BBC Interview with the Head of Girls Cricket

06 June 2019

Our own Head of Girls Cricket, Hannah Jelfs, has been a part of the Kent Women’s Cricket County Championship winning team this summer. They have already won the league after winning every game with one fixture left in the competition to play!

Hannah was on the BBC Southeast News on Tuesday 28th May, being interviewed about this impressive achievement.

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  • Upper Sixth UCAS Event

    Upper Sixth UCAS Event

    11 October 2019
    On Monday, the Upper Sixth Form had a very useful Careers Focus Day to prepare them for leaving scho...
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  • Cold War Code Breakers

    Cold War Code Breakers

    11 October 2019
    The Cold War came to Kent on Monday as two groups battled taxing puzzles to discover the codes to st...
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  • Reculver

    First Form Visit to Reculver

    11 October 2019
    On Monday, 45 First Form students travelled to Reculver, on the north coast of Kent, to conduct fiel...
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  • Jacob

    Jacob Selected For Pumas A Squad

    11 October 2019
    Congratulations to Jacob Pearton who has been selected for the 2019/20 Prep Schools’ Pumas Under 12 ...
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  • Saracens Schools Partnership Programme

    Saracens Schools Partnership Programme

    11 October 2019
    Saracens are pleased to add Sutton Valence School to the Saracens family.
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  • Upper Sixth English Trip to Canterbury

    Upper Sixth English Trip to Canterbury

    11 October 2019
    A group of Upper Sixth Form English pupils spent the afternoon of September 24th in Canterbury, enri...
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  • Fangtastic Theatre Trip

    11 October 2019
    On 9th October, the theatregoers went to their first production of the year, Northern Ballet's Dracu...
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  • Foundation Schools’ Model United Nations Competition

    Foundation Schools’ Model United Nations Competition

    11 October 2019
    Early on Thursday morning this week, a group of 20 pupils embarked on a long journey to Queen Anne’s...
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  • Nepalese-British Army Night

    Nepalese-British Army Night

    11 October 2019
    Last Friday, a group of Sutton Valence boarders was fortunate to travel to the Nepalese-British Army...
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  • InvestIN Career Experiences 

    04 October 2019
    We are very pleased to announce that Sutton Valence School has now become a partner school with In...
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  • Dr Suzie Imber Visits

    Dr Suzie Imber Visits

    04 October 2019
    We were delighted to welcome Dr Suzie Imber back to Sutton Valence School last night to deliver the ...
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  • Street Art Trip

    Street Art Trip

    04 October 2019
    On Wednesday 2nd October, a group of Sixth Form Art and Photography students and staff travelled by ...
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  • U14A County Tournament Winners

    U14A County Tournament Winners

    04 October 2019
    Yesterday the U14As travelled to Sevenoaks to compete in the Tier 2 County tournament. 
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  • Lord-Lieutenants’ Certificate of Meritorious Service

    Lord-Lieutenant's Certificate of Meritorious Service

    03 October 2019
    The Lord-Lieutenant, Viscount De L’Isle MBE, recently held his annual awards ceremony for th...
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  • Sandhurst STEM Fair

    Sandhurst STEM Fair

    03 October 2019
    Members of the Fourth Form enjoyed a fantastic day at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst last Frid...
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  • Climate Change Protest

    27 September 2019
    On Friday 20th September, the Juniors took part in a national Climate Change Protest. They got tog...
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  • U19s through to County Finals

    U19s through to County Finals

    27 September 2019
    On 26th September, eight Upper Sixth girls travelled to Rainham to play in the annual U19 County Net...
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  • CADSAAM Shooting

    CADSAAM Shooting

    27 September 2019
    On Friday 20th September, the Shooting team, made up of: Thomas Arthur (Fifth Form), Dylan Cole (Fif...
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  • Leeds Castle Run

    Leeds Castle Run

    27 September 2019
    We arrived at Leeds Castle with the sun coming out to cheer us on. Feeling excited but also a little...
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  • Sponsored Walk

    Sponsored Walk

    27 September 2019
    Last Friday, the School took advantage of the beautiful Indian Summer weather to take part in the an...
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  • SVS Foundation Golf Day

    26 September 2019
    Last Friday, we were delighted to host our annual Golf Day at Chart Hills Golf Club. With the laun...
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  • England Rugby Academy Success

    26 September 2019
    Congratulations to Brandon Jackson (Upper Sixth) who is in the Saracens Rugby Academy, and has been ...
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  • New Chess Club

    New Chess Club

    26 September 2019
    This week saw the launch of the SVS Chess club. Lower School pupils came along to the Mathematics ...
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  • Capturing Dungeness 

    Capturing Dungeness 

    20 September 2019
    A group of ten A Level Photography students travelled to Dungeness, to undertake a landscape-based p...
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  • Prefects Reunion

    Prefects' Reunion

    20 September 2019
    This week, to celebrate his tenth year at Sutton Valence School, the Headmaster and Dr Grindlay host...
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  • Sutton Girls Reunion

    Sutton House Reunion

    20 September 2019
    On Sunday, we were delighted to welcome back Old Suttonians and former staff who attended a reunion ...
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  • Blood Cancer Awareness Month

    20 September 2019
    As September is Blood Cancer Awareness month, Mrs Palmer gave a presentation to the Sixth Form durin...
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  • Ski Season Starts

    Ski Season Starts

    20 September 2019
    Last Sunday, teams from Sutton Valence took part in the ESSkiA South East Qualifier, the grass-roots...
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  • Confident Parenting in a World of Screens

    20 September 2019
    Care for the Family is a national charity that is dedicated to promoting strong family life; they ar...
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  • Third Form CCF Field Day

    Third Form CCF Field Day

    13 September 2019
    With their new uniforms and boots, the Third Form assembled at Crowborough Army Training Camp for an...
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  • Biscuit Challenge

    Biscuit Challenge

    13 September 2019
    The Second Form pondered the question, "When the nation is having a morning cuppa, what is the best ...
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  • Head of School Speech

    13 September 2019
    Our second Head of School for this term, Max Savage shares his thoughts on the commencement of the y...
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  • County Tennis Tournament

    13 September 2019
    The Kent County Closed is an annual tennis tournament held at the Bromley Tennis Centre during the l...
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  • Boarders’ Trip to Canterbury

    Boarders’ Trip to Canterbury

    13 September 2019
    On Sunday, 23 boarders went on a trip to Canterbury.  Mrs Manning and Mr Henderson each took a minib...
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  • NSEA Petley Wood

    NSEA Petley Wood

    13 September 2019
    The Sutton Valence Equestrian team attended their first show of the academic year last weekend at th...
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  • Netball success for Lulu

    Netball success for Lulu

    13 September 2019
    Congratulations to Lulu Pankhurst (Fourth Form), who has been selected for the next stage of the U17...
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  • Head of School Speech

    06 September 2019
    New Head of School, Lara Savage encourages the School at the first assembly.
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  • Futures Cup

    06 September 2019
    Over the summer holidays, Louis Ridge and Alexandra Sacker participated in the annual Futures Cup ho...
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  • Kent Youth County Orchestra welcomes SVS Students

    Kent County Youth Orchestra welcomes SVS Students

    05 September 2019
    The Music department is delighted to report that seven of our string players (Elizabeth Drummond, Be...
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  • Pre-Season Sports Camps

    Pre-Season Sports Camps

    05 September 2019
    Last week saw Girls Hockey and Boys Rugby camps across all age groups being held at SVS. Some more s...
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  • Gold DofE Expedition

    Gold DofE Expeditions

    05 September 2019
    On Saturday 3rd August, 15 intrepid Lower Sixth adventurers set off to the Lake District for the Gol...
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  • GCSE Results

    GCSE Results

    22 August 2019
    Students at Sutton Valence School are once again celebrating a superb set of GCSE results. With over...
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  • Sutton Valence School – A Level Results 2019

    A Level Results 2019

    15 August 2019
    Once again, Sutton Valence School is delighted to announce another year-on-year increase in A* to B ...
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  • Sports Day 2019

    Sports Day 2019

    03 July 2019
    Last Friday saw pupils, parents and staff embark on our fantastic all-weather track in the blazing J...
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  • OS Success

    28 June 2019
    We have recently heard about some university successes from four Old Suttonians.
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  • A Taste of British Boarding School Life

    28 June 2019
    At Sutton Valence School, we welcome students from all over the world including China, Spain, Austri...
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  • The School that Rocked

    28 June 2019
    So once again another whirlwind production week has come and gone at Sutton Valence…
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  • Critical Thinking comes to Sutton Valence

    28 June 2019
    Does your pet think about you when you are at work?  Do you have to have been unhappy to feel happy?...
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  • STEM Day at the Senior School

    27 June 2019
    The Senior School welcomed Year 5 from SVPS for their annual STEM Day this week
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  • Junior Kangaroo Results

    27 June 2019
    Out of more than 5,000 participants nationally, all of the three SVS students who attempted the Ju...
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  • Rose Ceremony

    27 June 2019
    The Rose Ceremony is held in June each year and marks the payment of the rent for the village green ...
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  • Record breaking CREST

    27 June 2019
    This year the School has seen the most CREST awards in recent memory. There has been 35 Discovery Le...
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  • Chapel Choir Dinner

    27 June 2019
    On 21st June, the Chapel Choir held its annual dinner to celebrate all of its successful events an...
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  • March and Shoot

    27 June 2019
    On Wednesday, the CCF took part in its annual March and Shoot competition for the Becky Norris Troph...
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  • Sam Mostowfi Update

    21 June 2019
    Sam Mostowfi continues to compete in gymnastics at the highest level. This week Sam travelled to Lil...
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  • Girls' Cricket Masterclass

    21 June 2019
    On Saturday 15th June, Sutton Valence School held a coaching masterclass for the junior and intermed...
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  • Bronze D of E Expeditions

    21 June 2019
    After the thunderstorms and unseasonable weather at the beginning of this week, the Bronze Duke of E...
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  • A Gothic Tour

    20 June 2019
    Lower Sixth English A Level students recently spent a day on a literary tour of London. The morning’...
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  • Induction Days

    20 June 2019
    On Tuesday and Friday, Sutton Valence opened its doors to the newest members of the community. 
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  • Armed Forces Day

    20 June 2019
    On Saturday, the CCF was invited to attend an event remembering the 75th Anniversary of D-Day Landin...
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  • A Century for Kent Cricket

    14 June 2019
    On Saturday 8th June, the U13 Kent County Girls’ played the U13 Essex Girls at Brompton Barracks Cri...
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  • Landgraaf Ski Racing

    13 June 2019
    On 25th and 26th May, Max Laughland (Fourth Form) competed at the Snowsport England Indoor BASS Race...
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  • Valencia Trip

    12 June 2019
    At the unforgiving hour of 2am, 30 half-awake pupils and teachers drove off, into the morning, ready...
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  • Equestrian Report

    07 June 2019
    On Sunday 2nd June, the Dressage team (Maisey Russell, Jess de Lucy and Daisy Hills) took part in a ...
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  • Running Rings around King's

    07 June 2019
    On Thursday, we hosted our annual Athletics meet against the King's School, Canterbury for Third and...
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  • CCF Biennial Inspection

    07 June 2019
    Every two years the CCF is inspected by the Ministry of Defence to check that we are delivering the ...
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  • Richie Richardson Competition

    06 June 2019
    On Wednesday this week, ten teams took part in the U11 six-a-side tournament.
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  • BBC Interview with the Head of Girls Cricket

    06 June 2019
    Our own Head of Girls Cricket, Hannah Jelfs has been a part of the Kent Women’s Cricket County Champ...
    MORE

  • Menin Gate Visit

    06 June 2019
    Last weekend, I was fortunate enough to visit some of the WW1 cemeteries in Ypres, Belgium.  I went ...
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  • U13 Rugby Sevens

    05 June 2019
    Congratulations to Sam Knighton who was part of the winning Ashford team at the Kent Sevens Champion...
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  • HIKSVS Art Festival 2019

    04 June 2019
    Art is one of the most direct activities for us to observe the world closely. It helps students disc...
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  • A Fond Farewell

    24 May 2019
    A gloriously sunny day welcomed the Upper Sixth leavers to their final morning at School
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  • Penguin Race

    24 May 2019
    The Junior pupils competed in an hour-long house swimming competition.  Historically the Penguin Rac...
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  • La Salle des Enigmes

    24 May 2019
    On Thursday 23rd May, Onatti Productions returned to SVS to perform a French play ‘La Salle des Enig...
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  • Conservation at Camber Sands

    23 May 2019
    On Wednesday 22nd May, the Lower Sixth Biologists travelled to Camber Sands on a field trip. The aim...
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  • Badminton Event

    22 May 2019
    Having qualified back in September last year and achieving a further qualification in a regional fin...
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  • County Cricket on Upper

    22 May 2019
    This summer, the School’s main cricket ground (Upper) is being used again for various County and Dis...
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  • Headmaster's Copy Prize

    17 May 2019
    Samuel Millan-Norman in the Upper Sixth, received a Headmaster’s Copy Prize for his fascinating EPQ ...
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  • Club Hockey Finals

    16 May 2019
    Oliver Laird, Louis Ridge, Max Savage and Finn Swaine competed for Marden Russets U18s in the Nation...
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  • The Cat Conundrum

    16 May 2019
    “When I play with my cat who knows if I am not more a pastime to her than she is to me?”
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  • Gothic Bake-Off

    16 May 2019
    The English department resembled a rather gruesome children’s tea party this week, as A Level studen...
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  • First Form CREST Awards

    15 May 2019
    Ten of our Junior scientists have achieved their Bronze level CREST awards this week.
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  • Senior Sports Dinner

    15 May 2019
    Last Friday, saw a celebration of Senior Sport across the Michaelmas and Lent Terms.
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  • French Exchange

    15 May 2019
    On Thursday 28 March, our group arrived in Senlis, France where we first met our exchange partners.
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  • Higher Education Morning

    15 May 2019
    On Saturday morning, parents and pupils of the Lower Sixth came together over coffee and pastries in...
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  • UWGCF Athletics

    15 May 2019
    Last Friday, SVS hosted the 50th anniversary UWGCF Athletics event on our all-weather track. The fiv...
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  • Summer Music Concert

    10 May 2019
    On Wednesday night, the Summer Concert took place at All Saints' Church in Maidstone. The beautiful ...
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  • Girls Hockey Pre-Season Training

    10 May 2019
    I would like to take this opportunity to give you information about scheduled pre-season Hockey trai...
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  • Saracens Rugby Pre-Season Training

    10 May 2019
    I am delighted to announce that we are hosting a Saracens Rugby pre-season camp at Sutton Valence Sc...
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  • OS Golf Day

    10 May 2019
    Last Friday, Old Suttonians, staff and the wider School community came together for the fifth annual...
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  • Sergison Trophy

    10 May 2019
    On Saturday, the annual competition for the Sergison Trophy took place on the School’s .22 range
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  • Grandparents' Day

    10 May 2019
    Despite some spring showers, this week's Grandparents' Day was the largest we have ever hosted, with...
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  • CREST Success

    03 May 2019
    We are delighted to announce further success for our students in the BSA CREST Awards scheme.
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  • Prep School Maths Competition

    03 May 2019
    Preparatory school pupils from across Kent came to participate in our Maths Competition this week.
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  • Charity begins at SV….

    03 May 2019
    At the end of last term, the students were given a thought-provoking opportunity to be charitable.
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  • MCC Cricket Match

    03 May 2019
    On Thursday, the 1st XI cricket team entertained the MCC captained by old boy, Ben Leale-Green.
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  • New Head of School

    26 April 2019
    Ellen Crombie, the new Head of School speaks at assembly.
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  • Hockey and Rugby Representations

    25 April 2019
    Over the course of the Lent and Michaelmas Term’s an impressive number of pupils gained selection in...
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  • New Head of Corps

    25 April 2019
    Each year we see a new group of NCOs take over the leadership of the CCF at Sutton Valence School.  ...
    MORE

  • Chemistry Olympiad

    25 April 2019
    The Chemistry Olympiad is the leading Chemistry competition for students in secondary education acro...
    MORE
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