For day students and boarders alike, life at Queen Ethelburga's sparks interest and enthusiasm both during and after classes.

We expect and encourage our students to develop a wide range of interests, and this is reflected in clubs and societies which enormously extend the social, artistic, sporting and academic scope offered by the school.

Our mainstream sporting and equestrian activities have been explained elsewhere in the online prospectus; continuing the active theme, Q.E. has an excellent record of achievement at Gold, Silver and Bronze in the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme.

Music and drama are popular after-school activities, both as hobbies and in preparation for the numerous performances given each year by Queen Ethelburga's students. Outings to cultural venues such as theatre, ballet, opera and orchestral concerts are regularly arranged.

The activities of the school's clubs and societies have enormous breadth. Art, chess, badminton, choir, computing, football, languages, volleyball, chess, cookery, debating, drama, aerobics; all have active well-supported clubs, together with many other interests, from crafts to lifesaving.

'An Education for Life' is our avowed aim at Queen Ethelburga's, and we carry that aim into every facet of our activities before, during and after class.