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9 October 22

On Thursday 6 October, the  politics society gathered together to discuss the recent election of Giorgia Meloni as the first female Prime Minister of Italy led by an upper-sixth member of the boys school, Josh Zinkin. He started the talk  by presenting  on how the parliamentary system in Italy works; how Meloni got herself elected…

26 September 22

Politics Society gathered for a talk led by Alysha Chandarana and Uma Tugnait about Britain’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss. Alysha Chandarana and Uma Tugnait started off by reviewing the now infamous video of Liz Truss, 19, as Leader of Oxford Liberal Democrats calling for the abolishment of the monarchy, leading to a discussion as…

26 September 22

Around 40 Year 12 and Year 13 students from the Boys’ and Girls’ schools studying Drama, English, Classics and Live Theatre Appreciation thoroughly enjoyed watching Antigone at Regents Park Open Air Theatre on Thursday 15 September. This was a powerful re-telling of the story, transposed from Ancient Greece to a Pakistani Muslim community in modern day…

26 September 22

Over the course of last year, the Haberdashers’ Elstree team won the Regional and National Space Design Competition. Girls’ School student, Keshni, was then invited to be a member of the UK team at the International finals. This meant that at the end of July 2022, Keshni travelled to Florida, along with the other 11…

20 September 22

I recently took part in the Mary Renault essay competition. The Mary Renault prize is a Classical Reception prize for Sixth Form pupils awarded by the Classics department at St Hugh’s college Oxford. Classical reception is how the classical world has been received since antiquity and after reading an article about the influence of the…

25 August 22

The Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools are delighted to announce their outstanding GCSE results. Nevertheless, it is the schools’ view that it is important to remember that these grades are just one part of the educational journey at Habs and would not have been possible without the other academic and extensive co-curricular opportunities on the campus, creating…

18 August 22

We wish our wholehearted congratulations to our Upper Sixth on their glowing A Level results. It has been a genuine delight to work with this cohort of students and despite experiencing two national lockdowns and the vagaries of Centre Assessed Grades at GCSE, they have done themselves exceptionally proud indeed. We are indebted to all…

28 July 22

The events of Thursday 30 June 2022 will always be viewed as a significant day in the history of both schools. Indeed, the inaugural joint school sports day was a superb example of the benefits of collaboration and a fine illustration of what can be achieved when both schools come together to share the same…

28 July 22

On Wednesday 29 June, we said farewell to the outgoing Upper Sixth at their Leavers’ Evening. With Covid having caused so much disruption to their final years of school it was great to be able to give them a proper send off. The evening started with a ceremony where the whole year group was celebrated…

28 July 22

On Sunday 26 June, Haberdashers’ Girls’ School and Haberdashers’ Boys’ School hosted the 2022 Habs Mencap Funday, which was organised by a committee of 12 Lower Sixth and Year 11 students from our two schools. Around 270 student volunteers from both schools looked after our guests, children between the ages of 5 and 16 with…