We believe that subjects should be explored in as broad a way as possible, with lessons being supplemented by many trips, competitions and visits. To give you just a small flavour, recent examples are: theatre visits, Geography field trips, trips to the Design Museum, History battlefields tours, music tours to Venice and America, a Classics tour to Turkey, entries to university essay competitions, Olympiads, Young Enterprise and Target 2.0, and an Art History trip to New York.

Societies also flourish, giving pupils the chance to hear speakers and reflect on new aspects of their subjects. For example, the Morley Society features talks and seminars from outside speakers on subjects related to History and Politics; the Philosophy Society, in conjunction with Cheltenham Ladies’ College, hosts talks and pupil debates exploring moral and ethical issues; the Mathematics and Classics department host regular meetings of the Gloucestershire Associations for their subjects (Maths also runs a very active society for Lower College pupils, often addressed by A-level pupils); the Geography Society holds workshops, seminars and lectures on geographical themes; and the Physics department meets to celebrate significant events, such as the starting up of the Large Hadron Collider. 

Outside subjects, TCP discusses Christian matters, and the remarkable Upper College Society is based on pupil papers, debates and performances in any field. There is most definitely something for everyone.