THE REGISTER
RGS Guildford Photo Album
ISSUE 47 LENT 2025
In the rapidly-changing, dynamic landscape of the 21st-century, our students need to be equipped with an array of transferable skills to allow them to tackle the unexpected and the unknown with equal confidence. In that light, embedding our bespoke Learning Habits throughout the School remains a focus. Every facet of school life – curricular and co-curricular alike – test, stretch and develop our students’ organisation, engagement, imagination, perseverance, aspiration and reflection. Whether this is in the classroom or on the sports pitches at Bradstone Brook or in a multitude of other locations and scenarios, this term’s The Register provides an insight into the rich diversity of opportunities afforded to our students –rarely seen without a broad smile on their faces!
Upper Sixth Form students have already secured over 500 university offers, on an inspiring and diverse range of courses, with 94% coming from Russell Group or a Times Top 20 institution, including 14 Oxbridge offers.
Academic success in the classroom starts with collaboration, teamwork and enjoyment.
Enrichment outside the classroom included the annual World Book Week which unashamedly promoted and celebrated the joy of reading.
RGS Musician of the Year was, as always, one of the highlights of the musical calendar as our talented musicians competed for The Steynor Prize.
Our joint RGS and GHS Choir and Orchestra – comprising over 350 students, staff and parents – performed the Sacred Choruses at G Live: an extraordinary evening of musicianship.
The MFL play and musical Le Bossu de Notre-Dame was a theatrical tour de force as the students delivered a powerful production, all in French, set in the historic Old Building.
The innovative examined pieces showcased an eclectic range of genres and styles from a committed, talented cohort of drama students.
The junior production of Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations! was a high-octane journey through a boy’s vivid and often alarming imagination, from the circus to Mount Everest!
Our junior artists continued to produce a diverse range of pieces inspired by various artists, including a workshop by a manga artist and illustrator.
The full and varied co-curricular life of the School provided stimulating and challenging opportunities outside the classroom.
Trips nationally and internationally, including ski racing in Wengen and the ski trip to Les Deux Alpes, provided stretch and challenge, and plenty of lasting memories.
Over 20 hockey teams of all age groups regularly competed with notable success on the local and national stages.
Rugby Sevens went from strength to strength with the RGS continuing to impress, including at our annual tournament at Bradstone Brook.
The growing reputation of RGS football was cemented as our players continued to impress on the circuit with their distinctive, fluent style of football.
Students threw themselves into a range of sports, catering to every interest and passion, as they embraced Sport for All at the RGS.
Charity and volunteering opportunities abounded, including The Great RGS Bake-Off with a theme of Oops, as we celebrated the importance of individuality, imperfcetion (!) and idiosyncrasy.
We were delighted to welcome students from our international school in Nanjing, as collaboration between our family of schools continued to flourish.
Old Guildfordians continued to maintain strong connections with the School in various areas of school life, including an OG social event at Cambridge University.
A spirit of fun and energy epitomised this term, as the students prepared for the annual House Pancake race.
Thank you to every single individual – students and parents, staff and governors, and the wider community alike – who have contributed so much to this Lent Term, as inclusivity, kindness and collaboration remained very much at the heart of our ethos. Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much #RGSTogether.