Presenting the newly-elected Student Governors. These students., one representing each House, will work closely with the Student Leadership Team, meeting with the Headteacher three times a year and ratifying changes made under the Student Voice ‘You said, we did’. For further information on how students contribute their views on academic, Boarding and co-curricular issues, please click here.
The National School Theatre Awards have nominated the senior school production of Amelie for five awards! The musical, which played to capacity audiences in the newly opened Wynter Bee Theatre at school, has been nominated for:
Best Musical
Best Ensemble
Best Actress - Kate Brazendale (pictured above)
Best Supporting Actor Elliot Watson
Best Lighting Design - James West.
This is what the National School Theatre Awards had to say after they had watched the production:
The First XI triumphed in Nottingham in the national ISHC (Independent Schools Hockey Cup) U19 Plate Final. The girls beat Seaford College 3-1 in the semi-finals before taking on The Grammar School at Leeds for a closely fought game ending in a 3-2 win. Congratulations girls.
Kicking off National Apprenticeship Week at Gordon’s were four inspirational Gordonians, who talked about the benefits of apprenticeships together with the application process. Harrison Dodd, a former rugby scholar, is on a government economic service degree apprenticeship; Freddie Compson, is with Ward Williams on a construction management degree; Jex Kidd is with Amazon as a finance degree apprentice and Lyla Gilbert is with Charles Russell Speechlys on a solicitor apprenticeship. Today students will be able to visit the school’s National Apprenticeship Fair.
Finals day for the 1st XI hockey team, competing in the Independent Schools Hockey Competition (ISHC) in Nottingham, after beating Stowe School in the quarter finals. The team will take on Seaford College in the Plate Semi-Final today. Headmaster Andrew Moss presented the team with their match tops on Friday during Drill practice and joined the rest of the school in wishing them the best of luck in the national competition.
Day two of Bounce Week and 'overgiving' has seen chocolate bar gifts and helping with chores in the Year 7 Boarding House, Woolwich. In art the Year 7s were designing their papier mache Weebles (that wobble but they don't fall down!) to coincide with the week of activities promoting resilience.
Activity across the school site today as Bounce Week has arrived! The week will see all students involved in a different activity each day relating to the school’s BOUNCE (Be active; Overgive; Understand oneself; Notice how fortunate and Connect and Engage) programme. Today’s activities involved wall sits, basketball, rugby, football, netball and a lot of fun.
What a show! Not only performing the musical Amelie to capacity audiences, but doing so in Gordon’s School’s new theatre, complete with orchestra in the pit, and officially opened on the last night of the three-night run by generous benefactors Peter and Sarah Wynter Bee in the presence of the Mayor of Surrey Heath Councillor Louise Ashbery. The icing on the cake was learning that the play had been shortlisted for the MTI Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre Provision at the National Music and Drama Education Awards and five National School Theatre Awards.
The student-led production featured them in not just the cast but involved in the lighting, sound, performing in the orchestra, co-directing, making props and painting scenery!
A romantic comedy, Amelie follows a shy, quirky only child, whose best friend is a goldfish and who is home-schooled after her father wrongly diagnoses her with a heart defect. She becomes a waitress in a Parisien cafe where her life revolves around helping others and in doing so, finds happiness and love.
The Wynter Bee Theatre was officially opened tonight, the last night of the senior production Amelie, by its major benefactors Peter and Sarah Wynter Bee, in the presence of the Mayor of Surrey Heath, Councillor Louise Ashbery. The group were led to the theatre by the Gordon's School Pipes and Drums, where Mr Wynter Bee cut the ribbon. The theatre, which also boasts an orchestra pit, provides a dedicated space for concerts and productions, seating audiences of some 200 people. This month the school also became an All-Steinway School and will host masterclasses and concerts in the theatre using the new Steinway pianos.
A place in the National Finals - for the third time in a row - for the 1st VII, who became London and South East Champions on Sunday in the National Schools regional round. The team, who secured a runners-up place in the ISL 2026 Super League last Wednesday, were unbeaten in the regional finals against seven other schools. Congratulations to the team!
Good luck to the first VII netball team, who take on Millfield, Berkhamsted and Solihull schools tomorrow for the 2026 Independent School Netball Super 4 title in Birmingham. The team, described by NextGen as ‘fresh and nimble’ and ‘a force to be reckoned with’, can be watched via a livestream on NextGen with Gordon’s taking on Millfield at 12.10pm on Court 1 (please follow the links below to watch the action). The winner of each semi-final will then play in the grand final for first place and the loser of each semi final will go head to head for third place. On Friday they were presented with personalised sweat towels by Headmaster Andrew Moss, as he joined the rest of the school in wishing them all the best.
The annual Gordon Memorial Service took place at Guildford Cathedral on Sunday. The Very Reverend Bob Cooper, Dean of Guildford Cathedral, delivered the Gordon Sermon in which he spoke about David and how he overcame his fears when he faced Goliath. He likened this to General Gordon and his courage. The Service, attended by parents, students and staff, brought to a close the Memorial Weekend.
