Surbiton High School
| Surbiton High School | |
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| Address | |
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Surbiton Crescent , , KT1 2JT England | |
| Coordinates | 51°24′00″N 0°18′17″W / 51.400°N 0.3046°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private day school |
| Motto | 'Amor Nos Semper Ducat' (May Love Always Lead Us) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
| Established | 1884 |
| Department for Education URN | 102611 Tables |
| Head teacher | Principal: Rebecca Glover |
| Gender | Girls (4–18); boys (4–11) |
| Age | 4 to 18 |
| Houses | Austen, Curie, Fonteyn, Nightingale, Pankhurst, Parks and Teresa |
| Colour(s) | Green and silver |
| Website | http://www.surbitonhigh.com |
 Main building | |
Surbiton High School is a private independent 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
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 Rebecca Glover who took up post in January 2018.[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]
Sport
Surbiton High School prides itself in being one the best schools in the United Kingdom for girls' sports.[5] The school has been shortlisted for Times Educational Supplement (TES) sports awards multiple times, most recently in 2019 when it won the award.[6] 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.[7] The school's sporting grounds are at the nearby Hinchley Wood Playing Fields.
Gymnastics
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[8]) floor and vault national title[9] as well as the acrobatic gymnastics national trophy.[10] The coaching team consists of multiple British Gymnastics Level 5 High Performance coaches, as well as past world champions and medalists.[11]
Rowing
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.[12] The club is affiliated to British Rowing (Boat code SBT) and produced a junior national champion crew at the 2013 British Rowing Junior Championships.[13][14]
Alumni
- Danusia Francis, Olympian gymnast [15]
- Chemmy Alcott, Olympic skier[16]
- Fran Balkwill OBE, scientist and author[17]
- Muriel Box, The Rt. Hon. The Lady Gardiner, screenwriter and director[18]
- Tina Cooper OBE, paediatrician[19]
- Edwina Dunn OBE, entrepreneur[20]
- Agnes Mary Field CBE, film producer and director[21]
- Jane Hutt MS, Welsh Labour Party politician[22]
- Mollie King, singer with The Saturdays[23]
- Molly Mahood, literary scholar[24]
- Florence Macdonald Mayor, writer[25]
- The Rt. Hon. Baroness Morgan of Cotes PC, former Conservative MP and minister[26]
- Lucie Silvas, singer[27]
- Kim Thomas, Olympic rower[28]
- Nora S. Unwin, book illustrator[29]
- Emma Wilson, academic and writer[30]
- Dorothy Maud Wrinch, mathematician[31]
- Elsie Zimmern, women's rights activist[32]
References
- ^ a b The Jubilee book of the Surbiton High School, 1884-1934. Favil Press. 2 March 1934. OCLC 215573457 – via Open WorldCat.
- ^ a b c d e "StackPath". www.surbitonhigh.com.
- ^ "StackPath". www.surbitonhigh.com.
- ^ United Church Schools Trust :: United Learning Trust Archived 2007-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ https://schoolsportmag.co.uk/top-200-sports-schools-of-2022/
- ^ https://www.surbitonhigh.com/2019/02/05/surbiton-high-school-win-tes-sports-award//
- ^ https://www.surbitonhigh.com/senior/sport/
- ^ https://www.british-gymnastics.org/clubs/schools/schools-gymnastics/360-clubsschoolsleisurecentres/schools
- ^ https://www.surbitonhigh.com/2023/05/18/surbiton-gymnasts-win-3-national-titles/
- ^ https://www.bsga.org/events-rules/national-events/gymnastics-finals-2023/
- ^ https://www.surbitonhigh.com/senior/sport/gymnastics/
- ^ "StackPath". www.surbitonhigh.com.
- ^ "Club details". British Rowing.
- ^ "BRITISH ROWING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
- ^ https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/danusia-francis-olympics-jamaica-coventry-17099183
- ^ "Our interview with Chemmy Alcott". Essential Surrey & SW London. 25 March 2014.
- ^ Watt, Fiona M. (1 April 2005). "Fran Balkwill". Journal of Cell Science. 118 (7): 1339–1340. doi:10.1242/jcs.01688. PMID 15788651 – via jcs.biologists.org.
- ^ "Box, Muriel (1905–1991) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
- ^ "Cooper, Christine Elisabeth". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60895. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Edwina Dunn - 'On the Basis of Sex'". Surbiton High School Alumni Network. 26 February 2019.
- ^ "British Film and Television Yearbook". British and American Film Press. 2 March 1960 – via Google Books.
- ^ Anderson, Linda; Bright, Bob; Kimber, Jon (2 March 1983). General Election Guide, 1983. BBC Data Publications. ISBN 9780946358151 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Mollie King: from Surbiton to Strictly". Surbiton High School Alumni Network. 17 August 2017.
- ^ "Remembering Molly Mahood: Surbiton's renowned Scholar". Surbiton High School Alumni Network. 29 July 2017.
- ^ Legget, Jane (2 March 1988). Local Heroines: A Women's History Gazetteer of England, Scotland and Wales. Pandora. ISBN 9780863580376 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Crown Office". The London Gazette. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "Radio Swiss Pop". www.radioswisspop.ch.
- ^ "Staff". The Kingstonian: 2, 4. 1996. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ Garrett, Albert (2 March 1980). British Wood Engraving of the 20th Century: A Personal View. Scolar Press. ISBN 9780859676045 – via Google Books.
- ^ "A girls own story". The Times. London. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ Abir-Am, Pnina G.; Outram, Dorinda (2 March 1987). Uneasy Careers and Intimate Lives: Women in Science, 1789-1979. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813512563 – via Google Books.
- ^ Club, Canadian Women's Press (2 March 1909). "Who's who at the 3d International Congress of Women..." International council of women – via Google Books.
External links
- Surbiton High School website
- Independent Schools Inspectorate 2015
- Profile at the Good Schools Guide
- Profile on the ISC website
| International | |
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| National | |
- 1884 establishments in England
- Educational institutions established in 1884
- Church of England private schools in the Diocese of Southwark
- Private co-educational schools in London
- Private girls' schools in London
- Private schools in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
- Member schools of the Girls' Schools Association
- Surbiton
- United Learning schools
- People educated at Surbiton High School
- Preparatory schools in London