Whitgift School A GSG School
- Whitgift School
Haling Park
South Croydon
Surrey
CR2 6YT - Head: Christopher Ramsay
- T 020 8688 9222
- F 020 8760 0682
- E admissions@whitgift.co.uk
- W www.whitgift.co.uk/
- An independent school for boys aged from 10 to 18.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Croydon
- Pupils: 1,550; sixth formers: 420
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £24,462; Boarding £40,470 - £47,991 pa
- Open days: Open Morning - Saturday 23 September
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Academic, musical and sporting expectations are exceptionally high across the departments. Big take-up of STEM subjects but refreshing to see a selective boys’ school encouraging and promoting the arts as equally important. Many boys play at county level in a variety of sports. ‘We’d be surprised if there’s anything we don’t have,’ said boys who were proudly showing us the new hybrid pitch. Peacocks mingle freely with boys at break times; large ponds and a water garden area are home to a flock of flamingos, reminiscent of...
What the school says...
Welcome to Whitgift. Everyone here is proud of this friendly, challenging and inclusive school, and from the images and words on this site, I hope you can see why: we live and work in beautiful parkland, we enjoy superb facilities and we reach astonishing standards in all we do.
Whitgiftians come from many backgrounds, thanks to one of the biggest bursary schemes in the UK, but are united by their ability and their ‘can do’ attitude. Successive inspections, most recently in May 2017, have ranked Whitgift amongst Britain's finest schools.
Above all, Whitgift boys are articulate, confident without being boastful, and outstandingly good company. Please do come and see us, and meet some of them for yourself.
Chris Ramsey, Headmaster ...Read more
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Curricula
International Baccalaureate: diploma - the diploma is the familiar A-level equivalent.
Cambridge Pre-U - an alternative to A levels, with all exams at the end of the two-year course.
Sports
Fencing
Shooting
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2017, Christopher Ramsey. Generally thought an innovative, busy and dynamic head who oversees 1,550 pupils and 200+ teachers, not to mention all the maintenance, grounds staff, catering and administrative support staff. A successful career teaching modern foreign languages at Shrewsbury, the Leys and Wellington was followed by two previous headships at King’s Taunton and Chester.
Mr Ramsey likes to have his finger on the pulse of all that is happening around the school and is in constant touch with everyone in the community. He is specially interested in seeing what pupils are up to in the classrooms and drops into lessons regularly. Despite his full schedule, he also manages to fit in teaching English to some year 9 classes, and runs regular headmaster’s breakfasts, a treat for boys who...
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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 SENCO/Head of Learning Support holds the Diploma in SpLD. Staff receive training, strategies and information to support students with specific learning difficulties. Three Learning Support Assistants, two of whom hold the Cert in SpLD, provide support in class and monitor students learning. Whitgift has a designated Learning Support area where individual and small group teaching and learning takes place.
| 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 |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dulwich Prep London | 2023 | 4 | 1 | Academic |
| Eaton House the Manor Boys’ School | 2023 | 4 | ||
| Hill House | 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 Music Scholarship |
| Newton Prep | 2023 | 4 | 1 | 1 Headmaster's All-Round Scholarship |
| North Bridge House Preparatory School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Prospect House School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Shrewsbury House School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| St Anthony’s School for Boys | 2023 | 1 | ||
| St David's School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Thomas's Clapham | 2023 | 1 |
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