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Junior School pupils from Adcote proved they were extremely “well versed” at a recent festival hosted by Moreton Hall with all twelve of the students who entered achieving a commendation or merit in their age group.

Established in 1982, the annual Shropshire Festival of Verse and Prose, attracts over 500 entrants in approximately 40 classes with participants from local schools competing against pupils from as far away as Wilmslow, Wolverhampton and Denbigh.

A unique collaboration between two Shropshire schools in the private and state education sectors has resulted in a 100% examination success rate for all the pupils involved.

The initiative brings together students from Adcote School for Girls, a private fee-paying school on the outskirts of Shrewsbury with pupils from The Corbet School Technology College, a Shropshire Council maintained secondary school in Baschurch to fast-track their studies by starting their A level courses early.

When local M.P. Daniel Kawczynski recently made a return visit to Adcote to present the newly appointed House Captains and School Council members with their badges he took the opportunity to praise the school for emphasising the value of learning about the importance of democracy from an early age.

In the Senior School, new head girl, Bryony Milliken will be assisted by Frances Jones as her deputy. For the boarders, sixteen-year-old Kim-Michelle Brown takes on the dual roles of head of boarding and games captain supported by Sarah Thomas as her deputy in the Boarding House.

Adcote School hosted another big, bright concert on Saturday evening, 20th June. Six hundred people gathered on the South lawn at Adcote School to watch and listen to a variety of performers, including the Queen Tribute Band, Monarchy.

Adcote School held its annual summer fete last Sunday and right on cue the heavens opened. Luckily the organisers at Adcote were well prepared for such eventualities decamping into the beautiful Grade I listed building. Children's cake and book stalls were alongside fine English craft stalls including traditional wooden toys from Grandpa's Toys; pretty fabric accessories from both Gingham Chicken and The Whistling Cowgirl; bean bags and decorations from Teany Beanies; Solo Alpaca with their wonderful wool clothing; Caterpillar Children's Books and even Ted Bruce weaving his beautiful willow baskets. With delicious cream teas and Pimms, a harpist and lashings of bunting, not to mention a roaring fire in the Great Hall: a quintessential English summer!