On 14th of June St Edward’s will be represented at the prestigious Education Business Awards where they are a finalist in two categories – academic performance and leadership.
This is the second year in a row that the school has been nominated for academic performance, a title they won last year. In addition to this the Headmaster, Mr Matthew Burke has been nominated in the outstanding leadership category.
St Edward’s was fortunate to achieve awards for well being, community engagement, academic performance and leadership and the school states it is fantastic to have this external validation of the educational experience they are providing their families.
Quote from Matthew Burke, Headmaster of St Edward’s
“These are exciting times for our St Edward’s community as we move from strength to strength in so many aspects of life within the school. Nominations such as these are further demonstrations of our desire to provide the best for each of our students, whatever their talents may be. Life at St Edward’s is about so much more than the outstanding academic results our students achieve and this is additional evidence of our desire to ensure every student becomes the best them that they can be.”
The Education Business Awards bring together the best schools in the UK with the best businesses that work in education. The awards celebrate outstanding contributions to the world of education. They are different to other awards as schools and individuals do not nominate themselves but are selected by the judging panel having observed the work of the school and individual over the last year.
Regardless of where we come, having been nominated in the top 5 of schools in the UK for the second year running is proof of the outstanding experience families secure at St Edward’s.
In an interesting twist, the wife of our Headmaster, who is the Principal of Newent Community School is also present at the awards as they are a finalist in the Community award.
St Edward’s is Cheltenham’s leading day independent coeducational school. Founded in 1987 after the merger of Whitefriars and Charlton Park Schools St Edward’s continued to provide an all round educational experience. It is consistently in the top 5% of all schools in the UK for Value Added and in recent years has had an average of 98% of students securing their first choice destination when leaving at 18. St Edward’s is a member of the Independent Schools Association, The Society of Heads, The Catholic Independent Schools Conference, The Cheltenham Education Partnership and in 2022 joined the Alpha Group of Schools. The school won awards for Community Engagement (ISA), Academic Performance (Education Business Awards) and World Class Award (HPL) in 2022 as well as being finalists for UK Independent School of the Year (Education Awards), Head of the Year (TES and Education Awards) as well a well-being provision (ISA) in 2022.
