Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Start of the new year Masses

  Tue 30 Jan 2024

  To mark the start of a new term, as well as the beginning of a calendar year, on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 January we celebrated with Year group Masses throughout our whole school community.

   

  Led by our Deanery priests, the Masses were all based on the theme that we are 'known and loved' by God. Our students engaged very well and sang beautifully. A special mention of thanks also goes to the students who performed the readings for each Mass and took part in the offertory. 

   

  In the Liturgical calendar, we are now in 'Ordinary time.' Lent is fast approaching and begins with Ash Wednesday on Wednesday 14 February.

  

• Presentation Evening for Summer 2023 Exams

  Tue 09 Jan 2024

  Congratulations to the students who received their Summer 2023 exam certificates at our Presentation Evening last week. We would like to thank the Mayor of Tunbridge Wells, Councillor Patterson, and Mayor of Southborough, Councillor Hill, for joining us. Also, special thanks to Miss Hollie O’Callaghan (Entrepreneur and owner of local business, The Cake Labs) for her inspirational talk as our Guest Speaker.

   

  It was wonderful night celebrating our students' hard work and accomplishments. We wish them all every success in the future.

  

• KCSP Christmas Card Competition 2023

  Fri 15 Dec 2023

  This term, the Trust held its annual 'design-a-Christmas card' competition, open to students of all ages.
  We extend our congratulations to Keira in Year 9, for winning the Key stage 3, KCSP Christmas card competition 2023!
  
  Keira's captivating artwork, featuring a fox on a snowy hillside against a beautiful winter sky executed in watercolour with pen, stood out as a masterpiece.
  
  Acknowledgements go to William, also in Year 9, who was chosen as the deserving runner-up in the competition. His artistic creation was duly recognised.
  
  Keira's victory marks a significant achievement, making her the third St Gregory’s student to secure this prestigious title in the last four years. Such consistent success speaks volumes about the artistic talent thriving within our school community.

  

• GCSE results day 2023

  Thu 24 Aug 2023

  We are very proud of our Year 11 students at St Gregory’s Catholic School. As a large and inclusive Catholic school with 239 students, we feel our students have risen to the challenge with great resilience and rigour, after the uncertainty of the last few years. With the news that examination results are working towards the pre-pandemic levels, we are especially proud of all our students’ achievements this year.

   

  Overall, 75% of students secured a good grade in English and Maths combined, with 16% of grades in the higher 9-7 range. Including our BTEC qualifications, 56% of our students achieved grades 9-5 and 75% achieved grades 9-4. It is currently difficult to put a value on the Progress 8 (the main measure of GCSEs) as these will be confirmed by the DfE in October. However, St Gregory’s feels this will be a positive outcome, indicating students make good progress during their time in the main school.

   

  Some standout results are:

  Zachary (9 grade 9s)

  Sum Yin (6 grade 9s)

  Michael (5 grade 9s)

  Julia (5 grade 9s)

  Frederic (4 grade 9s)

  Amy (3 grade 9s)

  Abby, Thomas and Rourke all received 2 grade 9s

   

  Pauline Kerr, Deputy Headteacher said, “We are delighted with these results, and are very proud of our students accomplishments. They have worked incredibly hard and have deserved to achieve so well. We look forward to continuing to work with the vast majority of them as they join us in the Sixth Form.’

   

  Phil Byrne, Headteacher said, “We are so happy and proud of our results, and the outcomes of our students. With the challenges they have faced over the last few years, they have achieved some great results and secured their futures. This is a testament to their hard work, and support from their families and staff at St Gregory’s. During my first year at the school, I have been very impressed with our Year 11 students and these results are proof of this. We are looking forward to many of our students joining our Sixth Form and continuing their success. We also wish students moving on, all the best, and they will know that they will always be part of the family here at St Gregory’s.”

  

• A Level results day 2023

  Thu 17 Aug 2023

  Students at St Gregory’s Catholic School achieved fantastic A Level results this year with 39% gaining A*-B grades and 16.3% of all grades being graded A* or A.
  
  Angela Morrissey, Head of Sixth Form said, “These results are a testament to all the students and their dedicated teachers. We are really thrilled for them all and proud of all they have achieved.”
  
  Congratulations, and may your journey be filled with continued success, growth, and endless opportunities.

  

• The Big Lent Walk

  Thu 16 Mar 2023

  St Gregory's Big Lent Walk fundraising page went live on Monday...and we have already raised more than £350!

  Thank you to our CAFOD Young Leaders who have worked so hard this week to spread the word. Our target is still a long way off: £9,322 - one pound for every km between St Gregory's and Bangladesh! Help us rise to the challenge with your donations:

  https://cafod.enthuse.com/pf/st-gregory-s-catholic-school

  

• Marseille trip – March 2023

  Tue 14 Mar 2023

  Students from our Year 11 and 12 French classes enjoyed a four night, full French Immersion trip to Marseille from Saturday to Wednesday last week.

   

  Staying in France’s second city, the 37 students on the linguistic and cultural trip were completely immersed in the French language during their stay where they also got to experience French school life and spend time with French students their own age.

  

• Year 7 Red Cabbage Experiment

  Wed 01 Feb 2023

  Our Year 7 students have been making an indicator from red cabbage by boiling it in water for five minutes and allowing it to cool down. They filtered the mixture through filter paper so the purple liquid dripped into a conical flask. The students then took a couple of drops of the indicator they had made and used it to test two liquids. These were sulfuric acid (indicator went bright pink) and sodium hydroxide (indicator went yellow/green).

  

• Oxford University Translation Exchange

  Wed 01 Feb 2023

  Our students have been given the opportunity for an extra-curricular activity exploring the possibilities of creative translation.

  The programme, organised by Oxford University, will culminate in a national translation competition which will be judged by a team of Oxford undergraduates and professional translators to select regional and national winners.

  In preparation for the competition, each week our students will be bringing translation to life by focusing on translating poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction. This week, they spent time translating a recipe for the Epiphany - El Roscon for Spanish and La Galette des Rois for French.

  

• Year 7 talk on Sikhism

  Wed 01 Feb 2023

  Year 7 were very lucky in their Sikhism unit of work, to have a visit from Mrs McCann who volunteered to come in and chat about her religion; Sikhism.

  Sikhism is one of the newest religions in the world, founded around 500 years ago by Guru Nanak in the Punjab Region of India. They talked about the 5 K's of Sikhism; The Golden Temple, Sewa and how a Sikh bride traditionally wears red when she gets married. Some students even had a chance to meditate, like you would in a real Gurdwara!