News
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Friday 21 November 2025 Friends of DCGS - Grand Christmas Draw 2025 We are pleased to launch the Friends of DCGS Grand Christmas Draw 2025. The annual Grand Draw is one of the most important fundraising events of the year. The support we receive every year from parents, guardians, students and staff is amazing and over the last few years it has made significant contributions to renovating the Modern Foreign Language conversation spaces, refurbishing Science laboratories, improving sporting facilities, providing IT equipment for students to use in lessons and of course a major donation to our wonderful new Student Support Centre. This year the funds will be used to us to install solar panels around the school site with the aim of significantly lowering our energy expenditure.Entries for the Grand Draw will be purchased online. It's a great opportunity for the school community to get involved in our fundraising.Ticket sales close at 20:00 on 18 December and the draw will take place on the morning of 19 December 2025. The prizes are:
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Tuesday 18 November 2025 Gardening Club When I joined DCGS in 2023 and was introduced to the range of clubs and societies DCGS is proud to offer, one club in particular stood out to me: the Gardening Club.
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Saturday 1 November 2025 RS Krakow Trip Three weeks ago, the Religious Studies department left DCGS, destined for Poland as part of our educational visit to the Auschwitz concentration camps, as well as the Krakow ghetto and other historically significant locations.
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Monday 20 October 2025 History and Politics Trip to Washington D.C. Over the half-term, 40 A-level History and Politics students had the incredible opportunity to visit Washington D.C. to explore the heart of Western democracy and learn about the history of the USA. Given that half of the Politics course focuses on the U.S., and the Civil War forms much of the Year 13 study in History, the anticipation couldn't have been higher. To top it off, the trip was led by Mr Ball - a feature of the visit in and of itself!
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Friday 17 October 2025 Model United Nations Conference 7 October was the date of the third annual Model United Nations conference, open to students in years 9 to 12, held at Bede's Senior School in Sussex. On arrival, we listened to the opening address and heard from the teachers and students coordinating the event. Then, we were each assigned various delegate positions and headed off to our respective conference rooms to begin the spirited debate.
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Thursday 16 October 2025 NYC Alumni Event DCGS will be holding its next alumni networking event in New York on 3 November at 7pm.
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Friday 10 October 2025 Charity Day The first Charity Day of the new school year took place on 10 October 2025, raising money for three charities chosen by the Year 13 tutor groups who came top of the Charity Challenge: Macmillan Cancer Support, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Lotus Caring Hands. The Charity Challenge is an important event run every year in the Sixth Form, where each tutor group is tasked with devising a small fundraising activity. The most successful forms got to choose which charities received a share of the money raised, which was over £2,000.
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Wednesday 8 October 2025 Witness for the Prosecution Leaving school promptly, we could feel the excitement building as we made our way toward London using the train. By the time we arrived, we were fully immersed in its unique atmosphere - the busy streets, the glowing lights and the hum of life all around, whether it be the cars, trains and bikes or people chatting in general.
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Wednesday 8 October 2025 Born With Teeth Last Wednesday, the Sixth Form English students took a trip to the Wyndham Theatre in Charing Cross to see the historical fiction Born With Teeth. Written by Liz Duffy Adams, the play explores the relationship between two of the most influential English playwrights from the 16th Century - Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.
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Tuesday 7 October 2025 Careers Fair 2026 🎉 Exciting News from DCGS 🎉We're thrilled to announce Dr Challoner's Grammar School will be hosting our biennial Careers Fair on 24 March 2026, and we'd love you to join us.This event provides an invaluable opportunity for students from both DCGS and DCHS to sample ideas for their future by meeting with companies and individuals who are happy to share their career experiences.If you would like to be involved in helping provide students with this opportunity, please complete the expression of interest form here by 10 November.https://lnkd.in/eqdruAHqFor further information or if you have any questions, please contact Mrs S Chotai sco@challoners.org. If you would like to sponsor or advertise at the event, then please contact Mrs C Atkinson cat@challoners.org
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Wednesday 24 September 2025 Enrichment Day: Year 8 RAF Hendon On 24 September, Year 8 students went on a fact-packed trip to the Royal Air Force Museum as part of their enrichment day. Located on the former Hendon Aerodrome, a site with aviation roots dating back to 1909, the museum consists of 6 hangars, each covering a period of aviation history - from the First World War to the present day.
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Wednesday 24 September 2025 Enrichment Day: Year 12 London Challenge On the 24th of September, Year 12 embarked on a journey to London, set with the task of locating particular sites around our vast capital, taking photos for evidence and striving to bag the most points for our team - a grand prize for first place was waiting back at school. Eager and brimming with excitement, we all found our groups, reviewed our previously conducted plans once more, and set off around London.
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Wednesday 24 September 2025 UKSA Trip: Year 7 During the third full week of school, new Year 7 students took part in the quintessential ice-breaker trip of the year: UKSA (the United Kingdom Sailing Academy). Pearson, Rayner and Thorne went for the first half of the week, whilst Foxell, Holman and Newman stayed from Wednesday to Friday.
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Wednesday 24 September 2025 Enrichment Day: Year 9 Wize Up For Enrichment Day this year, Year 9 students took part in a variety of activities and talks based around PSHE. While it did not involve travelling to a museum or to the Isle of Wight, this day was certainly memorable in its own way.
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Wednesday 24 September 2025 Enrichment Day: Year 10 Silverstone Trip
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Thursday 21 August 2025 GCSE Results 2025 The publication of GCSE results today is a stepping stone for our year 11 students, and we celebrate their achievements and efforts with them. We are pleased to report a large number of success stories, with students achieving strong grades across the whole curriculum. Two thirds of all qualifications taken were graded 7 or better, and 40 students achieved a clean sweep of grades at that level. Whilst celebrating these achievements we also recognise the unusual challenges this group of students have faced through their education. The disruption of the pandemic affected this year group's transition from primary school to secondary school, meaning they didn't experience important milestones earlier in their schooling. As they now complete their GCSEs and prepare for the next steps in their education we should all acknowledge their journey, and the unique set of challenges they have experienced. Despite this they have shown resilience and ambition in their pursuit of their own ambitions,
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Thursday 14 August 2025 A Level Results 2025 This year's A level results mark an outstanding milestone on their journey of personal growth for our students, whose academic aspiration and resilience have been rewarded in an excellent set of grades. As a cohort 26% of qualifications secured an A* grade and a very impressive 87.5% secured A*–B grades.
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Tuesday 15 July 2025 Hair Donation to Charity Konstantine (Year 9) recently cut off his very long hair to donate to charity!
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Tuesday 15 July 2025 D of E Gold Awards Ceremony at Buckingham Palace Gold D of E Awards Ceremony
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Saturday 5 July 2025 Football Festival