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Surbiton High School

Independent secondary

National rank

Rank last year

91.8^%

A-level

85.5^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Matthew Shoults

Gender of entry Girls, separate boys’ and girls’ prep

Total pupils 1,105 (11-18)

UK day fees per term* £8,963 (11-18)

Our methodology

Results

Grade

35.9

32.9

A*/A

68.8

A*-B

91.8

Grade

9/8

69.2

16.3

9/8/7

85.5

What the school inspection says

“The school aims to inspire, encourage and empower its pupils to discover and embrace their individuality in an intellectually rigorous academic environment. Pupils make rapid progress in their knowledge, skills and understanding as they move through the school. Throughout the school, all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) and English as an additional language (EAL), communicate with confidence, maturity and clarity. Pupils are deeply engaged in the learning process … Pupils are emotionally mature, perceptive and academically insightful for their age. Pupils’ social skills are highly developed [and] they demonstrate excellent social awareness. Pupils have a strong social conscience and an excellent awareness of their social responsibilities to others.”

Inspection

2023

In detail

Read the full report

About the school

With preps for girls and boys, and a senior school and sixth form for girls, this private day school’s philosophy is that single-sex education with co-ed opportunities — such as sporting events and mixed clubs — provides the best all-round education.
Surbiton High School was founded as a girls’ school in 1884, with strong links that remain with two local churches and a longstanding tradition of supporting local charities.
The school accepted its first boys in 1987, with the acquisition of Arundel House Boys’ School, and took over Charles Burney House, renamed Surbiton High Boys’ Prep, in 2017. “May love always lead us” is the motto for the boys.
Surbiton High School is part of United Learning, a group of nearly 100 independent schools and academies, and is rated “excellent” by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.
Recent senior school trips have included glacier-climbing in Iceland, conservation in Costa Rica, hockey and netball in South Africa, tennis in the Algarve and skiing in Norway.

admissions@surbitonhigh.com

Telephone

020 8439 1309

Website

surbitonhigh.com

Address

13-15 Surbiton Crescent, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2JT

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