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'''Surbiton High School''' is a private [[independent school]] in [[Surbiton]] in the [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames]], [[Greater London]], [[England]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215573457|title=The Jubilee book of the Surbiton High School, 1884-1934.|date=2 March 1934|publisher=Favil Press|oclc=215573457|via=Open WorldCat}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.surbitonhigh.com/|title=StackPath|website=www.surbitonhigh.com}}</ref> It
'''Surbiton High School''' is a [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private]] [[day school]] in [[Surbiton]] in the [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames]], [[Greater London]], [[England]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215573457|title=The Jubilee book of the Surbiton High School, 1884-1934.|date=2 March 1934|publisher=Favil Press|oclc=215573457|via=Open WorldCat}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.surbitonhigh.com/|title=StackPath|website=www.surbitonhigh.com}}</ref> It
has seven buildings overall including the Boys’ Preparatory School, Girls’ Preparatory School, the Senior School and the Sixth Form.<ref name="auto"/>
has seven buildings overall including the Boys’ Preparatory School, Girls’ Preparatory School, the Senior School and the Sixth Form.<ref name="auto"/>


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Surbiton High is the founding member school of the Church Schools Company, now the [[United Church Schools Trust]].<ref>[http://www.ucstrust.org.uk/content.asp?id=199&area=1 United Church Schools Trust :: United Learning Trust<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714213013/http://www.ucstrust.org.uk/content.asp?id=199&area=1 |date=2007-07-14 }}</ref> It has seven sites in Surbiton: the Boys' Preparatory School (over two sites Charles Burney House and Avenue Elmers), the Girls' Preparatory School, Main Senior School, Surbiton Assembly Rooms, Mary Bennett House and the Sixth Form Centre, as well as sports grounds at Hinchley Wood and Oaken Lane.<ref name="auto"/>
Surbiton High is the founding member school of the Church Schools Company, now the [[United Church Schools Trust]].<ref>[http://www.ucstrust.org.uk/content.asp?id=199&area=1 United Church Schools Trust :: United Learning Trust<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714213013/http://www.ucstrust.org.uk/content.asp?id=199&area=1 |date=2007-07-14 }}</ref> It has seven sites in Surbiton: the Boys' Preparatory School (over two sites Charles Burney House and Avenue Elmers), the Girls' Preparatory School, Main Senior School, Surbiton Assembly Rooms, Mary Bennett House and the Sixth Form Centre, as well as sports grounds at Hinchley Wood and Oaken Lane.<ref name="auto"/>


The current principal of Surbiton High School is Rebecca Glover who took up post in January 2018.<ref name="auto"/> Surbiton High School takes female students from 4 years old to 18 years old, while the Boys' Preparatory School caters for 4 to 11 year olds.<ref name="auto"/>
The current principal of Surbiton High School is Hannah Horwood who has been at the school for 14 years.<ref name="auto"/> Surbiton High School takes female students from 4 years old to 18 years old, while the Boys' Preparatory School caters for 4 to 11 year olds.<ref name="auto"/>

==Academics and Academic Results==

Surbiton High School has a highly selective admissions process and students usually perform extremely well in GCSE and A-Level exams.

2024 GCSE exam results:
46% of all grades awarded at the highest level of Grade 9.
Over 91% of all grades were awarded a Grade 7 or above and 100% of grades were Grade 9-4.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Exam Results {{!}} Private School Surrey {{!}} Surbiton High School |url=https://www.surbitonhigh.com/about-surbiton/exam-results/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.surbitonhigh.com |language=en-GB}} </ref>

2024 A-level exam results and advancement to higher education:
62% of all grades were A* to A and over 85% of grades were A* to B. 81% of students headed to Russell Group and Times Top 10 Universities, and medical or dental schools with eleven Oxbridge students.<ref name=":0" />

The school's 6th Form offers a very wide range of academic subjects<ref>{{Cite web |title=A-Level Subjects {{!}} Private School {{!}} Surbiton High School |url=https://www.surbitonhigh.com/a-level-subjects/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.surbitonhigh.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>: art and design, biology, business, chemistry, classical civilisation, classical Greek, computer science, dance, drama, design and technology textiles, design and technology product design, English language, English literature, French, German, geography, history of art, Latin, mathematics, further mathematics, music, politics, religious studies, philosophy, physics, photography, psychology, Spanish, sociology and sport science.


==Sport==
==Sport==


Surbiton High School prides itself in being one the best schools in the [[United Kingdom]] for girls' sports.<ref>https://schoolsportmag.co.uk/top-200-sports-schools-of-2022/</ref>
Surbiton High School prides itself in being one the best schools in the [[United Kingdom]] for girls' sports.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-04-17 |title=Top 200 sports schools of 2022 |url=https://schoolsportmag.co.uk/top-200-sports-schools-of-2022/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=School Sport Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
The school has been shortlisted for [[TES (magazine)|Times Educational Supplement]] (TES) sports awards multiple times, most recently in 2019 when it won the award.<ref> https://www.surbitonhigh.com/2019/02/05/surbiton-high-school-win-tes-sports-award//</ref>
The school has been shortlisted for [[TES (magazine)|Times Educational Supplement]] (TES) sports awards multiple times, most recently in 2019 when it won the award.<ref> {{Cite web |date=2019-02-05 |title=SURBITON HIGH SCHOOL WIN TES SPORTS AWARD {{!}} Surbiton High School |url=https://www.surbitonhigh.com/2019/02/05/surbiton-high-school-win-tes-sports-award/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
The School's SAS (Surbiton Advanced Sports) programme mentors their high performing athlete girls, helping them coordinate their training and competition schedule with their academic work.<ref>https://www.surbitonhigh.com/senior/sport/</ref> The school's sporting grounds are at the nearby [[Hinchley Wood]] Playing Fields.
The School's SAS (Surbiton Advanced Sports) programme mentors their high performing athlete girls, helping them coordinate their training and competition schedule with their academic work.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sport {{!}} Senior School Surrey {{!}} Surbiton High School |url=https://www.surbitonhigh.com/senior/sport/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The school's sporting grounds are at the nearby [[Hinchley Wood]] Playing Fields.


===Gymnastics===
===Gymnastics===


Both the senior school's and the prep school's [[gymnastics]] team regularly win regional and national titles.
Both the senior school's and the prep school's [[gymnastics]] team regularly win regional and national titles.
In the most recent years of 2023 and 2022 the gymnastics team won the BSGA (British Schools Gymnastics Association<ref>https://www.british-gymnastics.org/clubs/schools/schools-gymnastics/360-clubsschoolsleisurecentres/schools</ref>) floor and vault national title<ref>https://www.surbitonhigh.com/2023/05/18/surbiton-gymnasts-win-3-national-titles/</ref> as well as the [[acrobatic gymnastics]] national trophy.<ref>https://www.bsga.org/events-rules/national-events/gymnastics-finals-2023/</ref> The coaching team consists of multiple [[British Gymnastics]] Level 5 High Performance coaches, as well as past world champions and medalists.<ref>https://www.surbitonhigh.com/senior/sport/gymnastics/</ref>
In the most recent, post-Covid years of 2024, 2023 and 2022 the gymnastics team won the BSGA (British Schools Gymnastics Association<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schools - British Gymnastics |url=https://www.british-gymnastics.org/clubs/schools/schools-gymnastics/360-clubsschoolsleisurecentres/schools |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.british-gymnastics.org}}</ref>) floor and vault national title<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.surbitonhigh.com/2023/05/18/surbiton-gymnasts-win-3-national-titles/ | title=Surbiton Gymnasts Win 3 National Titles! &#124; Surbiton High School | date=18 May 2023 }}</ref> or podium places, as well as the [[acrobatic gymnastics]] national trophy.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bsga.org/events-rules/national-events/gymnastics-finals-2023/ | title=School Gymnastics Final 2023 &#124; BSGA }}</ref> In April 2024 every single gymnast the school entered to the National Finals earned a medal.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.surbitonhigh.com/2024/04/25/all-gymnasts-on-podium-at-national-finals/ | title=All gymnasts on podium at National Finals! &#124; Surbiton High School | date=25 April 2024 }}</ref> The coaching team consists of multiple [[British Gymnastics]] Level 5 High Performance coaches, as well as past world champions and medalists.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.surbitonhigh.com/senior/sport/gymnastics/ | title=Gymnastics &#124; Senior School Surrey &#124; Surbiton High School }}</ref>


===Rowing===
===Rowing===
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==Alumni==
==Alumni==
{{see also|Category:People educated at Surbiton High School}}
{{see also|Category:People educated at Surbiton High School}}

* [[Chemmy Alcott]], Olympic skier<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.essentialsurrey.co.uk/enwiki/api/content/37631600-873d-11e3-9284-1231380a02d9/|title=Our interview with Chemmy Alcott|date=25 March 2014|website=Essential Surrey & SW London}}</ref>
* [[Chemmy Alcott]], Olympic skier<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.essentialsurrey.co.uk/enwiki/api/content/37631600-873d-11e3-9284-1231380a02d9/|title=Our interview with Chemmy Alcott|date=25 March 2014|website=Essential Surrey & SW London}}</ref>
* [[Lola Anderson]], Olympic rower<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-12 |title=Surbiton Alumni Lola Anderson Selected for the Paris Olympics! {{!}} Surbiton High |url=https://www.surbitonhigh.com/2024/06/12/surbiton-alumni-lola-anderson-selected-for-the-paris-olympics/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=www.surbitonhigh.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Fran Balkwill]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], scientist and author<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://jcs.biologists.org/content/118/7/1339|title=Fran Balkwill|first=Fiona M.|last=Watt|date=1 April 2005|journal=Journal of Cell Science|volume=118|issue=7|pages=1339–1340|via=jcs.biologists.org|doi=10.1242/jcs.01688|pmid=15788651|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* [[Fran Balkwill]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], scientist and author<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://jcs.biologists.org/content/118/7/1339|title=Fran Balkwill|first=Fiona M.|last=Watt|date=1 April 2005|journal=Journal of Cell Science|volume=118|issue=7|pages=1339–1340|via=jcs.biologists.org|doi=10.1242/jcs.01688|pmid=15788651|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* [[Muriel Box]], [[Muriel Box|The Rt. Hon. The Lady Gardiner]], screenwriter and director<ref>{{Cite web |title=Box, Muriel (1905–1991) &#124; Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/box-muriel-1905-1991 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>
* [[Muriel Box]], [[Muriel Box|The Rt. Hon. The Lady Gardiner]], screenwriter and director<ref>{{Cite web |title=Box, Muriel (1905–1991) &#124; Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/box-muriel-1905-1991 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>
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* [[Edwina Dunn]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], entrepreneur<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alumni.surbitonhigh.com/news/alumni-news/40/40-Edwina-Dunn-On-the-Basis-of-Sex|title=Edwina Dunn - 'On the Basis of Sex'|date=26 February 2019|website=Surbiton High School Alumni Network}}</ref>
* [[Edwina Dunn]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], entrepreneur<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alumni.surbitonhigh.com/news/alumni-news/40/40-Edwina-Dunn-On-the-Basis-of-Sex|title=Edwina Dunn - 'On the Basis of Sex'|date=26 February 2019|website=Surbiton High School Alumni Network}}</ref>
* [[Agnes Mary Field]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], film producer and director<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0rcQAAAAIAAJ&q=surbiton+high+school|title=British Film and Television Yearbook|date=2 March 1960|publisher=British and American Film Press|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[Agnes Mary Field]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], film producer and director<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0rcQAAAAIAAJ&q=surbiton+high+school|title=British Film and Television Yearbook|date=2 March 1960|publisher=British and American Film Press|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[Danusia Francis]], Olympic gymnast<ref>{{Cite web |last=Souza |first=Naomi de |date=2019-10-20 |title=Cov-born gymnast Danusia Francis is heading to the 2020 Olympics |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/danusia-francis-olympics-jamaica-coventry-17099183 |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Coventry Live |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Jane Hutt]] [[Member of the Senedd|MS]], [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[Welsh Labour|Labour Party]] politician<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7pMaAQAAMAAJ&q=educated+at+surbiton+high+school|title=General Election Guide, 1983|first1=Linda|last1=Anderson|first2=Bob|last2=Bright|first3=Jon|last3=Kimber|date=2 March 1983|publisher=BBC Data Publications|isbn=9780946358151|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[Jane Hutt]] [[Member of the Senedd|MS]], [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[Welsh Labour|Labour Party]] politician<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7pMaAQAAMAAJ&q=educated+at+surbiton+high+school|title=General Election Guide, 1983|first1=Linda|last1=Anderson|first2=Bob|last2=Bright|first3=Jon|last3=Kimber|date=2 March 1983|publisher=BBC Data Publications|isbn=9780946358151|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[Mollie King]], singer with [[The Saturdays]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alumni.surbitonhigh.com/news/alumni-news/2000s-alumni/20/20-Mollie-King-from-Surbiton-to-Strictly|title=Mollie King: from Surbiton to Strictly|date=17 August 2017|website=Surbiton High School Alumni Network}}</ref>
* [[Mollie King]], singer with [[The Saturdays]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alumni.surbitonhigh.com/news/alumni-news/2000s-alumni/20/20-Mollie-King-from-Surbiton-to-Strictly|title=Mollie King: from Surbiton to Strictly|date=17 August 2017|website=Surbiton High School Alumni Network}}</ref>
*[[Lara Lewington]], journalist and television presenter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.surbitonhigh.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Who-will-you-become-at-Surbiton-High-School.pdf|work=Surbiton High School|title=Who will you Become at Surbiton High School?|page=13|date=June 2021|access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[Molly Mahood]], literary scholar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alumni.surbitonhigh.com/news/alumni-news/1950s-alumni/17/17-Remembering-Molly-Mahood-Surbitons-renowned-Scholar|title=Remembering Molly Mahood: Surbiton's renowned Scholar|date=29 July 2017|website=Surbiton High School Alumni Network}}</ref>
* [[Molly Mahood]], literary scholar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alumni.surbitonhigh.com/news/alumni-news/1950s-alumni/17/17-Remembering-Molly-Mahood-Surbitons-renowned-Scholar|title=Remembering Molly Mahood: Surbiton's renowned Scholar|date=29 July 2017|website=Surbiton High School Alumni Network}}</ref>
* [[F. M. Mayor|Florence Macdonald Mayor]], writer<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRYhAAAAMAAJ&q=surbiton+high+school|title=Local Heroines: A Women's History Gazetteer of England, Scotland and Wales|first=Jane|last=Legget|date=2 March 1988|publisher=Pandora|isbn=9780863580376|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[F. M. Mayor|Florence Macdonald Mayor]], writer<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRYhAAAAMAAJ&q=surbiton+high+school|title=Local Heroines: A Women's History Gazetteer of England, Scotland and Wales|first=Jane|last=Legget|date=2 March 1988|publisher=Pandora|isbn=9780863580376|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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* [[Kim Thomas]], Olympic rower<ref>{{cite journal |title=Staff |journal=The Kingstonian |date=1996 |pages=2, 4 |url=http://archive.kgs.org.uk/Filename.ashx?tableName=ta_journals&columnName=filename&recordId=172 |access-date=24 November 2016}}</ref>
* [[Kim Thomas]], Olympic rower<ref>{{cite journal |title=Staff |journal=The Kingstonian |date=1996 |pages=2, 4 |url=http://archive.kgs.org.uk/Filename.ashx?tableName=ta_journals&columnName=filename&recordId=172 |access-date=24 November 2016}}</ref>
* [[Nora S. Unwin]], book illustrator<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jdsUAQAAIAAJ&q=educated+at+surbiton+high+school|title=British Wood Engraving of the 20th Century: A Personal View|first=Albert|last=Garrett|date=2 March 1980|publisher=Scolar Press|isbn=9780859676045|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[Nora S. Unwin]], book illustrator<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jdsUAQAAIAAJ&q=educated+at+surbiton+high+school|title=British Wood Engraving of the 20th Century: A Personal View|first=Albert|last=Garrett|date=2 March 1980|publisher=Scolar Press|isbn=9780859676045|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[Emma Wilson]], academic and writer<ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article1381142.ece | work=The Times | location=London | title=A girls own story | date=18 February 2007 | accessdate=2 May 2010}}</ref>
* [[Emma Wilson]], academic and writer<ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article1381142.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219065459/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article1381142.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=19 February 2007 | work=The Times | location=London | title=A girls own story | date=18 February 2007 | accessdate=2 May 2010}}</ref>
* [[Dorothy Maud Wrinch]], mathematician<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7vjCMcM9lQC&q=dorothy+maud+wrinch+surbiton+high&pg=PA242|title=Uneasy Careers and Intimate Lives: Women in Science, 1789-1979|first1=Pnina G.|last1=Abir-Am|first2=Dorinda|last2=Outram|date=2 March 1987|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=9780813512563|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[Dorothy Maud Wrinch]], mathematician<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7vjCMcM9lQC&q=dorothy+maud+wrinch+surbiton+high&pg=PA242|title=Uneasy Careers and Intimate Lives: Women in Science, 1789-1979|first1=Pnina G.|last1=Abir-Am|first2=Dorinda|last2=Outram|date=2 March 1987|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=9780813512563|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[Elsie Zimmern]], women's rights activist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6fQhAAAAMAAJ&q=educated+at+surbiton+high+school|title=Who's who at the 3d International Congress of Women...|first=Canadian Women's Press|last=Club|date=2 March 1909|publisher=International council of women|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[Elsie Zimmern]], women's rights activist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6fQhAAAAMAAJ&q=educated+at+surbiton+high+school|title=Who's who at the 3d International Congress of Women...|first=Canadian Women's Press|last=Club|date=2 March 1909|publisher=International council of women|via=Google Books}}</ref>

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Surbiton High School
Address
Map
Surbiton Crescent

Kingston upon Thames
,
Greater London
,
KT1 2JT

England
Coordinates51°24′00″N 0°18′17″W / 51.400°N 0.3046°W / 51.400; -0.3046
Information
TypePrivate day school
Motto'Amor Nos Semper Ducat'
(May Love Always Lead Us)
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1884; 140 years ago (1884)
Department for Education URN102611 Tables
Head teacherPrincipal: Hannah Horwood
GenderGirls (4–18); boys (4–11)
Age4 to 18
HousesAusten, Curie, Fonteyn, Nightingale, Pankhurst, Parks and Teresa
Colour(s)Green and silver    
AffiliationUnited Learning
Websitehttp://www.surbitonhigh.com

Main building

Surbiton High School is a private day school in Surbiton in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England.[1][2] It has seven buildings overall including the Boys’ Preparatory School, Girls’ Preparatory School, the Senior School and the Sixth Form.[2]

History

[edit]
Assembly Rooms

The school was founded in 1884 by a group of Anglican clergymen who instituted the Church Schools Company.[3] Its objective was "to establish superior education for girls in accordance with the principles of the Church of England" wherever the need was felt.[1]

Surbiton High is the founding member school of the Church Schools Company, now the United Church Schools Trust.[4] It has seven sites in Surbiton: the Boys' Preparatory School (over two sites Charles Burney House and Avenue Elmers), the Girls' Preparatory School, Main Senior School, Surbiton Assembly Rooms, Mary Bennett House and the Sixth Form Centre, as well as sports grounds at Hinchley Wood and Oaken Lane.[2]

The current principal of Surbiton High School is Hannah Horwood who has been at the school for 14 years.[2] Surbiton High School takes female students from 4 years old to 18 years old, while the Boys' Preparatory School caters for 4 to 11 year olds.[2]

Academics and Academic Results

[edit]

Surbiton High School has a highly selective admissions process and students usually perform extremely well in GCSE and A-Level exams.

2024 GCSE exam results: 46% of all grades awarded at the highest level of Grade 9. Over 91% of all grades were awarded a Grade 7 or above and 100% of grades were Grade 9-4.[5]

2024 A-level exam results and advancement to higher education: 62% of all grades were A* to A and over 85% of grades were A* to B. 81% of students headed to Russell Group and Times Top 10 Universities, and medical or dental schools with eleven Oxbridge students.[5]

The school's 6th Form offers a very wide range of academic subjects[6]: art and design, biology, business, chemistry, classical civilisation, classical Greek, computer science, dance, drama, design and technology textiles, design and technology product design, English language, English literature, French, German, geography, history of art, Latin, mathematics, further mathematics, music, politics, religious studies, philosophy, physics, photography, psychology, Spanish, sociology and sport science.

Sport

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Surbiton High School prides itself in being one the best schools in the United Kingdom for girls' sports.[7] The school has been shortlisted for Times Educational Supplement (TES) sports awards multiple times, most recently in 2019 when it won the award.[8] The School's SAS (Surbiton Advanced Sports) programme mentors their high performing athlete girls, helping them coordinate their training and competition schedule with their academic work.[9] The school's sporting grounds are at the nearby Hinchley Wood Playing Fields.

Gymnastics

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Both the senior school's and the prep school's gymnastics team regularly win regional and national titles. In the most recent, post-Covid years of 2024, 2023 and 2022 the gymnastics team won the BSGA (British Schools Gymnastics Association[10]) floor and vault national title[11] or podium places, as well as the acrobatic gymnastics national trophy.[12] In April 2024 every single gymnast the school entered to the National Finals earned a medal.[13] The coaching team consists of multiple British Gymnastics Level 5 High Performance coaches, as well as past world champions and medalists.[14]

Rowing

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The school has a rowing club called the Surbiton High School Boat Club which is based on the River Thames at Trowlock Way, Off Broom Road, Teddington.[15] The club is affiliated to British Rowing (Boat code SBT) and produced a junior national champion crew at the 2013 British Rowing Junior Championships.[16][17]

Alumni

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See also: Category:People educated at Surbiton High School

References

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  1. ^ a b The Jubilee book of the Surbiton High School, 1884-1934. Favil Press. 2 March 1934. OCLC 215573457 – via Open WorldCat.
  2. ^ a b c d e "StackPath". www.surbitonhigh.com.
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