Caterham School
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Caterham School is an independent coeducational day and boarding school in Caterham
Caterham
Caterham is a town in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. The town is geographically divided into two sections: Caterham on the Hill and Caterham Valley - the main town centre. The town lies close to the A22, a few miles south of Croydon, in a valley cut into the dip slope of the North Downs...

, Surrey
Surrey
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 and a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference is an association of the headmasters or headmistressess of 243 leading day and boarding independent schools in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and the Republic of Ireland...

.

History

Caterham School was founded as the Congregational School in 1811 in Lewisham, by the Reverend John Townsend to provide a boarding education for the sons of Congregational Ministers. The abolitionist politician and philanthropist William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce was a British politician, a philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming the independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire...

 was a Governor of the School from its foundation until his death in 1833.

By 1884, the School had outgrown its premises, and the 114 boys with their teaching staff moved to the present site in the North Downs in Surrey. In 1890, Caterham opened its doors to the sons of laymen and to day boys. In 1995, after 184 years as a boys' day and boarding school, it merged with Eothen School for girls (founded by the Misses Pye in 1892) to become a coeducational school. Girls had been admitted to the Sixth Form education since 1981, but the merger integrated the schools and enabled co-education to be offered to pupils aged 3 years and upward.

Awards

The schools fees are comparable with other Independent Schools in the area. If the applicant performs particularly well on the entrance exam tests, the school may award a scholarship. The scholarships can either be academic, art, music, sport or all-rounder. The academic scholarships are up to 50% off the school fees. The school also has a bursaries scheme for children of United Reformed Church Ministers, for families in the armed forces or those on a low income.

Academics

Academic results have improved steadily over the years and A Level results have now established the school in the top 100 of UK Independent Schools. In the latest GCSE results, 99.4% of grades were A to C. The majority of the Sixth Form go on to top tier universities. At A Level 92.5% of grades were A*-B. The biology
Biology
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 department has received Good School Guide awards for A Level results for the past 5 consecutive years.

Music Department

The music department boasts over 20 music groups, with regular music lessons for students throughout the week. The music and drama department often combine to put on a school production. Many students are at Grade 8 standard with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

General information

The 80 acres (32.4 ha) campus provides many facilities for extra curricular activity including 18 different sports, 20 music groups and over 36 clubs and societies. A new science block was completed in 2006. It contains twelve laboratories: four physics, four chemistry and four biology. In 2008 the North Wing was rebuilt to create a new Sixth Form Centre and to provide a new location for the on-site health centre. The school has a thriving Combined Cadet Force
Combined Cadet Force
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 (CCF) and also participates in the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme.

Caterham School has an outstanding reputation for sport, with the school regularly producing talented players. The school boasts a team of coaches in the priority sports of rugby, hockey, cricket, lacrosse and netball. As well as being committed to supporting those with exceptional sporting talent, the school is also deidicated to providing as many pupils as possible the chance to participate in sport.

The Preparatory School now has 260 pupils and the senior school (11 years to 18 years) has 825 pupils of which circa 165 board.

The current Headmaster is Julian Thomas, appointed in 2007.

The school has a exchange-based relationship with Western Reserve Academy
Western Reserve Academy
Western Reserve Academy is a private, mid-sized, coeducational boarding and day college preparatory school located in Hudson, Ohio.-History:...

, an American prep school
University-preparatory school
A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for a college or university education...

.

The school has also established a supportive relationship with a primary school in Tanzania, for which it raises money as part of annual charitable fundraising activities. Each year Sixth Form students travel to Tanzania to aid in the development of the primary school.

Notable Old Caterhamians

  • James Benning
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     (born 1983), cricketer
  • Ali Brown
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     (born 1970), cricket
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    er
  • Sir John Butterfill
    John Butterfill
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     (born 1941), politician
  • Angus Deayton
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     (born 1956), actor, television presenter
  • Cuthbert Dukes
    Cuthbert Dukes
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     (1890–1977), pathologist and author
  • Sir Paul Dukes (1889–1967), journalist and MI6
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     officer
  • General Sir Alex Harley
    Alex Harley
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    , Master Gunner, St. James's Park
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    , 2001–
  • Philip Henman
    Philip Henman
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     (1899–1986), Chairman, General Lighterage Company, 1939–1969
  • Sir Arthur James
    Arthur James (judge)
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     (1916–1976), Judge of the Court of Appeal
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  • Edward Jones
    Edward Jones (footballer)
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    , footballer
  • Harold Marks
    Harold Marks
    Harold Marks was a British educationalist who worked in and for adult and post-school education.Harold Marks was born in London and educated at Caterham School, University College, Oxford , and Wesleyan University, Connecticut. At Oxford he fell under the influence of G. D. H. Cole and Sandy Lindsay...

     (1914–2005), educationist
  • Denis Mitchell
    Denis Mitchell (filmmaker)
    Denis Mitchell was an award winning British documentary filmmaker, renowned for his innovative radio and television documentaries...

     (1911–1990), television and radio producer
  • John Morgan
    John Morgan
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     (1876–1955), barrister
    Barrister
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     and Professor of Constitutional Law, University College London
    University College London
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    , 1915–1941
  • David Sales
    David Sales
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    (born 1977), cricketer

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