Author: Gina Wiles

28th February 22

This week, Dunottar School in Reigate Surrey celebrated A level English literature student Lila, who has been offered a partial scholarship to study English literature at Cambridge University for two weeks in the summer. Lila is a runner up in an international essay writing competition, run by Immerse Education, an award-winning company, specialising in providing exceptional…

14th February 22

On 1st February, over 30 pupils from Dunottar School, in Reigate, took part in the world’s largest youth drama festival, at the Rose Theatre in Kingston as part of the Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival*. Dunottar Pupils performed an abridged production of Twelfth Night, in an exhilarating evening of live theatre by over 34 schools, featuring…

10th February 22

On Saturday 29th January, pupils from Dunottar School, in Reigate, won the Championship Award at the First Lego League Regional tournament in London. This inter-schools competition challenges teams to work together to explore a given topic; designing, building and programming an autonomous Lego robot to solve a series of missions. Two teams representing Dunottar School competed at the event at Queen Mary University in London.  As well as the overall Championship Award,…

2nd February 22

We were delighted to welcome Muddy Stilettos to Dunottar recently, enabling them to publish their unique and impartial review of the school as part of their Best Schools Guide. The genuine and insightful review captures the ethos of Dunottar perfectly, describing it as “a senior school with pastoral care and pupil support at its core. An…

27th January 22

We are delighted to announce that Dunottar has been selected to feature as a case study on the Historical Association’s website. This best-practice case-study, documents the school’s progress from a Silver to Gold-status* accredited school, illustrating the focused effort our growing history department took to achieve this award. “As a department, we all share a…

24th November 21

Once again Dunottar School, in Reigate Surrey, has been independently selected by The Cricketer magazine as one of the UK’s top independent schools for cricket. The competitive process saw a huge number of schools submit entries, judged against an extensive set of criteria, which included a compelling commitment to cricket in the curriculum, facilities, fixture…

24th November 21

In September this year, our sports department made Dunottar history, with the introduction of the school’s very first recreational volleyball club, led by Coach Fernandez and Mrs Pieters. Our pupils loved the sessions, and quickly developed the extra skill required to build a competitive mixed team. Just two months later, a very excited and nervous…

17th November 21

On Thursday, November 4, 2021, our Music and Performing Art Scholars took centre-stage in the new Castle Performing Theatre Arts Centre with a melody of performances that saw many of them in front of a live audience for the first time in two years. The evening consisted of a selection of solo performances by our…

10th November 21

On Friday 5th November our pupils, took to the trails to represent their houses in the school’s annual cross-country event around the beautiful grounds of the school. All participants scored points for their houses based on completion and finishing place, with pupils encouraging each other to do their best irrespective of ability.  Once the scores…

2nd November 21

On Wednesday, September 29, 2021 Sir Jon Coles visited our school, to officially open the new Castle Theatre and Performing Arts Centre to a delighted audience of parents, teaching staff and pupils. This stunning new facility offers 5 state-of-the-art music practice rooms, two music classrooms (fully equipped with the latest programming and performance tech), a…