At ECS we know that student success is not just a product of hard-work inside the classroom but also comes from having a rich extra-curricular programme that develops students’ interests in the wider world. Our enrichment offer includes:

The Brilliant Club Scholars Programme which provides our most able students’ academic experience at Oxbridge. A small group of Year 12 students experience seminar teaching led by a graduate who takes students through a university research project. The programme culminates in a visit and graduation at Oxbridge.

Links with Oxbridge: Magdalene College Cambridge, Robinson College Cambridge, St Peter’s College Oxford, Newnham College Cambridge, Wadham College Oxford. Students on track for AAA-A*A*A* benefit from admission workshops and visits to colleges at Oxford and Cambridge.

Extended Project Qualification - ECS students have the opportunity to develop their own piece of academic writing on a topic of their choice, supported by an EPQ mentor. This opportunity teaches academic writing and research skills for university; and helps our students stand out and gain places on competitive university courses.

Progression Programme which provides our students with exposure to professionals from a range of different private businesses and public sector employers. This includes; the BBC, NHS, Ernst and Young, PWC and the Civil Service. 

Pastoral and Academic Trips - ECS students have a wide range of trips and visit opportunities. Recent and upcoming examples include:

• Art Residential, Cornwall
• Geography Fieldwork Residential Trip to Swanage
• Science Residential to visit CERN, Geneva,
• Alexander Palace – Knit and Stich Show
• Trent Park, the House of Secrets
• The Houses of Parliament, Westminster
• The Courthauld Institute
• Sports Day at Lea Valley Athletics Stadium
• ESSA Water Activities Centre
• Ice Skating at Leicester Square
• Activate at the O2 London
• Laser Quest, London
• The Imperial War Museum
• Tate Modern and Tate Britain
• The Globe Theatre
• The Victoria and Albert Museum
• The ‘New Beacon Books’ Bookshop and AntiApartheid Legacy Museum