News & Galleries
Guest Lecture from Tim Fish
Whilst we do have lots of speacilised teachers here at Earlscliffe – we are always very happy to welcome guest speakers and expert in their field. Today was the tuirn of someone who is often at Earlscliffe and who knows the school very well. Tim Fish – Co-Founder, Former Headteacher and Managing Director of Dukes…
Exciting work on Goldschmidt House
Work has begun in earnest on Earlscliffe new boarding house – Goldschmidt House. Renovation and building work is ongoing and 38 bedrooms will be ready for our new and old students arriving in September. The building is going to give us a huge amount of flexibility – giving students a huge new common room, dining…
Canterbury Printing Trip
Last week, Earlscliffe ITY Art students travelled to Canterbury to visit a professional printmaker. They produced beautiful artworks which will be used as part of their GCSE portfolio, whilst also having the opportunity to try new techniques and discover how different types of artwork are produced. The visit also included a trip to the Lilford…
Head Teacher’s Newsletter
Dear members of the Earlscliffe Community, I hope this finds you well. It is a beautiful spring day here in Folkestone. Whatever the weather is like where you are, I hope you are enjoying your day. I have been away for a couple of days this week at the Boarding Schools Association Head Teachers’ Conference…
Psychology A-level – Loftus Conference in London
On Monday 21st March, all year 12 and year 13 Psychology students attended an A-level Psychology conference at The Emmanuel Centre in Westminster, London. The day consisted of university-style lectures in Psychology with talks such as ‘The Psychology of Success’ by Psychology textbook author Cara Flanagan and ‘Who am I?’ by Dr Phil Banyard. In the…
Head Teacher’s Newsletter
Dear members of the Earlscliffe community, I hope this finds you well. If education is a good thing for our students, then I think it ought to be good for all of us: teachers, pastoral staff, support staff, parents, agents, and certainly for me. It would be ridiculous if a teacher looked back at their…
Head Teacher’s Newsletter
Dear members of the Earlscliffe community, I hope this finds you well. Our International Transition Year and Year 13 students have been working hard this week, taking mock exams in preparation for their public exams later this summer. We have ensured that they have plenty of experience of exam-style testing before now, to get them…
Head Teacher’s Newsletter
Dear members of the Earlscliffe community, I hope this finds you well. Here in Kent, we are looking forward to a week at a slightly different pace, and many of you will be welcoming your children happily home for a rest, and perhaps a bit of revision. For those families for whom travel home is…
Head Teacher’s Newsletter
Dear members of the Earlscliffe community, Today – 27 January – is Holocaust Memorial Day in the UK and I had the honour of representing the school along with Zoe, Fabian and Kaya at the event to mark this occasion in the Folkestone Garden of Remembrance. As you will know, memorial is common to our…
Head Teacher’s Newsletter
Dear members of the Earlscliffe community, This newsletter comes with my very best wishes for a Happy New Year. I hope that you are all well and had a wonderful festive period. Sadly, as we know, not all of the community were well over recent weeks, with a number of students unable to travel back…