Papplewick School, Windsor Road, Ascot. www.papplewick.org.uk Registrar, Mrs Rebecca Lindley, on 01344-621488
or registrar@papplewick.org.uk
The chapel choir at Papplewick School, Ascot enjoyed a successful and fun three-day tour to Yorkshire at half-term. The fifteen choristers sang services at Beverley Minster and Harrogate Parish Church and gave a concert at Selby Abbey. Choir director Chris Goodwin reported that the congregations and audiences were most appreciative and that the boys thoroughly enjoyed singing in these magnificent buildings with their wonderful acoustics. Sight-seeing round the city of York and a visit to the Jorvik Viking Centre rounded off a memorable tour.
Headmaster Tom Bunbury said "I am so proud of the standard of our choirs at Papplewick and it was a privilege for the Chapel Choir to have the opportunity to sing in these wonderful historical venues and to have the opportunity to visit the city of York."
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Papplewick is a day, weekly, and full boarding preparatory school for around 210 boys between the ages of 6 and 13. Situated in 15 acres of land opposite Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire, Papplewick has an excellent record for academic achievement and feeds many of the UK’s top independent senior schools including Eton, Harrow,Winchester, Wellington, Stowe and Bradfield.
In the last three years the school has maintained its academic record, gaining no less than 41 awards to top independent schools, including three King’s Scholarships to Eton. Through its strong commitment to sports, the school also builds skills
of teamwork, sportsmanship and responsibility.
As well as academic, sporting and cultural excellence, Papplewick aims to provide boys with the confidence and security they need to fulfil their potential, and the school strives to promote enthusiasm for life contribution to the community and kindness to others amongst all its pupils.
A report by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) in 2013 remarks that relationships between pupils and teachers:‘are an outstanding strength of the school and are seminal in creating the strong sense of a mutually supportive and trusting community.’
Papplewick operates three daily return services from London, from Chiswick and Brook Green, Hammersmith and Ashburn Place, SW7. It also offers a daily run to and from Maidenhead.
