KES Headmaster
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Bennet Carr, Headmaster of King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Merry Christmas!
Fantastic to welcome back the Class of 2015 for their 10-year Reunion. Thank you to Faux Pas for providing the bar.
December 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Fantastic to welcome back the Class of 2015 for their 10-year Reunion. Thank you to Faux Pas for providing the bar.
A very special evening of Nine Lessons & Carols. Thank you @kes-music.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A very special evening of Nine Lessons & Carols. Thank you @kes-music.bsky.social
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Photographs from this morning’s ceremony at Sano Nichidai, our Japanese partner school:
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Photographs from this morning’s ceremony at Sano Nichidai, our Japanese partner school:
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It was wonderful to be able to take part, albeit digitally, in the ceremony at Sano Nichidai for the presentation of this year’s Shakespeare Award. It was presented to Yua Goto who hopes to swim for Japan in the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Here is a recording: www.youtube.com/live/Rg5uxak...
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December 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
It was wonderful to be able to take part, albeit digitally, in the ceremony at Sano Nichidai for the presentation of this year’s Shakespeare Award. It was presented to Yua Goto who hopes to swim for Japan in the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Here is a recording: www.youtube.com/live/Rg5uxak...
Photographs from this morning’s ceremony at Sano Nichidai, our Japanese partner school:
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Photographs from this morning’s ceremony at Sano Nichidai, our Japanese partner school:
It was wonderful to be able to take part, albeit digitally, in the ceremony at Sano Nichidai for the presentation of this year’s Shakespeare Award. It was presented to Yua Goto who hopes to swim for Japan in the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Here is a recording: www.youtube.com/live/Rg5uxak...
Award.to
December 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
It was wonderful to be able to take part, albeit digitally, in the ceremony at Sano Nichidai for the presentation of this year’s Shakespeare Award. It was presented to Yua Goto who hopes to swim for Japan in the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Here is a recording: www.youtube.com/live/Rg5uxak...
Breathtaking start to the day.
December 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Breathtaking start to the day.
They certainly were!
Our choirs are in good voice for this evening’s Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at Holy Trinity Church. Great to have some fantastic Old Edwardians back to sing with us 🎄🎶
December 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
They certainly were!
Beautiful sunrise over Chapel Lane.
December 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Beautiful sunrise over Chapel Lane.
Well done everyone! An unexpected birthday present 🎉
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Well done everyone! An unexpected birthday present 🎉
Here is link to the full graduation speech by Roger Federer which I played in assemblies this week on the theme of ‘perseverance’.
home.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/06...
home.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/06...
2024 Commencement Address by Roger Federer | Dartmouth
The tennis champion says “effortless” is a myth.
home.dartmouth.edu
December 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Here is link to the full graduation speech by Roger Federer which I played in assemblies this week on the theme of ‘perseverance’.
home.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/06...
home.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/06...
Congratulations to our wonderful students and extra-ordinarily dedicated staff who make K.E.S. such a special place. Accolades are never the point, but I hope that all members of our community will feel a sense of pride in this recognition of what we do and what we aspire to achieve.
We are delighted to announce that in this weekend’s Sunday Times, K.E.S. will be named State School of the Year for the West Midlands, and as our students topped the rankings for A Level and GCSEs, we can also celebrate being named regional winners of the School of the Year for Academic Excellence.
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Congratulations to our wonderful students and extra-ordinarily dedicated staff who make K.E.S. such a special place. Accolades are never the point, but I hope that all members of our community will feel a sense of pride in this recognition of what we do and what we aspire to achieve.
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We are delighted to announce that in this weekend’s Sunday Times, K.E.S. will be named State School of the Year for the West Midlands, and as our students topped the rankings for A Level and GCSEs, we can also celebrate being named regional winners of the School of the Year for Academic Excellence.
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
We are delighted to announce that in this weekend’s Sunday Times, K.E.S. will be named State School of the Year for the West Midlands, and as our students topped the rankings for A Level and GCSEs, we can also celebrate being named regional winners of the School of the Year for Academic Excellence.
So did we! Thank you for taking us there and huge congratulations to you all for such a brilliant performance.
Thank you to all who came to see our production of Love’s Labour’s Lost - we had a lot of fun in Navarre!
November 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
So did we! Thank you for taking us there and huge congratulations to you all for such a brilliant performance.
On a bitterly cold night (I couldn’t feel my hands in my gloves), our netballers put on a brilliant display to finish runners-up in the county-championship for the second consecutive year. They once again progress to the regional finals in the New Year. Very proud.
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
On a bitterly cold night (I couldn’t feel my hands in my gloves), our netballers put on a brilliant display to finish runners-up in the county-championship for the second consecutive year. They once again progress to the regional finals in the New Year. Very proud.
Challenging conditions for the home games with Pate’s GS saw one win and loss for the Under 15s and 2nd XV, and a hard-fought victory for the 1st XV.
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Challenging conditions for the home games with Pate’s GS saw one win and loss for the Under 15s and 2nd XV, and a hard-fought victory for the 1st XV.
Glorious morning to conclude the week.
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Glorious morning to conclude the week.
I enjoyed the best seat in the house refereeing the Under 12s vs Aylesbury GS today. Two well-matched teams with only one score separating them.
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I enjoyed the best seat in the house refereeing the Under 12s vs Aylesbury GS today. Two well-matched teams with only one score separating them.
That was outstanding!
November 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
That was outstanding!
Huge thanks to SportKES, who reported at their AGM last night that a fantastic £22,887 was raised last year. They were also informed about the progress of the next big project they have funded, which will begin imminently. Watch this space…
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Huge thanks to SportKES, who reported at their AGM last night that a fantastic £22,887 was raised last year. They were also informed about the progress of the next big project they have funded, which will begin imminently. Watch this space…
Today we remember the 84 members of this School who died in the two great wars of the 20th Century.
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Today we remember the 84 members of this School who died in the two great wars of the 20th Century.
A record 122 applications for Oxford and Cambridge colleges, medicine, dentistry and veterinary science have been processed by the early entry deadline. Thank you to all of my colleagues who have been involved in this significant undertaking.
October 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
A record 122 applications for Oxford and Cambridge colleges, medicine, dentistry and veterinary science have been processed by the early entry deadline. Thank you to all of my colleagues who have been involved in this significant undertaking.
Three wins and a hard-fought draw for the 1st XV at Manor Road this morning. As usual, fixtures played in the right spirit with Bishop Vesey’s.
October 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Three wins and a hard-fought draw for the 1st XV at Manor Road this morning. As usual, fixtures played in the right spirit with Bishop Vesey’s.