Weekends and Events
LENT TERM 2026
Welcome from The Head We are pleased to present our Weekends and Events booklet for the Lent term 2026. This promises to be a busy and exciting term, with a wide range of sport, concerts and performances to look forward to. Alongside these are visiting speakers, trips, clubs, societies and special events. We hope this guide will provide inspiration for the term ahead and encourage pupils to take full advantage of the many opportunities on offer. Full details of the term’s events can be found in the school calendar, available via the News and Events tab on the school website. Events open to parents are marked with an asterisk (*), and we warmly invite parents to join us at those occasions. We wish everyone in our community a positive, purposeful, and enjoyable term ahead.
Jude Lowson, Head
Notes on the Weekend Programme All Cathedral services are open to families Sports fixtures are listed online; see the website for full calendar details Events can be booked by visiting the school box office here: https://thekingsschool.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows
Monday 5 January Sport
Senior Girls’ Netball Pre-Season
Friday 9 January Society: * Cranmer ‘Partners in the Gospel’ 7.00pm, Pupil Social Centre
Football Pre-Season
Saturday 10 January
Senior Boys’ Hockey Pre-Season
Tuesday 6 January Sport
Senior Boys’ Hockey Pre-Season Football Pre-Season Netball Pre-Season
Houses Open 11.30am
Start of Term 6.00pm
Sport
Fencing v Cadet (U17) EFC EU17 Bratislava
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Hockey v St Edmund’s School & St Lawrence College Lacrosse v Canterbury Christ Church University Badminton v Canterbury Kings Juniors, Epsom College Football v St John’s School
Bailey House Concert 7.30 - 9.00pm Peter Stone Room
*
Sunday 11 January
Tuesday 13 January
CCF Removes Ex * Fencing v Cadet (U17) EFC KINGS POACHER Sport
EU17 Bratislava
Departs 13 January Returns 15 January
Swimming Mixed U18A v Icebreaker
Epiphany Carol Service (Crypt Choir) 7.30 - 8.30pm, Nave
* Wednesday 14 January
Monday 12 January The Club Hispano talk by Dr Antonio Lazaro-Reboll from UKC 6.40 - 7.30pm Science Auditorium
Sport
Hockey v Reed’s School
*
6a Pupil Rotation: ‘Next Steps Beyond King’s’ 4.00 - 5.00pm, Computer Labs
Thursday 15 January
Friday 16 January
The Girls’ Sports * Badminton v Kent College Potential Project Sport
Netball v Beech Grove School & Sir Roger Manwood’s School
Partnerships NYMT Careers Talk & Workshop The Malthouse
Inter-house General Knowledge Quiz Group 1 (LN, KD, JR) & Group 2 (MO, TR, BY) 5.15 - 6.15pm, Schoolroom
5.00 - 6.00pm Science Auditorium
Fridays@5.15
5.15pm The Peter Stone Room
Cranmer Society: ‘Should I stay or should I go?’
7.00pm, Pupil Social Centre
*
Saturday 17 January Sport
Lacrosse v Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools
Fifths Social
8.00 - 9.30pm Pupil Social Centre
* Sunday
Football v Eastbourne College & King’s Rochester Badminton v Benenden OKS Fencing Challenge Squash v Sevenoaks School
18 January
Sport
*
Matins
*
Fencing v Junior (U20) BRC B Leon Paul
9.15am, Nave
Hockey v Cranbrook School Netball v Cranbrook School Sailing Mixed v BBSC
Drama Feeder Schools Day
1.00 - 5.00pm, The Malthouse
Culture Safari
Shell Parent GCSE Subject Selection Webinar
* 1.30 - 3.30pm, Precincts
KSC & Pilgrims Boat Club Dinner
7.30pm, Webinar
12.00 - 1.00pm, Online
6.30 - 10.00pm, Birley’s
Tradescant Sleep Out 8.00pm St Augustine’s
OKS UniChats Cambridge
Monday 19 January
Wednesday 21 January
Monday’s Experts: Petri Mostert presents: ‘The Great Art Heist: Does AI Steal to Create?
British Mathematical Olympiad Round 2
5.10 - 5.45pm, Science Auditorium
School Room
Shell Parent-Teacher Meetings
*
8.00am - 6.00pm, Online
Tuesday 20 January Sport
Netball v The Canterbury Academy
Inter-house Rowing
4.30pm, The Shirley Hall
* 6.30 - 7.30pm
Open Soloist Competition 6.30pm The Peter Stone Room
Remove Geography Pub Quiz
Thursday 22 January
Friday 23 January
Shell Parent-Teacher * * Badminton v Ashford School Meetings Sport
8.00am - 1.00pm, Online
Football v Dover Grammar School for Boys
Head’s Tea Party for Shell Parents
Hockey v Cranbrook School
1.15 - 2.00pm Pupil Social Centre
6b A Level Devised Exam Day
Start of Fixed Exeat
The Malthouse
Shell Parent-Teacher Meetings 8.00am - 6.00pm, Online
2.00pm
* Shell Parent-Teacher * Meetings
Inter-house General Knowledge Quiz Group 3 (GL, WL, MR) & Group 4 (CY, LX, GR, NH) 5.15 - 6.15pm Schoolroom
Prefects’ and 6a OJKS Dinner 7.00pm JKS Dining Room
*
2.00 - 4.00pm The Shirley Hall & The Pupil Social Centre
Houses Close 6.00pm
Sunday 25 January
Monday 26 January
Monday’s Experts: * Fencing v France U20 Lille Matthew Key Presents: Sport
Young Enterprise Team Trip to Estonia Departs 25 January Returns 29 January
Houses Open 5.00pm
OKS UniChats - Oxford 7.30pm, Webinar
End of Fixed Exeat 9.30pm
‘Napoleon Bonaparte: Architect of the Modern World’ 5.10 - 5.45pm Science Auditorium
Junior Inter-house Debating Round 1a 7.00 - 8.15pm Science Auditorium & The Malthouse
Tuesday 27 January
Thursday 29 January
Oxford Schools Debating South-East Regional 2026
Sport
3.00 - 9.30pm Sevenoaks School
Concert Band Performance
Hockey v Frank Mason Tournament
*
Netball v Kent College
* Football v Brighton College
6.45pm, The Shirley Hall
Wednesday 28 January Intermediate Mathematical Challenge The Shirley Hall
6a Pupil Rotation: ‘Next Steps Beyond King’s’ 4.00 - 5.00pm, Computer Labs
Lacrosse v University of Kent
Inter-house General Knowledge Quiz Group 5 (MT, SH, BR, HH) 5.15 - 6.15pm, School Room
Friday 30 January
Saturday 31 January
Home Clothes Day
Sport
RS Conference
Sailing v BBSC
Badminton v Haileybury
9.30am - 4.00pm, Birley’s
Fridays@5.15
5.15pm The Peter Stone Room
Cranmer Society: ‘No Pain, No Gain’
7.00pm, Science Auditorium
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*
Netball v CCCU & Duke of York’s Royal Military School Football v Bede’s School Hockey v Duke of York’s Royal Military School Lacrosse v Haileybury
Saturday Smarties * 12.30 - 3.00pm, Science Labs 7.00 - 9.00pm, The Shirley Hall Carlyon House Concert
Head’s online feedback forum for parents
*
12.00 - 1.00pm, Online
Broughton & Tradescant House Concert
*
7.00 - 9.00pm, St A’s Refectory
6b Social
8.00 - 9.00pm
Sunday 1 February
Tuesday 3 February
‘A Night at the Musicals’ Technical Day
Sport
12.00 - 4.00pm The Malthouse
Evensong (Sixth Form only) (King’s Chorus)
Squash v Sevenoaks School
* ‘A Night at the Musicals’
7.30 - 8.30pm, Quire
Monday 2 February ‘A Night at the Musicals’ Technical Rehearsals 5.00 - 7.00pm The Malthouse
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Netball v Gravesend Grammar School
Technical & Dress Rehearsals 9.00am - 6.30pm The Malthouse
Marlowe Society 7.30 - 8.30pm Gateway Chamber
Wednesday 4 February
Thursday 5 February
‘A Night at the Musicals’ Dress Rehearsals
Sport
*
Hockey v St Edmund’s School
1.00 - 5.00pm The Malthouse
The Annual Lyle Lecture: ‘A City fit for The Queen: 6a Pupil Rotation: Elizabeth I’s Visit to ‘Next Steps Beyond King’s’ Canterbury in 1573’ 4.00 - 5.00pm, Computer Labs
‘A Night at the Musicals’ Showcase
7.00 - 9.00pm Clagett Auditorium
* ‘A Night at the Musicals’
7.30 - 9.30pm, The Malthouse
Showcase
*
7.30 - 9.30pm, The Malthouse
Friday 6 February
Saturday 7 February
6a Art & Photography Trip
Sport
Fencing v Club Grand Prix 2
The Girls’ Sports Potential Project
Hockey v Kent College
5.00 - 6.00pm Science Auditorium
Fridays@5.15
5.15pm The Peter Stone Room
Sailing v BBSC Netball v St Lawrence College
* Lacrosse v Heathfield Football v Sevenoaks
Cranmer Society: ‘Got an attitude?’
Cambridge Schools Debating South-East Regional Round
7.00pm, Pupil Social Centre
‘A Night at the Musicals’ Showcase
*
Badminton v Christ’s Hospital
*
7.30 - 9.30pm, The Malthouse
Maidstone Grammar School
‘A Night at the Musicals’ Showcase
*
7.30 - 9.30pm, The Malthouse
Sunday 8 February Sport
Tuesday 10 February New Year * Lunar Celebrations
Fencing v South East Region Youth Fencing Championships
Evensong (Shell, Remove, Fifths) (Crypt Choir) 7.30pm, Quire
5.00pm, Pupil Social Centre
King’s Week Play Auditions
* 5.00 - 8.00pm, The Malthouse
7.30pm, Webinar
Wednesday 11 February
Monday 9 February
Fifths Parent-Teacher Meetings
OKS UniChats Scotland
6b Geography Trip to London Dockyards King’s Week Play Auditions 5.00 - 6.30pm, The Malthouse
OKS Talk: Nick Maynard ‘Delivering emergency care in Gaza’ 7.15pm, Science Auditorium
*
8.00am - 4.00pm, Online
King’s Week Play Auditions 2.30 - 6.00pm, The Malthouse
6a Pupil Rotation: ‘Next Steps Beyond King’s’ 4.00 - 5.00pm, Computer Labs
Chamber Music Platform 6.45pm, The Shirley Hall
Blaxland Society Talk: Robert Stansfield 6.45 - 7.45pm, Science Auditorium
*
Thursday 12 February Sport
Football v Ashford School, Kent College & King’s Rochester Netball v Ashford School
Inter-house General Knowledge Quiz QFs
5.15 - 6.15pm, Schoolroom
Friday 13 February Biology trip to * Shell Disneyland Paris Departs 13 February Returns 16 February
Fifths Parent-Teacher Meetings
*
Head’s Tea Party for Fifths’ Parents
*
Fifths Parent-Teacher Meetings
*
8.00am - 1.00pm, Online
1.15 - 2.00pm, Pupil Social Centre
2.00 - 4.00pm, The Shirley Hall & Pupil Social Centre
Half Term begins
Houses close 6.00pm
King’s Association: Dubai Drinks
*
6.30 - 9.00pm, Jumeiriah Beach
Saturday 14 February
Monday 23 February
Imperial Juniors Debating Competition, ICL, London
Roots Futures Programme Reunion & Review 9.00am - 3.30pm
Sunday 22 February Sport
Sailing v RYA Dinghy Show
Houses Open 5.00pm
*
Wednesday 25 February Remove Music GCSE trip to ‘Wicked’ Apollo Victoria Theatre 10.30am - 9.00pm, London
Saturday 28 February
Thursday 26 February King’s Association Breakfast Networking: Real Estate
* Sport * Fencing v BRC C Moulton
8.00 - 10.00am Knight Frank Offices, London
Lacrosse, Netball & Badminton v Benenden Football v Christ’s Hospital
Friday 27 February Intermediate Physics Challenge (Fifths) Fridays@5.15
5.15pm The Peter Stone Room
Cranmer Society: ‘From Rubbish to Riches’ 7.00pm, Pupil Social Centre
Sailing v BBSC Hockey v Sevenoaks School
Imperial Schools Debating Competition 6a Parent Webinar: ‘ Next Steps Beyond King’s’
* 12.00 - 1.00pm, Online CCF Mess Dinner
7.00 - 10.00pm, Birley’s
Shell Film night
7.30, The Malthouse
*
Sunday 1 March Sport
Squash v Jesters
*
Sailing v WFSA
Luxmoore Charity Afternoon
2.00pm, Pupil Social Centre
Evensong
7.30pm, Quire
*
Monday 2 March
Chamber Choir Lenten Meditation
*
6.45pm, The Shirley Hall
6b History of Art Study Day Monday’s Experts: Hannah Warwicker presents: ‘Roman gravestones and cultural identity’ 5.10pm, Science Auditorium
Blaxland Society Talk: Joe Ratcliff & Paul Lulham 6.45 - 7.45pm, Science Auditorium
Tuesday 3 March Chinese Cultural Trip 9.00am, London
King’s Council
5.00 - 6.15pm, Science Auditorium
Thursday 5 March Historical Association Lecture: Stonehenge in the 17th Century: Landscape, Ancient Monuments and Memory 7.00 - 9.00pm Science Auditorium
Inter-house General Knowledge Quiz SF, Finals and Staff-Student 7.15 - 8.30pm Schoolroom
Friday 6 March 6b Senior Physics Challenge Tonbridge Science Conference The Girls’ Sports Potential Project 5.00 - 6.00pm Science Auditorium
Fridays@5.15
5.15pm The Peter Stone Room
*
Cranmer Society: ‘Press On’
7.00pm, Science Auditorium
Marlowe House Concert 7.30 - 9.00pm, Pupil Social Centre
*
Confirmation Candidates Dinner 7.30 - 9.00pm, St Augustine’s Refectory
Saturday 7 March Sport
Sailing v BSDRA
MO Charity 24hr Cycle 6.00pm
Linacre Showcase
*
Fencing v British School Team Championships Lacrosse v Lacrosse National Schools
Sailing v BSDRA
Netball v Sutton Valence School
*
11.30am, Science Auditorium
12.30 - 3.00pm, Science Labs
6b Parent Webinar ‘Preparing for HE Applications’ 12.30 - 1.30pm, Science Auditorium
*
Squash v Roehampton Independent Schools
Football v The Judd School
Saturday Smarties
*
Sunday 8 March Sport
Hockey v Ashford School
Parent Talk by Alanna Fraser
7.00pm, Pupil Social Centre
Lacrosse v Lacrosse National Schools
Tradescant & Broughton House 50th Anniversary Reunion 11.00 - 3.00pm, St Augustine’s Undercroft
UniChats * OKS The Southwest 7.30pm, Webinar
Confirmation Service 7.30pm, Cathedral Quire
*
Monday 9 March
Wednesday 11 March
Monday’s Experts: Anthony Lyons presents: ‘Hot Air - how to be a writer’
6a Parent-Teacher Meetings
5.10 - 5.45pm Science Auditorium
Recital Prize
*
8.00am - 6.00pm, Online
Jervis Charity Event 4.00 - 6.00pm Pupil Social Centre
* OKS King’s Talk:
6.45pm, The Peter Stone Room
Tuesday 10 March Senior Stretch Philosophy Day
8.00am - 6.00pm, London
Shell Year Group Dinner
5.30 - 9.30pm, St A’s Undercroft
Rachel Felder (LX 8385) presents: ‘Has Kent become the next Shoreditch’
7.10pm, Science Auditorium
Thursday 12 March Sport
Football v Sutton Valence School
*
Netball v Chatham & Clarenden Hockey v Peter Firminger Tournament
Thursday 12 March 6a Parent-Teacher Meetings
8.00am - 6.00pm, Online
Friday 13 March 6a Parent-Teacher Meetings
8.00am - 1.05pm, Online
Start of Fixed Exeat
Lessons end at 1.05pm
6a Parent-Teacher Meetings 2.00 - 4.00pm The Shirley Hall & Pupil Social Centre
CCF - HQSE Regional Military Skills Competition
2.00pm, Pippingford Park Begins 13 March Finishes 15 March
Saturday 14 March * Sport Fencing v EU 23 Latvia, Invicta* Open & Club Grand Prix 3
Oxford Schools Debating Competition Finals Day
Sunday * 15 March Sport
Rugby 7s v Worth School Fencing v Invicta Open
* OKS UniChats - London 7.30pm, Webinar
*
Monday 16 March
Wednesday 18 March
International Universities Roadshow
Home Clothes Day
1.00 - 2.00pm, The Shirley Hall
Blaxland Society Talk: Harrison Jolly 6.45 - 7.45pm, Science Auditorium
Thursday 19 March Sport
Tuesday 17 March 6a A Level Drama Devised Exam Day The Malthouse
6a Scholars’ Supper 6.30pm, St Augustine’s
*
Badminton v Ashford School & Kent College Football v Kent College Hockey v St Edmund’s School Netball v Beech Grove School
Cayley, Hamilton and Maclaurin Olympiads Schoolroom
Grey & Pink Kangaroo Schoolroom
ESU Mace Debating South East Regional Finals (in person)
4.00 - 7.00pm, TBC
Friday 20 March
Saturday 21 March
CCF 6bs Ex ROYAL SABRE
Sport
Departs 20 March Returns 22nd March
The Girls’ Sports Potential Project 5.00 - 6.00pm Science Auditorium
The Cranmer Society: ‘The secret of being content’ 7.00pm
Choral Concert (Poulenc Gloria) 7.30 - 9.00pm The Shirley Hall
Fencing v Club Grand Prix 4
*
Badminton v Epsom College Netball v Sevenoaks School Hockey v St Lawrence College Lacrosse v University of Kent & Canterbury Christ Church University Interhouse Football & OKS v School
Schools * Cambridge Debating Competition Finals day 2026
Film House Morning 9.00am - 12.30pm The Malthouse
Head’s Parent Forum 12.00 - 1.00pm, Science Auditorium
*
Mitchinson’s House Concert
House Charity * School Swim in Whitstable
Linacre House Charity Dinner
Charity Lunch * Kingsdown 1.00pm
6.30 - 8.00pm,The Malthouse
7.00 - 9.30pm, Birley’s Pavilion
The Grange & Walpole Charity Evening 7.00 - 9.30pm, St Augustine’s Refectory
Remove Social
7.00 - 9.30pm, Pupil Social Centre
12.00 - 4.00pm
*
King’s Association: Afternoon at the Movies
- 4.00pm * 2.00 The Malthouse
1st Team Sports Dinners 7.30pm
OKS UniChats - Arts & Drama 7.30pm, Webinar
Sunday 22 March Sport
Sailing v OKS Team Racing
Admissions: Sport at King’s Taster Day Matins (Crypt Choir) 9.15pm, Nave
Monday 23 March Sport
Rugby - U18 Rosslyn Park 7s
*
Tuesday 24 March ESU Churchill Public Speaking South-East Regional Finals (Debating) 4.00 - 7.00pm, TBC
Oxbridge Day at Tonbridge 9.30am - 4.30pm
Legally Blonde Trip
7.30pm, Marlowe Theatre
Thursday 26 March Congratulatory Assembly 8.35 - 9.30am, The Shirley Hall
Pupil & Teacher Pairs Darts Competition 8.00 - 10.15pm, Pupil Social Centre
Friday 27 March CCF Easter Adventure Camp (Lake District) Tennis & Golf Trip (Cyprus) Sabaudia Rowing Training Camp Trip Lessons end
1.05pm, End of Term
Saturday 28 March DofE Bronze & Gold Spring Challenge to Wales