School News

Haberdashers' Adams Alumnus Triumphs at National Apprenticeship Awards
Engineering Apprentice and Old Novaportan Nihal Dhillon was named Rising Star of the Year, with his empolyer, JCB, crowned Macro Employer of the Year. Nihal, above left, with a fellow JCB employee

 

The competition, which is now in its 18th year, was designed to recognise and reward the achievements of exceptional apprentices, as well as apprenticeship employees and champions. JCB beat off competition from co-finalists Lloyds Banking Group and the Royal Navy to win its award. ... Read More


The Haberdasher Livery Academy Awards
We have a new Haberdasher team ready to represent the Company at Mansion House for the Livery Academy Awards! Last night teams from Crayford, Hatcham, Knights and Abraham Darby competed for this honour with exceptionally strong presentations that all offered commercially viable and sustainable business initiatives. The winning team with their mentors Liverymen Anya Navidski and Piers Bostock (at either end of the photo), Fourth Warden James Penney and Haberdashers' Abraham Darby Principal Lee Hadley... Read More

The Monmouth Enterprise Initiative 2021: Opportunities in the International Banking Sector
On 8th November 2021 the Company co-hosted this year’s Monmouth Enterprise Initiative with the Worshipful Company of International Bankers.

 

The Monmouth Enterprise Initiative (MEI) is a programme that offers an opportunity to Year 12 students at Haberdasher schools to experience something of life in the City. Each year, The Haberdashers’ Company works with one of the Livery Companies that remains actively involved with their professions, to engage City companies to offer groups of students... Read More


Delightful, moving and so musical!
Students from Haberdashers' Borough Academy, the newest school in the Haberdashers' family, performed a fantastic adaptation of The Lion King over three nights at the end of October.

 

"It was amazing! What an incredibly talented group of students and staff who were able to create such a beautiful performance. I was close to tears at several points - but in a good way!" -- The Spectator

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Year 11 student at Monmouth School for Boys seals place in Welsh team for British Athletics Cross Challenge
A 15-year-old runner at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools will represent Wales in next month’s British Athletics Cross Challenge Liverpool.

 

Henry Evans (wearing the number 269) was the second fastest Welsh athlete in the Under-17 men’s section of the Cardiff Cross Challenge in Llandaff. He finished 14th overall in the Under-17 men’s race in Cardiff against some of the best runners in the UK.

Henry is now looking forward to competing for Wales at Sefton Park, Liverpool, on Saturday... Read More


Haberdashers' Schools Netball Tournament 2021 Results

The Haberdashers' Schools Netball Tournament took place at Habs' Girls in Elstree on Thursday 7th October. 

It was a great sporting day and a wonderful opportunity for girls from across the Haberdashers' family of schools to get to know one another. Many congratulations to all who took part!

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Habs Girls Finalists Produce Student Guide to Public Speaking Competition
When Jamila, Tilly and Talia from Haberdashers' School for Girls won the East Region final of the ESU-Churchill Public Speaking Competition in 2020, they had high hopes for the grand final at Churchill College, Cambridge.  Students from Haberdashers' School for Girls pictured with, from left, Ameeta Sabharwal, ESU-Churchill Public Speaking Coordinator, Hertfordshire; Anthony Harris, ESU member and volunteer filmmaker and editor; Miss Efstathiou, Head of Lower Sixth at the school; and Jane Easton, Director-General... Read More

Haberdashers' Monmouth pole vaulter rises into UK's top 10 after injury setback
An athlete at Monmouth School for Boys has smashed his personal best for the pole vault and is ranked inside the top 10 in the UK and second in Wales for the under-17 age-group.

 

Fifteen-year-old Aharon Graham-Mulvaney cleared an impressive 3 metres 80 cm as he clinched second place in the pole vault at The Brewer Memorial Games in Cheltenham.

Aharon came into this current age group with a personal best height of 2:90 (set indoors 2020).

Following the disruption to... Read More


Haberdashers' Monmouth rugby ace selected for England Under-18s
Joe Jenkins, aged 17, will be part of England’s squad for their fixture against Italy on Sunday 22nd August.

 

A teenage rugby ace at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools has been named in the England Under-18s squad for an international match later this month. Joe Jenkins, a student at Monmouth School for Boys, impressed the England coaches in a two-day training camp at the end of July. Now Joe, who plays in the centre for the school 1st XV, will be part of England’s squad for their fixture against... Read More


Elstree Boy takes The Energy Institute's top prize at Big Bang Competition
A student from Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School was recently honoured with The Energy Institute Climate Change Award in its The Big Bang Competition.

 

Gianpaolo Ruju impressed the judges with his project ‘HydroCharge', a portable mobile device charger powered by flowing water. This project was to design a product that can charge mobile devices in an eco-friendly way whilst in the countryside.

The Energy Institute Climate Change Award recognises a project that is designed to help... Read More