Yearly Archives: 2016

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Year 11 trombonist Alex Turvey performed recently with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra’s Big Band Academy at the Royal Albert Hall, and another Year 11, Ben Shaw, has sung his way into the National Youth Choir of Great Britain as a Treble. Alex Turvey “It was so exciting,” said Alex; “I’d never even been to […]

Blue Coat’s U15 rugby squad can once again call themselves County Cup champions, following their convincing 67-5 win over LVS (Licensed Victuallers’ School) in the final match at Maidenhead RFC on Wednesday, 7th December.

On Saturday 3rd December, our Year 7 and 8 cross country team made the long trip to Merseyside to compete in the final of the English Schools’ Cup. To reach this final, the team competed successfully at county and regional rounds, and by doing so continued a steady run of Blue Coat teams competing on […]

On the first weekend in December, the Blue Coat Boat Club raced some of the top schools, universities, and clubs in the country, in sunny but near freezing conditions, at Wallingford Head. The J15 VIII showed great maturity at a difficult event, racing well as a unit with Cassian Cockings steering a very good course. The J16 squad raced […]

Lt Pete Reed MBE – three-time Olympic gold medallist rower and five time World Championship gold medallist – spoke to the Whole School Assembly on Monday 28th November. Lt Reed, who won gold at Beijing and London in the Men’s coxless fours and in Rio for the Men’s eight, spoke first about why each  medal […]

Film and TV composers Robert Hartshorne, Peter Hartshorne and Jack Buckner – from Ex Cantibus Gaudium (“Andrew Marr’s History of the World” and “Thomas the Tank Engine”) – visited Blue Coat on 22nd November, to  give an inspiring composition workshop to our Music A level and GCSE scholars.

The Boat Club raced at Avon Autumn Head near Bath on Saturday 19th November, along with other clubs and universities, including Monmouth and Canford schools. Just over 50 boys from Year 10 and above braved the near-freezing conditions to race twice over the two-mile course.