Delighted that His Majesty King Charles has accepted the Patronage of Gordon’s, continuing the tradition of the reigning Sovereign’s Patronage since Queen Victoria became its first Patron in 1885.

Gordon’s was chosen after an analysis of over 1,000 patronages held by the late Queen and the news comes as Their Majesties King Charles and Queen Camilla mark the first anniversary of their Coronation.

The late Queen Elizabeth II and her husband the late Duke of Edinburgh attended the school’s centenary celebrations in 1985 and unveiled a plaque to commemorate the visit, and together with Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, generously donated to the Centenary Appeal Fund, which raised over £300,000 to modernise school buildings.

While HM King Charles has not visited Gordon’s, his brother the Duke of Edinburgh last came to the school in January 2023 to open the new Sports Hub.

Every year the students, led by the school’s iconic Pipes and Drums Band, honours its Sovereign Patron with its Patron’s Parade in June (pictured below is last year’s Patron’s Parade). This year’s Patron’s Parade on Saturday 8th June promises to be a particularly special occasion.

Gordon’s Headmaster Andrew Moss said: “We are honoured and delighted that His Majesty King Charles has accepted the Patronage of Gordon’s and is continuing this historical tradition. We look forward to welcoming our new Sovereign Patron to the school in the future”.

Hours of shoe polishing and ironing and days of drill rehearsals in lunch and break times culminated in one of the school's most coveted Inter-House events, the Longmoor Drill Competition. Even the rain failed to dampen the professionalism and precision of those taking part. The judges from Pirbright Army Training Centre, Captain Edmund Peppiatt, WO2 Keiran Cunningham and WO1 Robert Wiseman voted Sandringham House as winners, for the second year running and Kensington House. Congratulations both!

Cold, wet and windy but Year 9's resilience shone through as they laboured through their final expedition for their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award. The whole year group of over 100 students spent two days and one night on the Surrey Hills negotiating difficult conditions to achieve their goal. Congratulations to all of them.

The inspirational rapper, broadcaster and author Isaac Borquaye, known as ‘Guvna B’ returned to Gordon’s today to speak to Years 8-11 about his life, faith, and coping with difficulties. The three times MOBO Awards Winner, who began rapping when in his school playground in Year 8, rapped about the death of his father and answered a wide range of questions from his enthusiastic audience. He told them: “You have all got something to give to the world. If you are going through difficulties, find people and faith and have a positive perspective and you will get through it”.

For her essay entitled ‘Which aspects of physical geography have the strongest effect on the economic growth and output of a country’?, Year 9 student Maisie Ho has been awarded highly commended in the national Aristotelian Essay Competition run by the Perse School, Cambridge. Maisie, an academic scholar, wrote about economic growth and the physical aspects of the environment and geography that helps economic growth such as hydrology and minerals, referring to Botswana and its diamonds; Sierra Leone’s minerals and Norway’s natural gas. She entered the competition because she thought it would be fun, and to help her write essays in the future. Admitting to being surprised at doing so well in the competition, Maisie said “I was proud because it took me ages to write it. I had to go through it, plan and add references.”