It has been another action-packed and successful term for our debating teams. As well as hosting a regional round of The Cicero Cup for our partnership primary schools, there have been a series of successes on both the junior and senior circuit.
Maggie and Alex (both Lower Sixth) qualified for the finals of both the Oxford and Cambridge annual schools’ debating competitions. These tournaments, held at the debating unions of their respective universities, are the most competitive on the circuit and feature the best debating schools from around the world.
Our Year 9s also have had great debating success, with one pair qualifying for the International Competition for Young Debaters, the junior version of the Oxbridge debating competitions and also enjoying success, at the South Hampstead High School Fictional Worlds debating competition. The fictional worlds competition is a particularly fun event with debates set in the worlds of Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and A Series of Unfortunate Events.
The Year 8s also won their first debating competition, beating The New Beacon and Solefield School in a local event.
It has been an incredibly successful debating term, particularly for the junior years, and we look forward to a bright future ahead!
