News and updates from Millfield School, a co-educational boarding school in Somerset #Millfield #TheMillfieldWay #DiscoverBrilliance
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The wonderful @OfficialMarkO sent this lovely message to our pupils ahead of the Take That themed House Song competition this week
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🏉HISTORY MADE!
Girls rugby comes to Millfield for the first time - with a packed crowd on the Sir Gareth Edwards pitch!
#millfield #girlsrugby #themillfieldway
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🌲🌟How inspiring is this?🌟🌲
One of our groundsmen Colin has achieved an A* grade in his A level English Literature course with the help of staff and pupils from the school!
Well done Colin!
Read his story here: bit.ly/2FD5Hk2
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🏏🏌️Millfield is delighted to reveal plans to build state of the art indoor Golf and Cricket Centres on campus, with both sites due to open in November. 👍
Read more: bit.ly/2UgC3IO
#Millfield #TheMillfieldWay
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Today, we’ve gathered over 1,400 pupils and staff together for a whole school photo - here’s everyone on the Sir Gareth Edwards pitch getting ready to say ‘cheese!’
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🏆We are delighted to have been named the number one sports school in the country by @schoolsportmag🏆
🏉The award commends our fantastic all-round performances across a number of sports.🏑
Thank you to all of the Millfield community for helping us achieve this title!👏💙
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🥇A massive congratulations to Lower Sixth Tamryn who won gold in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay this evening!🥇
🏊Tamryn swam a fantastic second leg to help bring the gold medal home for Great Britain.
💙Well done, Tamryn!
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⭐️ Great to be recognised by @schoolsportmag as the top independent school for sport for the 6th year in a row! ⭐️
#millfield #themillfieldway
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🏉Millfield has been named the number one rugby school in the world!🏉
✨Grassroots rugby website NextGenXV publish an annual list of the top 20 rugby schools around the globe, and have awarded Millfield top spot this year, following the boy’s first XV’s unbeaten 2021-22 season!
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Great to be recognised for the 5th consecutive year as the top independent school for sport in @schoolsportmag! @MillfieldSport
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of @ScottDUK as Millfield’s Director of Sport. Dr Scott Drawer joins us in September.
Read more: bit.ly/2xSBtXV
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🎉 Congratulations to Millfield’s Head of Athletic Development and Head of Strength & Conditioning Graham Williams for winning UKSCA Coach of the Year, Youth Sport 2022! What a fantastic achievement and very well deserved 💪
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👏🏻Well done to recent leavers Oliver and Dan on signing for Exeter Chiefs! The two rugby stars have joined the rugby club for the 2020-21 season whilst continuing their studies at university.
🏉A great achievement, well done! Read more: bit.ly/3kjBZkW
#Millfield
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🥇#Millfield U6 Yuka has been named as the top female #mathematician in the WORLD!
🌍Yuka competed in the #International Mathematical Olympiad, where she was the only female to win a gold medal and placed 22nd out of 616 competitors!
Read more here: bit.ly/3cBeEJ7
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🏅Millfield has had its first call up for @Tokyo2020! 🏅
Congratulations to our @MillfieldSwim's Euan Dale, who will be working with @TeamGB Swimming at next summer's Olympic Games!
Read more: bit.ly/2MoHIYI
#millfield #tokyo2020 #Olympics #themillfieldway
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🚨New signing alert!🚨
😃We are delighted that Scott Laird has agreed to join Millfield as a football coach on a permanent basis, after ending his professional playing career earlier this summer.
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🏑Congratulations to the Senior Millfield Girls' Hockey team who won the Independent Schools Hockey Finals at the Olympic Park in London today!🏆
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🏊Congratulations to @MillfieldSwim's Director of Swimming, Euan Dale, who has been selected as a support coach for @britishswimming at the FINA World Aquatics Championships this summer in Gwangju, South Korea! 🏊
Read more here: bit.ly/2w61D5z
#Millfield
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🏆Congratulations to Lower Sixth Rachel on her selection for the British team at the World Junior Championships!
Rachel is Millfield’s 1st female to be selected for this prestigious event and 4th in history! 🏆
#Millfield #MillfieldSwimming #girlsinsport
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🏊♂️Adam has started his 10km swim for the wildfires in Australia!🏊♂️
👏🏻Go Adam!
#Millfield #TheMillfieldWay #swimming
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🥇GOLD!!!🥇
✨A huge congratulations to our swimmers James Guy, Matt Richards and Kieran Bird who have won a gold medal in the men’s 4x200m freestyle!
👏What a result!
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⚽Happy 27th birthday to OM @OfficialTM_3!⚽
Such an inspiration for students at Millfield - here he is competing for @millfieldfoot in the ESFA semi-final over nine years ago in 2011!
🎉Have a great day, Tyrone!
#TyroneMings #AstonVilla #England #Millfield #MillfieldFootball
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🌟Congratulations to Upper Sixth students Ellie and Jami, who have been announced as the Heads of School for the 2020 Autumn Term! 🌟
Both students have featured in our new Discover Brilliance profiles on our website - learn more about them here: bit.ly/2Xa02ZH
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A huge congratulations to Millfield Performance Squad swimmer Matt Richards who has won silver in the 200m freestyle at the Olympic Games this evening!🏊♂️
Congratulations, Matt! What a fantastic achievement🥈
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Our boarders gathered around our school Cenotaph this morning for Remembrance - a beautiful poignant service
#RemembranceSunday #RemembranceDay #RemembranceDay2019
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OM and @WelshRugbyUnion Sir Gareth Edwards came back to Millfield today to film a documentary for @S4C - here's a look at his day with us!
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😀It was great to see OM’s Romeo Beckham and Harry Crawford joining the training session with 1stXI (U18) and 2ndXI (U18) Millfield Football teams and catching up with former coaches yesterday. We hope you had a great afternoon! ⚽
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🌟Congratulations to OM James Guy on being named in Tokyo’s top 10 athletes!🌟
🥇🥇🥈James was ranked the joint 9th most successful athlete after winning two gold and one silver medal in the pool at this year's games. Read more: bbc.in/3lTUWyE
🏊Well done, James!
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💛Our Headmaster, Gavin Horgan, is helping with the production of hundreds of protective masks for local council and health workers!
👏Fantastic to see so many communities coming together during this time!
#somerset #Millfield #TheMillfieldWay #BeBrilliant #BeKind #Masks4All
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🏏Here’s a behind the scenes look at how our Indoor Cricket Centre is coming along...🏏
#millfield #millfieldcricket #halfterm #indoorcricket
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🌟 We're over the moon to be recognised as the top independent sports school by School Sport Magazine for the 7th year running!
🏉 Find out more about Sport at Millfield: bit.ly/38tvUfP
#Millfield #MillfieldSport
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🌹Poppies have been placed on the Sir Gareth Edwards pitch to mark remembrance day today. A tribute to our veterans and servicemen and women from all over the world.🌹
We Will Remember Them.❤️
#RemembranceDay #WeWillRememberThem
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💬"Too many schools are looking for compliant pupils - I want you to be disruptive (in a good way!)"
@millfieldhead Gavin Horgan took inspiration from the ultimate disruptor @GretaThunberg in his address to pupils this morning.
Watch the full speech: bit.ly/2ZvM7h1
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🏊Congratulations to Lower Sixth Tamryn who has been selected to represent England at the European Championships next month!🏊
🇬🇧Tamryn will compete at the event, which is being held in Budapest next month, alongside the best swimmers in the country!
👏Well done, Tamryn!
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It is with regret that we share the news of the death of former Head of Athletics, Alan Lerwill.
Alan was a loved and respected member of our community for the past 25 years, helping numerous athletes to international success.
His impact will be remembered by all at Millfield.
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🏌️Take a sneak peak inside our new cricket and golf centres!
🏏They are starting to take shape and the students have enjoyed testing them out over the weekend!
#Millfield #TheMillfieldWay
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🏴Good luck to Director of Netball Jenna Adamson, who is attending Netball Europe in Belfast as Assistant Coach for the @WelshNetball national squad in her first international cap as a coach this weekend! 🏴
#themillfieldway #millfield #millfieldsport #millfieldnetball
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👏🏻Congratulations to Tamryn who has been selected for the British Swimming World Class Programme!👏🏻
🏆She joins OMs Brodie Williams, OMs James Guy and Cameron Kurle on the programme. Read more here: bit.ly/3jCMtMo
🏊♀️Keep up the great work, Tamryn!
#DiscoverBrilliance
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💙Things you love to see💙
Gold medal celebrations between OM Brodie Williams and Millfield Director of Swimming, & England Swim Coach Euan Dale!🏴
Euan was key in nurturing Brodie when he arrived at Millfield; it’s amazing to see them celebrating together on the world stage!🙌
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Welcome and welcome back to all of our new and returning pupils to @MillfieldSenior!
Here’s some of our Year 9 pupils working together to complete team building activities as part of their induction #BackToSchool2018
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“Millfield changes lives."
Former British professional tennis player and Old Millfieldian, Andrew Castle has thanked his former school for changing his life and awarding him a full tennis scholarship when he was 12 years old.
Read the full story: bit.ly/2mgistl
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🌟Upper Sixth Lucy-Jane has broken a 36-year British record at the National Athletics Championships!🌟
🏃♀️Lucy-Jane broke Sally Gunnell's U17 100m hurdles record by one-tenth of a second earlier this month.
🇬🇧Congratulations Lucy! Read more: bit.ly/365NoB7
#Millfield
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"You have a voice and it is loud and powerful. I want to help you find your voice and discover your potential.”
Watch our Headmaster @millfieldhead address @Millfiedsenior pupils for the first time, where he encourages them to use their voice for good as leaders of the future.
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📺Fantastic to see OM Rose Leslie in the popular BBC drama, Vigil!📺
🎭Rose attended Millfield from 2002-2005 & studied theatre studies.
🎥She has formerly been known for her roles as Gwen Dawson in Downton Abbey and Ygritte in Game of Thrones!
✨Congratulations, Rose!
📸BBC
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🤽Millfield’s Water Polo team have won a national competition after being formed by a Ukrainian student just 6 months ago.
🏆Lower Sixth student Vitalii K started the team after joining the school on a Ukrainian refugee place and has now led them to win the ESSA Water Polo Bowl!
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🇦🇺Well done to Year 9 swimmer Adam, who has raised an astounding AUD $7,000 to support the devastating wildfires in Australia.🇦🇺
🏊♂️Adam grew up in Sydney and wanted to show his support, he will complete his 10km swim next week.
⭐Read Adam's story: bit.ly/2GxI23O
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Congratulations to @MillfieldSwim Euan Dale and Dan Waddingham and OMs @Jimbob95goon and @KurleyRolandCam, who will join @TeamEngland at @GC2018!
Read more about our recent pupil call-ups for the 2018 Commonwealth Games here: bit.ly/2ABkPwK
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🌳The campus is ready...🌳
Looking forward to welcoming our students back next Monday for the Autumn Term!
#BackToSchool2020 #schoolsreopening #BackToSchool #millfield
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⚽History has been made today as our girls' 1st team qualify for the quarter-finals of the English Schools' Football Association U18s School Cup!⚽
🌟It was also the first time the girls had played on the Sir Gareth Edwards pitch!
Well done girls!
#Millfield #MillfieldSport
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Millfield has been named the top independent sports school of 2016 by @schoolsportmag - a proud achievement for @MillfieldSport
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Our thoughts are today with Her Majesty The Queen and The Royal Family after the The Queen’s sad passing.
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🏆Thanks to @TheHockeyPaper for ranking our Girls' 1st XI @HockeyMillfield team as the number one side in the country! 🏆
#millfield #millfieldschool #millfieldsport #milllfieldhockey #themillfieldway
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🏊A huge congratulations to Millfield Performance Squad member, Matt Richards 🥇
GOLD IN THE 200M FREESTYLE 👏👏👏
What an incredible swim!
@MillfieldSwim
We have a new WORLD CHAMPION! 🥇
@M4ttRichards swims a lifetime best 1:44.30 to take the Men's 200m Freestyle crown at #Fukuoka2023 🔥⏱️
ALT Matt Richards, Men's 200m Freestyle world champion
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👏🏻Congratulations to Adam who has reached his fundraising goal of $10,000 to support the Australian Wildfires!👏🏻
🏊Adam finished his 10km sponsored swim in an impressive 2 hours, 34 minutes.
🇦🇺A wonderful gesture, well done Adam!
✨Read the full story: bit.ly/37mVqCF
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🏉 OM Ewan Richards, from Street, has established himself as a first team regular at Rugby Premiership side Bath. 🏉
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Our Director of Swimming @EuanDale1 had a great time coaching @TeamEngland at @GC2018!
Now he’s back at @MillfieldSenior, he tells us about working with OMs @Jimbob95goon @KurleyRolandCam & what he will share from his experience with current pupils:
@swimswamnews
@MillfieldSwim
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Make sure you have your sound on for this!
Here's @PalmyBoys from New Zealand performing a traditional Haka during yesterday's fixture:
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🏉The Season is coming to English Schools rugby featuring Millfield as the first UK school! 🇬🇧
🎥Two years in the planning, the five-part series follows the boys first XV earlier this year, showing how Millfield develops its athletes differently to other schools worldwide. 🌍
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🏅 Imagine if Millfield was a nation at the Paris Olympics - we'd be in 12th place! 🤯
🌟We are bursting with pride for our amazing Millfield community and all their achievements. 🌍
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🏆 We are delighted to be named the best sports school in the country by @schoolsportmag 😃
✨The award commends our fantastic all-round performances across a number of sports.
💙Thank you to all of the Millfield community for helping us achieve a 10th title in 11 years!
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What a fantastic end to @GC2018!
✓ 8 medals 🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥉🥉🥉
✓ 14 participants
✓ 5 nationalities represented
Well done to all of our Millfield participants @omsociety @MillfieldSport at this year's Commonwealth Games - bring on Birmingham 2022! #GC2018
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Watch @BBCTheOneShow tonight to see @MillfieldSenior’s Head Boy and former @Gladesmore pupil Yuriel, and to learn more about @SpringboardBF and the transforming opportunities they offer for hundreds of children. @schoolstogether
Read more here: bit.ly/2EUBkBX
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📱We've had some fantastic feedback so far on our Remote Learning here at Millfield from students and parents!
Meet our Director of Educational Technology, Stuart Maddock and take a look at what our students have been up to so far here...
#remoteworking #COVID #Millfield
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Jack Meyer - affectionately known as The Boss - founded Millfield in 1935 with six princes brought from India. While he passed away in 1991, his words continue to guide and inspire the school.
Read more about Millfield's beginning here: bit.ly/2KRRCzC
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“It’s been great to follow in my brother’s footsteps but also make my own path, and the strength of the @MillfieldRugby programme has meant I have been able to do that."
U6 Will has been selected for the 20-21 @AcademyIrish!
#Millfield #Millfieldrugby #londonirish
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Millfield's top achiever, Candice, received an amazing 4 A*s in Chemistry, Economics, Mathematics and Psychology!
"Studying and swimming in Millfield have been the most unforgettable experiences and I will definitely miss the time there."
#alevelresultsday #alevels2019
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🏏Congratulations to Lower Sixth Jess who has signed for @_WesternStorm!
Jess joins the academy which provides high-level coaching, equipment and access to key people who will aid in the young cricketer's sporting endeavors.
👏Well done, Jess! Read more: bit.ly/3tQhMb8
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👏At 8pm here in the UK, we will be taking a moment to say thank you to all of the dedicated #NHS workers who are working tirelessly to protect and help the community.
Join us at 8pm to #clapforourcarers! 👏
#ClapForCarers #clapforNHS #clapforthenhs
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.
#RemembranceDay #RememberanceDay #RemembranceDay2019
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🌟Congratulations to Amirah W and Ollie W on being selected as the new Captains of School for the autumn term!🌟
They will represent the student body at regular meetings with Headmaster Gavin Horgan.
👏Well done, Amirah and Ollie!
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✨ Congratulations to our Admissions Registrar, James Postle, who has been selected represent the England Rifle Team at the Canadian National Championships this August!
James also serves as the Director of the British Cadet Rifle Team.
#TheMillfieldWay #Millfield
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⭐️Millfield have been named UK's Number one school for the development of England U18 international rugby players with 44 players since 1949.
We are proud to have watched so many rugby stars reach the highest level🙌🏼🏉
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🥇Congratulations to OM James Guy on his gold medal win with Team GB at the Swimming World Championships in Gwangju!
James received a bursary to attend Millfield, where he trained with @MillfieldSwim help shape the incredible athlete he is today
#TheMillfieldWay #FINAGwangju2019
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🌟We are proud to have been named as one of the Top 20 Senior Schools in the UK and Top 100 in the world in Spear's School Index 2020!🌟
Schools are chosen for their reputation and how they prepare students for life post education.
#Millfield #TheMillfieldWay
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🎾We're delighted to welcome former @WTA Alexandra Walker to head up @millfieldtennis!
Former GB top 10 ranked player Alex joins #Millfield from @TeamBathTennis after an extensive career at the International High-Performance Centre.
🎾Learn more: bit.ly/3oXk2vf
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Millfield are the winners of the 2021 St Joseph’s Rugby Festival, claiming a record 7th title in the process👏
The school have been named the most successful team in the tournament’s history and their performance demonstrated their passion, strength and resilience🏉
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Millfield Moment of the Week 🎥
This week we have awarded the Millfield Moment of the Week to our new Netball boys team! 🏐
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⚽Listen out for @millfieldfoot's Terry Akhurst on Alan Brasil's Sport Breakfast Show with Ian Holloway on @talkSPORT this morning at 9:15am! ⚽
He'll be discussing former Millfield footballer Tyrone Mings' rise to the England squad and his debut last night.
#millfield
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🏊 Our Director of Swimming Euan Dale has just returned from the @FINA1908 World Aquatics Championships in South Korea, where he was a Support Coach for Team GB!
🎥 Watch the video to find out what Euan learned from his experience.
#TheMillfieldWay #Swimming
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🎄We're wishing our pupils, parents and staff a Merry Christmas from everyone at Millfield Senior School! 🎄
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🏉#Millfield rugby players Max P & Sam H have been selected to co-captain Bath Rugby’s U18 match today!🏉
🏟️The duo are part of nine Millfield players on today’s team sheet with seven in the starting 15. Bath are playing Exeter Chiefs at Marlborough College.
👏Good luck!
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🇬🇧 Paris 2024 Team GB Selection✅
🇬🇧 New Team GB Olympic Kit ✅
@M4ttRichards 🤝 @Jimbob95goon
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GOLD!!!! Congratulations Team GB and our very own @Jimbob95goon! An inspiration. So proud. 🥇🥇🥇
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🏆St Joseph’s Festival Champions!🏆
🏉Millfield Rugby have been crowned St Joseph’s Rugby Festival Champions for a record eighth time!
➡️Read the full story here: bit.ly/3rZbSpB
📸 - @NextGenXV
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📸 Great shot from last night’s rugby fixtures taken by Sam, an A level Photography student!
@mlfd_photo
#millfield #themillfieldway
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🏉Millfield have been announced as one of the first two schools to be participating in this year’s World Schools Festival of rugby, which is due to take place in Thailand from 12-17 December this year! 🇹🇭
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👏🏻Congratulations to tennis doubles team Annabelle and Alexa on their signings for US universities!👏🏻
🇺🇸Annabelle is off to the University of North Florida and Alexa will be studying at Presbyterian College in South Carolina!
🌟Well done!
#Millfield #TheMillfieldWay
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Well done to Sixth Former Polly, who placed runner up in the @UniofOxford Oxford Scientist essay competition!
🧠Polly entered the competition while doing her online lessons with Millfield and hopes to study Medicine at university!
Read more: bit.ly/2MtjawI
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☀️Welcome back to all of our pupils for the Summer Term!☀️
🏅Introducing your new Heads of School for this term...Zoe and Tyler!🏅
#backtoschool #Millfield #HeadBoy #HeadGirl
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✍️Boys' First XV captain Steffan E has signed a professional contract with Cardiff Rugby!
🏉Upper Sixth student Steffan will join up with the Welsh side’s first team squad for the 2024/2025 season.
😃Well done, Steffan! Read the full story here: bit.ly/42PMZOB
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♻️Millfield is excited to announce that it is launching its own brand of student and staff sports kit made from recycled fabrics! ♻️
Read more about our new kit here: bit.ly/2DxvqrX
#TheMillfieldWay #Recycle #Millfield
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Congratulations to all our students and staff for creating the best experience for international students. Well done.
We win the award for the finest international student experience at the independent school of the year awards. So proud that there is this recognition of our students and staff. #ISOTY19
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🏴Happy #StDavidsDay to our favourite Welshman, OM Sir Gareth Edwards! 🏴
👍Sir Gareth is so important to Millfield that we named our main rugby pitch in his honour.
🏉We also have two rising stars - L6th pupils Dan and Oli have been selected for the Wales U18 squad!
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Congratulations to OM @OfficialTM_3 on a successful season with @AVFCOfficial!
@omsociety
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🌳Well done to our Deputy Head Groundsman Colin Ashman, who was nominated for the @SchoolsTatler Awards for the Unsung Hero category!🌳
Colin achieved an A* in his English Literature A level last year, including a perfect score in the drama exam.
bit.ly/2ZVAjo9
#hero
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Welcome back to our wonderful students!🤩 We hope you had a fantastic summer break and enjoy catching up with friends before school begins on Monday. We have 428 new students joining us this year👏
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🏊Brilliant to have OM James Guy here this afternoon!🏊
🎥🇬🇧Filming something exciting with us following his recent selection for the Tokyo Olympics!
#Millfield #TokyoOlympics #TeamGB
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