News archive for March 2010

Wed 31st Mar 2010

Sports Results: Week 12

Fri 26th Mar 2010

Gala Concert

Psalm 122 was performed by the whole school in two very special concerts on 18th and 19th March. Psalm 122 was composed for Tonbridge in the interval between the burning ...

Wed 24th Mar 2010

British Chemistry Olympiad

Congratulations to Paddy Szeto (PS5) who has been invited to the second round of the British Chemistry Olympiad following his excellent performance in the first round. He is one of ...

FT Top School

Tue 23rd Mar 2010

FT Top School

A national survey of exam results by the Financial Times have again named Tonbridge as one of the best schools in the country. These results are confirmed by The Times ...

Mon 22nd Mar 2010

Sports Results: Week 11

Floyd Reading Competition

Mon 22nd Mar 2010

Floyd Reading Competition

The Floyd Reading is a long-standing and much celebrated competition, designed to help all boys to share a love of literature and to think carefully about the ingredients of a ...

Thu 18th Mar 2010

Old Tonbridgian Society appointments

John Gibbs will succeed Peter Morris as Secretary of the Old Tonbridgian Society on September 1st 2010 Brigadier Anthony Vivian C.B.E. will succeed Sir Brian Jenkins as President of the ...

Thu 18th Mar 2010

Sports Results: Week 10

Wed 17th Mar 2010

Headmasters' Conference Boys' Independent Schools

Congratulations to Marat Saulebayev (PS) and Rory Cox (PS) who won Gold and David Heywood (PS) and Will Long (SH) who won Silver in the Judo Tournament.

Wed 17th Mar 2010

National Fencing Championship Finals

Congratulations to Declan Ng (JH) in the U16 epee, Joe Hon (FH) in the U18 Sabre and Andy Ho (PH) in the U18 Epee who have won places in the ...

Wed 17th Mar 2010

British Physics Olympiad Paper 3

Congratulations to Matthew Donora (WH5) and has been invited to the next round of the competition based on his performance in paper 3. He is one of the final 16 ...

School Report Day 2010

Thu 11th Mar 2010

School Report Day 2010

First year students (Year 9) from Tonbridge spent a day making the news for real as part of BBC News School Report. The Tonbridge TV News went out live at ...

CCF 150th Anniversary

Thu 11th Mar 2010

CCF 150th Anniversary

A spectacular parade and drill display marked the beginnings of the celebrations for 150th anniversary of the Combined Cadet Force at Tonbridge. A public open afternoon on March 10th, held ...

Inaugural House Film Competition

Thu 11th Mar 2010

Inaugural House Film Competition

Launched by Emma Sim, the School’s Creative Consultant, the inaugural House Film Competition captured the boys’ imagination and showcased a rich mix of creative talent. The brief for the competition ...

Wed 10th Mar 2010

Sports Results: Week 9

School Play: King Lear

Thu 4th Mar 2010

School Play: King Lear

King Lear is often the pinnacle of an Actor’s life work, so for Howard Horner (JH5), and the rest of the School Play Company to stage this challenging play so ...

Thu 4th Mar 2010

Under 17 National Cross Country Championships

Congratulations to Henry Pearce (FH3) who finished a brilliant 15th in the Under 17 National XC Championships at Leeds. There were 308 finishers and 29 complete teams.

Thu 4th Mar 2010

Intermediate Maths Challenge

In this National Competition taken by over 200,000 competitors in school years 9, 10 and 11 across the country, Tonbridge received 48 Golds, 30 Silvers and 24 Bronzes. The best ...

Tue 2nd Mar 2010

Sports Results: Week 8