The email is in… We are thrilled to announce the release of our new promotional film, following its premiere last week! Though it’s brief, this film beautifully showcases the joyous, generous, and powerful spirit of our school. A huge thank you to @VideoAcademic.

Good luck to the first cast of Year 10 pupils taking to the stage this evening for the opening night of Macbeth. This immersive production, set in the 1980s, has the audience standing around the action. Here are some photographs from the second cast’s dress rehearsal yesterday.

Well done to all performers at last week's Symphonia Showcase Concert. From Haydn to Hans Zimmer, there was a great variety of genres from pupils across the year groups, and the concert was bookended by two band performances. Bravo!

Congratulations to our Girls’ 1st quad who finished in joint first place with Stowe School at the Newnham Head. Well done to the Boys’ 1st crew who confirmed their significant performance gains made since last year's Henley qualifiers by winning in a time of 7 minutes 26 seconds.

Well done to the girls of Dale House who ran a very successful quiz last week for 130 pupils from across the school. Questions were put together by pupils in the Lower Sixth. The event raised more than £450, which will go to @MaggiesCentres, their House charity for this year.

We have been working with pupils in our Marketing Society to come up with ideas to promote our 150 anniversary activities. They came up with this short film, which we hope you enjoy. Well done to Ana B and Shengnian C for leading this project and providing the voiceover.

Well done to the two teams of Year 9 pupils who participated in this year’s Technology Tournament, organised by the Rotary Club. They were tasked with overcoming a technical challenge and were awarded first place for Best Portfolio and Overcoming a Challenge.

Yesterday, pupils participated in the Reading Out Loud competition held at King’s Ely. Congratulations to Martha K, who won first place in the KS3 category with a poem by Federico García Lorca, and to Sophia E, who won second place in the KS5 category with a poem by Lope de Vega.

Yesterday evening, our boys enjoyed a session with Ethan Waddleton, current GB Rugby Sevens captain. They ran a number of drills and exercises, receiving feedback from Ethan to take forward into their upcoming games. Thank you for Mr Jeannot for making this possible.

Good luck to Sharon D, Misha N, Meg P, Tomiris R, David S, Tess W and Tife Y, who took part in the UK Linguistics Olympiad at the Advanced Level yesterday. This is a tremendous challenge for their processing and analytical skills. They will hear their results in the coming weeks.

On Friday after school, the first pupil-led used school uniform sale took place. This event was organised by the Leys Connection and supported by pupils from The Leys Sustainability Society. It was a great success with many pupils coming along to pick up a bargain!

Over the weekend, 11 pupils attended the Model UN Conference held at The Stephen Perse. This year’s theme was ‘Rethinking Global Solidarity: Including the Excluded’. Congratulations to all of the pupils involved, but especially to Edward C who received an award for Best Delegate!

At lunchtime pupils were surprised by the arrival of a traditional Chinese unicorn. It danced around followed by staff playing cymbals and gongs, ‘gobbled’ and ‘spat out’ a lettuce to bring us wealth and good luck, before finally being gifted a red envelope by Mr Priestley!

Last week, pupils from Great Abington Primary School worked on their hockey skills with Miss Anthony and Lower Sixth pupil Zeke D. It’s wonderful to maintain close relationships with other local schools and for our pupils to gain experience sharing their skills.

Yesterday was a big afternoon for Hockey fixtures with both our 1st XI Boys and U14A Girls playing in Cup matches. Our U14A Girls reached the semi final the National Cup, being narrowly beaten by Clifton College and our 1st XI Boys who beat local rivals, The Perse, 4-3.

This week, we were delighted to welcome back Dr Alison Cooke to speak with pupils about her experiences working for BP Exploration, her passion for sports engineering product development, her PhD thesis on shuttlecock design and her work on global sustainable energy solutions.

Pupils from across the school have been celebrating Lunar New Year today. Here are some of the boys from West House making dumplings on Monday night and enjoying a House breakfast this morning where boys were given red packets with sweets and a West keyring.

We are excited to share the remarkable achievements of Year 11 pupil, Noah R, who has successfully launched and grown his own fashion brand, Pintilie. Noah has long had a love of fashion and co-founded the brand with his friend Antonio. Read more:

Yesterday we premiered 'Return to Pitlochry' as part of our 150 anniversary celebrations. The film focuses on the evacuation of Leysians to Scotland in the 1940s, following three Old Leysians as they retrace the footsteps of their fathers. Read more:

Good luck to our Drama Scholars as they prepare for the first evening of this year’s Showcase! They will delve into our rich history through captivating readings and scenes inspired by the school archives. It promises to be a great evening for those lucky enough to have tickets.