Earlscliffe

With an extensive offering of extra-curricular activities available, our students not only gain a first-class academic education, but also have opportunities to develop their skills and character outside the classroom. Clubs include our ever-popular Cooking Club, Chess Club, AI Club, Photography Club, Art and several others. Societies include the Model United Nations, Law Society, Politics Society and more! We encourage our students to lead healthy lifestyles and offer a number of sporting opportunities here. Students play football, basketball, volleyball, tennis, squash, badminton and table tennis together each week. Many of our students also play for local teams. The school football and basketball teams practise regularly and play in competitive leagues. Our students have access to a well-equipped gym and fitness centre. Horse riding is another popular activity that takes place at a local riding stables. We are launching the Earlscliffe Football Academy in Partnership with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club in September 2026 to complement our existing Basketball Academy. All sports facilities are within easy walking distance, except for golf and horse riding, which are a short drive away. Some of England’s greatest golf courses are on the Kent coast, including Royal St George’s at Sandwich, a regular British Open venue. Sport is also a key part of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, combined with service activities and a chance for adventure on trips to Snowdonia and beyond. Earlscliffe is just a short walk from Folkestone Central Station, where the high-speed train to London St Pancras only takes 54 minutes. We regularly organise trips to the capital city, including musical theatre visits, visits to museums and art galleries, concerts and, of course, shopping! With parents’ permission, students can also spend the day in London at weekends with their friends. Just as London is so easily accessible for us, so is Europe. We can have weekends away in Paris, with the train journey taking less than two hours, so we are ideally situated to benefit from the cultural riches of two of the great cities of the world. Our SCS Co-ordinator also organises trips and visits to interesting and cultural destinations in Kent and around the UK, such as nearby Canterbury Cathedral and Leeds Castle, historic Oxford and Cambridge, and the exciting Warner Brothers Studio - the Making of Harry Potter attraction! There are also more adventurous activities available, such as paintballing, quad biking, go-karting and Go Ape! Under the sponsorship of a local Rotary Club, Earlscliffe Interact offers our students opportunities to serve the local community through events and fundraising activities. In 2012, Earlscliffe became one of the very few UNESCO-associated schools in the UK and takes its membership very seriously, doing as much as it can to fulfil the UNESCO mission. Earlscliffe operates a UNESCO Youth Ambassador scheme which has seen students take part in UNESCO projects in Hungary, Germany and France. A highlight of our year is the visit to the United Nations headquarters in New York.