King Edward VI School (KES) is a Church of England Secondary school, with a sixth form, in Suffolk. They have over 1500 pupils, including 350+ in the sixth form. Our Head of Programmes, Alice, visited the school in early February 2018. THE BIG IDEA Friday Afternoon Debating Club A debating club…on a Friday afternoon? Yes. …
Hinchingbrooke School at this year’s Up For Debate regional round in Northampton
Clapton Girls’ Academy is an academy secondary school in Hackney, teaching girls between 11 and 18. It has over 1000 students. The Noisy Classroom has supported the school with their debating for six years and in that time they have managed to embed debating throughout the whole of the school. Noisy Classroom’s Head of Programmes, …
Sir William Burrough School is a comprehensive primary school in Tower Hamlets, London. There are roughly 350 students in the school, comprising all years from nursery through to Year Six. Sir William Burroughs have developed a speaking and listening culture throughout the school over the last decade. Whilst all staff try and foster speaking and …
Wensleydale School and Sixth Form is a comprehensive secondary school and sixth form in Wensleydale, Yorkshire, teaching students between ages 11 and 18. Noisy Classroom associate, Charlie Barnett, is Assistant Headteacher at Wensleydale. He says: Debate is changing our school. As a member of PiXL we were introduced to the Up For Debate competition, and …
