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Issue: 2025 12 05
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Friday, 5 December 2025For once, it has been a quiet week in House!
Crafting has continued in preparation for next Friday. Please take some time next Friday (12th)...
Crafting has continued in preparation for next Friday. Please take some time next Friday (12th)...
The Caffinites
Friday, 5 December 2025This week has been another action-packed one for sport across the school, with pupils from a range of year groups demonstrating commitment, resilience...
From the Principal
Friday, 5 December 2025Among the varied happy burdens I perform as a Headmaster, one I particularly enjoy is the opportunity to meet with pupils during the scholarship application,...
Poole House
Friday, 5 December 2025A wonderful week in the house kicked off in style on Monday evening. The Year 13 monitors took the Year 7 Pooleites out for tea to Inshangai. It was a...
Bungites
Friday, 5 December 2025Our Movember fund raising has drawn to a close this week and I cannot thank you all enough for your support. I will go into a little more detail later...
Wellbeing - Comparing Yourself
Friday, 5 December 2025This week, as part of our Wellness Wednesday programme, students explored the theme "Not Comparing Yourself." In school, it can be easy for young people...
MacLeod House
Friday, 5 December 2025Christmas has officially arrived in MacLeod House, with the girls arriving on Monday morning to the sound of Christmas classics and fairy lights. It definitely...
From The Archives: Mr Pattman's Organ
Friday, 5 December 2025Over the summer, I was fortunate enough to visit the workshop of Harrison & Harrison, the local organ builders who constructed the organ which now...
Fine & County Durham and North Yorkshire Sponsors Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Friday, 5 December 2025We are delighted to confirm that Fine & Country Durham and North Yorkshire are proud sponsors of our upcoming production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang....
From the Cathedral Choristers
Friday, 5 December 2025Last weekend was the stunning Advent Processions, where the Cathedral starts in darkness. The music was outstanding and the soloists (Oliver R, Julia,...
From the Headmistress of Chorister School
Friday, 5 December 2025The Christmas season is upon us, and this week has marked the beginning of our festive celebrations. I was delighted to attend the Advent Procession on...
Pimlico House
Friday, 5 December 2025With one of the highlights of the Chorister's annual repertoire, advent began for Pimlico boarders on Saturday. Not all boarders would naturally have chosen...
From the Cathedral Choristers
Friday, 28 November 2025A focus for the Choristers this week has been preparing the music for this weekend's Advent Processions. This is an atmospheric service to mark the start...
From the Headmistress of Chorister School
Friday, 28 November 2025Last Friday evening, it was a pleasure to attend the Music Recital concert which featured soloists from across the year groups. The pupils performed with...
Wellbeing: Growth
Friday, 28 November 2025This week in LWE (Life & Wellbeing Education) Tutor Time, students continued to develop one of our key G.R.O.W.T.H. points: 'Resilience', with a particular...
School House
Friday, 28 November 2025What a brilliant morning we had setting up for and completing our Movember HYROX 2025. The boys, as always, threw themselves into the challenge and it...
Lodge House
Friday, 28 November 2025It's been another busy week in the beehive! Part-song singers are still basking in the light of their win. Crafts are being made. Decorations are starting...
From the Principal
Friday, 28 November 2025On Wednesday, it was a delight to welcome the Y6 pupils from Choristers for their familiarisation day with a range of activities designed to make the place...
Chorister School Week Ahead
Friday, 28 November 2025MacLeod House
Friday, 28 November 2025It's been a slightly calmer week in MacLeod House now that House Music is behind us. With the dust settling, the girls seem to have redirected their energy...
The Caffinites
Friday, 28 November 2025After the excitement of the House Music, this week seems to be the calm after the storm. Despite it being a more sedate week, there have been many activities...
Friends Business Club
Friday, 28 November 2025Did you know our Foundation has a Business Club, run by Friends of DCSF?
The Friends Business Club meets on the second Thursday of each month,...
The Friends Business Club meets on the second Thursday of each month,...
Pimlico House
Friday, 28 November 2025Sadly, due to illness, there is no report from Pimlico House this week. Miss Hinde and the team will be back next week with more news from Pimlico.
Zambezi Sunrise Trust
Friday, 28 November 2025Earlier this week, we received photos from OD John Gillette (P, 1980–85) and his wife, Joanne, who run the Zambezi Sunrise Trust, a charity supporting...
DofE Pupils Trip to Ingram Valley
Friday, 28 November 2025The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme Training Weekend took place on the 22nd and 23rd November. Two mini-busses packed with gleeful Bronze and Gold scheme...
From The Archives: Henry Hardinge
Friday, 28 November 2025There is a dormitory in Poole House that, on the wooden board affixed above the door, proudly bears the name 'Hardinge 1797'. This refers to Henry Hardinge,...
Poole House
Friday, 28 November 2025It has been another busy week in the House, and the boys are still on a high from last week's House singing exploits. We had the pleasure on Tuesday morning...
Bungites
Friday, 21 November 2025Despite the cold and grim conditions the boys have been busy and I am pleased to say have now learnt that mud, the house carpets and my patience do not...
From the Archives: Chasing the Phantom
Friday, 21 November 2025Durham School has long been proud of its two poets of the First World War, William Noel Hodgson (1893-1916) and Nowell Oxland (1890-1915), who attended...
From the Headmistress of Chorister School
Friday, 21 November 2025It has been another full and memorable week here at Chorister School. It began with great energy on Friday evening as our Boys' Weekend got underway. Alongside...
Lodge House
Friday, 21 November 2025What a week!
Snow, ice, singing, donuts, netball, Langley service, craft fair planning!
This week has flown by and despite the disruption...
Snow, ice, singing, donuts, netball, Langley service, craft fair planning!
This week has flown by and despite the disruption...
Celebrating the Life of Bishop Thomas Langley
Friday, 21 November 2025Yesterday, we celebrated Langley Day in the Cathedral with a special service of Evensong. The Durham School Chapel Choir sung with the Cathedral Choristers...
Chorister School Week Ahead
Friday, 21 November 2025Marketing Officer Vacancy
Friday, 21 November 2025The school currently have a vacancy for a full-time Marketing Officer to work alongside our Marketing Team based at Durham School. If you are administratively...
School Blazer Flash Sale
Friday, 21 November 2025Schoolblazer Flash Sale!
Our school uniform supplier Schoolblazer, has announced a flash sale from Monday, 24 to Tuesday, 25 November 2025....
Our school uniform supplier Schoolblazer, has announced a flash sale from Monday, 24 to Tuesday, 25 November 2025....
House Music Competition
Friday, 21 November 2025On Wednesday 19 November every pupil in Durham School took to the stage in the historic school chapel to take part in the annual House Music Competition....
MacLeod House
Friday, 21 November 2025It has been a jam-packed week from start to finish and there was certainly some very quiet and tried looking girls (and tutors) in the common room during...
Poole House
Friday, 21 November 2025House Music Heroics
While it might have been a typical cold, wintry Wednesday night in November, House Music was just what was needed to bring...
While it might have been a typical cold, wintry Wednesday night in November, House Music was just what was needed to bring...
The Caffinites
Friday, 21 November 2025This week, the snow has arrived, resulting in the cancellation of many of our sporting fixtures. As temperatures plummeted on Wednesday evening, we were...
Pimlico House
Friday, 21 November 2025The hours of rehearsals, along with the toil and sweat expended by senior girls, certainly resulted in a glittering performance on Wednesday night. Although...
From The Cathedral Choristers
Friday, 21 November 2025Last weekend the boys had a brilliant boys' weekend! The seniors enjoyed a trip into town while the juniors got creative with some Christmas crafts. Afterwards,...
From the Principal
Friday, 21 November 2025Among my pastimes outside School, lies a fondness for YouTube and, particularly, videos which reflect some of my wider interests - the algorithmic suggestions...
The Caffinites
Friday, 14 November 2025It has been Anti-Bullying Week this week and the boys have enjoyed a number of talks and assemblies about tackling bullying as a school community. We listened...
Pimlico House
Friday, 14 November 2025It was a real pleasure to see all parents and guardians who could make last week's drinks. Thank you for coming along.
Anti-Bullying Week
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Anti-Bullying Week
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From The Cathedral Choristers
Friday, 14 November 2025On Remembrance Sunday our girls were on duty for the service, which featured "For the Fallen" by Guest, "The Kohima Epitaph" by Chivers and "Greater Love...
Poole House
Friday, 14 November 2025Winter has arrived this week. However, the wet weather has not dampened the spirits of the boys in the house. House music rehearsals have ramped up this...
From The Archives: Henry VIII
Friday, 14 November 2025The sixth verse of Floreat Dunelmia, the beloved song of Durham School, goes as follows:
'So Hal the Eighth, when he bore rule,
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'So Hal the Eighth, when he bore rule,
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