Caterham School A GSG School
- Caterham School
Harestone Valley Road
Caterham
Surrey
CR3 6YA - Head: Mr Ceri Jones MA Oxon
- T 01883 343028
- F 01883 347795
- E admissions@caterhamschool.co.uk
- W www.caterhamschool.co.uk
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 11 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Surrey
- Pupils: 900 ; sixth formers: 313
- Religion: United Reformed Church
- Fees: Day £22,335; Boarding £45,945 pa
- Open days: Check school website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Caterham Preparatory School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
It’s ‘learning and teaching’ here: learning comes first. School making pupils think for themselves (shock horror), encouraging ‘productive struggle’. Enrichment dovetails with all of it, pulling out those juicy bits that otherwise fall between the gaps. ‘Wellbeing is foundational – success follows,’ says school, which holds a National Children’s Bureau Wellbeing Award (‘there are 64 criteria: this is real, not glossy PR’). Very uncomplicated approach to inclusivity. Discipline similarly common-sense and modern: ‘Suspension is rehabilitating,’ says school, though they didn’t seem to us to be a particularly naughty bunch. A family-orientated school. ‘It’s a big school in a small valley,’ laughs one mum, ‘so you get to know each other well.'
What the school says...
Our mission statement at Caterham School is 'to provide an education for life in a Christian environment as the finest co-educational school in the country' and we feel ourselves to be firmly on the path to achieving that aim. Excellent A-Level results have positioned us as one of the top co-educational independent schools in the UK. All students progress to university with 85% going to one in the 'top tier'. Caterham School is, however, about much more than just academic excellence. We strive to develop the pupil as a whole person thereby helping to prepare them for life at university and beyond. ...Read more
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2015, Ceri Jones. Educated at a Bradford comprehensive; thence to Cambridge for a degree in history and a football blue. ‘I didn’t get that ‘I’ve got to be a teacher’ thing immediately and probably didn’t appreciate just how much education transformed my life, but I loved history and I loved sport,’ – and we all know where that leads, don’t we? Off to Godolphin and Latymer, Bancroft’s, Caterham (as head of history). Eleven years at Tonbridge, latterly as second master, from where he was seconded to lead the Marsh Academy (a non-selective state academy in Kent). Then the big job at Caterham came up, and he was back for a second stint. Wife still at Tonbridge as head of politics; two daughters in their early 20s.
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
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Special Education Needs
Caterham School is a high achieving, academic school from which most pupils go on to the universities of their first choice. Pupils with mild Specific Learning Difficulties are catered for individually by qualified specialist staff. The SEN provision we provide depends on a pupil’s Specific Learning Difficulty having been formally diagnosed; it ranges from 1:1 support to group support within the classroom. All subject staff are kept informed and up to date with effective learning and teaching strategies and are skilled at coping with pupils with Specific Learning Difficulties. Nov 09.
| 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 | Y |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Bridge House Preparatory School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| St David's School | 2023 | 2 | ||
| St Michael's Preparatory School | 2023 | 6 | 2 | Sports Scholarship; Drama Scholarship |
| Walthamstow Hall Junior | 2023 | 1 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
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