The new year marks the start of the 140th anniversary celebrations for Gordon's, featuring a number of events throughout 2025. 

We look forward to welcoming Residential Boarders back to school on Monday 6th January and all our students for the start of term on Tuesday 7th January. 

Every day, for almost a year, Sandringham Houseparent Tom Webb has run five kilometres to raise money for Angus’ Army, the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. The charity, one of the whole school ones for this year, was started after student Angus was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in the summer of 2023 and received treatment from the Royal Marsden.

Sandringham House formed themselves into Angus’ Army, enlisting students, staff and parents from across the school community. First they ran the Oxford Half Marathon to raise money for the charity and then 100 miles of the South Downs. Mr Webb continued the fundraising by pledging to run 5Ks every day, whatever the weather and wherever he was in the world.

On January 1^st he will have completed his year of running, bringing the total number of kilometres run to 1,825 and helping to raise boost the amount raised for the charity which now stands at a staggering £46,500.  As he nears the end of his marathon achievement, he is hoping to hit the £50,000 mark for the charity. Can you help him do this? Donations can be made here. To learn more about Angus' Army, please click here.

Damp December day but students and staff have embraced the Christmas spirit and dusted off their festive jumpers in aid of the school’s charities – CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young); Papyrus (Prevention of Young Suicide) and Angus’ Army (The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity). While the majority of students will be going home for Christmas today, some are in Germany on the German exchange trip; golfers are travelling to Portugal to play in the European National Schools Championships and senior skiers are off to Obertauern, Austria. Safe travels all!

In a class of their own, Woolwich House, winners of the Gingerbread Decorating Competition! While all the Residential Boarding Houses entered the competition, the creativity of the school’s youngest students clinched the trophy, presented today by Headmaster Andrew Moss. Congratulations Woolwich!

Having successfully competed in dressage, showjumping, cross country and polo (for which her team won the National Schools and Universities Polo Association finals!), Inèz Schilbach then set herself the challenge of military riding!

The 13 year old, who was introduced to riding as a toddler, recently competed with the Army Cadet’s Chobham Detachment in a Military Equitation Competition held at Royal Windsor. 

Military Equitation involves riding with one hand and sitting in the correct military position while managing formation with horses, in military tack. The cadets were competing under the instruction of a former Lt Colonel of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment while the Judge, formerly from the Kings Troop, assessed them for their military bearing.

Inèz was granted special dispensation to compete at such a young age, and was up against the Army Cadet Force, Combined Cadet Force and Royal Air Force Cadets from military detachments in Portsmouth, Dover and across the South of England. The horses, which are also used to escort the Lord and Lady Mayoress at the Lord Mayors Show in London each year, were randomly drawn for each rider.

In spite of being one of the youngest competitors and having only been military riding for seven months, she was awarded third place!

“We had five minutes to familiarise  ourselves with the horses and warm up, meet the other cadets we would be riding alongside and then we started the competition” explained Inèz, adding that the judges were looking for the cadet's affinity with their horse and the control and effectiveness of their riding - which included cantering within formation. 

Inèz is very keen to continue with military equitation, and has future  ambitions – “What I really want to do, maybe when I am a bit older, is the Lord Mayor’s Parade on horseback” and looking further to the future, she declared: “It’s definitely a military career for me!”