One hundred and forty students retracing the steps of the original Gordon boys some 140 years ago, from Brookwood Station to the school site in West End today, led by the Pipes and Drums. The event is the culmination of the 140th anniversary of Gordon's School, the National Memorial to General Gordon and hundreds applied to take part. Not only will they be walking in the footsteps of the first children, they are also fundraising for bursaries and for the Steinway School project. The video below is of some of them and why they wanted to be part of this historic day. For more videos and to donate, please click here.

Water filtration systems from plastic bottles, wind turbines from ice lolly sticks and spaghetti buildings made to withstand an earthquake. These were some of the activities that made up the STEM day with AtkinsRealis. Each of the Year 10 designs was tested, with winners for each interactive workshop. The event, part of Careers Week, proved a fantastic and stimulating introduction to engineering principles.

Year 7 students performed in their first parade this morning for Harvest Festival and celebrated by the statue of General Gordon by throwing their Glengarry caps. The year group only started learning to march last month but showed how far they had come and were applauded by their peers, parents, staff and friends on the Parade Square. The year group joins a cast of thousands to have marched on the Parade Square, dating back over a century to when the school first opened as a home for ‘necessitous’ boys. During the Parade, student achievements were celebrated, including those of Gordonians Ollie Streeter and Elliot Williams selected for the Rugby Under 20 England training team; netball players Jasmine Akrasi and Anna Dale-Smith elected for the England Netball Roses Academy Long Squads; Siddhant Mathur selected for the Diploma in Sporting Excellence in hockey, delivered in partnership with England Hockey and Loughborough College; Hannah Self, already a Surrey County football player, signed to play for Reading Football Club this season and Owen Knight,  a member of the senior choir since Year 9, receiving an offer of a choral scholarship to Oxford University. 

On the eve of the anniversary of the first 'necessitous' boys marching to the school site, then the Gordon Boys' Home, from Brookwood Station, The Bishop of Guildford, The Right Reverend Andrew Watson spoke to every year group about General Gordon, who died 140 years ago. He also unveiled a plaque for a stained glass window, donated to the school Chapel some 40 years ago by St Luke's Church in Southampton. The stained glass depicts General Gordon receiving his last communion before leaving for Sudan. 

Ten out of ten for our teachers at Gordon’s as they have achieved all the possible PTI Marks for 2025-6, making the school the only one in the country to hold all ten. The PTI Mark celebrates the school’s commitment to increasing teachers’ subject knowledge to improve outcomes for all students in Art, D&T, English, Geography, History, Maths, Modern Foreign Languages, Music PE and Science. Gordon’s Senior Leadership Team  has also been awarded the PTI Leadership Mark for 2025. For further information on the PTI and the curriculum, please click here.

A show of strength and might (and in the case of Buckingham and Woolwich, deciding which way to face in the sudden death play-off for second place, skills in rock, paper, scissors!) as Inter-House tug of war was battled on the Front Field. House-coloured headwear and face paints adding to the vibrant scene. Kensington were looking to keep the crown they have held since 2022 and Khartoum to add to their streak of three wins. In the end, Victoria and Gravesend triumphed in the Main School competition and Kensington and Buckingham clinched the Sixth Form titles. Great fun had by all!