Mr Kenyon Visits His Classroom

Ian Kenyon returned to the School at the end of February after fully retiring from teaching Geology back in 2021. Ian taught Geology at Truro School for the best part of 41 years after joining in 1980.

For the first 20 years, Ian was a teacher in the combined Geography and Geology department, with special responsibility for Geology. In 2009, he became Head of Geology. During his time, the department received 11 awards from the Good Schools Guide. In four of the last six years of his teaching, he taught the highest scoring GCSE candidate in the country. In 1997, 2013 and 2016, he taught the highest scoring A Level candidate in the country, with two students achieving full marks. Ian is and will soon also be retiring from being a principal examiner and has also worked for the Geological Society in London, training teachers. He is held in highest regard by the geological community, by colleagues at Truro School and by Old Truronians all around the world. During his time the Geology department became, and still is, the best in the UK.

Ian took time to visit his former classroom, had a good catch up with Miss Hope (current Head of Geology), and with Mr Blackie – who joined the department when Ian left.

He is looking forward to catching up with Old Truronians at the Geology reunion The Granite Gathering on Saturday 13 June where he will be guest of honour. The programme for the day will include a buffet lunch in the Dining Hall, tours of the Geology classrooms, followed by a trip to the pub after!

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