St Edmund's School Alumni Relations and Development Office

Just one week to go until this year’s Festival on the Hill.

From The Horne Section - Live! on the 24th of June, Sing! With Mark De-Lisser on the 26th of June, to Stringfever on on the 27th of June, and the Tommy Blaize Band on Sunday 28th of June, book now in order to avoid disappintment!

We have a varied and fantastic line-up sure to please everyone, so click on the link below to find out what is on offer.

🔗 https://www.stedmundsfestival.org.uk/whatson

To book tickets, please click on the link below, and don’t forget to use your discount code ALUMNI10!

🎟️ https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/st-edmunds-festival

For any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected]

What a great evening in York for our annual northern dinner!
It was such a pleasure to see everyone and thank you for joining us!

✨ *St Edmund’s Summer Ball – 4 weeks today!* ✨

We’re almost halfway to the number of tickets needed for the Ball to go ahead — so if you’re thinking of coming, please do book ASAP!

📅 *Saturday 4th July*
⏰ *6.30pm – midnight*
🎩 *Black tie / ball gowns*
🎟️ *£90 per person*

Expect a brilliant evening with canapés, welcome drink, three-course dinner, cash bar, auction, raffle, disco and *KD Dance Orchestra featuring Ginger Bennett* 🎶

The Ball is open to parents, grandparents, family, staff, teachers, friends and *Upper Sixth / Year 13 students*. It’s also open to the wider community, so please do feel free to invite other adults who may be interested!

To book, please email *John Pettman*:
*[email protected]*
or message me on *07703 834728*.

Take a look at the video for a taste of the amazing band! 🎤🪩

Further to our previous post last week, we are pleased to announce that the St Edmund’s Canterbury Alumni Get Together will take place Thursday 6th August 2026 at The Dolphin pub in Canterbury, from 17:30 - 20:30.

Please join us for drinks and nibbles at our annual summer gathering, and we look forward to seeing as many of you as possible for what always promises to be a great evening! 🍻

For catering purposes, drop us a line at [email protected] to register your attendance.

Message from Will Jones (Class of 77)

The “Classof77”

held their second annual London gathering at the ‘Blackfriars’ pub on saturday 16th May, 2026, and welcomed 20 members who attended St.Edmund’s between 1973 and 1982.

These included, from left to right:

Adrian Torry (Wgr 1971-79), Nigel Gibson (Bkr 1972-78), Adrian Bagnall (Wtn 1974-79), James To (Wfd 1964-73), Andrew Graham(Wgr 1973-77), Timothy Lang (Wgr 1971-77), Chris Jeffrey (Wgr 1969-75), Allan Stanley (Wtn 1971-75), Andrew Skinner (Wtn 1973 -78), William Jones (Bkr 1971-79), Andrew Wells (Wfd 1971-81), Simon Opie (Wfd 1967-75), James Dutton (Bkr 1965-74), Stephen Langston Gnt 1975-79), Keith Rumbelow (Wgr 1972-81), Chris Dunlop (Wtn 1974-80), Jasper Warwick Gnt 1975-80), Mark Jackson (Wtn 1976-80).

Absent were:
Andrew Buchan (Bkr 1966-73) and Will Thornhill (Wgr 1975-80).

Classof77 currently lists 135 members on their page St.Edmund’s Canterbury-Class of 1977 with 205 photographs on their sesclassof77 Instagram account.

In addition, we are in contact with many ex-pupils from the 1970’s who do not have a Facebook account, but have an interest in keeping in touch.

We’ll be meeting at regular intervals over the next few years, with a May meeting in London and an October meeting in Canterbury.

Our Main objectives are:
1. Reunite old friends who have lost contact over the years.
2. Arrange meetings for those who would like to spend a day talking about school days and experiences associated with.
3. Collect photographs and school memorabilia from the 1970’s period.

We’re very informal, basically down the pub for a pint and a chat, and we are always looking for new members who can share their stories, experiences and memories.

Our next gathering will be in Canterbury on Saturday 24th October, meeting at the Millers Arms pub from 12.00.

Further details will be forwarded in August, so join us if you can!

You can join our page or send me an email at [email protected]

Kind Regards

Will Jones.
Classof77.

A reminder that our annual Alumni newsletter was released last week, so for those of you that haven’t yet had a chance to read it, do click on the link below, and we hope you enjoy catching up on news from the alumni community!

https://sway.cloud.microsoft/1GAWymsMAiKZDFRV?ref=Link&loc=play

After a 6 year absence, the St Edmund’s Summer Ball is returning on the 4th July, 2026.

The black tie Ball is open to Year 13/Upper Sixth students, parents, grandparents, family, alumni, teachers, staff and friends of St Edmund’s.

Tickets are £90 per person, and include canapes, a welcome drink, and a delicious 3 course-dinner.

Ian Swatman’s fantastic Soul Band, KD Dance orchestra, will be performing, along with a disco, auction and raffle, and with only 120 places available, early booking is advised!

Should you like to attend, please contact John Pettman at [email protected], stating any dietary requirements, and whether you would like to order red or white wine for your table.

For more information, please email [email protected]

Last chance to book tickets for the The St Edmund’s Northern Dinner, which will take place on the 11th June, 2026 at The No1 York, by Guesthouse, in York.

Ticket prices are £45 per person, and include a 3 course meal, including wine, and tea and coffee.

To book and pay, please click on the link below.

🔗 https://alumni.stedmunds.org.uk/e/northern-dinner-11-06-2026

For any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected]

Dear Alumni and Friends,

We’re pleased to bring you the annual spring Old Edmundian Newsletter, which we hope you’ll enjoy!

Simply click on the link below to find out what is going on in the alumni community, and should you have any questions or comments, don’t hesitate to drop me an email at [email protected]

https://sway.cloud.microsoft/1GAWymsMAiKZDFRV?ref=Link&loc=play

Have a good bank holiday weekend!