08/10/2026
To mark National Poetry Day and encourage pupils to enter a competition to write a poem about the school and our values of Courage, Community and Curiosity, First Years welcomed Matt Goodfellow to the Main Hall.
Matt is a celebrated poet and author of the best-selling verse novel ‘The Final Year’, as well as ‘The First Year’ and the recently released ‘Six Weeks’.
He captivated the audience with an interactive session talking about creativity, life experiences, and the characters that populate his poems and stories. As a local writer, pupils could relate to geographical references, including Stockport’s new library, the Stockroom, home to much of his recent output. He performed several of his poems during the session and encouraged pupils to develop their own voice, and to seize opportunities to develop their creativity as they journey through our school.
In the upcoming weeks we are looking forward to welcoming authors Manjeet Mann and Julian Sedgwick to SGS.