Sixth Form News
TEDx 2025
We have been running a TEDx event at Francis Holland now since 2020. Each year, just under a third of our Lower Sixth cohort [...]
Summer Arts & Music Festival
On Wednesday 2nd July, our FHS community gathered for an incredibly special event: our first ever Summer Arts & Music Festival. The evening began [...]
Year 12 Trip to the National Gallery
On Tuesday, Year 12 students visited the National Gallery to look at some examples of Italian Renaissance painting, having just begun our study of [...]
Prize-Giving & Summer Celebration at Cadogan Hall
On Monday 16th June, our FHS community gathered in Cadogan Hall for our annual Prize-Giving & Summer Celebration. Our guests were serenaded on entry by [...]
Walk to School Week
This week we held another wonderfully successful Walk to School Week. Blessed with glorious weather, staff and pupils have really enjoyed walking to and [...]
The National Psychology Competition at Royal Holloway University
On Wednesday, two groups of Lower Sixth Psychology students took part in the National Psychology Competition at Royal Holloway University. Each group created a poster [...]
Sixth Form Speaker Programme: Lady Garden Foundation
This week we had the pleasure of having Amelia, a member of Lady Garden Foundation, come and speak to us. Lady Garden Foundation is [...]
Lower School Drama Club’s Inaugural Coffee and Comedy Show
This Thursday lunchtime, our Lower School Drama Club took to the stage to entertain an audience of parents, teachers and peers with some hilarious scripted [...]
LVI STEM Students Explore Interdisciplinary Science at King’s College London
We were delighted to welcome Rachel Forde from Kings College London, who delivered an engaging and informative presentation on studying Interdisciplinary Science at King’s. [...]
Upper Sixth Leavers’ Service and Prize-Giving
On Friday 9th May, UVI pupils, parents and teachers gathered in St Mary's Church, Bourne Street, to celebrate the many extraordinary endeavours and amazing [...]
Year 12 EPQ Presentation Evening
Last night’s EPQ Presentation Evening was a truly inspiring showcase of intellectual curiosity, eloquence, and confidence. Students from across the year presented the culmination of [...]
VE Day – 80 Years On
The wonders of technology allowed the whole school to be part of Thursday’s Assembly which commemorated the anniversary of VE Day, marking 80 years since [...]
Upper Sixth Leavers’ Dinner 2025
On Thursday 8th May, our Class of 2025 gathered to celebrate their time at FHS and look ahead to the future with excitement and [...]
Sixth Form Speaker Programme: Océane Bittard
This week we welcomed Océane Bittard. She studied at the London College of Fashion, which is one of the best universities in the world [...]
Off to University Breakfast
The Sixth Form and Futures team were delighted to welcome all of the Upper Sixth and their parents to our Off to University Breakfast [...]
Lower Sixth Physics and French Trip to Paris
April in Paris….what better time to visit the city of lights, with the blossom out and the sun shining? Our LVI Physics and French students [...]
Year 12 History of Art Trip to the National Portrait Gallery
On Tuesday afternoon, Year 12 art historians visited the National Portrait Gallery to complement our study of the ‘Identities’ A Level unit, which mainly [...]
Sixth Form Speaker Programme: Helen Evenden
We were honoured to welcome Helen Evenden to our Sixth Form Speaker Programme. As a curator, writer, and lecturer in design and architecture, Helen [...]
LVI History of Art Trip to the V&A
On Tuesday, the LVI History of Art students visited the V&A museum, to refresh our Visual Analysis skills. We examined works in the medieval, [...]
Sixth Form Speaker Programme: Sarah Esdaile
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of hearing from Sarah Esdaile, a director of both theatre and television, who spoke to our Sixth Form about the [...]
Spectacular Spring Music
The Music Department is ending the term with a bang after an exceptionally busy final week featuring not 1 but 2 major concerts. On [...]
