£20,250 in 2025
Our first priority at Rugby High School is to give students the tools they need to learn and grow.
Our community would love to raise £20,250 in 2025 to achieve multiple goals this year, including the complete refurbishment of one of our Science Laboratories during the 2025 summer holiday.
The Gospel lab was last refurbished 40 years ago, with some parts still remaining from the original installation in 1960. The planned refurbishment will result in an entirely new laboratory full of specialist science equipment, ensuring our students can engage in practical science experiments which bring the subject to life!
The fully refurbished lab will provide a larger working area, allowing for better access for students. This will improve accessibility, including wheelchair access with at least one height-adjustable desk and workbench. New flooring will be installed with a safer non-slip surface, allowing for easier clean-up of spillages, should they occur. LED lights will be installed within a new drop ceiling which will reduce the school’s environmental impact, along with all-important updated appliances and extra storage to improve functionality and safety.
When this lab was first installed it was known, for many years, simply as the New Lab. It was first renamed Mendeleev (who created a version of the periodic table and formulated the periodic law). However, we renamed it in honour of our much-loved former head of science, Emma Gospel.
In her time at Rugby High School Emma Gospel taught thousands of students in this lab, with commitment and passion, and we are continuing her legacy, inspiring the next generation of future scientists. We are looking forward to thousands more students experiencing science at Rugby High School, and this refurbishment is at the heart of our plans to further improve the facilities at the school.
This lab is used every period of every day, so is used to the full! All our students have been taught in this lab as it is used to teach Year7s, 8s and 9s Science, as well as GCSE and A-level Chemistry.
We have obtained a grant of circa £37,000 which will go some way towards funding this project, but in order to complete it to the best standards for our students, a gift of £20.25 can make a huge impact on our ability to refurbish the laboratory and go towards other exciting projects around the school.
Your involvement makes a huge difference! When parents give back to our school’s community, Rugby High School can lay the groundwork for future student achievement.
Thank you for being such a supporter of student success!
If you are able to donate to the fundraiser, you can do so via your Parentmail account, Any contribution would be greatly appreciated.
If you don't have access to Parentmail you can donate here:
Watch Mr Grady introduce the fundraising campaign and Senior Science Technician, Chris Broderick, talk through the planned refurbishment!
Follow our totaliser as funds come in!
