A group of twenty Lower Sixth students are taking part in the Centenary Sledge Pull on Monday 12th March, in memory of Robert Scott, who died one hundred years ago on his return from the South Pole. This and other events have been designed to raise money in support of the Scott Polar Research... More »
Category: Events
The Lent Event took place this week with a team of seven spending three days in the school. Revd Rico Tice, the main speaker, was energetic and engaging, challenging us to consider whether Jesus Christ might be as central to life as a ball is to a game. His blend of self-deprecating humour,... More »
Category: Music
As part of the annual residency by members of our professional orchestra in partnership, the Southbank Sinfonia, we had the pleasure of a chamber music recital in the Goodison Hall which this year took place on 8 February. We were treated to a musical pot pourri of both solo and ensemble... More »
Category: Music
It was such a delight to hear a full orchestra of such quality in this Marlborough College Concert Series. The acoustics of the building did not let us down and we could hear every nuance and detail with absolute clarity. The programme opened with the ‘Suite for Lady Caroline’ – a film score... More »
20 Remove students have just returned from a French exchange visit to our partner school, the Collège de Notre Dame de Bury, north of Paris... More »
Category: Speakers
Will King, CEO of King of Shaves came to Marlborough on the 31st of January to provide us with an insight into his business and how other successful business' work. At university he studied engineering, a common course for entrepreneurs as he pointed out that the CEO's of Facebook, Microsoft and... More »
Category: Academic
The Sutton Trust, an educational charity set up by the millionaire philanthropist Sir Peter Lampl, released a report in July 2011: 'Degrees of Success: University Chances by Individual Schools'. The report appears to demonstrate that schools differ considerably in the levels of aspiration they... More »
Category: Events
In 2010 Gardner Thompson of Dulwich College organised the inaugural HMC Africa School conference. Following its success the second Conference was held in 2011 at Oundle School, run by Ian Clark. The third conference will be held at Marlborough College on the 21st February 2012. Interest from HMC... More »
Category: Speakers
Charlotte Hitchmough from Action for the River Kennet, or ARK, gave an inspiring talk entitled "What Makes a Pressure Group Successful" to the Politics Society recently. More »
Category: General
Imagine being blindfolded, surrounded by a group of your peers and then trying to assert yourself and stand out from the crowd; this was just one of the weird assessments that the prefects had in store for us. Only at the end of the day did any of it begin to make any kind of sense. The objectives... More »