Impact of partnership work done in 2024 (ISC annual Census 2025)

• 10 state schools involved
• 101-200 state school pupils involved
• 250 staff hours given

Impact Statement

The School continues to develop its existing links with state schools in the immediate locality, particularly closer working partnerships with Bramley Infants School and Gosden House (a special needs school almost adjacent to our site). Overseas, there are historic links with the Magnet Orphanage and School, Nairobi and Girls’ Schools projects in Afghanistan via the Afghan Connection Education Charity in general, founded by an alumna, Dr Sarah Fane OBE. We continue to support the charity School Club Zambia with funds for projects helping rural schools and The Sixth Form Expedition this year supported the community in the La Fortuna region of Costa Rica, again taking funds towards a project in a primary school in a remote village location.

The School provided its venue and staff free of charge on several occasions. These included continuing to enable 4 local primary schools to teach swimming in our pool on a weekly basis in term time without charge, including Gosden House School, Bramley Infant School and Wonersh and Shamley Green Primary School and Shalford Infant School. Holy Trinity School and George Abbot School also used the pool free of charge on an occasional basis.

Sports coaching was provided for Wonersh and Shamley Green School for Junior Pop Lacrosse, Junior Sports Volunteers (Our Yea 10 students) assisted with sports training and we assist development of their PE provision. A member of the Classics Department continued to teach Latin to GCSE at Glebelands, the community comprehensive school in Cranleigh, with excellent results. A Senior School Music teacher ran a Music Club at Loseley Fields Primary School. We provided the venue and equipment for “Spring Sing” primary pupils from Bramley, Wonersh, Shamley Green, Chilworth, Ewhurst, Busbridge, Shere and Shalford Infant Schools who all come together for a concert each year with concert hall use for rehearsal and performance, and cooked lunch provided. Pupils from Busbridge Infants, St Hilary’s and Rydes Hill joined the orchestra rehearsals and performed in the Middle School Summer Concert.

Local schools and colleges were invited to be the audience for the French play in October 2017 and this opportunity was taken up by Tillingbourne. A Careers Convention day was held in October 2017 and was attended by Rodborough and St Peter’s Schools, who also attended the Careers Forum in November 2017. Rodborough and Howard Of Effingham School attended a Geography careers talk in November 2017. Broadwater, George Abbott and local independent schools joined us for the Guildford Schools Maths Quiz in June 2018. Many other local schools are always invited to attend all of these events.

We have also supported Gosden House with a number of items of equipment. 20 iPads and charging banks were donated as well as netball posts and nets. Sports leaders went weekly in the summer term to help with Year 7 PE lessons. 3 St Catherine’s pupils spent their activity week at Gosden House supporting pupils in their classrooms. One has continued to go regularly. Pupils came to watch the Prep School Nativity in December 2017 and joined in with Prep School pupils interacting with our mobile farm visit in January 2018. Primary classes entered the Prep School Hort-eco-ultural show in April 2018 and their Senior School students assisted with the judging and other pupils came to visit and look at the entries. Pupils were collected and returned to their school when they came to watch a piano concert. Pupils came to do ceramics with our Head of Art. We have provided IT support throughout the year and also loan full use of one of our minibuses on a weekly basis.

In the wider community, St. Peter’s Primary School, Lambeth, came, as they do every year, for their Sports Day in July, with all equipment, food and transportation provided by St. Catherine’s School with the event run by the Sixth Form Charities Board. Again, the School provided a reduced charge Organ academy, whose patron is internationally acclaimed recital organist, Dr Jennifer Bate OBE, where budding female organists can enjoy residential training sessions for which bursary funding is available. Alumnae from this course, that has run for over a decade, go on to lead music making in churches nationwide.
To encourage new entrants to the academic profession four members of staff completed their Initial Teacher Training (ITT) as employees. Their courses involved placements at local state schools, which encouraged the cross-fertilization of good ideas.

Three potential teachers visited the school, spending time in classrooms observing lessons.