Wimbledon High School
Wimbledon High School
The Birthday Reunion 2025
Saturday 15 November 2025
All alumnae and former staff are warmly invited to join us for the Wimbledon High annual Birthday Reunion to celebrate the school’s birthday together. It's a chance to catch up with old friends over a lovely lunch, browse through old photos and have a tour of the school. We particularly welcome alumnae back from 'anniversary' years - all the fives - the classes of 1955 / 1965 / 1975 / 1985 / 1995 / 2005 and 2015!
Auditorium
Big Band Jazz Night
Friday 14 November 2025
The WHS Big Band presents an evening of the best Jazz, Swing, Funk and Soul this side of New York, featuring an exciting line-up of brilliant vocalist from across the Senior School. Jazz-club vibes, drinks and nibbles served throughout the evening, and amazing music, this is an evening you do not want to miss!
Adult tickets (18+) £5
Concessions
The Auditorium
Rosewell Talk with Llewelyn Morgan
Tuesday 16 September 2025
Llewelyn Morgan is a Classicist at Brasenose College, Oxford, and has been since the last century. He works on anything in Latin and a lot in Ancient Greek and is currently Head of the Classics Faculty at Oxford, the largest Classics department on Earth (although it is still smaller than the Oxford English department). He has recently written very short Introductions to Ovid and Horace, and edited a new edition of a late-nineteenth-century newspaper composed entirely in Latin.
The Rutherford Centre
FAME Year 8&9 Production
Between Wednesday 25 June 2025 and Thursday 26 June 2025
Year 8&9 Production of FAME.
The Rutherford Centre
Summer Orchestral and Ensembles Concert
Tuesday 24 June 2025
Join us for our end of term concert where our smaller ensembles take to the stage.
Auditorium
GCSE and A-level Art private view
Friday 20 June 2025
An exhibition of GCSE and A-level Art work created over the past 2 years. Come and see what our talented Art students have been busy working on including their final exam pieces.
Auditorium
New Voices
Thursday 5 June 2025
An evening of theatre and film, written and directed by WHS students
Smoke Breaks:
A new play by Emily Evans and Directed by Pola Kowalewska
Grease Trap
A new play written and directed by Cecily Standring
Suitable for Y10 and older
All tickets are free, however we warmly encourage you to make a donation to Go Live Theatre at the following link: https://golivetheatre.org.uk/donate/
Go Live Theatre uses the power of theatre to create inspiring experiences for children and young people at an affordable price and in a safe environment. They work with schools, charities, youth groups and community organisations across the UK, providing theatre tickets to hundreds of students and families each year.
The Rutherford Centre
Music Scholars' Lunchtime Recital
Thursday 5 June 2025
Do come and join our talented music scholars at Trinity Church, Mansel Road for a lunchtime recital. Our series of Scholars' Recitals provides a great performance opportunity for our scholars to expand their repertoire and try out new programmes. We invite students, parents and the wider community to come along and enjoy 45 minutes of wonderful music!
Trinity Church
Careers in Tech: Futures Career Conversation
Wednesday 4 June 2025
As part of our Careers Conversations series, we invite you to a Breakfast Panel on Wednesday 4 June 8.15-9 am called Careers in Tech
We are delighted to welcome:
Dara L. Sosulski - Head of AI and Model Management
Shani Abass - UX Designer
India Poulton - Consultant
Connie Millar - Product Director
This is open to anyone in Years 9-13, there are still spaces available to come and learn more about careers in tech and ask one-on-one questions to four fantastic industry professionals.
The format is 30 mins discussion which will be led by the panel and 15 mins for questions
The session will be informal, held in Café Sixth, at Wimbledon High School with a light breakfast provided.
Cafe Sixth
A respectable Wedding - YR 10 Production
Wednesday 21 May 2025
A Respectable Wedding,
By Bertolt Brecht | Translated by Jean Benedetti
A biting satire of bourgeois respectability, Brecht’s short play exposes the cracks beneath a seemingly perfect wedding celebration. As the furniture wobbles and facades crumble, laughter turns to discomfort in this sharp critique of social pretensions, materialism, and the illusion of domestic bliss.
The Rutherford Centre
Blues and Roots Concert
Thursday 15 May 2025
A wonderful evening of jazz, with 9 professional musicians and Tara Minton leading A Cappella, the Junior School Chamber Choir and musicians from the senior school and Rutlish School in an evening that will explore music by the likes of Charles Mingus, Paul Barbarin and Hoagy Carmichael.
The Auditorium
Class of 2014 Alumnae Reunion
Tuesday 13 May 2025
An evening of cocktails and canapés for the Class of 2014 to celebrate ten (ish) years after leaving school. A great chance to catch up with friends and former teachers and have a tour of the school to see what's changed and what's still the same..
Cafe Sixth, Wimbledon High School
It's About Time
Wednesday 30 April 2025
Join us for an evening of musical theatre around the theme of "Time".
Rutherford 2021
Gym & Dance Display: Night at the Oscars
Tuesday 25 March 2025
‘A Night at the Oscars’ enjoying a magical night away at our Annual Gym and Dance Display. Prepare to be dazzled by action packed Gymnastics and Dances set to iconic movie soundtracks that will keep you on the edge of your seats.
Auditorium
Rosewell Talk with Dr Paul Morland
Tuesday 25 March 2025
Rosewell Talk with Dr Paul Morland on "The Hidden Power of Population, Past, Present and Future"
Dr Paul Morland is an author and broadcaster who writes and speaks about population and the big demographic trends across the world, both contemporary and historic.
Described as the 'UK's leading demographer' (Scottish Herald) and 'one of the world's pre-eminent demographers' (Mercator), Paul has written four books: 'No One Left', ‘Tomorrow’s People’, ‘The Human Tide’ and ‘Demographic Engineering’ and his work has been translated into nine languages. He has written for and been interviewed in many of the world’s leading newspapers and magazines including the Financial Times, the Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Toronto Globe and Mail, Der Spiegel and the Jerusalem Post. He has broadcast on many outlets including BBC Radio 4.
The Rutherford Centre
Madeline
Wednesday 19 March 2025
This is a version of the much-loved story of Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans: the adventurous young girl who lives in a school Paris, engaging in all sorts of antics around the city. Girls in Year 8 drama club have been devising some of their own scenes around the ideas of emotions displayed by Madeline and her friends, which have been combined these into a script by Darcey in Y10.
The Rutherford Centre
Class of 2020 Alumnae Reunion
Thursday 13 March 2025
An evening of cocktails and canapés for the Class of 2020 to celebrate five years after leaving school. A great chance to catch up with friends and former teachers and have a tour of the school to see what's changed and what's still the same..
Auditorium, Wimbledon High School
Spring Ensembles Concert
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Do come along and join us for an wonderful evening of musical entertainment, with our instrumental ensembles taking to the stage. Groups performing include our Chamber Groups, Flute Group, Clarinet Choir, Syncopated Triplets, Djembe Group, Brass Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and Swing Band.
Auditorium
Battle of the Bands 2025
Friday 7 March 2025
Battle of the Bands returns! Come and watch live performances from our WHS bands and partner schools on Friday 7th March at 7pm in the Auditorium.
Tickets are £5 with all proceeds going to charity.
Auditorium
Into the Woods
Between Tuesday 4 March 2025 and Wednesday 5 March 2025
We've all read the tales before. A Baker and his wife wish to have a child; Cinderella wishes to attend the King's Festival; and Jack wishes his cow would give milk.
In one of Sondheim's most popular works, Into the Woods explores what happens when our wishes really do come true and whether there really such a thing as happy ever after.
The Rutherford Centre
Young Musician of the Year 2024-25 - The Final
Thursday 27 February 2025
We have reached the Final of the Young Musician of the Year 2024-25! Our adjudicator is James Lark, composer, conductor and Director of Music at Westminster Abbey. Refreshments will be served from 5:40pm and we will run three classes with an interval after the Senior class.
Auditorium
Music Scholars' Lunchtime Recital
Wednesday 26 February 2025
Do come and join our talented music scholars at Trinity Church, Mansel Road for a lunchtime recital. Our series of Scholars' Recitals provides a great performance opportunity for our scholars to expand their repertoire and try out new programmes. We invite students, parents and the wider community to come along and enjoy 45 minutes of wonderful music!
Trinity Church
Macbeth
Between Tuesday 11 February 2025 and Wednesday 12 February 2025
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow…
Shakespeare's Macbeth transcends time – it is a chilling exploration of ambition, power, and the beguiling forces that shape our fate. This year’s Senior Play reimagines the timeless tragedy across three worlds: the brutal medieval battlefield, a dystopian surveillance state, and a fragmented future on the brink of collapse.
Join us in the Rutherford Theatre on 11th and 12th February, for a tale that is both a product of its time and a haunting reflection of our own.
The Rutherford Centre
Charter Sixth Form Quiz
Wednesday 5 February 2025
It is about to get quizzicle... Welcome to our second Charter Sixth Form Quiz, featuring mixed teams from WHS & KCS Wimbledon. What more could you want than to answer some questions, with some special bonus rounds, while wearing black tie and eating pizza?!
The price of each ticket will go towards food costs for the evening and all other proceeds will go to the Charter's choosen charity this year Hope Not Hate.
This event is for Sixth Form students only
The Auditorium
Music Scholars' Lunchtime Recital
Thursday 30 January 2025
Do come and join our talented music scholars at Trinity Church, Mansel Road for a lunchtime recital. Our series of Scholars' Recitals provides a great performance opportunity for our scholars to expand their repertoire and try out new programmes. We invite students, parents and the wider community to come along and enjoy 45 minutes of wonderful music!
Trinity Church
Rosewell Talk with Dr Valentina Ippolito
Tuesday 28 January 2025
Rosewell Talk with Dr Valentina Ippolito "Women in Contemporary Cinema of Migration"
Dr Valentina Ippolito is a scholar in cinema of migration (DPhil, University of Oxford) and award-winning filmmaker and photographer.
She is a Senior Lecturer in Filmmaking and Deputy Director for the Centre for Practice Research in the Arts at Kingston University London.
https://www.wimbledonhigh.gdst.net/
The Rutherford Centre
Young Musician of the Year 2024-25 - Piano & Percussion
Tuesday 21 January 2025
Our Pianists and Percussionists take to the stage to compete for a place in the final. The adjudicator for this event is Justin Tambini, a top London-based drummer who plays all over the UK and around the world, and who has played at some amazing venues including Ronnie Scott's, Pizza Express Live in Soho, and in London's West End.
The competition will start at 6pm (refreshments from 5.40pm) and finish at approximately 7.30pm.
We do hope you can join us.
Auditorium
Lord of The Flies
Between Wednesday 15 January 2025 and Thursday 16 January 2025
'Lord of the Flies' by Nigel WIlliams, adapted from the novel by William Golding
This dramatic story is set during WW2 and tells the story of a group of school boys who survive alone after their plane crash lands on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean. How will they cope? Will they be rescued? What can we learn from their experiences?
The Rutherford Centre
Christmas Community Carol Concert
Thursday 12 December 2024
Featuring the WHS Choral Society, who will sing alongside A Cappella, Chamber Choir, Mansel Voices and all of our Year 7 students. Music will include pieces by the likes of Rutter, Darke, Stopford and congregational carols. This will be a jubilant and festive way to send us into the Christmas holidays.
The Auditorium
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2024
Tuesday 10 December 2024
Join us for a wonderful evening of Christmas carols and readings at Sacred Heart Church, led by our Choirs and Brass Ensemble.
Sacred Heart Church
The Faery Tree Fables, performed by Year 7
Between Wednesday 4 December 2024 and Thursday 5 December 2024
'You are warmly invited to the Faery Tree Tavern, as Year 7 present an evening of short plays inspired by the rich traditions of Celtic mythology. We look forward to welcoming you to this enchanting evening of storytelling and song!'
The Rutherford Centre
Music Scholars' Lunchtime Recital
Tuesday 3 December 2024
Do come and join our talented music scholars at Trinity Church, Mansel Road for a lunchtime recital. Our series of Scholars' Recitals provides a great performance opportunity for our scholars to expand their repertoire and try out new programmes. We invite students, parents and the wider community to come along and enjoy 45 minutes of wonderful music!
Trinity Church
Autumn Orchestral & Vocal Concert
Thursday 28 November 2024
Join us for an evening of musical entertainment featuring Concert Orchestra and Sinfonia alongside our vocal groups; Canto, A Cappella, Chamber Choir and Mansel Voices.
Auditorium
Autumn Ensembles Concert
Thursday 21 November 2024
Join us for an wonderful evening of musical entertainment, with our instrumental ensembles taking to the stage. Groups performing include: Flute Group, Clarinet Choir, Djembe Group, String Ensemble, a Piano Trio, Brass Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and Swing Band.
Auditorium
The Birthday Reunion 2024
Saturday 16 November 2024
All alumnae and former staff are warmly invited to join us for the Wimbledon High annual Birthday Reunion to celebrate the school’s birthday together. It's a chance to catch up with old friends over a lovely lunch, browse through old photos and have a tour of the school. We particularly welcome alumnae back from 'anniversary' years - 1954/64/74/84/94 and 2004!
Auditorium
Big Band Night
Friday 15 November 2024
For the first time ever, the WHS Big Band is presenting an entire evening of the best Jazz, Swing, Funk and Soul this side of New York, featuring a fantastic line-up of singers from across the Senior School. Jazz-club vibes, drinks and nibbles served throughout the evening, and amazing music, this is an evening you do not want to miss!
Auditorium
Folio 2024
Tuesday 12 November 2024
An evening for parents, staff and pupils to hear from our talented young writers published in this year's edition of Folio.
The Rutherford Centre
WHS Young Musician of the Year 2024-25 - Woodwind and Brass
Wednesday 16 October 2024
Our woodwind and brass players take to the stage to compete for a place in the final of the WHS Young Musician of the Year. A huge variety of musical genres, instruments and pieces will be on display. The Adjudicator is Holly Spalton, a flautist in the Royal Air Force Central Band who has performed all over the world. We do hope you can join us.
The Auditorium
Rosewell Talk with Dr Valentina Ippolito (CANCELLED)
Tuesday 15 October 2024
Rosewell Talk with Dr Valentina Ippolito "Women in Contemporary Cinema of Migration"
Dr Valentina Ippolito is a scholar in cinema of migration (DPhil, University of Oxford) and award-winning filmmaker and photographer.
She is a Senior Lecturer in Filmmaking and Deputy Director for the Centre for Practice Research in the Arts at Kingston University London.
The Rutherford Centre
Music Scholars' Lunchtime Recital
Thursday 10 October 2024
Do come and join our talented music scholars as they give their first recital of the Autumn term at Trinity Church, Mansel Road. Our series of Scholars' Recitals provides a great performance opportunity for our scholars to expand their repertoire and try out new programmes. We invite students, parents and the wider community to come along and enjoy 45 minutes of wonderful music!
Trinity Church
Blues and Roots Concert
Tuesday 25 June 2024
The incredible Blues and Roots Ensemble (https://www.bluesandrootsensemble.com/) join us for a night of jazz. A Cappella will be singing alongside vocalist Tara Minton, and our jazz instrumentalists will also play alongside students from Rutlish. Not a night to be missed!
Auditorium
FOOTLOOSE
Between Wednesday 26 June 2024 and Thursday 27 June 2024
Footloose by Dean Pitchford and Tom Snow
Y8/9
Including fantastic hits like ‘Holding Out For Hero’ and of course ‘Footloose’ itself, this show celebrates the wisdom of listening to young people while empathising with the challenges parents face when learning to trust their children to navigate the joys and challenges of life. Come and rock out with us in the Rutherford Theatre and enjoy a high-energy, upbeat end to the school year.
The Rutherford Centre
Orchestral and Ensembles Concert
Wednesday 19 June 2024
Join us as our orchestra immerse us into the fantastical world of Lord of the Rings, and our smaller ensembles deliver fun and lively performances.
Auditorium
Art Show and Science Fair 2024
Thursday 13 June 2024
Join us to celebrate the incredible achievements of our talented students in our GCSE and A Level Art Show and Year 8 Science Fair which will be held in the Auditorium this year. Light refreshments will be available. Please book a ticket for yourself and your daughter.
PLEASE NOTE- strictly no photography at this event.
The Auditorium, Wimbledon High School.
Scholars' Concert
Thursday 13 June 2024
Join our music scholars as they give their first public recital in Trinity Church, Mansel Road. They will explore a wide variety of repertoire and we have no doubt you'll be in for some fantastic playing.
Trinity Church
Musical Theatre Concert
Wednesday 22 May 2024
Join us for an evening of Musical Theatre songs exploring different seasons of love.
The Rutherford Centre
Rosewell Talk with Dr Vakil
Wednesday 15 May 2024
Israel and Palestine : Prospects for Peace
Dr Sanam Vakil is the director of Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa Programme where they conduct policy relevant research and analysis covering all aspects of Middle East politics. She is also the James Anderson professorial lecturer in the Middle East Studies department at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS Europe) in Bologna, Italy.
Auditorium
WHS: Comedy Night
Friday 3 May 2024
Please join us for the return of the sensational WHS Comedy Night.
Open to students in Year 9 and above.
The event's ticket sales will go towards our 1880 Society, in support of our bursary programme.
The Rutherford Centre