To celebrate The Roche School’s 40th anniversary, alumni from throughout our journey returned to the school on Thursday 5th October. They reminisced about the fun they had had, revisited old classrooms, and were delighted to catch up with former classmates and teachers. Mrs Roche, Dr Roche, and Sarah Roche were overjoyed to see them again. […]
40 Years of Inspiring Education
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 […]
Exceptional Early Years
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’ […]
Year 6 Art Exhibition
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, […]
Year 6 Residential Trip
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 Good Schools Guide
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
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 […]
Royal Academy Artists
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
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 […]
Pupil Pens
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 […]