Gold, Silver and Bronze award winners place in the top 15% of 42,000 entrants nationwide This May, 42,000 students from schools across the country took part in the Biology Challenge, a prestigious competition organised by the Royal Society of Biology. Designed to encourage and reward excellence in biology, the Challenge provides an opportunity for students…
LEH Students Help Shape New Play Through Write the Girl Initiative Two of our talented Drama students recently had the exciting opportunity to chat with playwright Lucy Foster as she develops a brand-new play inspired by the myth of Medusa. Lucy was at LEH to work with a talented and enthusiastic group of LEH Drama…
The Benefits of All-Girls Schools: Confidence, Achievement and Opportunity by Rowena Cole, Head It has long been recognised that an all-girls education offers distinct advantages over a co-educational setting. It is therefore no surprise that the latest report from the Girls’ Schools Association, drawing on data from the Department for Education and UCAS, shows that…
LEH Rowers secured several top three finishes at the National Schools’ Regatta Congratulations to LEH Boat Club on an outstanding performance at this year’s National Schools’ Regatta, where pupils competed against some of the strongest school rowing crews in the country and achieved a series of impressive results. Across three days of racing, LEH crews…
LEH is proud to announce that it has once again been selected as a Trinity Champion Centre for 2026–27, a prestigious recognition awarded to schools that demonstrate exceptional commitment to the performing arts and to delivering high-quality Trinity qualifications. The designation reflects LEH’s longstanding dedication to fostering creativity, confidence and communication through drama and performance….
Rowers from LEH and Hampton School are set to embark on an ambitious sponsored challenge this September, as they take on an 80-mile journey along the River Thames in support of Shooting Star Children’s Hospices. Taking place across the weekend of 12 and 13 September 2026, the two-day event will see nearly 100 pupils from…
A celebration of language and performance Our talented Year 8 linguists have been showcasing their language and performance skills in our Modern Foreign Languages Poetry Live competition and we are delighted to reveal our finalists. Representing French is Sofya, who will perform La Tour Eiffel by Maurice Carême. The poem is celebrated for its vivid…
It has been another exciting and successful week for school sport, with impressive performances across athletics and tennis competitions. Our athletes delivered outstanding results at the ESAA Track and Field Cup and the London Schools’ AA Combined Events Championships, while our tennis teams showed determination and resilience in competitive league fixtures against Ada Lovelace School….
Twelve fantastic Year 8 students took to the stage this week, performing their lively Theatre in Education piece, Shake It Up, Shakespeare! to four different primary schools. After weeks of devising and rehearsals, the group delivered a comic and thought-provoking performance imagining what might happen if the three witches from Macbeth decided to rewrite the play,…
Pride, Passion and Team GB Three former LEH pupils are set to represent Team GB Lacrosse at the 2026 World Cup in Tokyo this July, highlighting the strength of LEH’s sporting programme and the opportunities available to students who aspire to compete at the highest level. Hannah Thurston (Class of 2018), Cece Green (Class of…
