Surbiton High School Explained

Surbiton High School
Coordinates:51.4°N -0.3046°W
Motto:'Amor Nos Semper Ducat'
(May Love Always Lead Us)
Type:Private day school
Religious Affiliation:Church of England
Head:Principal: Hannah Horwood
Address:Surbiton Crescent
City:Kingston upon Thames
County:Greater London
Country:England, UK
Postcode:KT1 2JT
Urn:102611
Gender:Girls (4–18); boys (4–11)
Lower Age:4
Upper Age:18
Houses:Austen, Curie, Fonteyn, Nightingale, Pankhurst, Parks and Teresa
Colours:Green and silver
Free Label 1:Affiliation
Free 1:United Learning
Picture Caption:Main building
Website:http://www.surbitonhigh.com

Surbiton High School is a private day school in Surbiton in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England.[1] [2] Ithas seven buildings overall including the Boys’ Preparatory School, Girls’ Preparatory School, the Senior School and the Sixth Form.[2]

History

The school was founded in 1884 by a group of Anglican clergymen who instituted the Church Schools Company.[3] Its objective was "to establish superior education for girls in accordance with the principles of the Church of England" wherever the need was felt.[1]

Surbiton High is the founding member school of the Church Schools Company, now the United Church Schools Trust.[4] It has seven sites in Surbiton: the Boys' Preparatory School (over two sites Charles Burney House and Avenue Elmers), the Girls' Preparatory School, Main Senior School, Surbiton Assembly Rooms, Mary Bennett House and the Sixth Form Centre, as well as sports grounds at Hinchley Wood and Oaken Lane.[2]

The current principal of Surbiton High School is Hannah Horwood who has been at the school for 14 years.[2] Surbiton High School takes female students from 4 years old to 18 years old, while the Boys' Preparatory School caters for 4 to 11 year olds.[2]

Academics and Academic Results

Surbiton High School has a highly selective admissions process and students usually perform extremely well in GCSE and A-Level exams.

2024 GCSE exam results:46% of all grades awarded at the highest level of Grade 9. Over 91% of all grades were awarded a Grade 7 or above and 100% of grades were Grade 9-4.[5]

2024 A-level exam results and advancement to higher education:62% of all grades were A* to A and over 85% of grades were A* to B. 81% of students headed to Russell Group and Times Top 10 Universities, and medical or dental schools with eleven Oxbridge students.

The school's 6th Form offers a very wide range of academic subjects[6] : art and design, biology, business, chemistry, classical civilisation, classical Greek, computer science, dance, drama, design and technology textiles, design and technology product design, English language, English literature, French, German, geography, history of art, Latin, mathematics, further mathematics, music, politics, religious studies, philosophy, physics, photography, psychology, Spanish, sociology and sport science.

Sport

Surbiton High School prides itself in being one the best schools in the United Kingdom for girls' sports.[7] The school has been shortlisted for Times Educational Supplement (TES) sports awards multiple times, most recently in 2019 when it won the award.[8] The School's SAS (Surbiton Advanced Sports) programme mentors their high performing athlete girls, helping them coordinate their training and competition schedule with their academic work.[9] The school's sporting grounds are at the nearby Hinchley Wood Playing Fields.

Gymnastics

Both the senior school's and the prep school's gymnastics team regularly win regional and national titles. In the most recent, post-Covid years of 2024, 2023 and 2022 the gymnastics team won the BSGA (British Schools Gymnastics Association[10]) floor and vault national title[11] or podium places, as well as the acrobatic gymnastics national trophy.[12] In April 2024 every single gymnast the school entered to the National Finals earned a medal.[13] The coaching team consists of multiple British Gymnastics Level 5 High Performance coaches, as well as past world champions and medalists.[14]

Rowing

The school has a rowing club called the Surbiton High School Boat Club which is based on the River Thames at Trowlock Way, Off Broom Road, Teddington.[15] The club is affiliated to British Rowing (Boat code SBT) and produced a junior national champion crew at the 2013 British Rowing Junior Championships.[16] [17]

Alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Jubilee book of the Surbiton High School, 1884-1934.. 2 March 1934. Favil Press. 215573457. Open WorldCat.
  2. Web site: StackPath. www.surbitonhigh.com.
  3. Web site: StackPath. www.surbitonhigh.com.
  4. http://www.ucstrust.org.uk/content.asp?id=199&area=1 United Church Schools Trust :: United Learning Trust
  5. Web site: Exam Results Private School Surrey Surbiton High School . 2024-11-15 . www.surbitonhigh.com . en-GB.
  6. Web site: A-Level Subjects Private School Surbiton High School . 2024-11-15 . www.surbitonhigh.com . en-GB.
  7. Web site: 2023-04-17 . Top 200 sports schools of 2022 . 2024-01-11 . School Sport Magazine . en-US.
  8. Web site: 2019-02-05 . SURBITON HIGH SCHOOL WIN TES SPORTS AWARD Surbiton High School . 2024-01-11 . en-GB.
  9. Web site: Sport Senior School Surrey Surbiton High School . 2024-01-11 . en-GB.
  10. Web site: Schools - British Gymnastics . 2024-01-11 . www.british-gymnastics.org.
  11. Web site: Surbiton Gymnasts Win 3 National Titles! | Surbiton High School . 18 May 2023 .
  12. Web site: School Gymnastics Final 2023 | BSGA .
  13. Web site: All gymnasts on podium at National Finals! | Surbiton High School . 25 April 2024 .
  14. Web site: Gymnastics | Senior School Surrey | Surbiton High School .
  15. Web site: StackPath. www.surbitonhigh.com.
  16. Web site: Club details. British Rowing.
  17. Web site: BRITISH ROWING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013. Web Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20161206001520/http://www.britchamps.org/sites/default/files/pages/101/BRJC-2013-RawResults-Sun.txt#overlay-context=spectators/results-archive. 6 December 2016.
  18. Web site: Our interview with Chemmy Alcott. 25 March 2014. Essential Surrey & SW London.
  19. Web site: 2024-06-12 . Surbiton Alumni Lola Anderson Selected for the Paris Olympics! Surbiton High . 2024-07-31 . www.surbitonhigh.com . en-GB.
  20. Fran Balkwill. Fiona M.. Watt. 1 April 2005. Journal of Cell Science. 118. 7. 1339–1340. jcs.biologists.org. 10.1242/jcs.01688. 15788651. free.
  21. Web site: Box, Muriel (1905–1991) | Encyclopedia.com . www.encyclopedia.com.
  22. 60895. Cooper, Christine Elisabeth.
  23. Web site: Edwina Dunn - 'On the Basis of Sex'. 26 February 2019. Surbiton High School Alumni Network.
  24. Web site: British Film and Television Yearbook. 2 March 1960. British and American Film Press. Google Books.
  25. Web site: Souza . Naomi de . 2019-10-20 . Cov-born gymnast Danusia Francis is heading to the 2020 Olympics . 2024-01-11 . Coventry Live . en.
  26. Book: General Election Guide, 1983. Linda. Anderson. Bob. Bright. Jon. Kimber. 2 March 1983. BBC Data Publications. 9780946358151. Google Books.
  27. Web site: Mollie King: from Surbiton to Strictly. 17 August 2017. Surbiton High School Alumni Network.
  28. Web site: Who will you Become at Surbiton High School?. Surbiton High School. 13. June 2021. 8 July 2023.
  29. Web site: Remembering Molly Mahood: Surbiton's renowned Scholar. 29 July 2017. Surbiton High School Alumni Network.
  30. Book: Legget, Jane. Local Heroines: A Women's History Gazetteer of England, Scotland and Wales. 2 March 1988. Pandora. 9780863580376. Google Books.
  31. Web site: Crown Office . The London Gazette . 30 May 2020.
  32. Web site: Radio Swiss Pop. www.radioswisspop.ch.
  33. Staff . The Kingstonian . 1996 . 2, 4 . 24 November 2016.
  34. Book: Garrett, Albert. British Wood Engraving of the 20th Century: A Personal View. 2 March 1980. Scolar Press. 9780859676045. Google Books.
  35. News: A girls own story . https://web.archive.org/web/20070219065459/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article1381142.ece . dead . 19 February 2007 . The Times . London . 18 February 2007 . 2 May 2010.
  36. Book: Uneasy Careers and Intimate Lives: Women in Science, 1789-1979. Pnina G.. Abir-Am. Dorinda. Outram. 2 March 1987. Rutgers University Press. 9780813512563. Google Books.
  37. Web site: Who's who at the 3d International Congress of Women.... Canadian Women's Press. Club. 2 March 1909. International council of women. Google Books.

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