St Catherine's School A GSG School
- St Catherine's School
Station Road
Bramley
Guildford
Surrey
GU5 0DF - Head: Mrs Alice Phillips
- T 01483 899609
- F 01483 899 608
- E admissions@stcatherines.info
- W www.stcatherines.info/
- A mainstream independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Surrey
- Pupils: 625; sixth formers: 166
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £22,395; Boarding £37,950 pa
- Open days: Please telephone or see website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: St Catherine's Preparatory School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Parents say, ‘You know what you’re signing up to, it’s a very results driven environment which espouses excellence alongside kindness and care’. A school that is rightly proud of its 135+ year heritage and puts the emphasis on teaching and academics over fancy new facilities,. Indeed, the staff list reads longer than some blockbuster film credits. That’s not to say St Cat’s lacks in facilities either...
What the school says...
At St Catherine’s we support your daughter in building the intellect and character that will help her develop as a bright, confident and vibrant individual. At the heart of this is developing a sense of self-belief, that she can achieve whatever she is driven do to in life. We welcome boarders and day pupils. A well-established House system encourages fosters friendships and offers leadership opportunities. The vast majority of leavers secure their first choice universities including Oxbridge. A raft of extracurricular activities ensure girls enjoy a genuinely all-round education. Art, Drama, Music and Sport flourish, enhanced by access to superb on-site facilities. St Catherine's is located in Bramley, 3 miles south of Guildford in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. We are within an hour of central London by train and convenient for both Heathrow and Gatwick International Airports. ...Read more
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Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
Sports
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
Rowing
Sailing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmistress
Since 2000, Alice Phillips, MA (Cantab). Grammar school educated, where she recalls being sat between a dustman’s daughter and a lawyer’s daughter before heading to Cambridge to read English. Says education is her vocation and teaching is in the bones – she grew up in a boarding house at Sedburgh where her father was housemaster. She has worked in just three schools over her 35+ year career, starting at the Royal Masonic School, Rickmansworth (as English teacher, then head of English) and most recently down the road at Tormead (as deputy head).
Her office is formal but calm, with textiles, paintings and other pupil artworks in abundance. Cushions are emblazoned with school mottos. It’s quietly reflective of Phillips who is gently formidable (mostly in the inspiring sense) and almost regal in...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
All girls are screened shortly after entry to the school to help identify any extra provision they may require. This enables all members of staff to accommodate each girl's particular strengths and weaknesses. Should it be deemed necessary, on consultation with parents, the School is able to provide individual support for pupils with mild conditions, and indeed any girl who needs support, in the form of study skills lessons, for which there is an additional charge. In addition to individual lessons, students are able to attend Subject Clinics during the week, for which there is no charge, where they can seek help from a teacher for a specific topic they may find challenging. Our students have access to a range of electronic resources too, and use iPads to access information through Google Classroom. This enables teachers and students to adapt the resources to their specific need, i.e. enlarging a font and/or changing the colour of the page. We do our best to provide for all girls in our care within the classroom environment and do not have additional Learning Support Assistants within the classroom. St Catherine’s School is a vibrant school; the girls experience a busy but dynamic education at the school and their days are filled not only with academic learning but extra-curricular activities too.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | Y |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danes Hill School | 2023 | 2 | 2 | Scholarships: 2 Music |
| St Catherine's Preparatory School | 2023 | 37 | 4 | Academic Scholarship; Cello Award; Music Scholarship; Organ Scholarship |
| St Hilary's School | 2023 | 3 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
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