TRIO of Swindon schoolgirls will go head-to-head against some of the best bakers of their generation in London this month.

Last academic year, Kettering Buccleuch Academy became the first school in the country to receive the Gold Quality Mark for its high-level provision of Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural (SMSC) teaching. Since then, the school has continued to strengthen this work to ensure pupils are receiving an Education with Character, becoming well-rounded and confident individuals during their time at KBA.

Friday 14 December saw Surbiton's Inaugural Classics Christmas lecture take place with Professor Edith Hall discussing the finer details of the rightful ownership of the Elgin Marbles and some enlightening facts about the history behind the Parthenon.