VALETE Tonbridge teachers will see a fair few boys through their time at the school, but for twenty years Anna Rogers has seen every single one: guiding over 3,500 boys (and their parents) towards the most appropriate post-Tonbridge pathway.
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ot a single boy goes through their Tonbridge career without coming within her orbit and she advises each one knowledgeably, patiently and confidently. It was a moment of serendipity that brought Anna Rogers to Tonbridge School. Having just relocated to Kent and looking for a career change she happened to speculatively hand deliver her CV on the very day that it had been decided that the School needed a higher education advisor. Over the ensuing twenty years she developed and moulded that role and attuned
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her skills to the point where she became an oracle of all things relating to student life beyond Tonbridge. Essentially self-taught, Anna has visited, at least once, every institution that a Tonbridge boy has ever advanced to – including fifteen US universities. She has built close relationships with admissions tutors, knowing what each is looking for, what grades they are likely to ask for, and what grades they are likely to accept. She spent eleven years on the UCAS secondary education advisory group and more recently has served on the Qualifications Advisory Group gaining yet more valuable contact with providers.
