Dame Frances Dove: A Wycombe Abbey History

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…

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Wycombe Abbey Success at the Industrial Cadets Competition

Success at the Industrial Cadets Bronze Award Competition

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…

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Chalfont St Giles Literary Competition Winner

Wycombe Abbey Sixth Former wins Literary Competition with Emotive Blog about a Refugee

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…

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Clarinettist, Emma Johnson plays at Wycombe Abbey

Renowned Clarinettist, Emma Johnson, plays at Wycombe Abbey

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…

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Wycombe Abbey Pupil wins Supreme Court Student Writing Competition

Wycombe Abbey Pupil wins Supreme Court Student Writing Competition

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…

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Holocaust Survivor Shares her Story with LV

On 11 May, LV were given the incredible opportunity to hear the first-hand account of Holocaust survivor, Susie Barnett – I could not hide my amazement as I listened to her story….

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Greenpower Race at the Bedford Auto Drome

Following some swift organisation and a concentrated effort to get the cars race-ready, seven pupils raced our two electric cars, Phoenix and Sprocket Rocket, in the F24 and F24+ races at Bedford…

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Wycombe Abbey Upper Sixth Leavers

A Farewell but not Goodbye to our Upper Sixth Leavers

  We were delighted to give our Upper Sixth a send-off they would remember on Saturday at the annual Clarence Leavers’ Ceremony. The girls attended a service, received special gifts and sat…

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Black+Blum competition winners at Wycombe Abbey

Wycombe Abbey Pupil Celebrates Winning Inaugural Black and Blum Design Competition

  Pupils in the Fourth Form recently took part in the inaugural Black+Blum design competition which challenges children across the country to design a new on-the-go food and drink product for teens….

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Wycombe Abbey Pupil wins Prestigious Prince Philip Scholarship

Upper Sixth Pupil Wins Prestigious Prince Philip Scholarship

  We are delighted Wing Lam (UVI) has been awarded the prestigious Prince Philip Scholarship offered by the Friends of Cambridge University in Hong Kong. This scholarship is highly competitive (typically fewer…

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