History visit to the Tower of London
Thursday, 21 July 2016
The History Department arranged for the whole of Year 7 to visit the Tower of London over the course of four separate visits. During the visits the pupils had the opportunity to explore the Tower of...
EU Referendum
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Exit polls for the school’s EU referendum were spot on. Remain won by a landslide 77%, just a little higher than the overall London vote. Head of Citizenship Jason May would like to thank all the...
Forest Gate Food Festival
Monday, 06 June 2016
Before half-term, a group of parents, Head of Citizenship Jason May, and Senior Technician Julie Burman put on a food festival and family fundraiser.
The event was an amazing success. Dozens of...
Former private school headmistress marvels at transformation of FGCS
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
A former headmistress who was shocked when she swapped her exclusive private school for FGCS in a BBC documentary has returned nearly 20 years later to find it “completely transformed”.
Gillian...
Sing4Peace
Monday, 16 May 2016
This term FGCS Choir and Year 8 Music students have been working with the charity Elevated Aspirations on a Sing4Peace project. The idea is to promote peace and non-violence and links to the...
Sir Ian McKellen calls on Forest Gate pupils to tackle homophobic bullying
Thursday, 24 March 2016
Actor Sir Ian McKellen visited FGCS to speak to pupils about the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
The Lord of the Rings and X-Men actor described to 300 pupils his...
FGCS celebrates ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Staff and students are celebrating after the school has gone from “requires improvement” to “outstanding” in just three years. Please visit the following link to read the full story in the Newham...
History visit to the Museum of London
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
On Friday 18th March, a group of Year 8 and Year 9 Historians visited the Museum of London to take part in a number of activities to reinforce their learning in...
FGCS on BBC Radio 4 - An Eton Experience
Thursday, 10 March 2016
FGCS was recently featured on BBC Radio 4. The programme discusses how pupils at the school have been inspired by the success of former pupils like Ishak Ayiris, who won a coveted scholarship place...
Godwin pupils use FGCS labs
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Following a successful visit last year, FGCS once again opened its doors to Godwin primary school allowing students to investigate reversible reactions of substances in specialist science...