News articles

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 23rd Feb 2010

OT Honours

Congratulations to Graham Devlin (WH 1962-67) and Graham Sheffield (MH 1965-70) who have both been awarded a CBE in the recent New Years Honours List for services to the arts.

Tue 23rd Feb 2010

RAF Flying Scholarship

Congratulations to Jolyon Hutchings (FH4) who has been awarded a prestigious RAF Flying Scholarship. Only 40 scholarships are awarded nationally each year.

Tue 9th Feb 2010

Kent Schools’ Cross Country Championship

Congratulations to Henry Pearce (FH3) and James Pigot (WH5) who finished 2nd in the Inter and Senior Kent Schools’ Cross Country Championship age groups and are now guaranteed selection for ...

Mon 8th Feb 2010

Kent Secondary Schools’ Swimming Championships

Congratulations to the Swimming Team on their successes in the Kent Secondary Schools’ Swimming Championships. U14 Freestyle Relay Team 2nd in the Final U14 Medley Relay Team 2nd in the ...

Mon 8th Feb 2010

British Schoolboys' International Ski Races

Congratulations to the Tonbridge Ski Team (Nick Moynihan (JH3), George Moynihan (JH1), William Brown (FH5), Tom Leek (WW2));. In the British Schoolboys’ International Ski Races the Tonbridge team came 2nd ...

Tue 2nd Feb 2010

Cross Country Result

Congratulations to Henry Pearce (FH3) who finished a highly impressive 14th in the South of England Cross Country Championship U17 category held at Parliament Hill in London. He helped his ...

Tue 2nd Feb 2010

Kent Secondary Schools’ Swimming Championships

Congratulations to the Tonbridge Swimming Team. The U16 Freestyle Relay team (Jack Marson-Smith OH2, Patrick Ham CH2, Andrew Wisdom CH3 and Ben van Leeuwen WH2) are now County Champions breaking ...

Thu 28th Jan 2010

Scholarship at University College

Congratulations to Max Puller (ex SH 2003-2008) who has been awarded a Vice-Chancellor Scholarship to study a Combined Honours in Arts (Music and Modern Languages) at University College. He will ...

Charity Appeal

Thu 28th Jan 2010

Charity Appeal

Members of the Tonbridge School community have donated £2000 to the UNICEF Haiti Earthquake Children's Appeal. Find out more about charitable giving at Tonbridge.

Oxbridge Successes

Mon 25th Jan 2010

Oxbridge Successes

Congratulations to the 38 Tonbridgians who have won places or conditional offers of places for entry to Oxford or Cambridge in 2010 and 2011. This is as many Oxbridge offers ...

Thu 21st Jan 2010

Deloitte Scholar

Congratulations to Charles Fletcher (HS) who was recently awarded a scholarship at Deloitte. This will involve working at Deloitte during his gap year and support during his university years.