From inception, when the School was a Home to boys in several locations in the south of England, the Gordon’s Boys’ Home in Dover had a Pipe Band which was tutored by the Pipe Major of the Seaforth Highlanders. The regiment at the time was posted to Dover Castle. Sadly, in 1941, the Home in Dover was bombed and it was at this time that the Pipe Band was relocated to the Home in West End, now known as Gordon’s School. In 1941, the Band consisted of six boys and has grown over the last 80 years to a Band of 50 establishing an embedded tradition within the School. 

Gordon’s School Pipes and Drums has been fortunate enough to perform in front of Her Majesty The Queen at Westminster Abbey in 2014 for An Observance of the Commonwealth, as well as performing in the Lord Mayor’s Show and Windsor Castle, to name but a few. Every year, the Pipes and Drums lead the annual Parade through Whitehall which is always a highlight of the Band’s calendar. The Band recently celebrated its 80^thanniversary and several highlights included: returning to Menin Gate to take part in the Last Post Association Service; playing with bagrock band ‘The Red Hot Chilli Pipers’; and taking part in the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow Green for the first time in its history. This year, we are fortunate to develop the piping programme at the school, introducing a piping scholarship for students, which is supported by The National Piping Centre.