North East Education News

Issue 116

As part of our ongoing Quincentenary celebrations (until Spring 2026), we are proudly honouring the remarkable individuals who have attended the school and helped shape its legacy. Over the past five centuries, the Royal Grammar School (RGS) in the heart of Newcastle has welcomed many distinguished individuals – initially boys upon the school’s founding in 1525 and, over the past two decades of co-education, girls from across the region – who have helped shape its enduring legacy. As a result of this shared experience, they are known as Old Novocastrians. Each year, I have the privilege of speaking to many of our Old Novos, and it is always fascinating to see the breadth of careers they go on to carve out, with many serving in positions of great distinction. Their impact stretches not merely across the North East, nor even just across the UK, but across the whole world. Indeed,…