Congratulations to the two leavers this year at the small but respected Chavagnes International College who are now about to begin university studies. Maximilian Micallef Eynaud (Chavagnes 2007-2014, their first pupil to complete all 7 years of secondary education at Chavagnes) has now gone to the Delft University of Technology (http://www.tudelft.nl/en/) to study Aerospace Engineering. Ambroise … Continue reading Double Diploma at Chavagnes International College
Boys and Sport at Chavagnes
Saint Paul, to the Corinthians, has this to say: "Don't you realise that the runners in the Stadium, all of them run, but only one gets the medal? You are to run in such a way as to win. Everyone who is in athletic training exercises self-control (but they do it to win a medal … Continue reading Boys and Sport at Chavagnes
Chavagnes opens ‘Double Diploma’ class : French Bac and A-levels!
Chavagnes International College in France is the first school in the world to offer a class with the option of taking British A-levels and the French baccalauréate simultaneously. Other schools have offered hybrid qualifications with double validation between two education systems (French/Spanish; French/German most notably), but Chavagnes has this year a class of 7 boys, 4 … Continue reading Chavagnes opens ‘Double Diploma’ class : French Bac and A-levels!
Eton is encouraging government to open boarding schools
Several UK papers report that Eton College is among the voices calling for more state boarding school sin the UK. From the Evening Standard: The private school, which is backing plans to increase the number of state boarding school places, has been in talks with at least two state schools. It comes after Eton agreed … Continue reading Eton is encouraging government to open boarding schools
Chavagnes newsletters now online
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St Edmund’s College is “good”
St Edmund's College, Ware, Hertfordshire, has been hailed as "good" in its recent OFSTED report.
Chavagnes annnounces new development plan
Chavagnes International College, France, a British international curriculum Catholic boarding school for boys, has announced a new development plan for the next five years. The new initiative, combining internal restructuring of personnel and management with a programme of building works, will be detailed at a meeting for current parents and parents of potential future pupils … Continue reading Chavagnes annnounces new development plan
Australian Private Schools Rightly Concerned About Budget Errors
“The risk for [Australian private schools] is that their communities can come back and say: 'You've been lying to us about the financial position of the school.'” Such was Michelle Green's, Independent Schools Victoria's chief excutive, summation of the problem that about 300 private schools in Australia are now facing. The issue arises, as The … Continue reading Australian Private Schools Rightly Concerned About Budget Errors
Sunday School — With Amputations
As the UK Press Assocation reports, a network of “weekend schools” in England and Ireland have been called out for using what is, apparently, the Saudi national curriculum. The story, which was broken in a BBC Panorama special, is distinctly unsettling: The “weekend schools” have been allowed to spread anti-semitism – as well as, according … Continue reading Sunday School — With Amputations
Living with the martyrs in a Catholic school
St. Edmund’s College, a small Catholic boarding school in Ware, England, is full of history. Not the usual type of history at the usual high school. St. Edmund’s actually traces its history back to 1586 and the founding of the English College at Douay, France. Cardinal William Allen started the college in order to educate … Continue reading Living with the martyrs in a Catholic school
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