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A big congratulations go to the following students who achieved a Gold, Silver or Bronze score in the National Maths Challenge run by the UKMT (UK Mathematics Trust) for year 10…

On Sunday, pupils from Purcell, Reading School, Berkshire Maestros and Acer Minor came together with the family of Toby Davies to remember him and to perform music by him and…

Congratulations to everyone involved in The Soldier’s Tale – a genuinely collaborative project involving pupils from across the school, including musicians, actors, set designers, painters and puppeteers, all led and…

Six finalists have been chosen from the 32 who auditioned for The Purcell School’s Senior Concerto Competition.  The preliminary rounds were held last weekend and the standard was extremely high.  The adjudicator was Jeffrey Sharkey,…

Our artwork of the week is a polyblock print by Maddie from the Juniors.  This term years 5 and 6 have been working on a project about waves, inspired by…

On 23 March, at the end of the Spring Term, our Piano department travelled to Sacile, Italy with students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.  This was the School’s third visit to Sacile.  Our…

Jacob Collier performing at Ronnie Scotts (photograph from The Guardian) Purcell School alumnus, Jacob Collier was interviewed by Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2 last week.  You can hear the…

Violinist, Joo Yeon Sir will make her debut at the Royal Albert Hall on 30th October 2015 with Sir Karl Jenkins and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a premiere performance…

Congratulations to year 11 pupil, Polina Makhina who has won the 2015 Windsor and Maidenhead Young Musicians’ Competition. She performed Kabalevsky Improvisation Op.21 No. 1 and the fourth movement of…

The Purcell School has been awarded the Incorporated Society of Musicians’ Gold certificate and is ranked No.1 in the UK, having achieved over 95% A* and A grades in GCSE music.  Over the…