Edwardians

Edwardians This page is for former pupils of King Edward VI School, Southampton.

Having been postponed from the end of June due to the heatwave, the three teams from King Edward’s, Peter Symonds and Ta...
16/09/2026

Having been postponed from the end of June due to the heatwave, the three teams from King Edward’s, Peter Symonds and Taunton’s College reconvened at Corhampton Golf Course at the beginning of the month for the annual triangular match. In stark contrast, players endured torrential rain throughout.

Team Captain, Nick Creal (KES 86-91) headed out first and claimed the opening 2 points in the match. Following behind was Dave Creal (KES 64-66) who succumbed to 2 strong opponents levelling up the score to 2-2-2. Thereafter, Guy Bewick (KES 87-94) also suffered a double defeat and Steve Potter (KES 69-76) gained one point. OE and former member of staff Richard Cross (KES 77-83) joined the team this year and faced a strong OS Captain. By the end of his round, the points stood at 3-5-7 with the OTs seemingly coasting to victory. However, some great performances from Rob Putt (KES 76-13), Andrew McNaught (KES 58-61) and Hardeep Singh Basi (KES 93-98) pulled the OEs back from defeat to secure a tie with the Old Symondians and a final score of 8 ½-8 ½-7. Congratulations!

Back at King Edward's and inspiring the next generation of musicians! 🎶Yesterday, we had the absolute pleasure of welcom...
16/09/2026

Back at King Edward's and inspiring the next generation of musicians! 🎶

Yesterday, we had the absolute pleasure of welcoming back Old Edwardian Caroline Taylor (KES 2003-10). After leaving KES, Caroline studied at the University of St Andrews and the Royal Northern College of Music, going on to build a stellar career as an award-winning soprano singer.

Now performing in operas across Europe and currently recording her debut album, she returned to school to speak with our music scholars about her journey into the professional music world. Our pupils loved hearing her insights and asking questions about life on stage.

This talk was part of our Music Scholarship programme, designed to inspire and mentor our top talent.

🔗 Interested in our scholarship opportunities? Read more: https://senior.kes.school/1879/scholarships

Congratulations to award-winning journalist and adventurer Kit Chapman (KES 96-01) whose book, 'The Age of Alchemy' has ...
10/09/2026

Congratulations to award-winning journalist and adventurer Kit Chapman (KES 96-01) whose book, 'The Age of Alchemy' has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2026. The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.

Kit's book explores how early innovators have shaped modern chemisty; from the alchemists of Roman Egypt who designed apparatus still in use today, to Stone Age leatherworkers and Tang Dynasty herbalists, to name a few.

Kit was recently interviewed about the book by the BBC's Inside Science podcast which can be listened to using the link below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct9781

The winner will be announced on 29th September at an awards ceremony in London. Best of luck, Kit!

25 years of Viking Pyke! ⛳The annual staff golf competition, Viking Pyke, returned last week with Mr Gilbert claiming th...
07/09/2026

25 years of Viking Pyke! ⛳

The annual staff golf competition, Viking Pyke, returned last week with Mr Gilbert claiming the trophy for the second year in a row.

And this year’s competition had an extra touch of history. Four players who took part in the very first Viking Pyke 25 years ago were back on the course: Mr Gilbert, Mr Sheppard, and former members of staff Mr Jones and Mr Cross.

25 years, one trophy still up for grabs, congratulations Mr Gilbert!

Laura Misselbrook (KES 94-01) returned to KES just before the end of term to deliver a talk to our Sixth Form Business s...
24/08/2026

Laura Misselbrook (KES 94-01) returned to KES just before the end of term to deliver a talk to our Sixth Form Business students. Laura is a brand and corporate communications professional with over 16 years’ experience working across strategic, local and global creative consumer PR campaigns. Wither her current role as Senior Director (Global Brand and Portfolio Communications) for the LEGO Group, Laura manages teams across the UK and Denmark. As well as talking about the fun side of the work that she does, such as leading the recent LEGO activation at the Grand Prix, in which F1 drivers raced around the circuit in LEGO built cars and working with Coca Cola at the London 2012 Olympics project, she spoke about the importance of teamwork and collaboration. She also touched on the merits of working for a company with cultures and values that align with your own and on how to best prepare for interview. Her insights and advice were invaluable to our Lower Sixth as they move into making important choices regarding their futures post-KES.

Helen Carter née Budd (KES 96-03) continues her elite performance in masters hockey, having made a bid for the European ...
19/08/2026

Helen Carter née Budd (KES 96-03) continues her elite performance in masters hockey, having made a bid for the European title in Valencia last June.

She recently competed at the Tier 1 International Masters Hockey World Cup, hosted in Rotterdam and Schiedam, and this time came home with a well deserved silver medal.

A great performance in the group stages saw the team progress to the gold medal playoff, with the team narrowly missing out to Argentina who emerged as victors.

International World Masters is the highest level of hockey competition available at senior level and Helen is beyond grateful to have been selected be able to take part and compete.

Did you know we have an OE Fantasy Football league? It’s free to join and some nice gentle competition against fellow OE...
18/08/2026

Did you know we have an OE Fantasy Football league?

It’s free to join and some nice gentle competition against fellow OEs.

To enter and see if you can beat last year’s champion Robbie Stelling, visit fantasy.premierleague.com and enter the league code qli09a.

Good luck!

With just a few weeks until the new academic year begins, we welcome another cohort of OEs into our alumni community.Con...
17/08/2026

With just a few weeks until the new academic year begins, we welcome another cohort of OEs into our alumni community.

Congratulations to all our students who received their results last week. You achieved some outstanding results, and we couldn’t be prouder of everything you have accomplished

📚95.8% achieved grades A*–C
📚 82% achieved grades A*–B
📚 53.3% achieved grades A*–A

We wish you all the very best as you take your next steps. We can’t wait to see what you achieve next!

Careers provision at KES has come a long way since the 1970s. Some of you may remember visiting the 'careers office' as...
03/08/2026

Careers provision at KES has come a long way since the 1970s. Some of you may remember visiting the 'careers office' as photographed here in 1978.

27/07/2026

Towards the end of term, we welcomed a fantastic group of former King Edward's students back to school for our final Careers Carousel of the year.

Working in small groups with our Year 9 pupils, they shared their career journeys, spoke honestly about the choices they've made since leaving school and answered questions about university, apprenticeships and the world of work.

A huge thank you to all of our Old Edwardians for giving up their time to inspire the next generation. Their experiences and advice will help our pupils make informed decisions as they begin thinking about their own futures.

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