- Caterham School in Surrey is the only one in the UK to have a machine-learning engineer and a professional woodsman on staff, reflecting its focus on innovation and environmental sustainability. The school has saved a 160-acre wood from becoming a golf course and regenerated the land, planting hundreds of trees.
- Caterham’s innovation centre is home to the Edge (“explore, develop, grow, evolve”) curriculum and a range of digital clubs. There is a Stem lending library for local state schools, who can borrow an inflatable planetarium, robots, tablets, drones and computers, and receive training.
- More than 60 clubs run before and after school, from coding, virtual reality and electric car engineering to high ropes, board games, sports and orienteering. The eco-committee is connected to international schools via Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots programme.
- Innovation and engineering scholarships complement the more traditional academic, art, music, dance and sport options. Transformational 110 per cent bursaries are available, as well as means-tested mid-range bursaries. The school works with the Royal National SpringBoard Foundation for boarding and day bursary applicants.
Results
A-level 2025 rank: 52=
Grade
%
A*
29.4
A
35.7
B
26.2
A*/A
65.1
A*-B
91.4
GCSE 2025 rank: 31
Grade
%
9/8
76.5
7
14.9
9/8/7
91.5