ceramics, origami, painting, illustration, a glass workshop.
@GoodSchoolsUK
@GSAUK
Year 8
@KHSWarwick
have arrived in Boulogne on their educational and linguistic weekend; first stop - the Becasuc sweet factory. Girls are listening intently to the French explanation and looking forward to tasting the freshly made sweets.
#mfl
#languages
#aspireachieveenjoy
Meet Parsnip. The newest member of the King’s community! Our very own Parson Terrier is currently undergoing her Kennel Club Good Citizen Scheme training before she takes on her important role as our school dog with all the benefits that can bring
@KHSWarwick
.
#schooldog
🐾🐾
And here come Our Girls! King's Netballers thrilled to have been selected for training
@Wasps_Netball
today. (And still some tickets to see the Vitality Superleague Champions in action
@RicohArena
on Feb 10 if you're quick)
#VNSL
A very moving final assembly by
@KHSHead
@KHSWarwick
this morning as we say goodbye to Smith Street and look forward to the future at our new home. Followed by a poignant rendition of Jerusalem.
#140years
We are pleased to announce King's High has been shortlisted for The Independent Schools of the Year Awards 2018 in association with
@ISParent
. The award category is 'Best Girls' School of the Year ‘ and will be judged in December.
#Awards
#girlsschool
Congratulations to 'Old Girl' Carina Yew Booth on being named one of the top air cadets in the country. She is the top female cadet in the Central and East Region & in the top six female air cadets in the UK, beating 31,000 other Air Training Corps cadets nationally!
@aircadets
Today we welcomed Year 5 and Year 6 girls from
@WarwickPrep
to
@KHSWarwick
for joint house lunches and a scavenger hunt, exploring the school in small groups and having lots of excitement along the way!
Our
@KHSWarwick
girls have been generously donating food and flowers for Harvest Festival and, at assembly,
@KHSHead
spoke about the importance of each and every one of us making a difference to improve others’ lives with our time as well; one of the greatest gifts we can give.
'This young girl with a voice was more powerful than the bombs of the Taliban' says
@Malala
father
@KHSWarwick
. 'That's why they wanted to finish her. Silence her. She ended up talking for the 130million girls worldwide with no access to school.'
@amnesty
@fawcettsociety
@GSAUK
We had such a wonderful and emotional day at the end of term when saying goodbye to Landor House for the last time, and received a very warm welcome by the children of
@WarwickPrep
when arriving at our new campus. Take a look back at this historical day!
@poc
#newcampus
A warm welcome back to all King’s girls and staff - we hope everyone had a wonderful half term. During the break
@POC_WISF
work has been ramping up on the Music building - we now have a roof!
#projectonecampus
#music
#anewdawn
King's High's U13 Water Polo team are officially the fourth best team in the UK, following their fabulous and extremely tense games at Swim England's National Water Polo Finals. Congratulations, girls! A fantastic achievement
@KHSWarwick
@KHSSport
#waterpolo
#thisgirlcan
We join the nation in deepest sadness at the loss of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty was an inspiration to young and old, around the globe, and to us all. Warwick Schools Foundation send sincere condolences to the Royal family.
@KHSWarwick
mark 140th Birthday, and 140 years of educating girls, by celebrating all the redoubtable pioneers of girls' education. Pupils are doing a day of Lessons, Drill, and Deportment, as girls would have experienced 140 years ago..
@GSAUK
@IE_Today
@HMC_Org
@GoodSchoolsUK
Our Play in a Day
@KHSWarwick
is always a fantastic experience and this year’s event for Year 7 girls is no exception! All girls are fully immersed and practising hard, and are very much looking forward to our sell-out performance to parents at 4.45pm today
@BHTWarwick
Our art installation project, using reclaimed materials, takes pride of place in the Quad at King's High. The piece represents bees on a honeycomb, surrounded by glass wildflowers and commemorates our environmental work
@KHSWarwick
.
@britishbee
@warleambees
@beekeepingkids
🐝
Our Wellbeing Ambassadors
@KHSWarwick
with their
@DianaAward
helping young people support one another through an anti-bullying & a cyber-mentoring programme, Be Strong Online. Reflecting Princess Diana's belief that young people have the power to change the world for the better.
In the words of
@KHSHead
, ‘I could not be more proud of our Upper Sixth students, who have shown such fortitude and resilience in recent years and have worked incredibly hard for their final examinations.' Read more at
#changemakers
#AspireAchieveEnjoy
We are delighted to announce that our sensational Carnivale Gala Ball auction raised £14,600 for One Campus Plus. The money raised will further enhance the educational opportunities for our girls - a huge thank you to everyone who attended!
#onecampusplus
#thankyou
#carnivale
A rhyme of poets (what is the collective noun for poets?) - just some of King's 32 soon-to-be-published poets, to celebrate today's birthday of Walter Savage Landor, former occupant of
@KHSWarwick
.
@YoungWritersCW
@PoetrySociety
@PoetryFound
We are delighted that our wonderful new buildings
@KHSWarwick
have been shortlisted in the RIBA West Midlands Awards, testament to the amazing work which goes into creating such inspirational spaces for our students.
@NHA_llp
@RIBAWestMids
We’re celebrating 143 years at the forefront of girls’ education today – Happy Birthday wishes from all at King’s High! We look forward to celebrating what our
#Changemakers
will bring to the world over the next 143 years, and beyond!
@GSAUK
@isaschools
@HMC_Org
@GDST
We are excited to welcome you this evening to our world-class, new home at our Open Evening
@KHSWarwick
4.30pm-7.30pm. We invite you to view first-hand the biggest investment in girls’ education that the UK has seen in decades. Registration not necessary.
#aspireachieveenjoy
Today we welcomed a very special visitor and her tractor to
@KHSWarwick
@WarwickPrep
@warwickschool
. Tractor Girl, Manon, has set an extreme world record, travelling from the Netherlands to the South Pole by tractor. Her belief is that if you can dream it, you can achieve it!