Caterham School A GSG School
- Caterham School
Harestone Valley Road
Caterham
Surrey
CR3 6YA - Head: Mr Ceri Jones
- T 01883 343028
- F 01883 347795
- E [email protected]
- W www.caterhamschool.co.uk
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 11 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Surrey
- Pupils: 900; sixth formers: 306
- Religion: United Reformed Church
- Fees: Day £18,735 - £19,620; Boarding £31,560 - £38,760 pa
- Open days: September with visitor afternoons throughout the year.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Caterham Preparatory School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Co-ed really works here. The boys aren’t loutish, and the girls aren’t cliquey. More than anything, they’re just themselves. ‘For me, it’s the most natural environment,’ observes the head. The key note here seems to be approachability. One sixth former thought the best thing about Caterham was ‘the relationship between staff and students – I’ve never seen anything like it. They’re incredibly supportive.' Dual approach to sport: elite athletes go onto the Caterham Programme...
What the school says...
Our mission statement at Caterham School is 'to provide an education for life in a Christian environment as the finest co-educational school in the country' and we feel ourselves to be firmly on the path to achieving that aim. Excellent A-Level results have positioned us as one of the top co-educational independent schools in the UK. All students progress to university with 85% going to one in the 'top tier'. Caterham School is, however, about much more than just academic excellence. We strive to develop the pupil as a whole person thereby helping to prepare them for life at university and beyond. ...Read more
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Sports
Fencing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2015, Ceri Jones (40s). Attended Nab Wood Grammar (now the Samuel Lister Academy) in Bradford, which had already turned comprehensive by the time he started, then read history at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Went into teaching straightaway because he loved his subject. Began his career at Godolpin and Latymer, then Bancroft’s, then joined Caterham as head of history. Left to take up post as housemaster at Tonbridge, where he stayed for 11 years. During that time he rose to become deputy head, and was seconded to run the Marsh Academy in the Romney Marshes. Returned to Caterham because he liked the quiet confidence of the students – ‘they were all very different, very assured, but not arrogant.’ Married to Kay Moxon, head of politics at Tonbridge, and they have two daughters.
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Caterham School is a high achieving, academic school from which most pupils go on to the universities of their first choice. Pupils with mild Specific Learning Difficulties are catered for individually by qualified specialist staff. The SEN provision we provide depends on a pupil’s Specific Learning Difficulty having been formally diagnosed; it ranges from 1:1 support to group support within the classroom. All subject staff are kept informed and up to date with effective learning and teaching strategies and are skilled at coping with pupils with Specific Learning Difficulties. Nov 09.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| 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 | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finton House School | 2020 | 3 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
| Hall Grove School | 2021 | 1 | ||
| Sevenoaks Preparatory School | 2021 | 2 | ||
| The Schools at Somerhill | 2021 | 1 |
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