Together for their last Chapel Service at Gordon’s, our Year 13 students, who begin their exams next week. Today’s Service, conducted by the school Chaplain the Reverend Graham Wright, provided one of the last opportunities to be together at school before the Leavers’ Dinner in July. Sandra Radford, Head of Sixth Form told them: “You have worked so hard for this. I wish you the best of luck. You are a pride and joy”.

Lieutenant General Richard Cripwell CB, CBE has been appointed the new Chairman of The Trustees of the Gordon Foundation. He took over on May 1^st from General Sir Peter Wall, who served as Chairman for seven years.

Commissioned into the Corps of the Royal Engineers in August 1982 until February this year, Lieutenant General Cripwell was Deputy Commander Allied Land Command, the standing headquarters for NATO land forces and was recently sworn in as Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey, representative of the Crown in the Bailiwick.

His appointment to Chairman of the Trustees of The Gordon Foundation, the original charity established to run the original Gordon Boys’ Home, and now supporting Gordon’s School, continues the close relationship Gordon’s has enjoyed with the Royal Engineers since the Home’s, now School’s, inception as the national memorial to General Gordon, a former Royal Engineer.

Married, with two children, Lieutenant General Cripwell, a keen sportsman, said: “I am looking forward to helping the Gordon Foundation and the school achieve their strategic vision”.

Gordon’s Headmaster Andrew Moss said: “I would like to welcome Lieutenant General Cripwell to the school and very much look forward to working with him. I would also like to thank General Sir Peter Wall on his sterling service to the school.”

Please click here for more information on the Gordon Foundation and full list of its Trustees.

After just one year of competing in ILCA 4 dinghies (formerly Lasers), Kaitlyn Wyatt, a student at Gordon’s School has been chosen to represent Great Britain in the ILCA 4 Youth World Championships in Portugal, this August! Kaitlyn has been sailing competitively since 2018 and is ranked in the top five female ILCA 4 sailors nationally.  She achieved her selection after a weekend in Weymouth in which she competed in the final of seven ILCA 4 qualification events. It was the largest ILCA 4 qualification event ever held in the UK and featured the largest female contingent. Kaitlyn finished as the leading female sailor with an invitation to represent GB at both the European and World Championships. Sadly her GCSE exams mean she is unable to compete in the Europeans, but the 15 year old will make it for the world championships! Congratulations Kaitlyn and best of luck!

Gordon’s hosted its third Model United Nations Conference, welcoming eight other schools from across the country for two days of debate and discussion. With five separate committees including the security council, many different issues were discussed including ‘The Question of Lethal Autonomous Weapons’, ‘ the Iranian Nuclear Programme’, and ‘children impacted by the US border crisis/question of Haiti refugees’. Gordon's delegates representing the USA team lifted the second highest prize, that of Highly Commended Delegation.

Great results for our rowers on Sunday at Dorney’s Olympic Lake in the Ball Cup. Cloudless skies coupled with vociferous support from other students spurred James, in a single, on to a brilliant row in the heats and a first place in the final! Emilia and Immie also made their final, fighting the other crews right up to the line for a fifth place out of 15 in their category. Congratulations all!