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KING’S SCHOOL ROCHESTER
King’s is a remarkable school with a rich and diverse heritage, where pupils have been educated for over 1,400 years under the watchful gaze of Rochester Cathedral and Rochester Castle.
At King’s, we believe in preparing children for the 21st Century through educating the whole child. Our priority is ensuring that happy children perform to their best and the School is an exceptionally happy and friendly place where moral values, self-discipline, emotional intelligence and a Christian spirit underpin our family community.
Every step of the King’s School Rochester journey, from Nursery through to Sixth Form, is designed to help pupils flourish, grow in confidence and discover new passions. We believe that building a love of learning and developing independent thinking skills are just as important as achieving the best grades, and so our teachers help each pupil to realise their own potential.
There’s one motto we live by at King’s and that’s simply “Work Hard, Play Hard and Look After Each Other”, no matter what age you are.
why KING’S SCHOOL ROCHESTER
Preparatory School News
Starting with a bill of lading listing 197 slaves whose original identity was cruelly expunged by slave-traders, historians in Year 8 explored the origins and legacy of Trans-Atlantic Enslavement in an Enquiry Day at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. Using original documents from the museum's archives and replica artefacts, our pupils interrogated the sources [...]
Preparatory School News
All of our year 7's enjoyed a trip away to the Cobnor Activities Centre near Chichester last week. Pupil’s orienteered, shot arrows, Aero-balled, paddled canoes and even managed to capsize an un-capsizeable Keelboat! Marshmallows were toasted while ice was broken; old friendships were reinforced while many new ones were formed. The staff were very impressed [...]
Whole School News
The whole School community took part in Green Day today. Pupils were invited to wear green to raise awareness of environmental issues and throughout the day activities took place to highlight climate change and sustainability. All pupils were asked to calculate their carbon footprint during tutor time to promote discussion about ways to reduce [...]
Senior School News
Congratulations to Saha and Tyee K (U5) for their fantastic achievements in tennis. Tyee recently won the Kent County Championship 2024 mixed doubles U18 and Saha has won the Sri Lankan National Tennis 2024 Championships U16. Saha’s success is also being covered in the Sri Lankan press over the weekend!
Nursery & Pre-Preparatory School News
This morning the pre-preparatory pupils had the opportunity to vote for their House Captains for 2024-2025. This highly sought after and hotly contested role meant some amazing speeches were made by the candidates. The votes were counted and verified and the winners announced! Congratulations go to: Left to right Eliana I - William S - Tilly [...]
Nursery & Pre-Preparatory School News
Pre-Prep are delighted to announce the first group of Year 3 Prefects for Michaelmas Term. Congratulations to Rais, Fiona, Amariah, William S, Noah, Harvey, Matilda, William C, Eleonor, Cruz, Sophia, Kai and Tamara We know that they will enjoy all the fun responsibilities and the jobs allocated to them!
Preparatory School News
On Monday we played U13 A and B fixtures against St Edmunds School at the Alps. The C's and D's enjoyed great performances in the return fixtures. We had an excellent start for our first games of the season with the 'A' team winning 7-2 and the 'B's' 9-1. All of the boys played very [...]
Whole School News
On the Saturday after the Summer Term finished, the 13th Annual Ringing World National Youth Competition was held in London with the results ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral. This is the largest youth bell-ringing competition with over 300 young people taking part. Charlotte rang as part of the Kent Young Ringers team and was [...]
Whole School News
On Sunday during Evensong, Charles S was made up as a full chorister and Christopher H and Luke O were installed as Dean's Choristers; we would like to congratulate Charles, Christopher and Luke. We would also like to thank all the choristers for their magnificent singing throughout the weekend at Commemoration Day, King's Sunday and [...]
Senior School News
Massimo and Azzurra M have both recently won awards for their competition entries. Massimo (U6) The Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators is an annual competition hosted by Oxford University’s Queen’s College, and named in memory of Anthea Bell OBE (regarded as one of the most prominent translators of the 20th and 21st century). [...]
Senior School News
On Monday 9th September, six new King's Scholars were admitted onto the Cathedral Foundation by Dean Philip Hesketh. Since Henry VIII made provision for scholars after our refounding in 1542, the School has admitted academic scholars onto the Foundation in recognition of our close ties with the Cathedral. Following their academic success, Kimran S, Bryer [...]
Whole School News
The day followed the traditional program of Service in the Cathedral at which the Right Rev Nick Papadopoulos OR (1977-84) gave an excellent sermon, painting examples how pupils at King's have benefits which are hard to match elsewhere. The service also paid tribute to Markham Chesterfield who has become the School's first Governor Emeritus [...]
Preparatory School News
The preparatory students flocked to the paddock, ready to cheer like their lives depended on it, as the four houses braced for battle. Fifty determined contestants stood tall, focused on victory, but five minutes in, the cracks began to show. By the fifteen-minute mark, a staggering forty had dropped out, leaving a battlefield of just [...]
Senior School News
As if the rigour of the academic year wasn’t enough, we had several students taking part in musical activities over the summer break. Congratulations to Zara A (L5), who took part in the Canterbury Festival of Music and Dance. She competed in 9 sections of the festival and came home with eight gold medals, one silver, [...]
Nursery & Pre-Preparatory School News
Year 2 had a wonderful day visiting the ‘Reculver Coastal Classroom,’ learning about habitats and food chains as part of their Science topic. The children spent the morning rock pooling and participated in a ‘Seashore Safari’ led by Anna. They discovered a fantastic variety of marine life and were amazed to learn that female [...]
Preparatory School News
On Tuesday morning the Preparatory School came together for the first Matins service of the year. The year 7 and 8s showed off their choral prowess and filled the Cathedral with hymns, resonating around the beautiful Quier. A huge congratulations to the pupils who received their ballet awards, as well as our new Year 7 [...]
Whole School News
We are so proud to receive the prestigious Eco-Schools Green Flag award with distinction over the summer! Look out for our flag which is flying proudly over the Paddock. A huge thank you to our Eco-Committee, led by Mr Bradley Rivers, which has worked hard to promote sustainability and raise environmental awareness across the [...]
Senior School News
For 17 days in July, 24 senior school pupils and four staff members embarked on a memorable trip to Kenya and Tanzania to visit two school projects. We flew to Nairobi and stayed at Magnet School in Ongata Rongai. While there, we engaged with a local primary school and learned about Kenya’s education system, all [...]
Senior School News, Whole School News
I am delighted to announce that King’s pupils have once again achieved excellent results in this year’s GCSE examinations. Following last year’s record-breaking performance, we have upheld our strong academic standards, with a quarter of all GCSE grades awarded at the top levels of 8 and 9. Two-thirds of all grades achieved were 6 [...]
Whole School News
On a bee-utiful summer day the bees moved into their new homes in Satis House gardens. Two hives had already been purchased by the school in preparation for the new arrivals. Governor Wayne Smith and Rod Easton, President of the Mid Kent Bee Keepers’ Association, brought two nucs with them, each containing one laying [...]
Senior School News, Whole School News
Satis House garden was filled with smiles as the Class of 2024 opened their A Level results and looked forward to embarking on the next chapter of their lives. Our pupils are heading off to a wide range of destinations in the UK and overseas, including apprenticeships, a career in the Army, places at the [...]
Whole School News
King's School Rochester was delighted to be invited by the Medway African and Caribbean Association (MACA) charity, to celebrate their 40th Anniversary Gala Evening. King's has been collaborating as a partner with MACA for the last few years and was delighted to support this event. The school provided rehearsal space in our Pre-Preparatory School [...]
Senior School News
King’s School Rochester celebrated a heartfelt moment on Speech Day as the Lord Chadlington, Peter Gummer, a distinguished former pupil and long-time benefactor, delivered an inspiring speech to this year’s leavers that captivated the audience. In a touching tribute to his remarkable journey, the Lord Chadlington chose to return to the very place where [...]
Nursery & Pre-Preparatory School News
On Thursday pupils said farewell to Pre-Prep for the summer by celebrating with parents, staff and Governors at the Cathedral. Each year group sang a song or read a poem and waved goodbye to Year 3 who will be starting their Prep School journey in September. There were also lots of trophies and prizes [...]
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Every step of the King’s School Rochester journey, from Nursery to Sixth Form, is designed to help pupils flourish, grow in confidence and discover new passions.