We are thrilled to announce that three of our Year 8 Swanbourne House pupils, Amelie, Oliver and Dannielle, have been awarded Academic Scholarships to the prestigious Stowe School.

Amelie and Oliver have also been awarded Bevington (Classics) Scholarships.

This is an outstanding achievement and a wonderful testament to their dedication and academic excellence. We congratulate them warmly and wish them every success as they embark on this exciting next step in their educational journey.

Each year, Swanbourne House pupils move on at the end of Year 8 to a wide range of leading independent senior schools, and they are consistently successful in securing places at their first-choice destinations.

Heads and Registrars regularly comment on the strength of Swanbourne pupils, praising both their academic foundations and the breadth of co-curricular opportunities that help shape confident, well-rounded individuals.

Our Head, Mr Holloway, works closely with families throughout this process, offering expert guidance and support to ensure that each pupil finds the senior school that best suits their talents, interests and aspirations.

After a lovely long Christmas break it’s back to school and headlong into all the activity that a new term presents. Pupils have slotted back into their routine with great enthusiasm, delighted to see their friends and share stories about their holidays, whether local or far afield.

Today the Year 5s were hard at work learning to code using Hypertext Markup Language. Think about that for a minute. These pupils are only 10 years old and they have all the hallmarks of becoming our digital technology leaders of tomorrow. Design and Technology pupils were deep in concentration, learning to create a useful, functional object during a woodwork lesson. Could these be our artists or engineers of the future? Year 1 children were confidently and fluently conversing with their French teacher, relating stories about their recent holidays.  Travel and communication will come easily to them in later years as they develop character and ambition.

Next week our Science pupils will be learning to dissect. Groups will visit the Space Centre, theatres and other exciting cultural destinations. Some will immerse themselves in activities hosted by Stowe School, paving the way for the next stage of their education and exposing them to a world of opportunity.

A Swanbourne education is a continuous journey of exploration and discovery every day, term and year. Through a range of opportunities, children broaden their perspectives, expand their horizons, discover passions and develop an understanding of their place in the world.

Our pupils have been working on some fantastic digital creations in Code Club this term!

Using Scratch, they have designed their own interactive stories, animations and games, learning key programming concepts such as sequencing, loops and debugging along the way.

On Code.org, they have completed a range of problem-solving challenges that build logical thinking and resilience through fun, game-based activities.

Using Music Lab projects embedded within a coding platform, the children have explored the link between sound and code, composing their own musical patterns and experimenting with rhythm and melody using block-based programming.

It has been wonderful to see their creativity and confidence with technology grow each week!

Year 4 pupils have enjoyed their ‘Introduction to Science’, sharing brilliant ideas and showing exemplary behaviour during their visit to the lab.

A special shout-out to these pupils for their detailed and thoughtful drawings of the scientist jobs they aspire to.

This term, as part of their History lesson, Year 4 have been learning about the role of Anderson shelters in WW2, and what it was like for families to have to shelter in them during the bombing raids.

New reading corner for Year 4s

This cosy corner is the exciting new reading area for our Year 4s.

Based on Harry Potter novels, the reading corner is decorated in the theme to help spark imagination and encourage the pupils to read more.

Celebrating PSB and PSPQ Projects

At the end of the Summer Term 2025 , our Awards Evening marked a special celebration of the pupils’ achievements across the Pre-Senior Baccalaureate (PSB) Programme.

Over the course of their studies, all pupils have worked tirelessly across a broad range of subjects, developing not only their academic knowledge but also essential learning skills and personal attributes. This was an opportunity to recognise their commitment, growth and success as they were awarded their PSB results for each subject. A key highlight of the evening was the celebration of their PSPQ (Personal, Social, and Philosophical Questions) projects, an integral part of the PSB experience, where pupils explore meaningful questions, develop their thinking, and reflect on the world around them.

From the earliest recorded moments of human history, we have lived alongside each other in families, communities, tribes, cultures and civilisations. Civilisation is the hallmark of humanity. Every ancient culture and civilisation tells its own distinctive story about its unique historical, geographic and religious identity.

Year 8 were given the exciting opportunity to explore one such civilisation of their choice in a deep and meaningful way, and we hope you agree that the results of these projects are marvellous. Year 8 have not only learnt a wealth of information about their chosen civilisation, but have also also developed their skills immensely, preparing them for the next step in their educational journey.

We are incredibly proud of each and every one of them.