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RGS is a leading independent, fully co-educational day school for students aged 7 -18 years (Years 3 to 13). We regularly lead all northern schools in national league tables and pride ourselves on academic excellence, a high level of pastoral support, involvement in a wide range of sports and other extra-curricular activities, and our commitment to bursaries and partnerships.
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500
2025 marks 500 years since the founding legacy of the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle.

Explore our rich history, find out about our BIG birthday celebrations, and discover how you can be a part of our 500th anniversary.

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RGS 500 Cookbook

RGS Cookbook: Flavours of 500 Years

A new RGS cookbook has been created to mark our Quincentenary!

This unique project has been produced by Junior HistSoc students in collaboration with the RGS Diversity Society.

Click below to read the book:

The project was inspired by an earlier RGS Cookbook, produced for charity in 1989, which featured recipes from parents of students, teaching staff, and our former Catering Superintendent Jenny Sims (staff 1972-98).

Our new cookbook features some of these historical recipes alongside new ones submitted from the whole RGS community.

A big thanks to the RGS Diversity Soc students, for collecting the recipes, and to Junior HistSoc for writing and creating the book.

The digital book is available to view - please do enjoy cooking and baking these wonderful recipes!