The new Alumni vs School Debate

'This house believes that once an individual’s assets reach half a billion pounds any assets in excess of that must be sequestered by the state.'

This was the motion put forward and argued by our alumni team at the inaugural debating event on 1st December 2023. The black-tie evening began with dinner with Head Master, Stuart McPherson, in the Cowdray Room for the main participants, who were then joined by parents and students in the Whitehead Room to watch the action.

With Genevieve Bailey StA'23 as Prime Minister, Alexander Stewart-Clark R'79 as Deputy PM, Matt Doggett F'07 as MP and Daniel Aghedo-Jacob G'23 as Whip, the alumni team put up an persuasive argument to defend the motion. The Worth School Debating Society team however put their objections in an impressive response, even managing to include some of the School's core values in their summing up, and were declared the winners. The distinguished judging panel was made up of barristers James Maxwell-Scott KC R'89, Oliver Pateman F'13 and Simon Florek StB'23 who recently went to Cambridge to study Economics - they made the unanimous decision to award the School the new shield. A huge thank you also to Freddie Bosshard F'23 for chairing the event.

We look forward to next year's challenge!