Year 3 enjoyed an outdoor learning session at the Alps and the sun shone for us! The session linked to our learning on Ancient Egypt. The children began by exploring the space looking for Egyptian Hieroglyphs, using their grids to work out equivalent English letters. Then, the letters had to be rearranged to spell [...]

We are delighted to share the sporting success of Luke R (U5), a dedicated member of Sundridge Park Golf Club. At the club’s Junior Awards Evening on Sunday, Luke was the proud recipient of two prestigious awards for 2025, following his impressive victory in the Monthly Stableford Competition. Luke is a regular competitor at [...]

Four brave Junior School pupils took on the Townsend Warner prize, a History competition so tough that even George Orwell only came second. The Townsend Warner is a prestigious national prep school competition that has been running for 140 years. Questions range from the Second Punic War to Iraq, Margaret Thatcher and Fontainebleau Abbey. The [...]

Today, the King’s School Rochester community bade farewell to Chris Nickless, a former pupil and teacher of the School. At the Cathedral, his family was joined by over 300 former colleagues, pupils, friends, and contacts from Chris’s work as a local councillor to celebrate a life of remarkable achievement. With outstanding support from the combined [...]

Paper Towel Scientists to the Rescue!  This week, our classroom turned into a science lab as the children in 2MD took on a very important mission: finding the most absorbent paper towel! The investigation began with a real-life problem - water spillage on the kitchen table. Disaster! Which paper towel would save the day before the [...]

Audiences enjoyed a varied programme of festive favourites performed by Cobham Choir in December and a number of our school community were involved! Ruth Smith (OR) is a dedicated member of the choir and Laura West (OR) has been an associate artist for a number of years, performing classics like ‘I’ll be home for Christmas’ [...]

In November, every pupil taking a Computing subject in the Senior School was entered into a national competition: The UK Bebras Challenge. This prestigious event saw 526,915 pupils compete across the UK, contributing to a massive international field of over 3 million participants from more than 80 countries. From King’s, 63 pupils ranging from the [...]

It has been a whirlwind few months for our Head Boy, John F. Following a thrilling journey documented in the Netflix docuseries Simon Cowell: The Next Act, our Sixth Form student has been revealed as one-seventh of the new British boyband signed to EMI/Universal, December 10. WATCH their live studio performance of NSYNC’s “Bye [...]

On the last day of term Year 4 to Year 8 of the Junior School and parents gathered in Rochester Cathedral for their Service of Christmas Readings and Music. It was an afternoon structured around the foundational truths of the Christmas story. The service began with the Chaplain, the Reverend Stephen Padfield, leading the [...]

The annual Senior School Christmas Service, the highlight of the school calendar, is a spectacular occasion of light, sound and deep tradition within Rochester Cathedral. Lit by hundreds of flickering candles, the atmosphere was simply magical as the congregation joined in the traditional Service of Nine Lessons and Carols. The evening began with the [...]

The children from Year 1 to Year 3 performed their Nativity play beautifully in Rochester Cathedral. In front of proud parents and staff our young stars delivered a wonderful performance in a magnificent setting. Well done everyone!

Reception visited local care home Copper Beeches and performed our Nativity play for some of the residents. The children did a fantastic job and we are so so proud of them!! There were lots of smiling, happy residents and the children's singing made their day!! They then performed to a packed audience of delighted [...]

Have you ever stopped, slowed down and thought about all the wonderful things you get to do as a Housemaster? Tonight was, without question, the most wonderful night of the year so far. I saw the fruits of seeds planted back in September - both the ones you plan for and the ones that [...]

The forecast may have been for showers but it was all smiles on the playground this morning as our Junior children arrived at school to find it was snowing at King’s. The fun and excitement was s-no-w joke! [...]

The Senior and Junior Schools celebrated our annual Toy services this week. Mr Smith and Rev'd Ruth Pyrke delivered talks on the value of giving and how we can be a gift to one another. At the end of the services, during the final hymn, pupils brought up their toys and we were all [...]

Arthur G and Gabrielle O, King’s Scholars and members of our Removes, had the privilege of speaking at a reception at the Houses of Parliament last evening. The event was sponsored by the Rt Hon Lord Pickles, the Embassy of Israel and the Holocaust Educational Trust and marked the launch of the Survivor’s Declaration [...]

The annual House Chess tournament took place this week. For the first time, it was a whole school event, with players from year 3 to year 13 represented. Each House played 10-minute games, and scored points for a win or a draw. There was a competitive atmosphere and some excellent gameplay. Chess is played [...]

This term has seen King's provide exciting new opportunities in STEM, with a series of after-school lectures with leading academics from local universities speaking on neuroscience and the use of nanoparticles in cancer-research, as well as hosting talks on aeronautical engineering and leveraging Artificial Intelligence.  These presentations have taken place in our new state-of-the-art Science [...]

This year, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics went head-to-head in a festive Science Christmas Tree Competition. Each department built a unique tree using only equipment from their subject: Biology crafted a nature-inspired design with microscopes and models, Chemistry constructed a colourful creation from glassware and molecular structures, and Physics engineered an illuminated tree featuring circuits and [...]

Our KPS Christmas Fayre and Carols in the Yard was a festive success, featuring fun games, a Santa's Grotto, delicious mulled wine and treats and a joyous sing-along of Christmas carols led by Father Padfield on the piano. Our Houses enjoyed a festive sing-off to raise money for our School Charity, East Africa Maasai [...]

Year 3 kicked off Christmas by visiting the Alms Houses and sang carols to the residents. It was a lovely prelude to the forthcoming events planned in the next week. The children did KSR proud and all of the residents were delighted, not only with their singing but also how they engaged with them [...]

This final lecture in this term's Zetountes series took the form of a "conversation" with Mr Douglas Hamandishe, former Deputy Mayor and author of "The AI Leverage: Building Purpose, Resilience and Success". Introducing himself as a "Creative Futurist", Mr Hamandishe challenged our academic scholars to think about the importance of identity and values in a [...]

Excitement filled the corridors as our Junior School pupils—and even teachers—took on the festive challenge of designing a Christmas tree made entirely from branches and wool. The Sports Department, Prefects and House Captains joined in too, creating a brilliant buzz of teamwork across the whole School. With just one week to complete their creation, [...]

Leo B (7W) took part in the Medway Music Festival, competing in the 'Grades 3 & 4 Vocal Class' with his Grade 4 piece Go Away From My Window by Ruth Elaine Schram, accompanied by Miss Roux on the piano. We are delighted to share that Leo won the class and was awarded with Honours! This is [...]