Each year sees Earlscliffe enter a team into the English Speaking Union’s Schools Mace Debating Competition. Originating in the 1950s, past winners have gone on to become MPs, well-known scientists, lawyers, journalists, entrepreneurs and industrialists.
All our mathematics and science students are entered for the annual Senior UK Mathematics Challenge Competition, where we aim for prestigious Gold Awards.
The following clubs and societies meet two or three times per term for events or visits:
- Scientific Society
- History Society
- Global Politics Society
- Economics and Business Society
- Debating Society
- Public Speaking Society
- Global Affairs Club
- UNESCO Committee
- Italian Club
- Creative Writing Club
- Chess Club
- Arduino Club
We host formal college dinners two or three times per term, where after-dinner speakers are invited to share some of their wisdom. Speakers include politicians, musicians, artists, business people, medical practitioners, sportsmen and women, philosophers and philanthropists. Evenings like this contribute to Earlscliffe students acquiring a wider perspective on life and its daily delights and challenges, while forming a global vision of their own.
At the annual University of Cambridge Science Festival, students take part in events, lectures, exhibitions, seminars and interactive sessions, which are often led by eminent Cambridge scientists. Again, such experiences encourage young minds to enjoy the art of discovery even more.
The Creative Arts Department hosts termly exhibitions at Earlscliffe, schedules talks and discussions with guest artists and critics, and visits London galleries.
Extending and enriching our students’ learning is part of our duty as educators and it is something we take just as seriously as delivering the timetabled curriculum.