- The motto of the Royal Grammar School, Worcester is “Cherishing the past, looking to the future”, reflecting its ambition to “combine tradition with a modern, forward-thinking approach to education”.
- Sporting successes have included RGS rowing crews competing in the National Schools’ Regatta championship finals.
- There are 250 clubs and societies including the gardening club, which designs and builds a show garden for the RHS Malvern Spring Festival every year.
- Form tutors, heads of years and senior pastoral leaders support pupils in addition to the PSHE programme, and the medical centre is staffed with counsellors and peer mentors.
- A range of scholarships acknowledges talents, while means-tested bursaries can cover up to 100 per cent of fees.
- Alumni include Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, and the footballer John Regan.
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