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Word from the Warden

As the Autumn Term gets underway at Teddies, it is a great pleasure to introduce the latest edition of the Chronicle and to extend a very warm welcome to all parents, guardians and pupils new to the School this term. In this upbeat edition, you will read about many recent and imminent initiatives milestones: 40 years since the first Sixth Form girls joined us and 25 years since we became fully co-educational. There are interviews on the theme of co-education with the new Sub-Warden, Clare Hamilton, with the Deputy Head Pastoral, Rachel Bellamy, and with me from page 8, where you will also be able to read pupils’ views on this fundamental feature of a Teddies education. On a related note, it was very pleasing to learn that parents rate this aspect of St Edward’s very highly too, a point which shone through the results of the parent survey carried out in the Summer Term. David Flower, Deputy Head Academic, summarises from page 16 how we plan to harness the immense power of Oxford as an inspiration for scholarship, a centre at the School. Most importantly, we celebrate two major co-educational

of excellence and a place for service for our pupils and staff. David also shares the headlines of our record-breaking academic results on page 7. As the autumn nights draw in, you might find the book reviews featured in this edition a useful resource. We invited people from across our community – pupils, staff, governors past and present, and OSE across the generations – to tell us about one of their favourite books to mark the launch of Time to Read, a fantastic new scheme being rolled out for pupils in all year groups this term. Dedicated reading time has been ring-fenced in the timetable, to give everyone the space and time they need to enjoy the many benefits of reading for pleasure. You can find out more on page 20, and you will come across the book reviews throughout the magazine. The focus on reading extends to parents, too: the Friends’ Virtual Book Club, open to all parents and guardians, takes place on 15th November, and you can read more about it on page 33. Elsewhere you can enjoy an interview with Grand National winner Sam Waley-Cohen OSE on page 42, read an extraordinarily vivid account of life at the

School at the end of the 19th century on page 38, catch up with news from many areas of school life, and take stock of all the sporting action from page 48. Zannah, Mary, Lizzie and I have almost finished unpacking in the Warden’s House in the Quad, to which we are looking forward to welcoming you very soon.

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Alastair Chirnside, 14th Warden and David Christie, 11th Warden, at the June opening of the Christie Centre, named in David’s honour