This year marks the 40th in the history of The Roche School. The Roche School started life with five children in 1983 when Carmen Roche opened “Mrs Roche’s Coaching Establishment”. The focus on “thorough teaching in a homely environment” was popular with families, and led the tutorial school to grow rapidly. Pupils achieved excellent results […]

The Roche School is proud to be promoting its exceptional Nursery and Reception classes in this short video, encapsulating what it is like to be a child in our Early Years. The Early Years department is led by a team of experienced, dedicated and highly qualified teachers. The end of year results highlight the pupils’ […]

Over the years we have been very lucky to have been granted use of a variety of public spaces to display and celebrate the diverse and individual pieces of art that the Year 6s create in their final year. It culminates in a fun-filled private view for the young artists and their relatives and supporters, […]

The annual Year 6 PGL trip to Tregoyd House in Wales is a firm favourite for students and staff!   Year 6 had the opportunity to go zip lining, raft building and canoeing (amongst others) as well as take part in activities like archery, orienteering and a particularly fun challenge course. This is a fantastic, […]

The new edition of The Good Schools Guide has been published and The Roche School is included once again. Following a visit from one of their specialist writers, there is a new review of our school in the publication’s trademark, unbiased, informative and candid style. The UK’s number one school guide has been trusted by […]

Run for Us is our annual charity sports event that sees the whole school taking part in a mini marathon at Wandsworth Park. Children aim to complete as many laps of the track as possible to raise money for our four house charities. We understand the importance of giving back and use this event as […]

The Royal Academy received over 21,000 artworks from artists aged 4 to 19 for selection into the Young Artists’ Summer Exhibition 2023 – only a handful were chosen to participate in the online and gallery exhibition. We are thrilled that three of our pupils’ works have been accepted this year from The Roche School. This […]

Shakespeare Week is an annual highlight at The Roche. In 2023, it included Shakespeare workshops, dancing, jousting, a-play-in-a-day and of course inspiring classroom teaching. Year 5 visited the Globe theatre in London where they had a tour and then did a workshop with an actor called Olly. They had great fun. Shakespeare Week culminated in […]

We love it when our pupils practise their journalistic flair. Here, the Year 4s give an honest review of their New Barn residential trip. The New Barn trip was by far the most exciting and fun trip we had ever been on. As the coach pulled away from school, we were excited with a few […]

The Year 5 and Year 6 netball team has done The Roche School proud by winning the Hi5 netball tournament for Wandsworth out of 33 schools. This week, they played against Ibstock. This Hi5 final was divided into four 8 minute quarters. It was evenly matched for the first two quarters with The Roche leading […]