Boom time for clubs and societies
Our Assistant Head (Co-Curricular), Jessica Lewis, tells UCS.org.uk about the heightened energy and enthusiasm for the co-curriculum since our clubs and societies resumed full service this academic year.
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New names for Lower School Houses
The Lower School Houses have been renamed after inspiring figures linked to UCS and Hampstead – Seacole, Macarthur, Kendall, Bonington and Bannister – following a consultation with our pupil body.
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Shakespeare in Love wins the day
Director Sarah Alborn saluted her outstanding cast and crew after the UCS Middle School Production of Shakespeare in Love completed a delayed but hugely successful three-night run at the Lund.
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UCS Senior Jazz dazzle at LAE
The Senior Jazz Band under the direction of Head of Jazz Simon Da Silva have given a “fantastic” afternoon of jazz and music for pupils and staff at UCS partner school London Academy of Excellence.
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UCS win final to lift MSFA Cup
The Middlesex Schools FA Tye Cup is on its way to Hampstead after UCS’s 1st XI footballers completed their roller-coaster cup run with a 1-0 triumph against the London Oratory School at Rectory Park.
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It’s official: UCS is carbon neutral!
The UCS Foundation has become the first UK school to win gold recognition in all three facets of the UN’s Climate Neutral Now Initiative – to measure, reduce and offset current unavoidable emissions.
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UCS ‘Excellent’ in ISI inspection
The Independent Schools Inspectorate has rated “Excellent” in their educational quality – judged in terms of both pupil achievement and personal development – all three schools within the UCS Foundation.
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UCS signs School Climate Charter
UCS has become one of the first signatories of the Camden School Climate Charter with the aim of consolidating our strong commitment to embedding sustainability into the very fabric of school life.
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UCS launches Peer Education Project
UCS and Director of Wellbeing, Bimba Kumarasinghe, have started work on the Mental Health Foundation’s Peer Education Project, training Year 12 pupils to become mental health mentors to Year 7s.
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UCS musician scores NYO success
Year 10 pupil Finn Kjaergaard has been accepted into the National Youth Orchestra after a successful audition, with the talented violinist ready to “play in concerts with incredible people in incredible places”.
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