Reed's In The News

The 2025 season of Reed's Between the Lines PODCAST kicks off with Mr Hoskins, Mr Ha, and Dr Smith joined by the creative team and cast of our upcoming junior musical, SpongeBob SquarePants. Guests include Mr Silk (Director), Mr Auchie (Musical Director), Ms Townsend (Choreographer), and 3 of the cast members playing SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy. They share behind-the-scenes stories, laughs, and a special performance of one of the show’s unforgettable songs! To listen click on the Podcast link within our bio Linktree. #podcast #musicaltheatre #spongebob #spongebobsquarepants

If you're interested in finding out more about Reed's and what makes us tick, do listen to this Podcast from Education Choices where our Headmaster, Mark Hoskins, speaks about how we go beyond providing excellent academics, with a focus on values and skills that students can take with them after they leave school. He also highlights the philanthropic history of our founder, Andrew Reed, and how we maintain his beliefs within the school today. To listen, click on the link in our Bio Linktree. . #podcast #EducationChoices #OurValues #philanthropy

Lovely to start the new term by celebrating Organist and Music Teacher at Reed’s, Clive Osgood, who features in the latest edition of Musical Opinion magazine. They state: “…he’s a composer of today who is always chasing that elusive, alchemic element, all too rare in the new music world: melody. But his gift for writing memorable tunes never comes at the expense of a solid compositional process, and his technique has been honed from years of rigorous study and dedication.” True praise indeed! Having written Choral music since his mid-teens, Clive’s recordings are available from Convivium Records. He has 3 CD releases scheduled for 2025; his most recent, Magnificat, was given a 5-star reviews in the magazine by Robert Matthew-Walker who enthused, “Written as a companion-piece to Bach’s masterpiece, this is clearly the work of a genuinely gifted composer.” . #composer #organist

The Boarders' Christmas Dinner always heralds the start of the festivities at Reed's in preparation for a restful holiday. This year's was a lovely, family-orientated event which showed the best of our pupils and staff in the Reed's boarding family. Heads of Houses set a series of fun challenges throughout the evening. Mr Anderson's Chimney Challenge (a race to squeeze every member of the table through a cardboard chimney) was won by table 'Donner' who also won Mr Douthwaite's Gingerbread Decorating Challenge with their three-dimensional star which involved careful sawing and reassembly of their biscuit! Mr Rockett's challenge involving balloons, beanbags and towers of cups was such fun that no one can remember who actually won! Patrick, Raice, and John represented the three boarding houses, saying some deserved warm words about their Matrons, before the Heads of House were given a huge round of applause for all the time and love they give. The evening ended with a whole-room karaoke rendition of Feed the World, led with gusto by Mr Hoskins and Mr Atkins! Thanks was also given to our caterers, Independents at Sodexo, who a dessert servery which looked like something out of Wonka! . #christmasdinner #boarders #community

Thrilled to annouce that a group of Second Form pupils won THIRD PLACE in the prestigious Southampton University's Day of the Dead competition! One of the judges, the Mexican Ambassador, commented on the 'outstanding storytelling' used by the pupils in the video they worked so hard to make, independently getting together to do the research on this famous cultural event. An outstanding achievement against thousands of other participants across the UK! #thirdplacevictory #dayofthedead #mflcompetition