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NEWS SCHOOL HOUSE AWA R DS : THE WINNERS Meet the successful schools and find out why they stood out WHAT’S UP? The latest in fundraising and scholarship news COMMENT TOP SCHOLAR Camilla Haule from Wells Cathedral School, Somerset LEADER COLUMN David Goodhew, Managing Director of Dukes Foundation HEAD’S V IEW Will le Fleming, founding Master of Thomas’s College GOVERNOR V IEW Ed Orr, Governor at St Philip’s School, London F E ATU R E S BURSARIES: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW Alice Smellie guides parents through the process SEEDS OF HOPE The Iris Project is empowering the next generation of environmentalists
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ORCESTR ATING A WIN An inter v iew with Rianna Henriques BOOMTIME FOR BURSARIES Sally Jones on the schools rising to the challenge CLASS ACTS From sports stars to future detectives, meet this year’s crop of bursar y students THE RISE OF THE MENTOR Alice Smellie investigates the schools at the cutting-edge of mentoring DIRECTORY LONDON SCHOOLS COUNTRY SCHOOLS THE DIRECTORY
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ON THE COVER: Dulwich College, London. Photographed by Hester Marriott
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