The Senior House IVs competition is a closely fought battle between the major rowing Houses at Shrewsbury School and with not only the competition itself to fight for but valuable Leadbitter Cup points on offer (the overall House rowing trophy),...

As election fever grabbed the nation in the run-up to the General Election, nine candidates from Shrewsbury School battled it out in hustings for our own election. Amongst the candidates was Leo Sartain (LVI) of School House, representing Plaid...

Forty of the School’s most talented and committed sportsmen and women were honoured at the Sports Award Lunch for Upper Sixth students on Sunday 25th April, hosted by the Salopian Club.

Shrewsbury School was proud to host Election Hustings for the Prospective Parliamentary Candidates of the main five political parties for the Shrewsbury & Atcham Constituency last Thursday. 

Twenty-one Third, Fourth and Fifth Formers, accompanied by Mr Warburg and Miss Weatherstone from the French Faculty, spent just under a week in Montpellier at the start of the Easter holidays. Some of their diary entries are included here (...

This week, the U14C cricket team.

C. R. Birch recognised for their long service to the town of Shrewsbury.

In the past three years, we have introduced two new essay competitions, designed to provide pupils with the challenge of responding under time pressure to an unseen title.

The President of the Salopian Club, Sir Eldryd Parry, hosted a Salopian Club dinner in the magical setting of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he is a fellow.

Twenty-four Sixth Form students took part in Round 1 of the International Chemistry Olympiad. This year there were 23 students from Lower Sixth and one from the Upper Sixth. The results were outstanding, with three gold, ten silver and five...

The Old Salopian Golfing Society met at Royal Liverpool Golf Club on Friday 27th March and we were all given a warm welcome by the famous golf club. Charles Hill (SH 1980), ably assisted by former professional golfer Robert Lanyon (Rt 1950), did a...

The Boat Club held its annual Senior and J16 rowing camp at the 2000m rowing lake at Lissac-sur-Couze near Brive-la-Gaillarde in France, while the J15s travelled to Pangbourne in Berkshire for a week of training sessions on the Thames.

This week we remember:Private Charles Grundy, 51170, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment).Head of House in Hall’s (now Rigg’s), he left in 1897. He went to New College Oxford and, after taking his degree in 1900,...

Excellent performances from the 1st XI and U15 XI at their respective pre-season cricket festivals last week. Hopes are high for a successful term ahead.