On Thursday 14th March, Lower Sixth Geographers visited rural South Shropshire to undertake fieldwork as part of their A Level studies. They investigated the rebranding of Ludlow, a small market town, as a centre of national gastronomical importance, studying the links between this and changes to make agriculture more sustainable in the surrounding countryside. Working collaboratively, students assessed the extent to which promoting Ludlow solely as a ‘food town’ was too narrow a theme for economic and social development. The visit revealed, in fact, significant and unexpected social inequality in a town often perceived as uniformly affluent and idyllic. The quality of data collected through questionnaires, residential surveys and mapping exercises, as well as information gained through qualitative fieldwork methods, should see the students very well prepared for both topic follow up work and the independent investigation component of their A level.
Honouring the Legacy of Major Charity Adams and the 6888 Battalion
King Edward’s School was honoured to welcome Stanley and Judith Earley, the son and daughter of Major Charity Adams, who visited the campus to see the blue plaque and other areas of the grounds connected to their family’s history.
