St Teresa's School
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St Teresa's School is a British independent private day and boarding school for girls aged 11–18 in Effingham
, Surrey
, England
, established in 1928. It is a member of the Girls' Schools Association
.
. An all-weather pitch and new swimming pool complex were completed in 2000 and 2003 respectively and, in September 2005, music
, drama
and the arts benefited from a £3 million, 750-seat technologically equipped performing arts theatre hall, with new music and drama suites. Affectionately known as St T's or St Tease to the students, the school prides itself on the true sense of unity which is present throughout the school.
was established at Grove House, in the village of Effingham
about a mile away and has since closed and relocated to the main school at Beech Avenue.
Effingham
Effingham is an English village in the Borough of Guildford in Surrey, bordering Mole Valley. There is a railway station at Effingham Junction , at the point where a branch of the Sutton & Mole Valley Line joins the New Guildford Line - these are both routes between London Waterloo and Guildford.-...
, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, established in 1928. It is a member of the Girls' Schools Association
Girls' Schools Association
The Girls' Schools Association is the professional association of the heads of independent girls' schools in the UK and overseas and is a constituent member of the Independent Schools Council .-History:...
.
History
In 1799, John Fuller built a mansion called Effingham Hill House on the site of another house which had been called Tibs, and this house now forms the centre of the senior school, and has been extended to provide modern facilities. In 1886 or somewhat later, Julius Caesar Czarnikow bought Effingham Hill House from Admiral Frederick Augustus Maxse, and owned it until he died in 1909. His daughter, Ada Louisa, sold it to Azalea Caroline Keyes, who in 1916 sold it to Robert Reitmeyer Calburn, who owned it until 1928. St Teresa's was founded in that house by the Religious Order of Christian Instruction in 1928 on what was originally part of a manor site recorded in the Domesday BookDomesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
. An all-weather pitch and new swimming pool complex were completed in 2000 and 2003 respectively and, in September 2005, music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
and the arts benefited from a £3 million, 750-seat technologically equipped performing arts theatre hall, with new music and drama suites. Affectionately known as St T's or St Tease to the students, the school prides itself on the true sense of unity which is present throughout the school.
Location
St Teresa's is situated in 45 acres (182,108.7 m²) of rural grounds in a designated area of outstanding natural beauty amid the Surrey hills. In 1953 a separate preparatory schoolPreparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
was established at Grove House, in the village of Effingham
Effingham
Effingham is an English village in the Borough of Guildford in Surrey, bordering Mole Valley. There is a railway station at Effingham Junction , at the point where a branch of the Sutton & Mole Valley Line joins the New Guildford Line - these are both routes between London Waterloo and Guildford.-...
about a mile away and has since closed and relocated to the main school at Beech Avenue.
Admissions
Entry to St. Teresa's is selective, and is based on an entrance examination with papers in English, Maths, Science and Verbal Reasoning.Notable former pupils
Past pupils are known as STOGies (St Teresa's Old Girls)- Lynne Reid BanksLynne Reid BanksLynne Reid Banks is a British author of books for children and adults.She has written forty books, including the best-selling children's novel The Indian in the Cupboard, which has sold over 10 million copies and has been successfully adapted to film. Her first novel, The L-Shaped Room, published...
, former actress and author - Lara GoodisonLara GoodisonLara Goodison is an English actress.Goodison is from Oxshott, Surrey, and was educated at St Teresa's School. She first gained public attention when she became a contestant on Shipwrecked in 2008, aged 18. During this she was placed 18th by Nuts in their list of the 50 Sexiest Reality TV Babes in...
, actress and Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands 2008Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands 2008Shipwrecked: Battle Of The Islands 2008 is a UK reality television series which aired in 2008 on Channel 4s youth programming label T4. The 2008 series is the sixth series of Shipwrecked, and the third series to use the "Battle Of The Islands" format. This series used a different process to...
contestant - Faye Maschler, restaurant and food critic
- Jennifer Michelmore, actress
- Susan Lankester, actress
House Systems
The students are allocated to four houses which are named after saints:- St. Benedict
- St. Dominic
- St. Ignatius
- St. Francis