St Teresa's Effingham School A GSG School
- St Teresa's Effingham School
Effingham
Surrey
RH5 6ST - Head: Claire McShane
- T 01372 452037
- F 01372 450311
- E [email protected]
- W www.st-teresas.com/
- An independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18 with a linked prep school.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Surrey
- Pupils: 642; sixth formers: 78
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Fees: Day £9,435 - £18,465; Boarding £25,515 - £31,455 pa
- Open days: Septemer and May
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: St Teresa’s Effingham Preparatory School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
He has brought in a new assistant head (academic) who runs the Oxbridge enrichment society and the gifted and talented programme. She is like a glamorous Miss Jean Brodie, brainy and geeky but with spiky heels and stylish clothes. Just the job to have teenage girls hanging on her every word. Director of music effused enthusiasm as he showed us round the music department. A professional French horn player, he has performed with the most prestigious orchestras but is just as keen on bringing in local rock bands...
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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.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmistress
Since September 2019, Claire McShane. Previously deputy head and before that assistant head since 2013. Still at the coalface as head of classics, teaching Latin at GCSE and A level. Degree in medieval literature from University College, Oxford and MPhil in medieval and renaissance literature from Queens’ College, Cambridge. Began her teaching career at all-boys Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, simultaneously doing a PhD on Margery Kempe, the boisterous fourteenth century mystic. Over the years, has taught English literature, Latin, ancient Greek, and classical civilisation and previous roles include head of English at all-girls Kilgraston School in Perthshire. Enjoys theatre, reading, and learning French. She is engaged to Matthieu.
Head of prep since 2015, Sarah Conrad, previously head of New Hall Prep School in Chelmsford. Having graduated with a BA 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
Pupils with SEN may work on a reduced timetable; individual support is given either in periods thus freed up or outside curriculum time. Touch to type programmes available; extra time, readers, scribes available if need indicated by EP report; all staff made aware of each child's need with appropriate recommended strategies.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feltonfleet School | 2020 | 2 | 1 | Scholarships: 1 Drama |
| Newland House School | 2020 | 1 | 1 | Scholarships: Music & drama x 1 |
| Rowan Preparatory School | 2020 | 2 | 1 | Sport scholarship |
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