Category Archives: Latest News
Merchants Gives
Merchants Gives is a 36 hour digitally driven event with the goal of rallying the Merchant Taylors’ community behind our bursary campaign. It will take place from 8am on Wednesday 16 June until 8pm on Thursday 17 June 2021, and
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New Playground Complete At Stanfield
Our wonderful new playground and outdoor learning area is now complete at Stanfield. The transformed space now features a new multi-use games area (MUGA) at the rear of the playground, an experimental learning zone, active play area, sensory zone, climbing
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MTS Make One Change Campaign
Throughout May we took part in the Make One Change Campaign which was organised by the Boys’ School Eco-Committee. The focus of the campaign was making one small change to your daily life which will make a positive environmental impact.
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Girls Shortlisted for National Mandarin Speaking Competition
Larah Worthy, Varshaa Premakantha, Rohi Mirza and Jasleen Dhehi in Year 9 have been shortlisted to the final 40 of the National Mandarin Speaking Comptition hosted by British Council. The girls only began to learn Mandarin during the last academic
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Work underway on new Stanfield playground
Development work is well underway to transform the playground facilities at Stanfield. The wide-ranging plans will see the installation of a new multi-use games area (MUGA) at the rear of the playground, an experimental learning zone, a new active play
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School To Return to Remote Learning Following Government Announcement
Dear Parents/Guardians Further to the Prime Minister’s announcement tonight we are writing to confirm that all Merchant Taylors’ Schools will close until further notice for all pupils except those classified as vulnerable and the children of key workers. These pupils
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Merchant Taylors’ bids farewell to two long-serving staff this Christmas.
Merchant Taylors’ bids farewell to two long-serving and much valued staff this Christmas. Helen Irwin, Head of Business and Economics at MTGS retires after 23 years at school. She has also been our first female Contingent Commander of the CCF.
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Speech Day 2020
Yesterday marked the first ever Virtual Speech Day for both the Boys’ and Girls’ schools. We have missed our annual trip to the Philharmonic this year due to Covid19 restrictions, and look forward to returning when it is safe to
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Merchant Taylors’ becomes Lancashire Cricket training hub
Merchant Taylors’ School has entered an exciting new partnership with Lancashire Cricket. The agreement will see the school become a Regional Development Centre, designed to create a new pathway for talented young cricketers to develop their skills and learn to
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New Governors Appointed
As you may recall, we wrote to you earlier in the year to outline our plans to recruit new members to the Board of Governors. We subsequently received a large volume of high-calibre applications and we are extremely grateful to
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