News Category: Careers

Nicole Chow, 16, today discovered she had achieved Level 9, the highest grade possible, in all 11 of her subjects, in addition to the Level 9 she had already secured after sitting her Chinese exams early two years ago. Her remarkable achievement came seven days after her sister Melanie, 18, achieved A* grades in her […]

Students at Benenden School have achieved a record high set of GCSE results, with an incredible 43 per cent of all results earning the top grade of Level 9. Headmistress Rachel Bailey congratulated the girls on their “truly wonderful” results after 67 per cent of all grades were at Levels 9-8 and 84 per cent […]

Head Girl Georgina Millett achieved an excellent set of A Levels to secure her place at her first choice of university, but she’s taken a lot more from Benenden than just her results. “Having a conversation with my parents yesterday, they were saying that regardless of the results –  although you want to do well […]

A Benenden School student who has secured a place at Oxford has praised the support she has received during her five years at the School.  Anna, 18, will be studying Ancient and Modern History at Magdalen College after securing a clean sweep of A* grades in History, French and Biology.  After opening her results today, […]

Students at Benenden School are celebrating a superb set of results at A Level. Benenden’s Headmistress Rachel Bailey congratulated the Six Two after a quarter of all results earned the highest A* grade, while 56% were at A* or A. Ms Bailey said: “The girls should be very proud of these excellent results and I […]

Benenden Six One students recently went to Tonbridge School for a day of Oxbridge discussion and preparation. This is an annual event Benenden run with Tonbridge and, this year, other schools such as Caterham and Judd attended. This is a great chance for our students to have academic discussions with people they have not met […]

The Enterprise Challenge at Benenden is a student-led business competition at the heart of our Sixth Form Professional Skills Programme, giving Six One (Year 12) students the opportunity to plan, launch and run their own businesses. They’re involved in all aspects of launching their business including research, branding, marketing, budgeting, operations and sales. Experienced professionals […]

A 21-year-old former Benenden School student who is competing at the Winter Olympics has urged other young people to follow their dreams. Eloise King (Ma/E2023) was the flag bearer for the Hong Kong, China team in Italy, where she is competing in the Women’s Slalom next week – in what will be her final race […]

It was a pleasure to welcome entrepreneur William Gordon-Harris, CEO of the luxury hot chocolate brand Knoops, for a talk on Friday. The brand, which he first invested in after visiting its original shop in Rye, now has 24 stores across the UK. Being a CEO, Mr Gordon-Harris explained, isn’t just about attracting investment, admin […]