Welcome our new Residential Boarders beginning their journey at Gordon’s. Tomorrow our new Y12 and Y7 Day Boarders arrive. If you’re new to Gordon’s, perhaps worried about how you will fit in, here’s a short video showing how we’re all equally different but all part of Gordon’s.
Proud moment for our students and staff yesterday as The Earl of Wessex visited the school to officially open the new Sports Hub and unveil a plaque commemorating the occasion.
@GordonsPEDept
@RoyalCentral
Thumbs up from Frimley Park’s Maternity Unit for the protective face shields produced by DT Teacher Tom Webb in the school’s workshop. He is hoping to produce a further 1,500 of them.
#BSAHeroes
@UKboarding
@Surreyheath
@frimleyparkNNU
Congratulations to
@Gordonians
Hannah Russell, who collected her OBE from Prince Charles today at Windsor Castle. The 24 year old was recognised in the New Year’s Honours List after achieving a gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games while defending her 100m backstroke title.
Staff and students paid tribute to Christian Rowe last night by planting a memorial tree outside the new 3G and competing in a football match. Christian, a gifted
@sloughtownfc
player, left Gordon’s to pursue a career in the game. The Old Boys ended up 7-5 winners!
@GordonsPEDept
Family affair at the Passing Out Parade at Army Foundation College, Harrogate, where our
@GSPipesAndDrums
played. While one piper is the daughter of the Commanding Officer
@CO_AFC
, another played for her
@Gordonians
brother formerly of
@GordonsBalmoral
who graduated there today.
Bringing Whitehall to a standstill the Pipes and Drums lead students to Victoria Embankment to the statue of General Charles Gordon for a Memorial Service led by the school Chaplain the Rev Norbron.
#honour
#tradition
#remember
Congratulations to Hridaan Kohli, who has been awarded a Bedser Scholarship. The leg spinning all-rounder, who turns out for
@GordonsPEDept
and
@ValleyendCc
; is one of six from Woking schools who have been identified as having the potential to become a performance
#cricketer
.
We shall not forget them:
#poppies
inscribed with the names of Gordonians killed in the First World War were made and ‘planted’ by students this afternoon around the statue of General Gordon for the
#RemembranceSunday
Parade.
#ThankYou100
Bringing Whitehall to a standstill, the annual Parade to the statue of General Gordon on the banks of the Thames today. Watched by parents, staff and many tourists, the event was a fitting tribute to the heroic and devoted Christian, in whose memory the school was founded.
Gordon’s returned to Whitehall for the annual Parade in memory of General Gordon. The Parade was cancelled due to the pandemic last year, for the first time in living memory. But the 200 students together with the
@GSPipesAndDrums
more than made up for the missed event today!
Gordon’s School community joins the nation this evening in mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Union flags at Gordon’s have been flying at half-mast since the announcement. Tomorrow the whole school will assemble on the Parade Square to pay their respects.
#QueenElizabeth
Students, led by the Pipes and Drums bring Whitehall to a standstill today for the annual Parade in memory of General Charles Gordon, in whose honour the school was founded. Over 200 of them marched to the General Gordon statue on the banks of the Thames for the Memorial Service.
Forty years ago, Major John Balmer, Contingent Commander of Gordon’s School’s CCF, travelled to the Falkland Islands, to fight in the war against Argentina. This week, he is returning to the islands to lay a wreath in
#remembranceday2022
of his fallen colleagues.
#FalklandIslands
Nursing staff are calling them ‘Easter Visors’ thanks to the daffodil-yellow headband! 100s have been sent to care homes; vets, GP surgeries and hospitals including
@FrimleyHealth
; St Peter’s and Woking Community. Here’s how they’re made!
@ASPHFT
@CSHSurrey
#bsaheroes
#StaySafe
A symbol of hope at Gordon’s today as the Royal family gathers in Balmoral where Her Majesty the Queen, the school’s Patron remains under medical supervision. Our thoughts and prayers are with Her Majesty and her family.
#rainbow
#hope
#queen
Congratulations to our GCSE students, all of whom have shown great courage, determination and resilience in what has been a very difficult year. Celebrations in school this morning as the Class of 2020 collected their results.
#GCSE2020
#gcseresultsday
#gcses2020
Capturing the whole school and staff together under the horse chestnut trees on the Front Field for the school photograph today. Held once every four years, the photograph involves putting some 1,000 people in height order! All organised with military precision.
#schoolphoto
New challenge for Drum Major Rose Roberts as she is appointed Ambassador for
@fightforsightUK
. Rose and her family and
@GordonsChina
have raised thousands for the charity dedicated to stopping sight loss through research. Congratulations
@Gordons6thform
Rose!
@GSPipesAndDrums
Happy Mothering Sunday to all our Gordon’s mothers! Thank you for your support and for producing such amazing children. Our Year 13s raising the chapel roof on Friday in their last assembly, showing true character in these difficult times.
#MotheringSunday
#schoolclosureuk
He made it! Not only has Jamie Sinclair completed the
#LondonMarathon2019
today but he has also smashed his
#fundraising
target of £3,000 (including Gift Aid donations) to equip the new sports hall and pitch. Our Marathon Man competed in just over 3 hours. Many
#congratulations
.
Magical to see the Pipes and Drums return to the Parade Square after such a long absence. They even managed to entice out the sun! Tickets are still available for their virtual lunchtime concert in aid of the NHS. Visit
@GSPipesAndDrums
@Piping4Pupils
A rite of passage for Year 11s - shirt signing. Held earlier than usual as the term has been cut short due to the school's closure. We wish all our students and their families well and hope to welcome them back soon.
#staywell
#schoolclosure
#iloveboarding
@UKboarding
Congratulations to our Deputy Head of
@Gordons6thform
Katie Nash (nee Klavenes) on her marriage to Olympic rower George. Their wedding, featured in this week's Hello Magazine, was officiated by the school chaplain the Rev Sarah Norbron.
@hellomag
#oarsomewedding
#rowing
#Olympic
Two unbeaten sides,
@gordonsrugby
and
@HartpuryRugby
, in a head to head at Gordon’s for Round 3 of the ACE League, the pinnacle of schoolboy rugby. Plenty of support from students, staff and parents in this tough contest.
Not easy when your opponents include former
@HockeyTeamPK
Olympian
#hockey
player Muhammad Irfan and former GB player David Mathews but our First Team, taking on the staff, bravely fought to the end. The result? A commendable 10-7 to the Gordon’s staff
@GordonsPEDept
@GBHockey
Our Pipes and Drums lead the Remembrance Service Parade this morning, watched by our neighbours in West End, staff students and parents of Gordon’s.
#LestWeForget
#Weshallrememberthem
Jubilant scenes as A-Level students learned that their hard work, sacrifice and dedication had paid off, earning the Sixth Formers a 100 per cent pass rate in which 93 per cent of entries were graded A*-C. Many congratulations all.
#alevelresultsday2019
#hardworkpaysoff
Well done to
@GordonsSch
for winning Boarding School of the Year!
You really are a fantastic representation for the boarding school community 🎉
#TESSA
#TesAwards
Three Wise Men of Gordon's .....our school breaks for Christmas today and reopens to students on Tuesday 9th January, may we take this opportunity to wish you a peaceful Christmas and a Happy New Year.
#ChristmasJumperDay
Congratulations to our new Head Boy Jack and Head Girl Emily. The two were appointed after submitting a letter to the Head together with a CV and attending a formal interview. Their deputies are Euan and Olivia. Wishing them the best of luck in their new roles.
#leadership
As the mercury rises to over 33 degrees the Head Girl Abi White marches the Parade onto the Front Field and hands over to Head Boy Oliver Henderson for the 134th Annual Inspection and Parade.
#mercuryrising
#hottestdayoftheyear
#tradition
We shall remember them: General Gordon's statue surrounded by poppies on the Front Field at Gordon's. The poppies represent the 164 former students killed in action in the First World War, together with those in subsequent conflicts.
#ThankYou100
#Remembrance2018
Keep calm - eat a cupcake! Our Lead Nurse Julie Unsworth takes a well-earned break from COVID testing today. Mrs Unsworth has masterminded the whole testing operation to ensure the safe return to school for staff and students.
#BackToSchool
#schoolsreopening
The Last Post was sounded at Gordon’s this evening as the Union flag was lowered by Drum Major Rose Roberts, at the end of the day in tribute to HRH Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh. Pipe Major Owen Carter played the Lament.
#tribute
#HRHPrincePhilip
Playing together for the last time the First XV Team in a friendly against
@OratoryRugby
. The teams were led on to the field by the
@GSPipesAndDrums
Pipes and Drums. Head of
@gordonsrugby
Chris Davies paid tribute to their hard work on and off the pitch.
@NextGenXV
#rugby
First marching practise of the year and the students are marched onto the Parade Square by the Pipes and Drums. The Pipe Major is now Owen and Drum Major is Lottie. Professional to the last, the Parade only stopped briefly to sing happy birthday to the Head Girl Abi!
Memorial weekend marked the start of the Head Boy Jack Bodell and Head Girl Emily Jones taking the reins from Oliver Henderson and Abi White, who have been fantastic ambassadors for the school over the past year. Thank you to both of them and best of luck to the new incumbents.
It’s another gold for
@GordonsPEDept
and Sports Department! For the fifth consecutive year the department has been awarded the Gold Mark making Gordon’s the only school in the county to do so.
#sportingexcellence
#GoldStandard
After setting records at the National Powerlifting Championships in U18 and U23, Faiyaz Moolji is now heading for
@UniofOxford
while Divya Balashanker and Benji Holland secured places to
@Cambridge_Uni
. Congratulations all
@Gordons6thform
.
Planning permission has now been granted for a new
#sports
hall and second all-weather pitch at
@GordonsPEDept
@Surreyheath
which will transform the facilities currently offered to students and provide a sports hub for the local community. We have lift off!
@welovewoking
In a glorious celebration, marking the end of the academic year, staff, parents,
@Gordonians
and friends congregated on the Front Field at Gordon’s today for the 137th Annual Parade and Inspection. Leading the Pipes and Drums for the last time, Drum Major Rose Roberts.
#annual
Gordonian’s reunited. Paralympian medal winning swimmer
@HRussell_96
with England netball Commonwealth Gold winner
@EboniBChambers
who together with her England netball team clinched the ‘Sporting Moment of the Year’ and ‘Team of the Year’ at
#SPOTY
.
@GordonsPEDept
Jubilant scenes at Gordon’s School as students found that despite the tougher new-style exams, over 90 per cent of them had achieved the gold standard of five or more GCSE grades including English and Maths.
@getsurreylive
#surreyheath
#gcseresults2018
Remembering the fallen, including the former students killed in action during the First and Second World Wars and later conflicts. Staff, students and their families joined together around the Parade Square at Gordon’s today for the Remembrance Service and Parade.
#Remembrance
Drummers Beating as Gordon’s honours our Patron HRH The Queen at today’s Patron’s Parade on this, the Queen’s Official Birthday. The Inspecting Officer is Colonel Colin Francis Regimental Colonel of the Royal Logistic Corps.
@RHQ_The_RLC
#queensbirthday
#marching
#drummers
Two Gordon’s teams battling it out this weekend on Dartmoor for Ten Tors 2022. The challenge will see them navigate 35 miles across the difficult terrain, carrying sustenance and camping equipment. Best of luck all!
#BleedGreen
#tentors
A community united around the Parade Square at Gordon’s to mourn the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II, who was the School’s Patron. Prayers and a 2 minute silence held and Pipers played The Lament.
#QueenElizabethII
#TheQueen
A weekend of international rugby playing in Portugal for 56 students, who set off this morning for the Junior 7s International Weekend at the Agronomia Rugby Club, Lisbon. Gordon’s will be represented in all three age groups, U14; U16 and U18. Best of luck to all!
@Junio7sLisbon
Best of luck to our Head of Maths, Mark Eaden tonight as he competes in BBC 2’s Mastermind. Mr Eaden’s specialist subject is UEFA Champions League Finals.
@Mastermind
@GordonTeaching
#mathsteacher
The Menin Gate, Ypres where our
@GSPipesAndDrums
are getting ready to take part in the Last Post Association Remembrance Service. The Last Post has been sounded at the Gate every evening at eight o'clock since 1928. This will be the 31,669th service.
#lestweforget
#remembrance
All rooting for Caleb Ashworth
@gordonsrugby
who has been selected for the England U18 side to take on France tomorrow. Prop forward Ashworth is one of the first cohort of DiSE (Diploma in Sporting Excellence) students to study on the Harlequins/Gordon’s programme.
#Rugby
He set himself the target of 190 press ups a day for the month of November for the
@samaritans
and male suicide prevention and has already notched up 860!
@house_khartoum
Ethan Leech was joined by his Head of House Chris Davies. To donate visit:
Hannah Russell OBE! Congratulations Hannah, awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours List. The Paralympian Gordonian was recognised after achieving gold medal in Tokyo while defending her 100m backstroke title. Here she is with
@GordonsPEDept
teachers Paul King and Jamie Harrison.
Congratulating
#BGT
2019 winner Colin Thackeray were students from Gordon’s today. The Year 7s were attending the Founder’s Day Parade at the Royal Hospital Chelsea when they met the singing war veteran and
@RHChelsea
who captured the nation's hearts on Sunday in the final.
Few tears on the Parade Square, not just the students but staff too, as we say goodbye to our Year 13s. After their last Chapel together, the year group made their way to the Parade Square to sing ‘Shine Jesus Shine’ and ‘Jerusalem’.
#halfterm
#goodbye
#LastdayOfSchool
A fascinating talk to A Level Economics students today, given by Dr Catherine L Mann, an External Member of the Monetary Policy Committee from the
@bankofengland
. Dr Mann spoke about the UK economy, the role of the Bank of England; monetary policy and careers.
@GordonsCareers
A netball masterclass today with two giants of the game – Felistus Kwanga, captain of the Zimbabwean national team and Peace Proscovia, captain of the Ugandan national team. World class players for
@SurreyStorm
, partners of Gordon’s.
@gordonsnetball
@GordonsPEDept
#netball
Laying a wreath during the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate Memorial, Year 9 students during their visit to the Battlefields in Belgium.
#LestWeForget
For the first time in our history, Prize-Giving will be virtual. Today’s events would have begun with the 135th Annual Parade and Inspection - enjoyed by
@Gordonians
, families and friends.
#semperfidelis
#4thofJuly2020
Talented rugby players from across the South of England here for the Gordon’s/Harlequins Assessment Day for a place on the (Diploma in Sporting Excellence) DiSE Programme which provides a pathway to a career in rugby.
#rugby
#talent
@NextGenXV
@gordonsrugby
@GordonsPEDept
Now they really are part of the Gordon's family! Year 7 Students learning to march for the first time on the Front Field this afternoon while older year groups were on the Parade Square. The tradition of marching has continued since 1885.
@GSPipesAndDrums
@Gordonians
#tradition
Bringing the musical heartbeat of the school to TV viewers around the world, the Gordon's School Pipes and Drums at the Lord Mayor’s Show today.
@GSPipesAndDrums
@lordmayors_show
Pipers Oliver Henderson and Ed Lee welcomed West End's newest residents at the opening of the new residential care home
@GracewellHealth
in Street's Heath
@Surreyheath
. Their music was enjoyed by both residents and visitors to the home, which is a near neighbour of Gordon's.
While Her Majesty the Queen attends Trooping the Colour in to mark her official birthday, Gordon’s School is commemorating it with the annual Patron’s Parade. This year’s Parade, also celebrates the RAF’s centenary.
#TroopingtheColour
#RAF100
#iloveboarding
#ukboardingschools
Wishing our Patron HM The Queen a very happy birthday today. Each year the school commemorates this with our Patron's Parade. A look back at last year's Parade. The Inspecting Officer was Colonel Colin Francis.
#HappyBirthdayYourMajesty
#tradition
The largest contingent ever from Gordon’s going for their Bronze DofE practice this weekend on Reigate Heath and Penfold Lakes. Some 115 students in Year 9 taking part over two days. Best of luck to all!
@DofE
#adventure
#endurance
Smiles all round (and a few happy tears!) as A Level students record an outstanding set of results in which all passed three more with 48% achieving A*-A grades and BTEC
@Gordons6thform
students an average grade of distinction. Congratulations!
#AlevelResultsDay2022
#resultsday
Two hockey giants unite this term to teach at Gordon’s. Former Pakistan Olympian Muhammad Irfan joins former GB player David Mathews on the Hockey coaching staff
@GordonsPEDept
. A prolific goal scorer, Mr Irfan is set to introduce 'Asian skills' to students!
#hockey
@BSAboarding
It’s official! Our new Head Boy and Girl – Jack Bodell’s and Emily Jones’s names have been added to the boards in the Rec. The two, whose deputies are Euan Ayles and Olivia Adcock, will begin their duties at the Guildford Cathedral Service during Memorial Weekend.
#leadership
Gold for Joshua Thompson, who won the 100m breaststroke for
@GordonsPEDept
in the Surrey Schools’ Individual Swimming Championships. The
@Gordons6thform
student, who trains 5 times a week and is a member of Woking Swimming Club, now has his sights set on a place in the Nationals!
Gordon’s students have bucked the national trend, with 48% of GCSEs awarded the highest grades; 96% achieving a pass or better; 94% five or more GCSEs and BTEC students averaging a merit grade. Congratulations all!
#GCSEResults2022
#gcseresults
Final rehearsal for the Whitehall Parade tomorrow, when some 200 students will be stopping the traffic in London as they make their way to the statue of General Gordon by the Thames for the start of the school’s Memorial Weekend.
@GSPipesAndDrums
#memorial
#honour
#tradition