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Why New Year’s Resolutions Are Getting A Little Old

27th January 2022

I broke my New Year’s resolution roughly 36 hours after I made it. To be honest, it was my fault for thinking that I could stick to a decision I…

This is a Kale to Action: Go Vegan — the Planet Will Say, “Thanks a Melon!”

19th January 2022

The arrival of 2022 still hasn’t quite sunk in just yet, but with the new year comes new hopes, new achievements, and yet another ever-so-gloomy January, which we spend trying…

The American Feminist wave behind ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

11th January 2022

Last term, A level English Literature students were privileged enough to receive a talk from Sociology teacher Nicole, on the feminist rights movements of the 1960s to 1980s. The vast…

Could it really come without ribbons, tags, packages, boxes and bags?

5th January 2022

These shorter winter days of the Christmas season have sped by, leaving a wave of left-overs, empty champagne bottles and, of course, unwanted gifts. We all know that Christmas has…

“Bullying Is Never OK, Except…”

15th December 2021

There was an incredible air of shock in the room, clouding the story of Felix Alexander’s tragic suicide, following his experience as a victim of over a decade of bullying….

Does everyone need an opinion?

4th November 2021

I don’t take politics as an A level and I don’t really discuss politics with anyone, especially not with my friends. This is because of how I was raised, I…

“Not All Men”, But All Women

17th October 2021

Have you ever felt your heart beat so violently that a faint taste of blood fills your mouth, simply because you notice a stranger walking the same route? Have you…

Teachers at Brampton “have really ignited my love for my subjects”

8th September 2021

Victoria Caplin, student, who achieved A*A*A* and a place at the University of Birmingham to read Biomedical Science, tells us why she’s thankful to Brampton…. I moved to Brampton as…

Antibiotic resistance – our student tells us all about it

26th August 2021

Our student and budding physician, Zarlashta, has been busy this summer writing a blog on antibiotic resistance in her Zed Writes publication. Please take a read here, Zed Writes Issue…

Our Brampton student, an Olympic swimmer: ‘The support and understanding Brampton has provided me is invaluable’

16th June 2021

My name is Gaurika Singh and I am a final year A level student at Brampton College. I will be going to Tufts University in Boston, USA, come this autumn…