Smiles, hugs and tears (happy ones!) as GCSE and BTEC students collected their results this morning with 53% graded 9-7; 84% graded 9-5 and 93% 9-4. In the BTEC results, 100% of entries were graded D*-P. Stand-out performances from Neela lyer with nine grade 9s and Nathanial Teeton with eight grade 9s! For full exam details, please click here.
Best of luck to our wonderful Year 11s as they receive their GCSE and BTEC Level 2 results tomorrow (Thursday 20th August). The results may be collected from The Rec from 10am or will be available via the student portal.
Euphoric scenes at Gordon’s this morning with the release of the A Level results in which 91% of candidates were awarded A*-C with over 90 per cent heading for their first choice universities - the majority being Russell Group. BTEC results were also being celebrated with 62% graded D* to D and 89% graded D* to M.
Two students gained Oxbridge places, a further two will read dentistry and medicine.
The results also meant that four students had secured apprenticeships, Tapiwa Gandidzanwa and Charlie Gibbs into accountancy; Lucinda Dyson to an engineering firm; and Jack Seddon to a management consultancy. Oliver Cook and Jack Nickson will be heading to the US on football scholarships and Jago Morgan has been awarded a professional rugby contract.
Stand-out performances also included a place at Oxbridge for Seejan Gurung and Daria Hudson. Trumpeter Ben Hallett, who has sounded the Last Post and Reveille at school Parades for the past six years, is off to medical school and Yuvika Gurung gained a place at dentistry school. Thespian, and the lead of many school productions over the years, Owen Knight, gained two A*s with 100 per cent in his Maths A Level and 95 per cent in Further Maths!
Head of Sixth Form Will Jones said: “I’m really proud of the Year 13s for all their hard work and it was a pleasure to be with them when they received their results. I wish them every success in the future”. For the full results, please click here.
Best of luck to all our wonderful Year 13 students. A Level and BTEC results may be picked up from 8am tomorrow (Thursday 13th August) from The Rec. They will also be available through the student portal.
Four days and three nights in Snowdonia National Park, where students are on their all-important assessment for their The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Gold expedition. The group, who completed their trial run in the Black Mountains earlier this month, must be self-reliant, carrying food, water and camping equipment for a minimum of eight hours every day (although yesterday they carried on trekking for another four!). Best of luck to all of them!
Congratulations to goal shooter Jasmine, one of 15 athletes selected for England Netball’s inaugural pathway programme. The Gordon’s netball scholar, who also plays for the Super League Club London Pulse is part of a group that has been identified for consistently performing across the NPL, NXT Gen and NSL and for demonstrating significant potential and the qualities needed to thrive in international netball.
A silver medal for record-breaking wakeboarder Marley O’Toole (pictured far left), competing in the 2026 IWWF European and African Boat Wakeboard Championships in Greece.
Marley, aged 15, representing Team GB at Polifitos Lake, Kozani, in the U18 category, delivered an outstanding performance to claim second place in Europe and Africa.
Last month he became the first UK rider to land a double back roll on a wakeboard behind a boat on a lake in the UK.
Congratulations Marley!
Video and picture by Luc Baier.
Hot, sunny days and glorious sunsets and scenery for the students on their Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold expedition in Wales this week. The teams on their practice expedition in the Black Mountains will be trekking and orienteering for four days while carrying their tents, food and water. The expedition final, in ten days, will take place in Snowdonia. Best of luck to all of them!
Gordon’s has been awarded the highest accolade for a school for its continued commitment to student-led environmental action and sustainability education. The annual accreditation for The Eco-Schools Green Flag Award this year comes with Distinction. The award recognises the work of G-ECO, the school’s Eco Society, which meets to discuss environmental matters, as well as undertaking practical work in the school. Earlier in the term, members of G-ECO were planting water lilies and reeds in the school pond and putting up bird boxes in an area close to Woolwich House.
A third national win for Gordon’s Golfers, after claiming the Schools Golf National Final Scratch Title at Belton Park Golf Club. Jake shot -2 through 36 holes to claim the Championship by six shots from Zach on +4 par. An incredible achievement in the 32C heat!
In the individual stableford National Final at Luffenham Heath Golf Club, Ben finished fourth on 39 points and Jamie tenth on 34 points.
Congratulations all on a fantastic end to the season, which has also included wins at the ISGA HG Trophy and the ISGA British Schools!
Congratulations to Jess Fowler, who has been chosen as a Lord-Lieutenant’s Cadet, assisting the Surrey Lord-Lieutenant over the coming year.
Cadet Sergeant Fowler was presented with her Lord-Lieutenant’s Cadet badge during Army Camp in Kent this week by Brigadier Jonathan Mullin MBE, the CCF Link Trustee for Gordon’s. The position is for outstanding service, dedication and ability to act as an ambassador for the youth of Surrey. A Lord-Lieutenant’s Cadet assists the Lord-Lieutenant when required, often on parade for Royal visits.
Jess, who is also the school’s Trumpet Sergeant, has been an enthusiastic and committed member of the school’s CCF for the past three years. She says of the CCF: “It has given me so much confidence, leadership skills and means I am part of such an amazing community of people that I am so glad to have met”.
The first residents of the school’s newest boarding accommodation, Woolwich House. These students (standing) joined the bespoke 32 bed mixed Year 7 boarding House when it first opened in 2019 and have just completed Year 13 and their time at Gordon’s. Here’s what they had to say about boarding:
‘Boarding has been a journey. I feel it’s really matured me, made me independent’.
‘Having the boarding experience was really useful for me for developing my independence. It’s helped me to realise that you don’t always need to go to someone, you can figure things out for yourself’.
And the best bit about boarding:
‘On the weekends, having fun, doing different things, playing pool, table tennis’.
‘All the Inter-House activities. They allow you to grow new friendships with people who you may not have been friends with before’.
‘The weekend trips, like Thorpe Park’.
‘It’s the relationships you make, friends, the activities you do in the evening’.
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