Surbiton High School A GSG School
- Surbiton High School
13-15 Surbiton Crescent
Kingston
Surrey
KT1 2JT - Head: Hannah Horwood - Acting Principal
- T 020 8439 1309
- F 020 8547 0026
- E [email protected]
- W www.surbitonhigh.com/
- A mainstream independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Kingston-Upon-Thames
- Pupils: 1,110; sixth formers: 277
- Religion: Church of England/Christian
- Fees: £23,085 pa
- Open days: Please see school website for details.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: Surbiton High Girls’ Preparatory School, Surbiton High Boys' Preparatory School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
A staggering range of options on offer and value is given to all subjects. School has recently been awarded the ‘Wellbeing Award for Schools’ acknowledging ‘work being done to promote mental health and wellbeing within the school community’. Natural history club took co-curricular to a new level with the relatively unknown sport of maggot racing. Girls tend to congregate in classrooms during break and lunchtimes which occasionally leads to ‘low level tomfoolery’ which some...
What the school says...
Surbiton High School provides an outstanding all-round tailored education for girls aged 4 to 18 achieving impressive public examination results and excellent value added. We promote the best in everyone, accomplished through providing a quality learning environment; where every pupil is encouraged to identify and develop their individual talents.
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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
What The Good Schools Guide says
Acting principal
Since September 2024, Hannah Horwood, acting principal. She read biology at the University of Leeds, followed by a PGCE at King’s College London. She taught at Tiffin School for six years, bringing her love of the great outdoors to the role by leading the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and later taking on the head of year 10 role. She joined Surbiton High School 14 years ago as head of biology, then became assistant principal of teaching and learning.
From January 2025, principal will be Matthew Shoults, head of Notting Hill and Ealing High School for seven years. Before this, he taught at King’s College School, Wimbledon and North London Collegiate School, where he was head of classics, academic deputy head and senior deputy head. He read classics at Worcester College,...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
The learning enrichment department provides a wide range of support services to students from years 7 to 13. All students are screened early in year 7 and individual assessments are carried out as required any time during years 7-13. Spelling and reading comprehension booster groups at year 7, learning skills programmes across all years, and smaller study skills groups, including a sixth form 'on track' study guidance service, meet the needs of many students with mild specific learning difficulties. Individual or small group tuition is offered to those who may need more intensive support. Specialist EAL tuition and adjusted programmes are available for students for whom English is an additional language and the school has a Korean mentor. Gifted and talented students are identified and a range of programmes are in place to meet their needs. The school ethos is one of embracing a pupil's individuality, helping her to grow in self-confidence and self-worth and to achieve her potential. Those pupils with additional learning needs are no exception and are supported in a caring and practical way.
| 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 | |
| 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 |
Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Trinity School | 2023 | 1 |
| Wells Cathedral School | 2023 | 1 |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross Preparatory School | 2024 | 5 | ||
| Hurlingham School | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 Academic Scholarship |
| Latchmere School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Newland House School | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 1 Academic Scholarship; 1 Art Scholarship |
| Rowan Preparatory School | 2024 | 3 | ||
| Twickenham Preparatory School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Unicorn School (Richmond) | 2024 | 1 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
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