“I am absolutely delighted for our talented Class of 2024 students who have not only contributed so much to the life of the School but have also achieved an outstanding set of A Level results. 37% of all grades were the gold standard A*; in total, 341 A* and A grades were secured by our…
On Monday 1 July, 175 performers took part in a very special concert at Holy Trinity Church. The concert included the world premiere of ‘Hamelin’, a new work created especially for the music departments of RGS Guildford and RGS Prep by Peter White, former Director of Music. The RGS students were joined by 28 members…
This year has seen some outstanding results by RGS Guildford students in a variety of different challenges Design Technology A highlight of the DT year at the RGS is ‘The Great Egg Race’ – a challenge to design, build and race a vehicle using limited time and resources. Many of the vehicles looked like they…
Activities Week Despite the unpredictable weather, the entire school enjoyed an eventful Activities Week filled with exciting talks, events, excursions, and residential trips. Students engaged in a variety of workshops and experiences, such as hula-hooping, smoothie making, circus skills and listening to talks from the Guildford Beekeepers Association, former English rugby union player ,George Robson,…
Students across the school took part in a variety of enriching and diverse activities for Field Day 5. The Art in Context group stayed at school to work with clay, employing techniques such as slab building, coiling, under glazing, and sgraffito to create sculptures, vases, bowls and platters. The CCF – Army students visited the…
Headmaster’s Cricket Another well attended Headmaster’s cricket match against the OGs on Sunday, expertly led by captain Alex Sweet OG’16 once again. It was clearly a day for batsmen and the Headmaster’s XI secured victory, with OG and former member of staff, Ali Curran, scoring a wonderful century off just 37 balls. OG’1971 & 72…
The English Department was delighted to welcome Dr Marilyn Corrie from University College London to deliver a highly engaging lecture on Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale to our A-Level English Literature students, the school community at large and guests from our partnership schools, St Catherine’s School, Bramley and Tormead School. Dr…
Competition is an integral part of life. In the natural world, plants and animals compete for resources, and it is competition which gives a lion its strength and a gazelle its speed. Darwin noted, “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.’” …
On Field Day 4, various student groups engaged in diverse activities across different locations, making it a day of enrichment, fun and learning. The ‘Art in Context’ class embarked on a walking tour of Shoreditch to learn about graffiti and street art. Guided by a local street artist, the students explored politically charged pieces and…
Congratulations to Lower Sixth student, Joe Thorneycroft, whose painting has just been selected for the Royal Academy Young Artists Online Show. This year there were 21,500 submissions, so this is a phenomenal achievement! The acrylic, on canvas, A1 sized painting entitled ‘Dad’ was painted to last year’s GCSE theme of ‘Isolation’. Joe stated: ‘I wanted…
Upper Sixth student, Oscar Trott, was awarded a Third Prize at the prestigious Surrey Hills Young Composer Competition 2024. Julia Pearson, Chairman of the Festival and of its international jury, saw a very promising talent in Oscar’s piece, titled ‘Festival Rhythms’. This piece, written for piano duet, explores rhythm with intricate and contrasting interplay between…
The organisers of the Physics Olympiad hosted a Year 7 and 8 challenge for the first year. 55 schools and 3581 students entered. RGS students made up the fifth largest entry at 201 candidates completing in both sections. Nationally, the mean score was 56% with a deviation of 16%. Our mean score was over 70%…
The theme for this week is teamwork: something we rely on so often but frequently fail to recognise and appreciate. It’s important that we reflect on team work and really get to grips with what it means as it surrounds us in all realms of life, be it in the classroom, on the sports pitch…
