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Another fantastic evening of live music making of the highest quality, Millfield students took to the stage for an opportunity to showcase their instrumental and vocal talents in this summer term’s Evening Recital.

From Millfield to another establishment synonymous with sport, Upper Sixth Footballer Millie Quaintance will join Loughborough University in September to study Sports Science as an elite athlete in football and javelin combined.

Millfield Prep pupils enjoyed their first inter-school cricket matches for two years on Wednesday. Cricketers from Taunton Prep were welcomed to the school's 11 cricket pitches for a series of friendly matches.

Last week, 56 pupils from Millfield Pre-Prep and Prep performed in the school's Tea & Music Concert and Cushion Concert. The musicians were able to play their pieces in front of an audience of classmates in their bubbles, the first time they have had an audience this year.

Millfield’s annual House Athletics competition took place on Wednesday 5 May. The event has been a calendar highlight for many years and students proudly run, jump, or throw for their boarding cohort in hope to win the prestigious trophy. 

Millfield alumni Rosie Smith has released her debut single ‘Talking with Your Hands’.

Current Millfield students and OM’s have been amongst participants in the recent British Swimming Selection Trials. James Guy (2008-2016), Brodie Williams (2013-2020) and Kieran Bird (2016-2018) all set an Olympic standard and qualified for Team GB at Tokyo whilst Danilo Rosafio (2018-2020) qualified for Kenya. With four OM qualifiers already, this is the highest number of swimming Olympians at one Games since 1988.

Leading independent school Millfield takes the crown for producing the most England International rugby players, with 44 since 1949. Millfield has a notable reputation for producing outstanding international rugby players, with former pupils including Chris Robshaw, Jonathan Joseph and Mako Vunipola to name a few.

On Saturday, we enjoyed hosting our latest online event, which was a Millfield Prep School (Edgarley) reunion. EOMs from the 50s, 60s and 70s attended the event and we had a fantastic panel of guest speakers. Current Headmistress of Millfield Prep School, Shirley Shayler, and Heads of School, Will and Matilda, joined us, as well as two OMs who went to Edgarley in the 50s and 60s, Ingrid Marsh (1965-67; Edgarley, 1967-72; Day) and Christopher Tillson (1954-58; Edgarley, 1958-63; Day & Shapwick).

Millfield Careers welcomed professional Exeter Chiefs rugby player and co-business owner of No. 1 Cubs Coffee and Clothing, Billy Keast for a virtual talk via Microsoft Teams.

Grace Dunn (2012-2017; The Lakes) is a multidisciplinary filmmaker and actress, who engages in all areas of the filmmaking process. Last year, she produced her very own film, ‘A Delirious Eye’, in which she created every aspect. We asked Grace about her time at Millfield and her filmmaking career so far.

Millfield Lower Sixth student Tom Williams has been supporting his local community by volunteering at a local vaccination centre.