Caterham School

Details

  • Type of school: Co-Ed | Senior school with a junior department or a prep school
  • Nearest international airport: Gatwick and Heathrow
  • Age Range: 4 -18
  • Number of pupils: 1000
  • Number of boarders: 170
  • £ Fees per term - Boarding: £14,180
  • £ Fees per term -Day: £6,955

School Information

UK leading co-educational day and boarding school, named TES Independent
School of the Year 2023. Caterham School is a global academic innovator and
leader, recognised as an EdTech 50 and an Apple Distinguished School. The first UK
school to be awarded with the National Children’s Bureau Wellbeing Award. Offers
Full, Weekly and Half-Weekly Boarding options to suit all families.
Our academic results are testament to the uniquely supportive environment
that is Caterham’s hallmark. Learning at Caterham School is an exciting adventure,
full of opportunities for personal development, achievement and enjoyment.
Our award-winning wellbeing and unique learning and teaching programme
ensure that by the time Caterhamians leave school they are intellectually
curious and emotionally intelligent thinkers, eager to engage with the world
around them.
Our stunning 200-acre campus includes sports fields, woodland, high ropes
course and outdoor learning centre. Facilities matter because they enable
the best teaching and learning to take place. At Caterham we benefit from
inspiring Victorian architecture complimented with purpose built facilities
including: our award-winning Digital Innovation Centre, science laboratory
complex, Sports Centre with indoor pool, fitness centre and double space
sports hall, a new purpose-built Centre for Performing Arts encompassing two
theatres and a dance studio, the Maggs Library.

Award-winning wellbeing
We are known for our leading approach to wellbeing which has been
recognised by the National Children’s Bureau. Wellbeing is the most
important thing that we do as it underpins every aspect of school life
and enables our pupils to thrive on every front. We are one of just a few
UK schools which dedicates weekly timetabled lessons to a range of
wellbeing topics.

Award-winning learning & teaching
At Caterham we believe in not simply preparing our pupils to do their best
in exams but also in giving them life skills to help them succeed in whatever
they may do in the future. Our award-winning Learning to Learn and
Enrichment programme ensure pupils develop proven study skills and are
metacognitive learners in addition to extending their learning well beyond
the curriculum.
Our unique EDGE programme builds problem solving, digital and
entrepreneurial skills in pupils from First Year to Upper Sixth Form. By the
time they leave Caterham, pupils have developed a range of skills alongside
their academic results to support them as they progress through university
and their career beyond.

Come & visit us
Families interested in joining Caterham School are encouraged to attend
one of our regular ‘working day’ visitor mornings or the annual September
Open morning to get a feel for the School. Parents may also book a private
meeting with the Headmaster or Deputy Head Admissions.
Dates and booking details, together with admissions, scholarship and
bursary information, are available on our website: www.caterhamschool.
co.uk/admissions/open-days-and-visits/

Scholarships and Bursaries

Full programme of academic and co-curricular scholarships, as well as means-tested transformational bursaries up to 100%+. Please see https://www.caterhamschool.co.uk/admissions/scholarships/ and https://www.caterhamschool.co.uk/admissions/bursaries/

News

Tes Shortlist Caterham School: Best Independent Senior School

Caterham School has been shortlisted for the ‘Independent Senior School of the Year’ award in the 2023 Times Education Supplement (Tes) Schools Awards, the ‘Oscars’ of the education world. The Tes School Awards recognise the most outstanding organizations and initiatives that the education sector has to offer. The 2023 Tes Awards cover all schools sectors

A Letter from the Headmaster – Celebrating Caterham’s A Level Results 2022

I am delighted to let you know that Upper Sixth Leavers from Caterham School have achieved the best ever exam results the school has recorded and confirms our position as one the leading co-educational boarding and day schools in the UK. Over 70% of the grades awarded were at A*-A, with 40% of the grades

Caterham are Bronze Medalists at U13 Independant Schools National Finals

Having had a fantastic season and cup run, beating notable opposition in Whitgift and Kingston Grammar on the way, this week the U13A team made the long journey up to the University of Birmingham for the School’s maiden appearance at the Independent Schools National Finals event. After an overnight stay, the boys were full of

Coulsdon and Purley Festival – Outstanding Musical Achievements at Caterham

Over 100 of our musicians participated in the Coulsdon and Purley Festival and many trophies and awards were given to Caterham School pupils. Both Caterham Prep and Senior Schools were represented by a formidable number of solo participants. In the soloist categories, a very special mention must be made for Violet W (4th year) who won

Caterham School Musicians Get Invite From The Royal Marines Band

Members of the Caterham School Wind Orchestra and Drum Corps were invited by the Royal Marines Band to attend the Mountbatten Festival of Music at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 5 March and were simply blown away by the breadth and variety of the music of the massed bands. To see how the Marines

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