Rich's in Top Three South West Schools

Friday 1 December 2023 SJV

Sir Thomas Rich's is named as one of the top three schools in the South West in the 31st edition of The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide, which has been published online today. In the survey, the UK’s highest-achieving secondary schools are ranked by the first true set of post-pandemic examination...

German Students Enjoy STRS Hospitality!

Thursday 23 November 2023 SJV

We were delighted to welcome students from our partner school Otto Hahn Gymnasium, Göttingen this month. Students from Year 10 enjoyed a range of activities, hosting their peers and introducing the visitors to the history of Gloucester and SS Great Britain, as well as enjoying a walking tour of the street...

Christmas Concert

Thursday 23 November 2023 SJV

Our school Christmas Concert take place in the main hall on Thursday 14 December at 7pm. Tickets are on sale now, £5 adults and £3 concessions (parking available on the school site). The programme will feature instrumental groups including the Brass Ensemble, Strings, Jazz Band, the School Orchestra, the Wind Band...

Buy Tickets to Watch First XV at Kingsholm 16 November

Monday 13 November 2023 SJV

Tickets for the 1st XV's Charity Rugby Match against Cheltenham College at Kingsholm Stadium on 16 November are just £5! It would be great to have as many STRS supporters as possible there on the big night. Funds raised go to the National Star College. Kick-off is at 7.30pm and you...

Year 8 and 9 Rhineland Trip

Thursday 26 October 2023 SJV

Early on the morning of Friday 20 October a party of 40 Year 8 and 9 pupils set off on a long coach journey heading for the Rhineland area of Germany, accompanied by Mrs Testoni-Ranken, Mr Morgan, Mr Deacon and Mr Ranken. Despite several traffic delays the group finally arrived at...

Jago's Kickboxing Success

Wednesday 25 October 2023 SJV

Year 9 student Jago is a keen kickboxer and for the last year has been representing his club, Epic Martial Arts & Fitness, nationally in his age group, at both national and international level. On 16-17 September Jago competed in the GB Grandslam at the University of Birmingham, where he claimed...

Politics Trip to Parliament

Monday 2 October 2023 AH

Last week 30 of our Year 13 Politics students visited London for a trip to Parliament, The Supreme Court and the Churchill War Rooms. The trip was an opportunity for the students to revisit their studies of the UK government. Due to parliamentary recess for the annual party conferences, students were...

Students Enjoy a Masterclass with Internationally Famous String Quartet

Thursday 28 September 2023 SJV

Last week GCSE and A Level Music students in Years 11, 12 and 13 took part in an exciting composing workshop with the internationally renowned Carducci Quartet. As well as receiving expert compositional advice, pupils also enjoyed listening to many wonderful performances from the ensemble. Students left feeling inspired and with...

Open Day and Evening 5 October - Registration Open

Monday 11 September 2023 SJV

Online registration is open now for our next Open Day and Evening on Thursday 5 October. There two sessions in the day and two in the evening to choose from, so if you're the parent of a prospective Year 7 student book now to find out more about life and study...

Year 4 Pupils Enjoy Football Tournament at Rich's

Monday 4 September 2023 SJV

Recently we welcomed 120 Year 4 students from local primary schools to compete in a football tournament here at Rich's, organised by our PE Department. The students had a fantastic time, with the Longlevens A Team finishing the day as champions. Thank you to our amazing Year 9 boys who helped...

GCSE Results Day

Thursday 24 August 2023 SJV

Students and staff at Sir Thomas Rich’s are celebrating outstanding GCSE results today. The Headmaster, Matthew Morgan, said: “This really is an excellent set of results, our Year 11 – and Year 13 students who received their results last week – should be very proud indeed. Notably, these young people attained...

European Youth Parliament UK Champions

Monday 17 July 2023 AH

Eight members of the Senior Debate Society have become UK European Youth Parliament (EYP) champions and will go on to represent the UK in an international session later this year. The students debated a range of global issues, including needle spiking, global transport networks, loss of marginal languages, climate change and...

Year 12 German Students Visit Berlin

Wednesday 12 July 2023 BTR

At the start of July our Year 12 Germanists spent four exciting days in Berlin, experiencing German history and culture at first hand. The tailormade and fully packed programme took them to some of the major attractions such as the Olympic stadium, the remains of the Berlin wall, the ‘Reichstag’, the...

Holly Selected for Wales U18 Hockey

Monday 10 July 2023 SJV

A huge well done to Holly in Year 12 who has been selected to represent Wales in hockey as part of the Wales U18 Euro II-B Championship Squad, playing from 9-14 July. Holly is pictured here during a recent training session with Wales. An incredible achievement...

Year 10 Student Shines at English Schools Athletics Championships

Monday 10 July 2023 SJV

Charlie in 10T (pictured on the right) threw a personal best of 58.76m in the javelin and finished 3rd (U17 competition as an U15 athlete) in the English Schools Athletics Championships – a huge achievement, well done Charlie...

German Exchange 2023

Tuesday 4 July 2023 MVF

Students were a credit to Rich's as they fully immersed themselves in the culture and embraced the spirit of the exchange. It was wonderful to see so much interaction and hear our students speaking so much German. The programme included a trip on the ICE train to Berlin for an historical...

Cricket Cup Winners!

Monday 3 July 2023 SJV

The Cricket season has been busy and enjoyable this term, with 14 School teams playing regular fixtures at home and away. Huge congratulations to the U15s, who have been crowned as County Cup Champions, beating Pate’s Grammar School to go forward to regionals. Also to our amazing U13s (pictured) and U14s...

Celebration of Shikshak Vandan Divas

Saturday 1 July 2023 DAG

On Sunday 25th June, I had the privilege to attend the Hindu celebration, Shikshak Vandan Divas (Teacher Appreciation Day). This was hosted by the community charity Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, UK who invited seven teachers from local schools. It was an enjoyable afternoon, which included learning about the work the charity completes...

8S Enjoy Sunny Fieldwork at the River Churn

Wednesday 21 June 2023 AH

As part of the Geography course, Year 8 are studying the rivers topic. Over the next few weeks, they are completing fieldwork along the river Churn, looking at how rivers change downstream. 8S visited last Monday, enjoying a lovely day applying theory to practice...

First French Exchange With New School

Tuesday 20 June 2023 SJV

A group of 27 Year 10 and 12 students were in France earlier this month completing the second round of a new exchange with Lycée Sainte-Marie in Cholet. The group, accompanied by Madame Khokher and Mr Fullerton, flew to Nantes in the West of France to be reunited with their exchange...

Warhammer Victory

Friday 16 June 2023 SJV

Well done to the members of the Warhammer Club, who won in all categories when they competed in the Warcry event at Warhammer World in Nottingham on this week! It was a great day out with the students accompanied by Mr Bream, Head of DT and dedicated club leader. Pictured in...

Alexander Composes for Carducci String Quartet

Thursday 15 June 2023 SJV

Alexander in Year 10 was one of three finalists from students living or attending school in Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire to win a composition workshop and performance of his piece by the internationally renowned Carducci String Quartet at the Carducci Festival in May. Head of Music Mrs Jones said...

Students of Politics Question Lord Kennedy

Monday 12 June 2023 AH

Students of Politics had a Teams call today with Lord Kennedy of Southwark. They asked a range of questions about the workings of the House of Lords, the UK Constitution, conventions and procedures and the current UK Government. In addition, Pupils discussed past and present Prime Ministers and the future of...

German Language Play

Thursday 4 May 2023 MVF

The Onatti Theatre Company returned to Sir Thomas Rich’s today to perform the German language play 'Im alten Saloon'. Students gathered in the Old Gym to hear the story of a family who owned a failing saloon. They found many entertaining ways to try to make money including winning a talent...

Ben Takes Top Photography Prize

Tuesday 2 May 2023 SJV

A huge well done to Ben Aitken in Year 11, who took first place in the secondary school age category at the Gloucestershire Young Photographer of the Year Competition last week. Now in its 19th year, the competition received 895 entries from 26 primary and secondary schools across Gloucestershire. There were...

Senior Debate Team Wins Regional European Youth Parliament Final

Tuesday 28 March 2023 AH

Eight Year 12 students have won a place at the National European Youth Parliament Debate Final in Liverpool later this year, by winning the Regional European Youth Parliament Final at Rich's last week. The team proposed a resolution on needle spiking and worked together to defend, amend and challenge a wide...

Normandy Trip

Tuesday 28 March 2023 SJV

Sixty of our Year 9 students enjoyed a five-day trip to Normandy this month, immersing themselves in the culture and enjoying some new experiences. Staying at the Château de la Baudonnière, all activities and meal times were delivered in French, which gave pupils and staff the chance to practise their language...

FameLab STEM Competition

Monday 27 March 2023 SJV

Alfie in Year 9 took part in the FameLab Academy Final last week, a major STEM competition organised annually by Cheltenham Festivals. He gave an engaging and entertaining talk on stage at the Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury on ‘A Tyrant’s Family Tree’ and answered the judges’ questions clearly and confidently. In...

Open Days 26 and 27 April

Friday 24 March 2023 SJV

Year 4 and 5 boys and their parents or carers are warmly invited to attend our upcoming Open Days on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 April to meet key staff and current pupils, hear about the testing and admissions process, and to find out more about studying at Rich’s by observing...

Squash Success

Thursday 23 March 2023 SJV

Edmund Kulkarni, Will O'Connor and Tom Reed from Year 7 played in The Cadbury Squash Tournament at Cheltenham Ladies College earlier this month. They all played extremely well and impressed the coaches in some intense matches, with Edmund finishing in second place. Congratulations to all three. Earlier on in the year...

Joseph Picture Gallery

Tuesday 21 March 2023 SJV

Ben Aitken captured some great shots of the amazing production of Joseph last month! There are some additional pictures on our Instagram account as well. If you missed the show, here's a lovely review written by Simon Lewis of the Gloucestershire Echo. TOMMY’S AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR SHELLSUITS Joseph and the...

German Exchange 2023

Monday 20 March 2023 MVF

We were delighted to welcome back the Otto Hahn Gymnasium Göttingen for our Year 10 Exchange programme. A fantastic week was had by all with an action packed itinerary. Highlights included a visit to the mayor, a historical tour of Gloucester, a joint bowling and golf trip, the SS Great Britain...

STRS Violinist is Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year

Monday 6 March 2023 SJV

Former STRS pupil and violinist Isaac Williams, class of 2022, is the Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year 2023, scooping the £500 winner’s prize, the £200 audience prize and the Hewitt-Jones Trophy. Isaac was chosen by the audience and the judges over five other finalists at Pittville Pump Room in Cheltenham...

Rich’s FameLab Winner Announced

Wednesday 15 February 2023 SJV

Our FameLab Academy finalists presented their talks to Year 8 in registration and period 1 this morning, with the judges picking Alfie’s outstanding talk on ‘A tyrant’s family tree’ as the winner. A huge well done to Alfie, who will go on to represent STRS at the Gloucestershire regional FameLab Academy...

Henry Reaches Great Heights

Wednesday 15 February 2023 SJV

Henry in Year 7 has been riding mountain bikes since he was five years old, attracting top sponsors and achieving some great competition wins! Dad, Simon, told us more: “Henry started riding at five and a half. We quickly realised that he wasn't 'normal', trying to jump everything at every opportunity...

Sixth Form Students Visit Trinity College Oxford

Friday 10 February 2023 SJV

Some of our Year 12 students visited Oxford’s Trinity College this week to find out more about study at one of the world’s top universities and, importantly, to ‘demystify’ the Oxbridge application process for themselves. Accompanied by Miss Morris and Mr Fullerton, the Rich’s students learnt about the qualities of a...

Politics Trip to Westminster

Wednesday 8 February 2023 AH

Year 13 students travelled to London yesterday to visit the Supreme Court and Parliament as part of their A Level Politics studies. The group were able to watch debates in the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and witnessed a 10 minute rule bill pass at the first reading...

Year 7 Pupil Opens for England in the Six Nations

Wednesday 8 February 2023 SJV

Yitak in Year 7 had the honour of being selected to play a curtain raiser game and form part of the guard of honour at last Saturday’s Six Nations England-Scotland match at Twickenham. Yitak was selected by his rugby club, Royal Wootton Bassett, and along with 11 team-mates of mixed age...

Chess Success

Friday 3 February 2023 SJV

Last week the Chess teams played an enjoyable fixture in the English Chess Federation regional knockout stage against The Cotswold School; six great games resulted in a final score of 5 ½ wins to STRS and ½ to The Cotswold School and we progress to the next round of the ECT...

Sixth Form Prospectus

Friday 27 January 2023 SJV

The latest edition of the Sixth Form Prospectus has just been published on the school website, or you can pick up a printed copy at the Open Evening next week, Thursday 2 February from 5.30pm. There’s still time to book your place - see the home page of the school website...

Eco Club Students Plant Trees on Landfill Site

Thursday 26 January 2023 SJV

Pupils from the STRS Eco Club visited the Hempsted landfill site in Gloucester this week to play a role in creating Gloucester’s newest woodland! The students, who are all from Years 7-9, were working with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust for a morning of tree planting. The boys and Mr Fullerton learned about...

New Vacancies

Monday 23 January 2023 SJV

We’re recruiting for teachers of Computer Science (with Maths) and Physics. Both posts are permanent, full or part time considered, to start September 2023. Closing date for applications is 9am, Monday 30 January 2023. See our eTeach page for full details and to apply...

Sixth Form Open Evening 2 February

Thursday 5 January 2023 SJV

Our next open event for Year 12 entry takes place on Thursday 2 February 5.30pm-8pm. Year 11 students from any school and their families are warmly invited to attend - please just come along at a time convenient to you. The Headmaster’s talks take place at 6pm and 7pm in the...