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The Downe House Podcast
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Women in Finance
23 mins; April 02, 2026
Our Under 15A Lacrosse Team are National Champions!
22 mins; March 19, 2026
Charity Trailblazers at Downe House
24 mins; March 04, 2026
House Music Winners 2026
19 mins; February 18, 2026
Dance at Downe House
21 mins; February 04, 2026
Friendships for life
23 mins; January 21, 2026
Academic Enrichment
21 mins; January 07, 2026
Tennis at Downe
23 mins; November 26, 2025
Inspiring Alumnae - Theo Clarke - author, podcaster, former MP
21 mins; November 13, 2025
Academic scholars at Downe House
18 mins; October 30, 2025
Being a Day Girl at Downe
17 mins; October 16, 2025
Meet our Head and Deputy Head Seniors
19 mins; October 03, 2025
The Extended Project Qualification or EPQ
24 mins; September 12, 2025
Founder’s Weekend – Little Women and The Addams Family
27 mins; August 29, 2025
Support for Multilingual Learners
16 mins; July 03, 2025
An Open Approach to Neurodiversity
19 mins; June 19, 2025
Welcome to York!
23 mins; June 05, 2025
Puppy Therapy
20 mins; May 22, 2025
A Slower Childhood
27 mins; May 08, 2025
The Exploring Europe Programme
21 mins; April 24, 2025
Our Ski Team
17 mins; March 20, 2025
Music at Downe
21 mins; March 05, 2025
World Book Day - Encouraging a love of reading
23 mins; February 19, 2025
Boarding - with special guest Mr. Jonny Timms, Headmaster of Walhampton Prep School
25 mins; February 05, 2025
Resilience – with special guest Mr Magoo Giles, Principal of Knightsbridge School
21 mins; January 22, 2025
Kindness – with special guest, Rupert Hawkins from Thomas’s Battersea
25 mins; January 08, 2025
Our youngest boarders
21 mins; January 01, 2025
Our New Mobile Phone Policy
26 mins; December 09, 2024
Global Internships - Techoraco
23 mins; November 20, 2024
Elite Lacrosse
26 mins; November 01, 2024
The Learn to Lead Project
28 mins; October 17, 2024
Downe House in Kenya
29 mins; October 03, 2024
Broadening choice for families – new for September 2025
26 mins; September 19, 2024
Being a Parent Ambassador
24 mins; September 05, 2024
Enterprise at Downe
21 mins; June 27, 2024
Our Site and Our Woodland
21 mins; June 13, 2024
Leading with Wellbeing
22 mins; May 09, 2024
Settling in at 11+
18 mins; April 11, 2024
Settling in at 13+
22 mins; April 11, 2024
Settling in at 16+
22 mins; April 11, 2024
A Gentle Transition to 11+ Boarding
18 mins; March 28, 2024
Global Internships at Downe House
22 mins; March 14, 2024
Artificial Intelligence at Downe House
25 mins; February 28, 2024
Excellence In Teaching
21 mins; February 14, 2024
Downe House Riyadh
23 mins; January 31, 2024
The Respect Project
30 mins; January 10, 2024
Christmas at Downe House
19 mins; December 15, 2023
Introducing Religion, Philosophy and Psychology
21 mins; November 16, 2023
Alumnae Reunions: Bethany and Isabel
20 mins; October 26, 2023
House Drama
22 mins; October 12, 2023
Inter-year Bonding at Downe House
20 mins; September 28, 2023
Introduction to the Sixth Form
23 mins; September 15, 2023
Founder's Weekend
21 mins; September 07, 2023
What to pack?
19 mins; July 06, 2023
Dining at Downe House
19 mins; June 22, 2023
Health and Wellbeing
20 mins; June 08, 2023
Being a Downe House Parent
25 mins; May 25, 2023
Introducing the Microsoft Surface
24 mins; May 12, 2023
Speech & Drama with Mrs Watson, Eliza and Ottavia
23 mins; April 27, 2023
What to Expect
21 mins; April 13, 2023
A Spotlight on the World Ready Programme
21 mins; April 06, 2023
A Spotlight on the Global Exchange Programme
19 mins; March 23, 2023
A Spotlight on STEM
21 mins; March 09, 2023
A Spotlight on DH LINKS, our alumnae network.
22 mins; February 22, 2023
The School Day
23 mins; February 08, 2023
Fun at Downe
20 mins; January 25, 2023
Futures at Downe with Mrs Sarah Barnard and Pupils from Year 13
19 mins; January 04, 2023
A spotlight on The Elective Programme with Mr Tim Breeze and Pupils from Years 10 and 11
23 mins; November 30, 2022
A spotlight on Drama with Rob Castell, Head of Drama Enrichment and Drama Scholars Honor and Rose
23 mins; November 17, 2022
A spotlight on Sport with Mrs Gaunt Head of Lacrosse, Miss Bonwick Graduate Sports Assistant and two Pupils, Elizabeth and Angela
28 mins; November 02, 2022
A spotlight on Art with Kirsten Mortimer and Pupils, Ophelia and Alice
23 mins; October 20, 2022
A spotlight on Leadership with Headmistress Emma McKendrick, Lola and Cleo
22 mins; October 06, 2022
A spotlight on Languages with Mrs Jane Basnett, Amy and Mena
21 mins; September 22, 2022
Spotlighting Music with Director of Music, Charlotte Exon, Musician in Residence, Bob Chilcott and pupil Sara
29 mins; September 01, 2022
Being a Day Girl with Annabel Brown, Housemistress of Tedworth, day girl Georgia and parent Nina
25 mins; July 13, 2022
Downe House Sauveterre with Lauren Ponchant and pupils Rosie, Eimear and Pippa
23 mins; June 29, 2022
Joining at 11+ with Kim Collingwood, Lower School Housemistress and pupils Alexa, Poppy and Eloise
22 mins; June 15, 2022
The Sixth Form with Jasmine & Agnes, both Lower Sixth (Year 12) students
21 mins; June 01, 2022
Weekends at Downe with Director of Boarding, Sofie McClymont and pupils Isabelle and Hope
22 mins; May 18, 2022
Joining at 13+ with Head of Upper School, Anna Dourountakis and pupils: Yasmin, Isadora, Desola
21 mins; May 04, 2022
The benefits of single sex boarding with Deputy Head, Matt Godfrey and two year 12 students
18 mins; April 15, 2022
Resilience - my experience with alumna Libby Brewin
19 mins; March 25, 2022
Outward looking - my experience with alumna Annabel Roest
18 mins; March 10, 2022
Collaboration - my experience with alumna Veryan Palmer
21 mins; February 24, 2022
Creativity - my experience with alumna Emilie Cheung
20 mins; February 02, 2022
Aspiration - my experience with alumna Elizabeth Jenkin
22 mins; January 27, 2022
Compassion - my experience with alumna Emma Stonebridge
22 mins; January 11, 2022
Outward looking - our journey with pupils Mathilda and Sophie
20 mins; December 02, 2021
Communication - our journey with pupils Amelia and Celine
21 mins; November 17, 2021
Aspiration - our journey with pupils Phoebe and Queena
23 mins; November 04, 2021
Creativity - our journey with pupils Antonia and Danna
24 mins; October 19, 2021
Resilience - our journey with pupils Poppy and Tumai
20 mins; October 06, 2021
Collaboration - our journey with pupils Rosie and Lauren
16 mins; September 22, 2021
Compassion – our journey with pupils Lucy and Teal
18 mins; September 08, 2021
Talking 'outward looking' with Marya Akhtar
22 mins; June 23, 2021
Talking communication with David McClymont
22 mins; June 09, 2021
Talking aspiration with Maria Reichardt
24 mins; May 26, 2021
Talking creativity with Olivia Ward
21 mins; May 12, 2021
Talking resilience with Katie Quarterman
25 mins; April 28, 2021
Talking collaboration with Jenny Hill
19 mins; March 18, 2021
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