St Catherine's Preparatory School A GSG School
- St Catherine's Preparatory School
Station Road
Bramley
Guildford
Surrey
GU5 0DF - Head: Miss Naomi Bartholomew
- T 01483 899665
- F 01483 899669
- E [email protected]
- W www.stcatherines.info
- A mainstream independent school for girls aged from 4 to 11 with a linked senior school
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Surrey
- Pupils: 255
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: £8,985 - £15,180 pa
- Open days: Friday 16th November 2018; Friday 1st February 2019. Taster Morning Thursday 22nd November 2018
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: St Catherine's School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Academic focus gradually ratchets up as girls approach 11. iPads compulsory in years 5 and 6, with parents voicing the usual pros (they’ve gained so many skills!) and cons (they’re addicted!). Immense range of clubs from construction to knitting to music tech helps augment the shortish school day. 'Girls need to stay for after school activities if they want the full education the school offers'...
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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.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmistress
Since 2012, Naomi Bartholomew MA BEd Cantab (40s) who was educated at Portsmouth High School and went on to read English and education at Homerton College, Cambridge. She spent two years in south west China with the VSO, then taught in state and independent primary schools. Five years as head of English at Yateley Manor was followed by the deputy headship at St Catherine’s in 2009. We previously called her 'calm, clever and warm'. Think Miss Honey, if Miss Honey were the extremely effective head of top girls’ prep. Smiles start here, with the head, and radiate down through the charming head of the pre-prep to the teachers to the girls. Or maybe it’s the other way round. Either way, what a lot of smiles!
Entrance
Roughly 50 applicants for 32 places at 4+. A few...
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Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Catherine's School | 2018 | 31 | 6 | Organ Award; Trumpet Award; Violin Award; Academic Scholarship; Music Scholarship; Academic Scholarship; |
| Prior's Field | 2018 | 4 | 1 | Drama Scholarship |
| Benenden School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Christ's Hospital | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Cranleigh Preparatory School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Ladies College | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Reigate Grammar School | 2018 | 1 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
| St Swithun's School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Tormead School | 2018 | 1 |
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