Points of view

Open Letter to the Gordonstoun Community

19 June 2024

Staff Spotlight: Chris Rose, Director of Admissions and Marketing

7 February 2025

Staff Spotlight: Carlie Beavan, Head of Chemistry

3 January 2025

Staff Spotlight: Andrew Reeve, Teacher of Maths

13 December 2024

Gordonstoun's Accompanied Travel Service

6 December 2024

The epic consistency of daily service

17 November 2024

Staff Spotlight: Bevan Dell, House Parent and Teacher of Biology

8 November 2024

Peace One Day

27 September 2024

Staff Spotlight: Richard Wormald, Teacher of PE

6 September 2024

Staff Spotlight: Joanna Hargreaves, Hopeman Matron

Staff Spotlight: Ross Burgess, Head Chef

2 August 2024

Staff Spotlight: Janine Korologa, Sports Coach

09 July 2024

Staff Spotlight: Charlotte Marsh, Assistant Head Wellbeing

21 June 2024

Staff Spotlight: Jo Shirriffs, Director of GISS & Enterprises

Staff Spotlight: Jo Shirriffs, Director of GISS & Enterprises

Staff Spotlight: Rossini Cavalcante, Music Instructor

17 May 2024

Staff Spotlight: Di McCann, Higher Education and Careers Coordinator

26 April 2024

Staff Spotlight: Bruce Young, Estates and Security Officer

15 March 2024

Staff Spotlight: Jenni Montgomery, Executive Curriculum Administrator

08 March 2024

Staff Spotlight: Rachael Wareing, Healthcare Centre Manager

04 March 2024

Staff Spotlight: Junior School House Parent Jess Noakes

23 February 2024

Is boarding school right for my child?

21 February 2024

Staff Spotlight: Richard Cavaye, Head of Business, Economics, and Enterprise

16 February 2024

Staff Spotlight: Becky Cathro, Chemistry Technician

09 February 2024

How Active Revision Transformed My Child's GCSE Experience

07 February 2024

Staff Spotlight: Mike Kourpanidis, Year 4/5 Class Teacher

02 February 2024

What does the future of boarding look like

31 January 2024

Staff Spotlight: Stephanie Ottens, German Teacher and Community Service Champion

26 January 2024

An Alumni’s Insight on Life Beyond Gordonstoun

24 January 2024

Staff Spotlight: Philip Schonken, Deputy Head Pastoral

January 19 2024

Meet the Junior Boarding Team

January 17 2024

Staff Spotlight: English Teacher and Lit. Co-ordinator, Vicki Medina

12 January 2024

5 Innovative Study Techniques to Boost Your Learning in the New Year

01 January 2024

Gordonstoun: where education meets adventure

19 December 2023

Staff Spotlight: House Parent Dan Mclean

15 December 2023

What Makes Weekends at Gordonstoun Junior School So Unforgettable

13 December 2023

What Role Does Community Play in Shaping a Sustainable Future?

11 November 2023

Staff Spotlight: Deputy Head Groundsperson Paul Black

01 December 2023

What do we do in the face of conflict?

27 November 2023

Sailing to Success

16 November 2023

Why I moved country to get my child to Gordonstoun

16 November 2023

New restrictions on mobile phones introduced at Gordonstoun

14 September 2023

Gordonstoun students pipe the King and Queen into St Giles’ Cathedral, making music, and history

13 July 2023

Year 13 reflections on their time at Gordonstoun

27 June 2023

Round Square Adventure Race

23 May 2023

Preparing Your Child for Their First Year at Boarding School

16 May 2023

An Orcadian Adventure

12 May 2023

Gordonstoun Coronation Celebrations

9 May 2023

King Charles' Gordonstoun

2 May 2023

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award at Gordonstoun

23 March 2023

A parent's perspective on Gordonstoun

14 March 2023

A lion, a dragon and a haggis

7 February 2023

10 really good reasons to come to our summer school

20 December 2022

How 'Active Revision' helped me

29 November 2022

Boost your grades with Active Revision

25 November 2022

Why the movie ‘Thirteen Lives’ is a lesson for educators

8 September 2022

Capturing a passion

23 June 2022

A parent's perspective on Gordonstoun

24 May 2022

My first fire call-out

24 March 2022

Geography..... without a colouring pencil in sight

15 March 2022

Our Summer School will change your life! Here’s 10 reasons why

2 February 2022

Antique ammunition clears the way for sharp shooters

31 January 2022

Why face-to-face learning gets results

28 January 2022

The Addams Family Senior Production

7 December 2021

Conquering mountains – what I learned at Gordonstoun

30 November 2021

How making a noise can make you feel better

23 November 2021

An open letter to the Gordonstoun community about the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry

4 October 2021

The start of something special

21 September 2021

A thank you to our teachers

6 September 2021

Principal calls for rethink on school closures

22 June 2021

Goodbye Year 13!

21 June 2021

Prince Philip and Kurt Hahn

18 June 2021

Reflections on being back at Gordonstoun

12 May 2021

Young Enterprise

3 May 2021

Outdoor & Adventure Learning

30 April 2021

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – his Gordonstoun years

9 April 2021

A Royal Springboard

9 March 2021

Listening will help us rebuild after COVID

15 February 2021

Reflections on online learning at Gordonstoun

12 February 2021

The plank and an unexpected lesson on endurance

5 February 2021

Can a Joe Wicks boost your grades?

4 December 2020

A parent's perspective on Gordonstoun

24 November 2020

The value of getting out of the classroom

1 October 2020

Corona and Beyond

17 September 2020

New Head of our Senior School

30 June 2020

The Value of a Gordonstoun Education 

26 June 2020

The Joy of Online Learning

27 May 2020

We must try to talk our way out of this crisis

16 May 2020

Hope in Difficult Times

19 March 2020

International Exchange Student Q&A

17 March 2020

10 reasons why our Summer School will change your life

12 March 2020

Remembrance Day Address

10 November 2019

Learning to listen at Gordonstoun

1 October 2019

GCSEs from a parent's perspective 

26 September 2019

Do what’s right, not what’s popular.

17 September 2019

Reflections on our time at Gordonstoun

25 June 2019

Character and Manners

25 June 2019

Going offline for a week

6 June 2019

Gordonstoun Diploma

9th May 2019

Message of support to the victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings

29th March 2019

Gordonstoun International Summer School: Awareness Q&A

28 March 2019

Scholarship and Enrichment

8 February 2019

10 tips for post-mock exam results progress

1 February 2019

Active Revision: The Results

7th December 2018

What our founder thinks of Gordonstoun today.

28th August 2018

Increasing importance of character education

22nd August 2018

Reflections on our first year

15th August 2018

Transferability

1st June 2018

Oxbridge or apprenticeship

20th May 2018

The challenges facing independent education

3rd April 2018

Time to think

28th March 2018

A Housemaster's tale

5th December 2017

Who really knows the value of education?

30th October 2017

"Sir, I really didn't think I could do that."

19th September 2017

Why I believe in character education

11th September 2017

A student's nautical perspective on Gordonstoun