Alumni Reunion and Commemorative Celebration for Mrs Wendy Carey - Head Teacher 1990 to 2005

As ever we warmly invite our TGS community past and present to celebrate the School's birthday with us.

We also extend a very warm welcome to the family, colleagues and friends of Mrs Wendy Carey 

Saturday 24 January 2026

11am to 3pm

At Tonbridge Grammar School

11 am Arrivals

11.30pm to 12.30pm - To Celebrate and Remember Mrs Wendy Carey Head Teacher 1990 to 2005, in the Mitchener Hall 

Followed by: 

Tours of School | Tributes displays | Heads in Conversation recording | BYO lunch picnic | Costa Coffee bar | chats and more chats!

RSVP is essential please for each guest attending

Also, please share your Tributes for Mrs Wendy Carey on this LINK

Celebrating and Remembering Mrs Wendy Carey in the Mitchener Hall at 11.30am

We are putting together a 'service’ of thanksgiving to include music and readings and tributes from students, staff and parents, family, governors, and colleagues.

If you have any particular tributes to make, we are seeking to collect these and use them on the day, Please share your thoughts on the Tributes Page here

Do you have any special memories of your time at TGSG that you want to share? Do you owe any particular developments in your career to Mrs Wendy Carey's headship and mentoring? 

Do you have any photos? You are warmly encouraged to email them to Mrs Pippa Blackstone in the Development Office pippablackstone@tgs.kent.sch.uk

Are you able to attend and willing to play or sing in something?  Can you rally your musician parents and daughters and sons?  Do tell us on the RSVP.

You may also know that Wendy's husband Mr John Johnson, former School Bursar also died recently. Our thoughts are with the family at this tragice time. He may have been less well-known to some people but he too played a significant role in the development of the school.  He will not be forgotten.

Refreshments

Our reunions focus on enabling as many friends as possible to attend.  We encourage guests to bring a picnic and the drinks you would like to drink.

We have a Costa Coffee bar where you can buy soft drinks and snacks.

Parking

If you need Blue Badge parking please tell us on the RSVP. 

General parking on the school site is limited.  We encourage guests to park in town and absorb the whole school experience by making the 15 / 20 minute walk up to school as you did as a student!  Parking on Deakin Leas is discouraged please.

If you have not visited for some years, please be aware the school entrance is now at the top of Deakin Leas.

Supporting TGS https://connect.tgs.kent.sch.uk/supportus

There is no charge for this event.  Instead, do please consider making a small voluntary contribution to School Fund. 

Thanks to generous gifts of all sizes TGS is able to provide a wonderful school library, celebrations events (including alumni reunions), a minibus, a careers programme, and more. The vsion for the future school prioritises a school site which is physically accessible to all, and teaching spaces that are at the forefront of educational delivery—flexible, innovative, and ready for emerging technologies.

If this is not for you, there is an option to skip through on the RSVP.

Event Organisers:

Mrs Pippa Blackstone School pippablackstone@tgs.kent.sch.uk 01732 365125 x221

Former members of Mrs Carey's Senior Leadership Team: Mrs Evernden, Miss Kemsley, Mrs Bullen