Westminster comes to Aldenham and Aldenham goes to Westminster

December 5, 2017

We have been delighted to welcome several Members of Parliament to speak to our students recently. Labour MP and Shadow Justice Minister Mrs Yasmin Qureshi and our local MP Mr Oliver Dowden (Conservative) explained why they had entered politics and demonstrated why they are absolutely passionate about their work. These were powerful messages for everyone to hear at first hand from those who are at the forefront of politics at Westminster.

Visits like this, along with last week’s Careers Talk on ‘A Career in Local Government’ given by Mr Bin Afolami, Conservative MP for Hitchin and Harpenden, give our students more insight into a variety of party political views and may well stir some to pursue this career path. We are keen to offer a balanced view and welcome visitors from not only mainstream by also other parties.

The School is fortunate to be close enough to London for regular visits to the Palace of Westminster and Sixth Form Politics students did just that this week when they attended Polcon to hear a range of MPs speak.  These included Speaker of the House John Bercow, Ken Clarke, Sir Keir Starmer, Chukka Umuna, Jess Phillips, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nick Clegg and Anna Soubry who also answered questions from students.

Our students also spoke with Times diarist Patrick Kidd beforehand in a fantastic day of British politics!

Also in Trips

Trips 01featured-image-South-Africa-tour1
FEB 26, 2020

Cricket and Hockey Tour to South Africa

25 students and 4 staff departed on Thursday 13th February for a cricket and hockey tour to Cape Town in South Africa. The weather was fantastic, and a jam-packed schedule included one cultural experience per day and a cricket and hockey match on most days. There were two training sessions, a visit to Langa Township […]

READ MORE Cricket and Hockey Tour to South Africa
Sports 01featured-image-fencing
FEB 13, 2020

Fencing Ace Oliver is GB No.1

Keen fencer Oliver Strange is now the U17 Great Britain No.1 champion. Competing against 285 world-wide fencers in the Men’s Cadet Foil at the Budapest Cup, Oliver won all his poule fights advancing through the direct elimination phase of the competition until he was finally knocked out by the gold medal winner from Hungary. Oliver […]

READ MORE Fencing Ace Oliver is GB No.1
OA News --01featured-image-MUN
NOV 19, 2018

Model United Nations success at Oxford University

On Friday 16th November, four Sixth Form students from Aldenham stepped into the historic Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford University, for the opening ceremony of the Oxford Global Model United Nations Conference alongside 700 students from across the globe. Schools ranged from the more familiar Rugby and Harrow to those from further afield including Israel, India, China […]

READ MORE Model United Nations success at Oxford University