National Accolade for Northbourne Park.

Year 8 pupils at Northbourne Park School, situated between Canterbury and Deal, were celebrating yet again this week with news that they had excelled in a National Quiz.

The SATIPS (Society of Assistants Teaching in Preparatory Schools) General Knowledge Challenge takes place every year attracting entries from a wide range of schools around the country.

The Northbourne Park School team came in third place nationally and four members of the team also received individual prizes for their high scores. Team members were George Nairac, Alastair Feeney (both equal 6th. place), Wick Willett (18th.), Arran Hope (22nd.), Oliver Hope, Eliza Cox, Bella Ford and Oscar Lloyd.

Many of these pupils have also enjoyed success in recent scholarship exams to Senior Schools, gaining academic and music awards to King's School, Canterbury, and St. Edmund's School, Canterbury. We are delighted with their achievements; Headmaster Edward Balfour commented...

Headmaster Edward Balfour commented, ‘Our recent academic successes have been an astonishing achievement for children so young. We are a small prep school which punches well above its weight nationally. I am absolutely delighted with these results, which come swiftly after news of our record-breaking scholarship success. It is testament to the excellent eaching and pastoral care that we offer at the school that we have been able to stretch our pupils so far and so fast.’