Here we are, about to break up for what will hopefully be a sunny summer holiday and whilst there may still be some Covid-19 restrictions in place, it does not mean that…

75 years ago this month (July 1946), in the first term following the reopening of Wycombe Abbey after WW2, the closure of the underground bunker used by General Doolittle for his wartime…

Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist and biographer, Penelope Fitzgerald (1916-2000), was listed in 2008 by The Times as one of the “50 greatest British writers since 1945”. The English novelist was noted for…

There was great excitement last Saturday as we held our annual Sports Day. The sun came out in time for what was a fantastic day of sporting achievement with plenty of House spirit…

We are thrilled to have been shortlisted for an Independent School of the Year Award for International Student Experience. ⁠ Our aim is to make a home from home for our pupils…

Dame Jane Frances Dove DBE, JP was an English women’s campaigner and pioneer for female education, founding Wycombe Abbey and Godstowe School. “She was born to be a pioneer and had the…

Over the course of the Spring Term, two teams of UIV pupils have been working on engineering projects for their Bronze Industrial Cadets Award. Through Industrial Cadets experiences, pupils gain insight and…

The Chalfont St Giles Literary Competition encourages young people to creatively reflect upon a range of historical and social issues and share their works with the wider community. Every aspect of creativity…

After a long drought of live music due to lockdown, we were delighted to have Emma Johnson, an internationally celebrated and renowned clarinettist, as our first visiting musician at School. She was…

At the beginning of the Spring Term, Diana (LVI) penned an entry for the Supreme Court writing competition, aimed at encouraging those in the Sixth Form with a keen interest in law…