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  • Steinway School - A Dream come true

    Published 06/11/25

    The dream of becoming a Steinway School was realised this morning with the delivery of a fleet of pianos from the factory in Germany. The pianos, two grand and five uprights, were selected by students and staff, who flew out to Hamburg in September after generous donations from parents, staff and friends of the school made the dream possible. Gordon’s now joins an illustrious list of institutions from around the UK to have formed a partnership with Steinway and Sons, the world’s best know and most respected manufacturer of pianos. Students will now be able to practise, rehearse and be accompanied on these high quality instruments as well as participating in Steinway-sponsored masterclasses and events.

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  • Gordon's Remembers

    Published 05/11/25

    The Remembrance Sunday Drumhead Service and Parade will be held on Sunday 9th November on the Parade Square at Gordon's from 10.30am. Refreshments will be available in the Dining Hall beforehand. Students will be selling poppies in aid of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.

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  • Restored clock's new era

    Published 27/10/25

    The clocks may have gone back but for the beautiful Victorian one on the Parade Square, it’s a new beginning thanks to the generosity of the Gordonians. The fundraising campaign for its renovation meant that the clock that has kept the school running on time since the mid-1800s has now been restored to its former glory. Originally it boasted a hand-wound mechanism, changing to a mains-operated movement around 30 years ago. Now it is fully synchronised with gold leaf hands and Roman numerals and is set to serve generations to come.

    The Mayor of Surrey Heath, Cllr Louise Ashbery unveiled plaques recognising the donors to the clock appeal, last week following the 140th Anniversary walk by students. The plaques will be placed on the pillars close to the new clock. Thank you to all those who donated towards this much-loved Gordon’s time piece. 

    Before the renovation.

     

    The newly renovated clock.

     

    The third column.

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  • the ultimate celebration of 140 years

    Published 22/10/25

    What a day! One hundred and forty students made the journey from Brookwood Station to West End, led by the Pipes and Drums as the first Gordon boys did some 140 years ago. A chinook helicopter from RAF Odiham greeted them on the Front Field at the end of their journey, and they were presented with commemorative pin badges for the 140th anniversary of the school. Students and staff applauded their arrival on the Parade Square before the Mayor of Surrey Heath, Cllr Louise Ashbery unveiled the newly renovated clock, thanks to donations from Gordonians. The icing on the cake was that through their efforts, over £26,000 has been raised for Gordon’s Giving Day for bursaries and for the Steinway Schools appeal (donations can still be made here - https://gordons.givingday.co.uk/).

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  • historic steps

    Published 22/10/25

    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.

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  • Giving Day

    Published 21/10/25

    Today marks the start of Gordon's first Giving Day, offering the community of students, parents, Gordonians and staff, the chance to celebrate the school's 140th Anniversary by donating to either the Steinway Schools Appeal or towards bursaries. Please click here for up to date information about the Giving Day, and to donate.

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  • Introduction to Engineering

    Published 20/10/25

    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.

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  • Get Reading!

    Published 14/10/25

    Gordon's is supporting a national campaign by the Sunday Times to promote the reading of books for at least ten minutes a day for the next six weeks. Everyone, students, parents and teachers – is encouraged to read for ten minutes every day through October and November 2025.

    Data has shown that social media posts, subtitles, and digital articles (or print media) are now the top three reading formats for those aged under 35. Books have dropped out of the top three for reading.

    Reading is hugely beneficial and can change lives, improving mental health by giving a short release from everyday reality, as well as playing a vital role in children’s cognitive development when done through the school years, ten to 16 years old.

    2026 has been declared the ‘National Year of Reading’ by the Department for Education and this ‘Get Britain Reading’ campaign is a great warm-up for Gordon’s School – to ‘Get Gordon’s Reading’.

    Please visit the Library and Reading page of the website for library opening times and suggested books for every age group.

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  • Hat's a Wrap

    Published 12/10/25

    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. 

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  • green giants

    Published 03/10/25

    Dynamic duo Zach Mathews and Jake Platt put on super-hero performances, scoring nine birdies and two eagles, in the first match against Epsom College U18 at Worplesdon Golf Club yesterday. With a scratch better ball score of 58, the 16 year old pair notched up -13 under par through 18 holes. Their remarkable play, together with that of the rest of the team, saw a Gordon’s victory of 2-1. Head of Golf David Mathews commented afterwards: In all my 18 years as Head of Golf, I have never witnessed such an outstanding score as a pair.”

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  • Bishop Visit

    Published 01/10/25

    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. 

     

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  • George's Flying Visit

    Published 23/09/25

    Not every day a Gordonian visits the school in a helicopter! While his usual mode of transport to school was by car, today Flight Lieutenant George Whiteman made the ultimate entrance – in a Juno HT1 (Airbus H135)! George, a former boarder in Balmoral, landed on the Front Field as part of his training for RAF Shawbury which requires him to conduct landings in fields away from his RAF base. The former Drum Major of the Pipes and Drums managed a quick hello to his former CCF commanders, School Staff Instructor (SSI) Phil Fox, Officer Commander (OC) John Balmer; Squadron Leader Peter Mockeridge and Flying Officer Jamie Sumsion before heading home. Great to see you again George!

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