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Students and staff across Benenden looked back to the year of the School’s foundation for clothing, food and lesson inspiration today. As part of the ongoing celebrations of Benenden School’s Centenary, the School turned back to where it all began, when the three Founders opened their new establishment in 1923. The day began with a […]

Please find below a letter from the Chairman of Governors at Benenden School regarding a successor to Samantha Price. I am delighted to let you know that, following a thorough recruitment process, Governing Council has appointed Ms Rachel Bailey as the next Head of Benenden. She will take up her position from September 2024. Rachel […]

Benenden Six One (Year 12) student Claudia has been included in the Women of the World Foundation’s Young Leaders Directory.  Claudia’s inclusion comes off the back of her highly proactive mental health advocacy and her role as the youngest person to ever to be appointed to Amnesty International’s Children’s Human Rights Network, chairing its subgroup […]

Inspirational alumnae from Benenden School – including HRH The Princess Royal and Her Royal Highness Princess Basma bint Talal of Jordan – energised aspirational students from across the globe yesterday as part of the School’s global conference entitled Inspiring Future Female Leaders. HRH The Princess Royal shared her own perspective on leadership, discussing life in […]

Benenden School’s Centenary year was formally launched on Saturday with a spectacular opening event. The leading girls’ school was founded in 1923 by a trio of innovative female teachers on a mission to create future leaders in a world just beginning to accept equal rights for women. One-hundred years on, the entire School community – […]

Benenden’s Sports Day this year was a resounding success, making the most of the beautiful weather and the range of facilities on Top Lax for a variety of excellent athletic activities. There was a high standard of competition both on the track and in the field, and the relays were particularly exciting with some impressive […]

Drama Scholars from Lower Fifth (Year 9), Fifth (Year 10) and Six One (Year 12) delighted audiences with their end-of-year adaptation of Emilia by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm.Telling the story of Emilia Bossano – England’s first female professional poet, who has been suspected to be the “Dark Lady” of Shakespeare’s sonnets – the play features pin-sharp […]

We are delighted to share that a team of Benenden Upper Fifth students – collectively called the FABonoids – have won the University of Cambridge Davidson Inventors Challenge 2023.The challenge encourages students to use STEM skills to research a problem and come up with a sustainable and innovative solution to tackle it.Responding to the United Nations’ […]

Pupils from the Fourth (Year 7) to the Fifth (Year 10) were joined in the Centenary Hall by parents, staff and friends of the School for a wonderful Speech Day celebration on Saturday morning, while students in the Upper Fifth (Year 11), Six One (Year 12) and the leaving Six Twos (Year 13s) enjoyed their […]