Congratulations to staff and students in the school’s PE Department on being awarded the status as a Leadership Skills Foundation Centre of Excellence. In making the award, the Leadership Skills Foundation said: ‘We are always inspired by your hard work to provide so many leadership opportunities for young people and how you have embedded this into your culture and the experiences you provide for so many’.

In the past academic year, the school’s Sports Leaders programme, has involved 40 students, who have collectively completed 1,200 volunteering hours after gaining a refereeing or umpiring qualification. This year the programme has been expanded to 47 Year 12 students. Head of Physical Education, Matt Gullick said: “I'm really pleased that the work we have put into developing the programme has received this level of national recognition. It's a fantastic achievement for the school and everyone involved in providing these opportunities for our students”.

Hats off to our Year 7s, who took to the Parade Square in front of their peers, staff and parents for the first time today in the Harvest Festival Parade! Afterwards they celebrated by throwing their Glengarries into the air in front of the camel statue. 
 

Delighted to welcome Pratik Gurung to the school from the Gurkha Welfare Trust. Mr Gurung spoke to Charity Prefects about the trust and its work both in the UK and Nepal. The trust is  one of the school's three charities for this year, along with Frimley Park Hospital Children's Ward and Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. The long term school charity is Kids for Kids. Next week's mufti day will see all four charities benefiting from money raised from students and staff .

Ten out of ten for Gordon’s teachers who have been awarded all ten PTI Marks, which acknowledge a challenging curriculum, enthusing students through co-curricular subject-based activities, enriching teachers’ own subject knowledge and encouraging subject links. The Art, D&T, English, Geography, History, Maths, MFL, Music, PE and Science departments have been awarded the Mark in recognition of their achievement across these four key development areas which place subject at the heart of teaching. In addition, Gordon’s leadership team has been awarded The PTI Leadership Mark for 2026 for driving and supporting the improvement of education for all students regardless of background or ability.

Last touches to the carrot cake by Head of Catering Rainy Pullen, while elsewhere in the school’s kitchen there are rock cakes baking and delicious ingredients being mixed for today’s fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support. Prospective parents and their children will be invited to donate to the charity at today’s Open Event. This afternoon, school parents will be able to enjoy their home-made cakes in the dining hall before exeat pick up. If you aren’t able to enjoy the cakes, tea and coffee with Gordon’s today, please consider donating via this link.