Ten years is a long time. Long enough to build careers, move countries and work out what you're doing with your life. Or at least get closer to knowing!
So when our 2015 Leavers gathered in early December, it wasn't just a reunion. It was a reckoning with how far they had come.
They were greeted at the new Sixth Form Centre, where the College expansion gave them a glimpse of what today's students experience. The campus they left in 2015 has evolved, and so have they.
Old friends reconnected. Former teachers appeared. A nostalgic tour of the campus brought back memories; some sharp, some hazy - but all vivid enough to make the decade feel both impossibly long and strangely short.
Over refreshments, they heard from Deputy Headteacher Lucy Petith and Headteacher Matt Cotgrove, who reminded them why they had gathered in the first place.
They came together to remember that they left here ten years ago with qualifications and ambitions. But what they really took with them were the foundations they built together; resilience, curiosity, the ability to adapt when things don't go to plan. This magazine proves it. Every story is different. Every path has twisted. But they are all still moving forward, and that's what the College hoped for when they walked out of here in 2015.
Then came Matias Goodwin, former Head Boy, who spoke on behalf of the leavers with the kind of calm self-awareness that he brought to his College leadership role.
"Most of us left College thinking we had it sorted,” he said, reflecting on the event afterwards. “University, career, life plan; all mapped out and tied in a pretty bow. And most of us were wrong. But that's fine. We've pivoted, changed direction, surprised ourselves. Some of us are doing exactly what we planned. Most of us aren't. And we've all ended up somewhere interesting. Going back to College reminds us that the foundation was strong enough to handle whatever came next, even when we didn't know what that was."
The speeches were followed by more conversation, more laughter, more ‘remember when’ moments that only make sense to the people who were there.
And then they left. Back to their lives in London, Australia, Canada, Dubai, wherever they have landed. Back to careers in medicine, strategy consulting, catering, health innovation, emergency departments, fruit supply chains, AI sabbaticals.
The Class of 2015 scattered again. But for one afternoon, they were back where it started.
And it felt like home.