A great performance from Saxophone Quartet of Gershwin’s ‘Someone to watch over me’ in this morning’s Assembly.

And the Inter boys are now underway, with Zak R taking an early lead.

Another beginning to our exploration of the mysterious Chinese culture! This time, we started with Taiji. It is wonderful to see everyone's enthusiasm and dedication.

Book clubs are now up and running. A new chapter begins—come join our community of readers! Monday lunchtimes - Year 7 Book Club Tuesday lunchtimes - Year 8 Book Club Wednesday lunchtimes - Year 9-10 Book Club Thursdays lunchtimes - Sixth Form Book Club

Spender were victorious in Year 8 Football but 2nd for Dyson means they extend their lead. Some brilliant skills on show

Whole School Assembly is an opportunity to recognise the extra-curricular achievements of our students. This week we handed out certificates for those who achieved Grade 6 or above in the Summer Term ABRSM Music Exams. Well done to all.

Have you considered becoming a Faux Pas committee member? It’s fun, not scary! If you think you might be interested, or simply want to find out more about what we do, please join us at our first meeting of the year tomorrow (Tues 30th) 6:30pm, LFH foyer. All welcome! @kes-stratford.bsky.social

Registration is now open for our Sixth Form Open Evening on Tuesday 11th November from 6.00pm-8.30pm. The evening is students who are currently in Year 11, looking to join K.E.S. in September 2026. Do come and join us and find out what we offer.

A fantastic day of singing at St Peter’s College, Oxford for members of Chapel Choir. We were delighted to join with choir from KES Aston, RGS High Wycombe and Bishop Wordsworth’s to rehearse and sing Evensong.

Dyson continued their strong start with 2 wins today. The first in a highly entertaining Year 9A Football, the other in the Year 13 Debate. Football continues on Friday with Year 11

A fantastic sound in Vaughan Williams’ Let All the World in Every Corner Sing.

An incredible day in Oxford with A Level Drama students researching the setting for our production of Love’s Labour’s Lost - a wonderful end to the day was experiencing Evensong with @kes-music.bsky.social

Well done to all speakers in today’s Year 13 House Debate. Dyson emerged as winners of a fiercely contested debate about whether the Union Jack is a positive symbol of the UK.

Tickets now on sale for the Year 7 & 8 Bingo Night. A fantastic opportunity to meet other K.E.S families and have a fun night out! Tickets are £6 each which include five games of Bingo and are available from the School Box Office www.ticketsource.co.uk/kes

Congratulations and good luck to OE Sam Erskine (KES 2016-2023) on being appointed as Exeter University 1st XV Captain.

We are looking forward to welcoming Year 9 students and parents to GCSE Standards Evening at 6.30pm tonight in the LFH. Please remember that the School car park is a pay & display from 5.00pm. Students should attend in School uniform.

Great work today from the whole company of Love’s Labour’s Lost 🎭

2025/26 Parent Art Workshop Dates Announced: Mondays 6.30 - 8.30pm; 3rd November, 1st December, 9th February, 16th March, 11th May, 15th June. Led by Ms Caplin, hosted jointly by @fauxpaskes.bsky.social and the Art Department. 1st workshop will be TetraPak printmaking. Tickets £25 via ParentPay.

A brilliant block of rugby vs Wellingborough earlier today lead to the following results: 1st XV L 10-43, PoM Toby W 2nd XV L 7-29, Ethan G U15A W 43-0, Sam K U14A L 0-34, Will B U14B L 25-45, James P U13A W 45-5, Ethan M U13B W 70-40, Andrei U Well played everyone!

Staff going above and beyond (‘twas ever thus!)

Spender students enjoying DM

196 students and staff are enjoying Drayton Manor today: Spender House’s celebration of last years win in the House Competition.

Adrian presented in Sixth Form Assembly this morning on his incredible fundraising adventure from Stratford to the summit of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon). He is raising funds to enable a group from the School to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe. Please donate if you can: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

With thanks to members of the Saxophone Quartet and King’s Brass for their performances at Speech Day.

It was lovely to see so many of our leavers at Speech Day this evening. All the best for whatever your future may hold and do keep in touch.

Speech Day 2025

Thank you to our Guest of Honour Old Edwardian and Vice Admiral Steve Moorhouse for a superb Speech Day address.

Fantastic evening with our speaker Martin Bayfield tonight! A big thank you to everyone who came along and also to all our sponsors.

Thank you to SportKES for organising the hugely entertaining ‘Evening with Martin Bayfield’. What a great way to fund raise!

Great to see Year 11s Brandon, Patrick and Adam completing their 1st XV debuts so early in the season. Outstanding effort by all of them but especially Brandon who won PoM. #KESrugby

Thank you to Martin Griffin from A Level Mindset for his insightful presentation to Year 12 this morning. Which activities will you include in your studies?

Edinburgh Fringe fundraising is in full swing with our weekly sweet sales 🎭

Thank you to Aditya and Benjamin for their brilliant introduction to debating which they gave to Year 7 students at today’s meeting.

Last chance to book for an entertaining evening with Martin Bayfield who will be in School on Wednesday to share tales of life as a professional Rugby player, inc. 31 England caps, as well as his experience as Hagrid's body double in the Harry Potter films. Don't miss out! www.ticketsource.co.uk/kes

We have fencers in action today at the Men’s and Women‘s Cadet Nationals. Follow the results along with them here: www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/... Good luck everyone! @kes-stratford.bsky.social @kes-sport.bsky.social

An enjoyable triangular fixture with KES Birmingham and Bablake for the U13 and U14 teams this morning. Good to see Mr Nobes’ magic bringing the pitches back to life too!

With thanks to Tom, Aryan, Emma and Katie who performed music by Kit Morgan, Jimi Hendrix, Chopin and Elgar as guests arrived for Sixth Form Standards Evening.

Year 13 student, Evie K, is singing at the Royal Albert Hall tonight with the 18-25 National Youth Choir. What a fantastic opportunity! Do listen on BBC Radio 3 or afterwards on BBC Sounds.

Year 11 student, Joshua T, is a member of the National Youth Orchestra. He also performed at the Proms this summer. You can watch the fabulous recording of this concert www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... which include Star Wars and The Planets!

A great first week of rehearsals for our production of Love’s Labour’s Lost 🎭

A reminder to Spender students in Years 8-13 that the deadline for parental consent for the Drayton Manor trip is Fri 12th. Please enter the student’s contact number in case we need to contact them at the park

We are very much looking forward to welcoming all of our Year 12 parents and students to the Year 12 Standards Evening which takes place this evening in School in the Levi Fox Hall, starting at 6.30pm. Students should attend in School uniform.

All the winners!

Thank you to all of the Old Edwardian rowers who returned for tonight’s Benefactors Regatta.

And unbelievably close race to complete the regatta was won by a canvas (a very small amount) by the @kesoea.bsky.social to level the score 4-4, resulting in a draw and therefore sealing an overall OEs victory, 4-3, after an unprecedented 4 draws across the series.

⚡ New EV Chargers Now Available in the School Car Park! ⚡ We’re excited to announce the installation of four new 22kW EV chargers, now available for public use. Whether you're visiting or just passing by, you can charge your electric vehicle quickly and affordably.

Glorious morning of rugby at Manor Road this morning with the U16s and U14s playing their first game of the season while the U12s played their first ever game in Navy & Gold. Some excellent performances resulted in 3 wins. Great start to the season. PoMs: U16 - Henry G U14 - Jack S U12 - Chris Z

Don't forget our next meeting is this Wednesday. All welcome, FoKES will meet you at the school reception and parking is free. Looking forward to seeing you there!

A wonderful evening of sport with 3 more fixtures of the Benefactors Series taking place. The netballers won convincingly before both the rugby and hockey finished in very well-contested draws, leaving the Old Eds 3.5 to 2.5 up with just the rowing to come on Wednesday.