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Issue 2.  Spring 2010.

KING EDWARD'S BECOMES AN IB WORLD SCHOOL

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In January King Edward's was granted the status of an IB World School by the International Baccalaureate Organisation. As a result this September the school will become the first major independent school to move, in one go, from A Levels to the International Baccalaureate Diploma. John Fern, the new Director of Studies, explains how the IB works here.

APPLICATIONS AND OXBRIDGE OFFERS UP

Applicants

In the last few months the school achieved both a record number of applicants for the 11+ exam this September and the highest number of Oxbridge offers in almost ten years. Find out more here.

ASSISTED PLACES ARTICLE IN THE TIMES

Assisted Places

In February The Times published a two-page article about our Assisted Places Scheme and the Old Edwardians who are directly funding boys through the school. You can read the article here.

TEN QUESTIONS WITH...ANDY STREET

Andy Street

In this edition we put our ten questions to Andy Street (1981), the Managing Director of John Lewis. John Lewis have received a lot of publicity recently due to their record profits, their innovative partnership scheme and a BBC documentary which Andy appeared in. You can read his answers to the ten questions here.

SEARCH FOR LOST BOYS REACHES MILESTONE

Lost boys

Thanks to your help we have now passed the important milestone of being in touch with the majority of old boys.  However there are still some 3,000 "lost" Old Edwardians out there and with your help we are hoping to track them down.  It is now even easier to help since, as long as you are happy to share the information, we are able to use any email or mailing address you give us to contact them.  Have a look at the lost names in your year group now by clicking here.

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: OE Biennial Dinner - Saturday 18th September