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Year 4 and 5 pupils taking part in our Shaping Futures Programme enjoyed three days at Sir Thomas Rich’s School this August - two full days filled with 11+ support and fantastic Drama, Music and Science workshops. Students enjoyed drama games, learning to play ukulele, pond dipping and building and launching...
We are celebrating record GCSE results, with 55% of all entries achieving grades 8 and 9 and over three-quarters of grades at grade 7 and above. These are amongst our best ever results at GCSE. 108 students gained at least seven GCSEs at the top grades (7-9) including 15 students who...
Charlie in Year 11 has won the National Schools Javelin last weekend throwing a Personal Best of 60.34m. He has been selected to represent England at the SIAB Championships on Friday, where he will compete against the best from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Charlie is pictured here in the centre...
This morning A Level Politics students took part in a Q&A session with Baroness Bennett, talking about the work and role of the House of Lords. Students asked a range of questions about the role of minority parties in Parliament, the new government, the passage and making of new laws and...
Last week Year 7 pupils had an exciting adventure day at Aztec Adventure, Upton Warren. The end of the school year is a special time for Year 7 students, when they can take stock and celebrate their achievements over their first year at Rich’s. The trip was a wonderful way to...
Language students in Year 9 have been taking part in a series of challenges over the last few weeks that have tested their skills as linguists and provided an opportunity to showcase their creative, sporting and musical talents. Pupils have also learned about career opportunities in languages. Each task has earned...
Senior Governor Mrs Jan Wilton, Deputy Head Mr Lynch and the School Captains joined Mr Morgan for his final whole School assembly this morning. Mr Morgan leaves us at the end of August for a new role as Head of Bishop’s Wordsworth School in Salisbury, and offered these words of guidance...
Our annual Summer Concert is now starting at 5.30pm on Wednesday 10 July, with informal drinks and music in the Quad. We have brought the start time forward by an hour so football fans can still watch most of the England Euros game, which kicks off at 8pm. The main concert...
Year 8 pupils Jonnie, Barney, Ying-Tai and Leon recently represented Rich's at the UKMT Mathematics Team Competition. They competed against 15 other schools, demonstrating excellent team work and quick mathematical thinking. We would like to congratulate them for achieving so highly in the National Junior Maths Challenge, resulting in their selection...
The U14s are County Cup Champions for the second year running! The team notched up a fine 165 with O’Neill blasting 54 from just 30 balls. In reply, Westonbirt were all out for 108. Patel was the pick of bowlers with sensational figures of 4/12. An amazing achievement, well done all...
Year 8 pupils enjoyed fantastic weather for their residential at Buddens Activity Centre in Dorset last week. Pupils in 8S, 8T and 8R attended from Monday to Wednesday, and 8B and 8C from Wednesday to Friday. A wide range of activities included bush craft, raft building, canoeing, abseiling and archery. Feedback...
Last Friday our Year 12 Biologists visited The Museum of Natural History in Oxford to cover work on evolution and classification. Students enjoyed a lecture, which featured live cockroaches, and used some of the displays at the museum to help with their studies. They also had time to visit the eclectic...
Earlier in the year, 46 pupils visited the United Nations building in New York. During the tour they were joined by former pupil Joe Gyte, who talked with pupils about his life journey from studying at Rich’s to working with the UN in New York. Joe left Sir Thomas Rich’s in...
Year 12 mentors have been working with primary pupils recently as part of our Shaping Futures programme. The fourth and fifth sessions in the programme included a music workshop where pupils got to use our music tech Mac Suite to explore drum beats and take part in some singing. In the...
Finn in Year 12 is the winner of the UK-wide Young Talent of Tomorrow Fashion Design Competition (Y12 Category). This means one ‘look’ from his winning collection will be brought to life and showcased on the catwalk at Graduate Fashion Week 2024, 10-13 June. This is an incredible achievement, we’re extremely...
House Netball took place at the end of last term, with all players acquitting themselves well in an extremely hard-fought tournament. Congratulations to Southgate for taking home the win this year, plus of course a huge well done to all the players who took part. 1st Southgate (blue) 2nd Eastgate...
On Wednesday we welcomed the Onatti Theatre Company to perform their German play, Der Babysitter. Students from Years 7-10 were entertained by the interactive language experience, which focused on an evening of babysitting that goes wrong. A highly enjoyable opportunity to enhance our language skills with some great cameo performances by...
Well done to Oskar in 9S who was one of the runners up at the Gloucestershire FameLab Academy final this morning. The prestigious STEM competition is run by Cheltenham Science Festival and schools from all over the county compete. Mrs Mee said: “Oskar delivered an excellent talk on the structure of...
A huge well done to Mia in Year 12, who competed in an elite field the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics English Championships last week. Mia was competing alongside those trying to qualify for the summer Olympics, so it was an extremely tough competition, and she achieved a personal best score as a...
GCSE and A Level German students travelled to Göttingen in Germany at the end of February for the German Exchange, accompanied by pupils and staff from Denmark Road High School. This is the 46th year of the Exchange with Otto Hahn Gymnasium in Göttingen (Cheltenham’s twin town), and the programme is...
We are delighted to announce that after a thorough and rigorous process, Mr Matthew Lynch has been appointed our new Headmaster, effective from September 2024. He will replace our current, longstanding Headmaster, Mr Matthew Morgan, who will be leaving to take up a new role as Headmaster at Bishop Wordsworth’s School...
The final of the Rich’s FameLab Academy competition took place recently, with Year 9 students delivering some excellent STEM talks. Mrs Mee said: “The quality of the talks has improved over the years since we have been running the competition and the judges had a very difficult job of choosing a...
We are incredibly proud to announce that both our U14 Rugby sides have reached the EDF Energy Gloucestershire County Cup Final again this year! The Final takes place on Wednesday 6 March at 6.45pm at Kingsholm – we would love as many parents, pupils, staff and friends of the school to...
Senior rugby players are running an Easter Rugby Camp for pupils in Years 7-10 to raise funds for their South Africa Rugby Tour in July. The Camp takes place at the School on Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 April, 9am-3pm, and the cost is just £15 for one day or...
Local primary school pupils have been enjoying workshops at Sir Thomas Rich’s this week in Business Studies, Art and Food Tech. Helped by Sixth Form mentors, they worked in groups to come up with concepts for new chocolate bars, designed the packaging and then brought the product to life! The pupils...
Congratulations to three of our Year 13 students, James, Ollie and Jay, who were part of the winning Gloucester RFC Academy Under 18 team against Harlequins last Saturday at Kingsholm. The final score was 24-17, with Jay scoring for the cherry and whites. Well done to all, your school is very...