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As we increase the reach of our award-winning partnership programme, Debate Hub is expanding into the corporate world. This term our Director of Debate Hub, Mr Hepburn, delivered a training session at the AAR group, coaching a team of top advertising executives on how to present with impact. Debate Hub’s first corporate workshop was initiated […]

Students celebrate another year of outstanding GCSE results. Over 57% of all GCSE grades were 9s this year; 82.6% were an 8 or 9, and 94% were graded 7 to 9. South Hampstead’s new Head, Mrs Paul, praised the students and teachers for their hard work and success: “Congratulations to everyone on such brilliant outcomes. […]

We hosted over 100 pupils from 10 partner schools for the inaugural Bingham Debating Competition on the first day of our school holidays. South Hampstead’s award-winning Debate Hub was established to help promote oracy in collaboration with our partner schools.  We now run a comprehensive programme of staff training, pupil coaching and regular competitions throughout […]

At our latest Debate Hub event, hundreds of local primary school pupils have been finding their voice. We were delighted to welcome over 220 pupils to South Hampstead, hosting what is probably the UK’s biggest debating competition for primary schools. Year 5 and 6 pupils from 19 different schools, including our own Junior School, embraced […]

In the first few weeks of term, pupils and staff have been involved in a variety of partnership activities with schools in London. This week, we welcomed Upper Sixth Psychology students from The Totteridge Academy who ran their research methods projects, using our A Level Psychology students as participants. This follows a similar exchange that […]

Pupils from 9 London schools joined our latest public speaking competition, as our Debate Hub continues to grow. After several terms of competing online, it was wonderful to host our first public speaking competition in person, welcoming over 50 pupils from local schools, including St Marylebone, Queens Park Community School, and Harris Westminster.  Students from […]

Our teachers have been hosting workshops and co-curricular clubs as well as teaching lessons in more local schools. South Hampstead’s Classics outreach programme has been running for nearly a decade, with our teachers now visiting more primary schools in Camden and Southwark. At St James the Great Primary School in Peckham, pupils have already mastered […]

It has been a joy to welcome local pupils to our re-launched Saturday Sparks booster sessions this term. The Saturday morning programme, open to Year 5 pupils from neighbouring schools, was established several years ago; in the wake of the pandemic, it has now been expanded to include creative writing sessions as well as puzzles […]

Mrs Bingham featured in the Thunderer section of The Times this week, before being interviewed by Mariella Frostrup on Times Radio. The column was subsequently cited as one of the top columns of the day in The Week.  Don’t assume that young people like cancel culture When I was a teenager, my peers wore black […]

Mrs Bingham says creating a democratic culture at South Hampstead is key to enabling pupils to leave with a sense of personal fulfilment and confidence. Q What do you think it takes to lead an independent school in 2020? I think one of the most important things is to be grounded. You need to know […]